State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,128 Colorado births in 1948 across 695 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#76Debraoutside the national top 200
#80Kent#194 nationally
#61Manuel#156 nationally
#86Carla#180 nationally
#81Dianna#172 nationally
#86Chris#172 nationally
#78Gilbert#145 nationally
#82Josephine#134 nationally
#90Duane#140 nationally
#97Sheryl#144 nationally
#52Lorraine#96 nationally
#75Dolores#119 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,037US #1
#2Mary583US #2
#3Patricia408US #4
#4Barbara353US #3
#5Carol315US #8
#6Sharon309US #9
#7Susan309US #5
#8Sandra284US #6
#9Nancy282US #7
#10Karen241US #12
#11Donna226US #11
#12Kathleen222US #10
#13Judith205US #15
#14Judy192US #16
#15Janet179US #24
#16Pamela171US #22
#17Cheryl167US #25
#18Shirley157US #20
#19Margaret142US #13
#20Janice137US #23
#21Carolyn136US #14
#22Cynthia132US #27
#23Gloria125US #28
#24Betty117US #18
#25Diane115US #19
#26Kathy114US #55
#27Marilyn114US #33
#28Diana111US #48
#29Beverly110US #31
#30Virginia108US #36
#31Joyce107US #21
#32Connie102US #43
#33Catherine97US #41
#34Peggy93US #38
#35Bonnie91US #34
#36Elizabeth87US #26
#37Frances82US #42
#38Katherine82US #68
#39Theresa82US #63
#40Christine81US #35
#41Dorothy80US #29
#42Deborah74US #30
#43Joan74US #37
#44Vicki74US #81
#45Phyllis73US #46
#46Ruth71US #45
#47Helen70US #40
#48Martha70US #32
#49Rose70US #62
#50Ann64US #44
#51Sherry63US #61
#52Lorraine62US #96
#53Paula62US #52
#54Rebecca62US #50
#55Kathryn60US #54
#56Jean59US #47
#57Sue59US #78
#58Alice57US #49
#59Jo56US #56
#60Jane55US #39
#61Marsha55US #76
#62Roberta54US #101
#63Sally54US #72
#64Cathy52US #104
#65Darlene52US #77
#66Charlotte49US #69
#67Gail49US #51
#68Anita48US #102
#69Marcia48US #79
#70Laura47US #73
#71Evelyn46US #74
#72Lynda46US #84
#73Marie46US #60
#74Elaine45US #53
#75Dolores44US #119
#76Debra43
#77Julie43US #117
#78Teresa43US #82
#79Juanita42US #107
#80Loretta42US #115
#81Dianna41US #172
#82Josephine41US #134
#83Norma40US #103
#84Patsy40US #98
#85Rita40US #59
#86Carla39US #180
#87Charlene39US #105
#88Geraldine39US #83
#89Victoria39US #108
#90Jeanne38US #95
#91Maria38US #75
#92Irene37US #111
#93Lynn37US #80
#94Constance36US #93
#95Jacqueline36US #58
#96Lois36US #70
#97Sheryl36US #144
#98Wanda36US #57
#99Dianne35US #86
#100Glenda35US #92

Boys

#1Robert840US #2
#2John827US #3
#3James684US #1
#4David629US #5
#5William526US #4
#6Michael517US #6
#7Richard517US #7
#8Ronald373US #10
#9Gary365US #12
#10Larry361US #11
#11Charles319US #9
#12Thomas306US #8
#13Donald257US #14
#14Kenneth248US #15
#15Daniel210US #22
#16Stephen192US #20
#17Dennis187US #17
#18Paul186US #18
#19Joseph177US #13
#20Steven177US #23
#21George167US #16
#22Jerry158US #21
#23Frank147US #25
#24Edward141US #19
#25Terry129US #26
#26Joe111US #47
#27Raymond111US #27
#28Jack110US #43
#29Roger105US #24
#30Gerald101US #30
#31Douglas100US #33
#32Danny96US #39
#33Lawrence96US #31
#34Bruce92US #28
#35Gregory90US #32
#36Anthony89US #41
#37Mike89US #68
#38Timothy89US #38
#39Mark87US #29
#40Fred85US #66
#41Patrick85US #48
#42Ralph80US #51
#43Steve78US #60
#44Wayne78US #34
#45Dale77US #56
#46Harold76US #36
#47Roy69US #49
#48Carl68US #42
#49Jim68US #86
#50Walter68US #35
#51Alan66US #46
#52Phillip63US #69
#53Arthur62US #44
#54Eugene62US #61
#55Henry61US #45
#56Tom61US #94
#57Albert59US #55
#58Rodney58US #92
#59Russell55US #67
#60Leroy54US #97
#61Manuel54US #156
#62Ernest53US #76
#63Peter51US #37
#64Bill50US #84
#65Jimmy49US #50
#66Allen48US #72
#67Don48US #91
#68Stanley48US #65
#69Marvin47US #90
#70Johnny46US #52
#71Leonard46US #71
#72Martin45US #88
#73Barry44US #74
#74Keith44US #89
#75Norman43US #85
#76Philip43US #54
#77Harry41US #57
#78Gilbert40US #145
#79Glenn40US #73
#80Kent40US #194
#81Ronnie40US #59
#82Jose39US #126
#83Andrew37US #77
#84Dan37US #113
#85Howard36US #63
#86Chris35US #172
#87Ray35US #100
#88Gordon34US #112
#89Louis34US #64
#90Duane33US #140
#91Tommy33US #79
#92Tony33US #125
#93Jesse32US #108
#94Alfred31US #96
#95Billy31US #53
#96Clifford31US #105
#97Gene31US #111
#98Victor31US #115
#99Alvin30US #124
#100Brian30US #95

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑58Deborah#42
↑42Christine#40
↑34Theresa#39
↑27Phillip#52
↑27Martin#72
↑23Peter#63
↑21Henry#55
↑20Norman#75

Falling

↓43Rita#85
↓38Maria#91
↓24Dianne#99
↓23Loretta#80
↓22Philip#76
↓21Charlene#87
↓20Jo#59
↓20Jeanne#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.