State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 21,468 Colorado births in 1944 across 569 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Colorado more than they say America.

#93Peteoutside the national top 200
#52Esther#152 nationally
#54Manuel#149 nationally
#39Gilbert#127 nationally
#75Tony#143 nationally
#59Claudia#120 nationally
#56Bob#109 nationally
#86Jose#139 nationally
#95Glen#147 nationally
#56Cynthia#105 nationally
#85Dean#134 nationally
#64Kathy#110 nationally

Girls

#1Mary522US #1
#2Sharon346US #8
#3Patricia325US #4
#4Barbara314US #2
#5Carol305US #5
#6Linda290US #3
#7Sandra237US #6
#8Judith215US #9
#9Judy209US #12
#10Donna194US #17
#11Nancy192US #7
#12Karen173US #16
#13Shirley138US #15
#14Carolyn133US #11
#15Susan131US #13
#16Betty130US #10
#17Kathleen128US #20
#18Margaret120US #14
#19Marilyn117US #27
#20Cheryl116US #36
#21Janet107US #21
#22Virginia102US #26
#23Joyce100US #18
#24Dorothy99US #19
#25Beverly97US #35
#26Gloria91US #25
#27Janice85US #28
#28Frances79US #33
#29Bonnie76US #34
#30Elizabeth76US #23
#31Helen73US #31
#32Ruth72US #32
#33Joan69US #22
#34Phyllis67US #40
#35Diane66US #24
#36Martha64US #29
#37Alice61US #38
#38Connie58US #51
#39Pamela57US #44
#40Carole56US #43
#41Rose55US #52
#42Diana53US #60
#43Ann52US #39
#44Peggy50US #45
#45Catherine49US #49
#46Jane49US #41
#47Roberta49US #70
#48Sally49US #59
#49Norma48US #66
#50Charlotte46US #50
#51Rita46US #54
#52Esther44US #152
#53Kathryn44US #68
#54Darlene43US #76
#55Jean43US #37
#56Cynthia39US #105
#57Marie39US #48
#58Katherine38US #77
#59Claudia37US #120
#60Dolores37US #92
#61Loretta37US #98
#62Lorraine37US #93
#63Evelyn36US #57
#64Kathy36US #110
#65Maria36US #80
#66Sherry36US #100
#67Sylvia35US #83
#68Theresa35US #96
#69Elaine34US #46
#70Geraldine33US #53
#71Jacqueline33US #64
#72Joann33US #65
#73Anne32US #86
#74Jo32US #61
#75Gail31US #56
#76Juanita31US #94
#77Louise31US #69
#78Christine30US #75
#79Jeanne30US #108
#80Patsy30US #72
#81Paula30US #82
#82Ruby30US #87
#83Doris29US #42
#84Eileen28US #73
#85Irene28US #91
#86Josephine28US #115
#87Kay28US #88
#88Pauline28US #124
#89Rebecca28US #84
#90Sue28US #62
#91Eleanor27US #122
#92Glenda27US #79
#93Julia27US #102
#94Sheila27US #103
#95Anita26US #95
#96Delores26US #97
#97Lois26US #47
#98Anna25US #74
#99Ellen25US #63
#100Charlene24US #109

Boys

#1Robert643US #2
#2John590US #3
#3James510US #1
#4Richard501US #5
#5William390US #4
#6David341US #6
#7Charles253US #7
#8Michael253US #9
#9Ronald250US #10
#10Larry249US #12
#11Gary243US #15
#12Donald232US #11
#13Thomas226US #8
#14George188US #14
#15Kenneth174US #16
#16Paul151US #17
#17Joseph142US #13
#18Joe130US #33
#19Dennis126US #20
#20Jerry123US #19
#21Gerald120US #24
#22Frank118US #21
#23Edward109US #18
#24Raymond108US #22
#25Daniel99US #25
#26Jack91US #30
#27Roger81US #23
#28Douglas76US #34
#29Fred76US #47
#30Arthur71US #29
#31Albert70US #44
#32Harold68US #27
#33Jim63US #68
#34Ralph63US #42
#35Lawrence60US #32
#36Anthony57US #46
#37Stephen56US #28
#38Dale55US #61
#39Gilbert55US #127
#40Terry55US #43
#41Walter55US #26
#42Danny53US #76
#43Stanley53US #57
#44Wayne53US #37
#45Leroy51US #78
#46Mike50US #80
#47Norman49US #58
#48Bill48US #66
#49Louis48US #54
#50Carl47US #36
#51Don47US #72
#52Jimmy47US #41
#53Johnny47US #45
#54Manuel47US #149
#55Russell47US #63
#56Bob46US #109
#57Henry45US #35
#58Steve45US #89
#59Tom45US #87
#60Steven44US #52
#61Alan42US #55
#62Eugene41US #48
#63Marvin41US #75
#64Roy39US #39
#65Victor36US #107
#66Ernest35US #59
#67Glenn35US #88
#68Leonard35US #56
#69Theodore35US #96
#70Alfred34US #82
#71Gene34US #95
#72Patrick34US #64
#73Howard33US #53
#74Mark33US #93
#75Tony33US #143
#76Allen32US #77
#77Billy32US #38
#78Lloyd32US #102
#79Eddie31US #79
#80Harry31US #49
#81Phillip31US #83
#82Clifford30US #99
#83Philip30US #60
#84Ray30US #86
#85Dean29US #134
#86Jose29US #139
#87Keith29US #104
#88Lee29US #85
#89Leslie29US #114
#90Timothy29US #92
#91Bruce28US #51
#92Melvin28US #67
#93Pete28
#94Barry27US #84
#95Glen27US #147
#96Martin26US #91
#97Vernon26US #119
#98Clarence25US #74
#99Dan24US #144
#100Earl24US #65

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑46Esther#52
↑37Bob#56
↑35Gilbert#39
↑32Glenn#67
↑27Louis#49
↑25Jane#46
↑23Cheryl#20
↑23Steven#60

Falling

↓53Lois#97
↓36Anna#98
↓36Earl#100
↓31Louise#77
↓28Harry#80
↓27Philip#83
↓26Doris#83
↓25Patsy#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.