State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,466 Colorado births in 1946 across 631 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#96Kent#195 nationally
#65Manuel#157 nationally
#66Gilbert#138 nationally
#90Ted#158 nationally
#99Priscilla#160 nationally
#57Vicki#108 nationally
#59Dolores#104 nationally
#46Leroy#90 nationally
#64Charlene#107 nationally
#37Katherine#78 nationally
#70Loretta#111 nationally
#56Theresa#96 nationally

Girls

#1Mary554US #1
#2Linda491US #2
#3Patricia389US #3
#4Sharon386US #9
#5Barbara374US #4
#6Carol329US #5
#7Sandra309US #6
#8Karen253US #15
#9Susan245US #8
#10Judith229US #10
#11Nancy225US #7
#12Judy221US #11
#13Donna210US #13
#14Betty163US #14
#15Janet163US #21
#16Kathleen160US #16
#17Margaret157US #17
#18Cheryl149US #27
#19Shirley148US #18
#20Janice137US #22
#21Carolyn136US #12
#22Joyce126US #20
#23Gloria125US #26
#24Virginia115US #31
#25Connie113US #45
#26Marilyn110US #29
#27Beverly109US #30
#28Diane102US #19
#29Diana99US #42
#30Dorothy95US #23
#31Pamela95US #34
#32Cynthia91US #46
#33Helen84US #36
#34Bonnie83US #33
#35Phyllis80US #41
#36Joan79US #28
#37Katherine72US #78
#38Rose69US #60
#39Ruth68US #38
#40Elizabeth66US #25
#41Frances65US #39
#42Peggy63US #43
#43Jo61US #53
#44Kathy60US #79
#45Ann59US #40
#46Alice58US #44
#47Jane56US #35
#48Sally56US #67
#49Charlotte54US #64
#50Martha54US #32
#51Roberta53US #86
#52Catherine52US #48
#53Rita52US #56
#54Jean51US #37
#55Kathryn50US #63
#56Theresa49US #96
#57Vicki49US #108
#58Geraldine47US #66
#59Dolores46US #104
#60Joann46US #90
#61Kay46US #101
#62Marie46US #54
#63Sherry46US #73
#64Charlene45US #107
#65Darlene44US #71
#66Laura44US #75
#67Elaine43US #47
#68Anita41US #84
#69Evelyn41US #65
#70Loretta40US #111
#71Patsy40US #85
#72Rebecca40US #68
#73Sylvia40US #82
#74Doris39US #51
#75Gail39US #49
#76Juanita39US #110
#77Lorraine39US #93
#78Maria39US #88
#79Sheila39US #70
#80Irene38US #102
#81Lynn38US #94
#82Rosemary38US #74
#83Christine37US #50
#84Lois37US #55
#85Paula37US #69
#86Georgia36US #123
#87Louise36US #91
#88Victoria36US #122
#89Norma33US #77
#90Constance32US #100
#91Jeanette32US #121
#92Jeanne32US #83
#93Julie32US #128
#94Marsha32US #98
#95Claudia31US #124
#96Dianne31US #76
#97Jacqueline31US #62
#98Marjorie31US #106
#99Priscilla31US #160
#100Sue31US #61

Boys

#1Robert761US #2
#2John729US #3
#3James651US #1
#4Richard555US #5
#5David475US #6
#6William449US #4
#7Michael409US #7
#8Gary326US #12
#9Ronald323US #10
#10Thomas315US #8
#11Larry313US #11
#12Donald300US #13
#13Charles293US #9
#14Dennis199US #17
#15Kenneth198US #15
#16Jerry176US #20
#17Joseph163US #14
#18George159US #16
#19Paul155US #18
#20Daniel141US #21
#21Edward138US #19
#22Joe137US #37
#23Frank130US #22
#24Stephen106US #24
#25Terry103US #26
#26Raymond102US #25
#27Gerald97US #27
#28Roger97US #23
#29Jack95US #35
#30Fred88US #51
#31Steven87US #28
#32Harold85US #33
#33Douglas84US #34
#34Jim78US #73
#35Lawrence77US #31
#36Anthony75US #44
#37Patrick75US #59
#38Danny73US #46
#39Arthur71US #36
#40Wayne69US #29
#41Dale68US #62
#42Bruce66US #32
#43Mike64US #64
#44Timothy64US #60
#45Johnny62US #47
#46Leroy60US #90
#47Mark59US #58
#48Walter59US #30
#49Carl57US #39
#50Ernest56US #71
#51Eugene56US #57
#52Leonard56US #67
#53Louis56US #63
#54Ralph56US #48
#55Harry55US #50
#56Don54US #79
#57Stanley54US #65
#58Henry51US #41
#59Roy51US #43
#60Russell51US #66
#61Alan50US #49
#62Albert50US #52
#63Bill50US #72
#64Steve50US #69
#65Manuel46US #157
#66Gilbert45US #138
#67Tom45US #87
#68Jimmy44US #42
#69Gene43US #98
#70Phillip43US #83
#71Ronnie43US #54
#72Gregory42US #56
#73Allen41US #74
#74Rodney41US #93
#75Keith40US #96
#76Lee40US #91
#77Martin39US #92
#78Marvin38US #88
#79Bob37US #107
#80Eddie37US #85
#81Norman37US #76
#82Peter37US #38
#83Philip36US #61
#84Barry34US #68
#85Billy34US #45
#86Gordon34US #111
#87Howard32US #55
#88Lloyd31US #106
#89Samuel31US #70
#90Ted31US #158
#91Tommy31US #77
#92Dan30US #116
#93Jose30US #133
#94Leslie30US #119
#95Ray30US #95
#96Kent29US #195
#97Melvin29US #86
#98Alfred28US #94
#99Clifford28US #100
#100Jesse28US #109

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑35Theresa#56
↑35Vicki#57
↑34Katherine#37
↑32Laura#66
↑32Russell#60
↑29Timothy#44
↑28Cynthia#32
↑28Rebecca#72

Falling

↓48Ray#95
↓32Norma#89
↓32Jose#93
↓29Victoria#88
↓27Stanley#57
↓26Samuel#89
↓23Manuel#65
↓21Paula#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.