State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,958 Colorado births in 1949 across 679 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#83Kent#194 nationally
#65Manuel#154 nationally
#53Claudia#127 nationally
#61Debra#134 nationally
#98Rick#170 nationally
#77Gilbert#147 nationally
#74Dan#125 nationally
#92Tony#139 nationally
#71Tom#114 nationally
#46Mike#88 nationally
#73Terry#115 nationally
#96Duane#137 nationally

Girls

#1Linda933US #1
#2Mary559US #2
#3Patricia392US #3
#4Barbara352US #4
#5Susan320US #5
#6Sharon298US #10
#7Carol294US #8
#8Sandra294US #6
#9Kathleen287US #9
#10Nancy260US #7
#11Karen257US #11
#12Donna214US #12
#13Cynthia181US #27
#14Judy162US #20
#15Judith161US #16
#16Margaret159US #14
#17Shirley159US #18
#18Cheryl152US #28
#19Pamela151US #21
#20Janet143US #23
#21Deborah141US #15
#22Diane139US #19
#23Connie125US #43
#24Diana117US #48
#25Beverly114US #31
#26Elizabeth113US #25
#27Janice113US #24
#28Gloria112US #29
#29Betty111US #22
#30Carolyn111US #17
#31Marilyn104US #33
#32Christine102US #30
#33Peggy102US #38
#34Catherine101US #37
#35Kathy100US #42
#36Kathryn96US #52
#37Virginia96US #39
#38Joyce95US #26
#39Katherine88US #59
#40Bonnie85US #35
#41Dorothy85US #32
#42Vicki85US #70
#43Theresa83US #63
#44Martha75US #34
#45Rebecca75US #40
#46Frances74US #49
#47Ruth67US #47
#48Sherry67US #68
#49Alice64US #53
#50Paula64US #55
#51Rita62US #54
#52Helen61US #46
#53Claudia60US #127
#54Marie60US #67
#55Jean59US #45
#56Jane58US #41
#57Rose57US #66
#58Cathy56US #81
#59Sally56US #77
#60Elaine55US #57
#61Debra53US #134
#62Ann52US #44
#63Gail52US #51
#64Evelyn51US #80
#65Phyllis51US #50
#66Geraldine49US #90
#67Joan49US #36
#68Roberta49US #97
#69Laura48US #65
#70Marcia48US #78
#71Lynda47US #93
#72Lynn47US #74
#73Terry46US #115
#74Charlene45US #100
#75Teresa45US #82
#76Juanita44US #107
#77Anita43US #99
#78Jo42US #60
#79Loretta42US #117
#80Marsha42US #79
#81Brenda41US #13
#82Sylvia41US #94
#83Anna39US #91
#84Lois39US #73
#85Victoria39US #96
#86Constance38US #83
#87Darlene38US #75
#88Lorraine38US #102
#89Maria38US #72
#90Sue37US #88
#91Charlotte36US #71
#92Dolores36US #130
#93Jacqueline36US #58
#94Joann36US #101
#95Louise36US #104
#96Glenda35US #87
#97Irene35US #111
#98Leslie35US #132
#99Ellen34US #64
#100Georgia34US #141

Boys

#1John772US #3
#2Robert766US #2
#3James697US #1
#4David638US #6
#5Michael592US #5
#6Richard554US #7
#7William503US #4
#8Gary392US #12
#9Larry350US #10
#10Thomas340US #8
#11Charles326US #9
#12Ronald317US #11
#13Donald296US #13
#14Steven230US #20
#15Daniel226US #22
#16Kenneth222US #15
#17Stephen211US #19
#18Dennis188US #16
#19George188US #18
#20Joseph179US #14
#21Jerry171US #23
#22Paul169US #17
#23Mark150US #24
#24Douglas149US #29
#25Edward126US #21
#26Terry121US #28
#27Jack119US #47
#28Frank115US #27
#29Roger113US #25
#30Timothy111US #34
#31Anthony110US #36
#32Bruce106US #26
#33Danny106US #40
#34Gerald106US #33
#35Gregory106US #31
#36Joe103US #52
#37Raymond102US #30
#38Patrick96US #39
#39Lawrence82US #32
#40Arthur78US #44
#41Alan75US #45
#42Wayne74US #35
#43Harold70US #42
#44Dale68US #54
#45Steve67US #68
#46Mike66US #88
#47Phillip65US #66
#48Carl63US #43
#49Eugene57US #58
#50Fred57US #72
#51Ralph57US #50
#52Harry54US #59
#53Walter54US #37
#54Jimmy53US #53
#55Rodney53US #87
#56Russell53US #69
#57Roy52US #51
#58Stanley52US #60
#59Leonard51US #74
#60Louis51US #64
#61Albert50US #56
#62Henry50US #46
#63Keith48US #85
#64Samuel48US #62
#65Manuel47US #154
#66Ernest46US #76
#67Lee46US #93
#68Leroy45US #101
#69Randall45US #79
#70Ronnie45US #65
#71Tom45US #114
#72Jim44US #108
#73Melvin44US #82
#74Dan43US #125
#75Randy43US #92
#76Norman42US #90
#77Gilbert41US #147
#78Glenn41US #61
#79Johnny41US #49
#80Peter41US #38
#81Philip41US #55
#82Scott40US #99
#83Kent39US #194
#84Allen37US #71
#85Marvin37US #89
#86Andrew36US #75
#87Bill36US #106
#88Don36US #98
#89Jeffrey34US #48
#90Martin34US #83
#91Christopher33US #81
#92Tony33US #139
#93Brian32US #86
#94Craig32US #77
#95Darrell31US #117
#96Duane31US #137
#97Howard31US #63
#98Rick31US #170
#99Micheal30US #122
#100Tommy30US #84

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑34Rita#51
↑29Louis#60
↑25Harry#52
↑22Geraldine#66
↑21Deborah#21
↑21Lynn#72
↑19Kathryn#36
↑19Marie#54

Falling

↓36Lorraine#88
↓33Sue#90
↓25Charlotte#91
↓24Joan#67
↓23Jim#72
↓23Bill#87
↓22Darlene#87
↓21Don#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.