State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,751 Colorado births in 1947 across 660 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#91Rudyoutside the national top 200
#62Gilbert#146 nationally
#72Manuel#156 nationally
#96Esther#162 nationally
#75Glen#138 nationally
#85Leo#147 nationally
#57Loretta#113 nationally
#80Duane#135 nationally
#84Jose#136 nationally
#88Dean#140 nationally
#50Vicki#101 nationally
#41Tom#87 nationally

Girls

#1Linda917US #1
#2Mary617US #2
#3Patricia455US #3
#4Sharon404US #9
#5Barbara383US #4
#6Sandra351US #5
#7Carol314US #6
#8Karen272US #13
#9Nancy255US #7
#10Susan241US #8
#11Donna229US #10
#12Judy200US #14
#13Judith190US #12
#14Kathleen182US #11
#15Janet165US #23
#16Margaret165US #16
#17Cheryl154US #24
#18Janice146US #22
#19Betty144US #17
#20Shirley144US #19
#21Gloria141US #27
#22Marilyn132US #29
#23Diane130US #18
#24Carolyn129US #15
#25Connie128US #43
#26Virginia125US #34
#27Pamela121US #28
#28Dorothy116US #26
#29Cynthia115US #33
#30Diana110US #48
#31Elizabeth105US #25
#32Joyce100US #20
#33Bonnie97US #35
#34Beverly92US #31
#35Frances88US #39
#36Phyllis87US #37
#37Joan84US #30
#38Helen77US #38
#39Jo74US #51
#40Kathy74US #64
#41Catherine72US #46
#42Rita70US #60
#43Peggy69US #42
#44Ann67US #41
#45Kathryn66US #55
#46Rose66US #65
#47Sherry66US #67
#48Katherine65US #76
#49Ruth64US #44
#50Vicki64US #101
#51Jane63US #36
#52Jean63US #40
#53Maria63US #79
#54Rebecca63US #52
#55Alice56US #47
#56Charlotte56US #68
#57Loretta56US #113
#58Martha56US #32
#59Roberta55US #90
#60Darlene54US #71
#61Laura53US #74
#62Marie53US #57
#63Lynda52US #77
#64Norma52US #82
#65Sally52US #70
#66Charlene50US #105
#67Elaine49US #50
#68Gail49US #49
#69Paula47US #54
#70Jeanne46US #86
#71Lorraine46US #84
#72Sue46US #69
#73Theresa46US #85
#74Marsha45US #88
#75Dianne44US #83
#76Evelyn44US #72
#77Sheila44US #73
#78Anita43US #94
#79Lynn43US #75
#80Cathy42US #119
#81Claudia42US #122
#82Christine41US #45
#83Irene41US #107
#84Lois41US #63
#85Marjorie41US #106
#86Ellen40US #61
#87Kay40US #104
#88Jacqueline39US #59
#89Josephine39US #133
#90Geraldine38US #78
#91Joann38US #89
#92Patsy38US #87
#93Juanita37US #110
#94Dolores36US #111
#95Georgia36US #129
#96Esther35US #162
#97Rosemary35US #80
#98Glenda34US #96
#99Victoria34US #123
#100Deborah33US #62

Boys

#1Robert839US #2
#2John726US #3
#3James707US #1
#4Richard603US #5
#5David593US #6
#6Michael511US #7
#7William496US #4
#8Larry381US #10
#9Gary361US #12
#10Ronald325US #11
#11Donald320US #13
#12Thomas319US #8
#13Charles318US #9
#14Kenneth257US #15
#15Dennis238US #17
#16Joseph192US #14
#17Jerry189US #20
#18George180US #16
#19Daniel177US #22
#20Paul169US #18
#21Stephen163US #21
#22Frank157US #23
#23Edward145US #19
#24Steven142US #24
#25Terry135US #26
#26Jack117US #37
#27Roger117US #25
#28Gerald115US #28
#29Joe114US #43
#30Raymond113US #27
#31Lawrence98US #32
#32Gregory92US #33
#33Danny89US #39
#34Ralph88US #50
#35Douglas87US #31
#36Fred87US #56
#37Arthur86US #38
#38Steve82US #58
#39Anthony80US #41
#40Patrick78US #53
#41Tom78US #87
#42Dale77US #63
#43Bruce72US #29
#44Mark72US #47
#45Timothy72US #52
#46Alan68US #45
#47Carl67US #40
#48Harold66US #35
#49Wayne66US #30
#50Jim63US #77
#51Mike62US #65
#52Bill57US #76
#53Walter57US #34
#54Philip55US #57
#55Roy55US #48
#56Don54US #86
#57Eugene54US #59
#58Johnny54US #49
#59Albert53US #55
#60Leonard52US #71
#61Russell52US #69
#62Gilbert50US #146
#63Allen49US #73
#64Leroy49US #98
#65Howard48US #62
#66Rodney48US #94
#67Ronnie48US #61
#68Ernest47US #75
#69Stanley47US #67
#70Ray46US #97
#71Harry45US #54
#72Manuel45US #156
#73Louis44US #64
#74Gordon43US #111
#75Glen41US #138
#76Henry40US #46
#77Lee40US #92
#78Jimmy39US #44
#79Phillip39US #74
#80Duane38US #135
#81Melvin38US #85
#82Bob37US #115
#83Glenn37US #70
#84Jose37US #136
#85Leo37US #147
#86Peter37US #36
#87Barry36US #68
#88Dean36US #140
#89Keith36US #91
#90Gene34US #103
#91Rudy34
#92Victor34US #121
#93Clifford33US #101
#94Dan33US #109
#95Norman33US #81
#96Randy33US #116
#97Samuel33US #72
#98Lloyd32US #112
#99Martin32US #90
#100Eddie31US #80

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑40Gregory#32
↑29Philip#54
↑28Sue#72
↑26Steve#38
↑26Tom#41
↑25Maria#53
↑25Norma#64
↑25Ray#70

Falling

↓35Dolores#94
↓32Geraldine#90
↓31Joann#91
↓26Kay#87
↓22Martin#99
↓21Patsy#92
↓21Gene#90
↓20Louis#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.