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Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 21,344 Colorado births in 1945 across 561 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#42Manuel#150 nationally
#90Teresa#171 nationally
#61Jose#132 nationally
#55Josephine#120 nationally
#65Gilbert#130 nationally
#70Tony#129 nationally
#76Claudia#127 nationally
#73June#121 nationally
#59Victoria#106 nationally
#47Ray#92 nationally
#56Kathy#101 nationally
#63Loretta#107 nationally

Girls

#1Mary476US #1
#2Linda351US #2
#3Sharon326US #8
#4Patricia323US #4
#5Carol296US #5
#6Barbara267US #3
#7Sandra222US #6
#8Karen210US #16
#9Judy198US #13
#10Judith187US #9
#11Nancy174US #7
#12Donna164US #17
#13Betty145US #11
#14Shirley142US #14
#15Margaret136US #15
#16Susan130US #10
#17Janet128US #20
#18Kathleen124US #19
#19Carolyn115US #12
#20Gloria109US #23
#21Dorothy108US #21
#22Cheryl106US #32
#23Joyce106US #18
#24Virginia106US #28
#25Janice98US #24
#26Marilyn90US #27
#27Helen88US #31
#28Beverly79US #37
#29Joan79US #25
#30Bonnie77US #35
#31Pamela76US #42
#32Ruth73US #33
#33Diane71US #22
#34Elizabeth71US #26
#35Diana66US #43
#36Frances63US #34
#37Rose63US #54
#38Martha62US #30
#39Phyllis62US #40
#40Jean54US #38
#41Alice53US #41
#42Jane52US #36
#43Connie51US #47
#44Peggy51US #45
#45Charlotte50US #55
#46Geraldine50US #56
#47Roberta49US #75
#48Ann48US #39
#49Sally47US #64
#50Catherine46US #50
#51Rita46US #59
#52Elaine45US #44
#53Marie44US #49
#54Darlene43US #71
#55Josephine43US #120
#56Kathy43US #101
#57Norma43US #74
#58Joann41US #80
#59Victoria41US #106
#60Cynthia40US #90
#61Gail38US #52
#62Irene38US #97
#63Loretta38US #107
#64Paula38US #67
#65Maria36US #86
#66Sherry35US #104
#67Jo34US #60
#68Juanita34US #108
#69Anna32US #73
#70Christine32US #62
#71Katherine32US #82
#72Louise32US #78
#73June31US #121
#74Kathryn31US #65
#75Carole30US #51
#76Claudia30US #127
#77Dolores30US #103
#78Ellen30US #61
#79Evelyn30US #57
#80Kay30US #91
#81Sheila30US #89
#82Anita29US #100
#83Charlene29US #114
#84Glenda29US #92
#85Patsy29US #84
#86Sue29US #66
#87Georgia28US #116
#88Lois28US #48
#89Marcia28US #88
#90Teresa28US #171
#91Theresa28US #96
#92Vicki28US #117
#93Jeanette27US #122
#94Lorraine27US #87
#95Lucille27US #129
#96Pauline27US #125
#97Jeanne26US #98
#98Laura26US #77
#99Marjorie26US #94
#100Rebecca26US #85

Boys

#1Robert584US #2
#2John555US #3
#3James532US #1
#4Richard511US #5
#5William370US #4
#6David353US #6
#7Larry294US #11
#8Michael282US #9
#9Gary263US #13
#10Charles254US #7
#11Donald235US #12
#12Ronald229US #10
#13Thomas216US #8
#14Kenneth180US #16
#15George164US #15
#16Dennis148US #19
#17Paul146US #17
#18Jerry144US #20
#19Joseph144US #14
#20Frank126US #21
#21Edward112US #18
#22Daniel110US #24
#23Joe104US #36
#24Jack97US #32
#25Raymond97US #23
#26Gerald85US #25
#27Roger85US #22
#28Stephen80US #26
#29Douglas71US #29
#30Stanley70US #59
#31Steven68US #43
#32Danny65US #56
#33Anthony63US #46
#34Fred63US #51
#35Harold61US #28
#36Johnny61US #45
#37Arthur59US #34
#38Terry59US #33
#39Jim57US #68
#40Ernest56US #60
#41Lawrence56US #30
#42Manuel55US #150
#43Patrick55US #63
#44Albert54US #49
#45Leroy53US #83
#46Walter53US #27
#47Ray52US #92
#48Mike51US #69
#49Ralph49US #44
#50Henry47US #37
#51Carl45US #39
#52Wayne45US #35
#53Leonard44US #57
#54Bill43US #66
#55Roy43US #40
#56Dale41US #61
#57Bruce40US #48
#58Alan39US #52
#59Harry39US #47
#60Jimmy39US #41
#61Jose38US #132
#62Philip38US #58
#63Samuel38US #62
#64Tom38US #89
#65Gilbert37US #130
#66Norman37US #65
#67Bob35US #107
#68Eugene35US #50
#69Louis35US #55
#70Tony35US #129
#71Eddie33US #81
#72Mark33US #72
#73Timothy33US #70
#74Howard32US #54
#75Steve32US #79
#76Allen31US #74
#77Don31US #73
#78Victor31US #95
#79Marvin30US #80
#80Peter30US #38
#81Gene29US #100
#82Martin29US #90
#83Clifford28US #99
#84Lee27US #87
#85Leslie27US #115
#86Phillip27US #85
#87Ronnie27US #67
#88Floyd26US #114
#89Glenn26US #93
#90Gregory26US #96
#91Rodney26US #105
#92Russell26US #64
#93Billy25US #42
#94Vernon25US #118
#95Alfred24US #88
#96Keith24US #108
#97Darrell23US #141
#98Duane23US #138
#99Earl23US #71
#100Jay23US #125

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑37Ray#47
↑34Bruce#57
↑31Josephine#55
↑29Anna#69
↑29Steven#31
↑29Patrick#43
↑26Ernest#40
↑25Jose#61

Falling

↓37Russell#92
↓35Carole#75
↓32Lorraine#94
↓26Gilbert#65
↓26Don#77
↓25Alfred#95
↓23Theresa#91
↓22Glenn#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.