State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1950 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,891 Colorado births in 1950 across 699 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#80Kent#180 nationally
#76Manuel#158 nationally
#75Gilbert#144 nationally
#80Sheryl#145 nationally
#98Carla#160 nationally
#59Loretta#120 nationally
#61Mike#113 nationally
#95Tom#145 nationally
#69Darrell#116 nationally
#51Victoria#94 nationally
#60Leroy#102 nationally
#89Bill#131 nationally

Girls

#1Linda815US #1
#2Mary548US #2
#3Patricia431US #3
#4Susan378US #5
#5Barbara347US #4
#6Sharon307US #11
#7Carol282US #9
#8Karen281US #12
#9Kathleen268US #10
#10Sandra263US #8
#11Nancy247US #6
#12Deborah227US #7
#13Cynthia191US #23
#14Donna191US #13
#15Margaret173US #15
#16Janet168US #18
#17Pamela168US #17
#18Judith160US #21
#19Judy141US #25
#20Cheryl139US #29
#21Shirley128US #19
#22Diane125US #16
#23Connie120US #44
#24Diana120US #47
#25Janice119US #22
#26Gloria114US #30
#27Christine113US #28
#28Elizabeth111US #24
#29Bonnie108US #33
#30Rebecca106US #36
#31Beverly105US #31
#32Marilyn104US #37
#33Carolyn103US #20
#34Betty101US #26
#35Catherine96US #34
#36Debra94US #59
#37Peggy94US #41
#38Joyce90US #27
#39Kathryn88US #46
#40Virginia88US #43
#41Katherine86US #58
#42Kathy85US #38
#43Dorothy72US #35
#44Sally71US #78
#45Paula70US #54
#46Frances68US #51
#47Gail67US #42
#48Joan67US #40
#49Martha65US #32
#50Rita65US #56
#51Victoria65US #94
#52Alice64US #57
#53Ruth64US #49
#54Theresa64US #65
#55Phyllis63US #53
#56Rose63US #69
#57Jane62US #39
#58Ann61US #45
#59Loretta60US #120
#60Vicki59US #61
#61Brenda54US #14
#62Lynn54US #76
#63Joann52US #98
#64Darlene51US #79
#65Elaine51US #60
#66Irene51US #92
#67Marsha51US #68
#68Sherry51US #62
#69Cathy50US #75
#70Julie49US #111
#71Marie49US #72
#72Helen47US #50
#73Lorraine47US #105
#74Teresa46US #81
#75Vickie46US #108
#76Roberta45US #96
#77Wanda45US #52
#78Geraldine44US #102
#79Laura44US #63
#80Sheryl44US #145
#81Constance43US #85
#82Maria43US #73
#83Anna42US #93
#84Suzanne42US #71
#85Jo41US #64
#86Sue41US #100
#87Terry41US #127
#88Claudia40US #126
#89Charlotte39US #80
#90Jacqueline39US #55
#91Jeanne39US #95
#92Anita38US #99
#93Dianne38US #90
#94Jean37US #48
#95Lynda37US #107
#96Ellen36US #66
#97Sheila36US #70
#98Carla35US #160
#99Colleen35US #124
#100Marcia35US #77

Boys

#1Robert781US #2
#2John764US #3
#3James703US #1
#4Michael700US #4
#5David627US #5
#6Richard562US #7
#7William487US #6
#8Gary425US #10
#9Thomas371US #8
#10Ronald348US #12
#11Larry310US #11
#12Charles303US #9
#13Donald286US #14
#14Steven273US #16
#15Daniel239US #21
#16Kenneth233US #15
#17Dennis198US #17
#18Mark198US #23
#19Stephen197US #19
#20Paul190US #18
#21Joseph187US #13
#22Edward175US #22
#23Jerry161US #24
#24George151US #20
#25Douglas133US #28
#26Terry131US #30
#27Frank130US #29
#28Gregory129US #25
#29Patrick121US #38
#30Gerald120US #34
#31Raymond120US #31
#32Timothy118US #32
#33Lawrence109US #33
#34Roger108US #27
#35Anthony106US #36
#36Joe101US #54
#37Bruce100US #26
#38Danny95US #39
#39Dale93US #49
#40Jack87US #48
#41Wayne81US #35
#42Harold75US #45
#43Arthur72US #46
#44Alan69US #41
#45Carl65US #44
#46Randy63US #80
#47Keith61US #78
#48Stanley61US #60
#49Eugene60US #58
#50Leonard60US #77
#51Steve60US #83
#52Scott59US #82
#53Peter56US #37
#54Fred55US #84
#55Rodney55US #88
#56Albert53US #56
#57Louis53US #66
#58Philip53US #53
#59Ernest52US #81
#60Leroy52US #102
#61Mike52US #113
#62Glenn51US #59
#63Russell50US #67
#64Phillip49US #64
#65Ralph47US #52
#66Allen46US #71
#67Christopher45US #72
#68Craig45US #69
#69Darrell45US #116
#70Harry45US #61
#71Jimmy45US #55
#72Micheal45US #104
#73Theodore45US #99
#74Barry44US #74
#75Gilbert43US #144
#76Manuel43US #158
#77Andrew42US #68
#78Jeffrey42US #43
#79Johnny42US #50
#80Kent42US #180
#81Marvin42US #93
#82Samuel42US #62
#83Walter42US #40
#84Norman41US #90
#85Randall41US #70
#86Roy41US #51
#87Lee39US #91
#88Henry38US #47
#89Bill36US #131
#90Clifford36US #100
#91Glen36US #125
#92Billy35US #57
#93Dan35US #129
#94Martin35US #85
#95Tom35US #145
#96Victor35US #106
#97Jay34US #115
#98Kevin34US #73
#99Frederick33US #75
#100Leslie33US #126

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑34Victoria#51
↑31Joann#63
↑31Irene#66
↑30Scott#52
↑29Randy#46
↑27Peter#53
↑27Micheal#72
↑26Craig#68

Falling

↓39Jean#94
↓35Claudia#88
↓30Marcia#100
↓30Walter#83
↓29Roy#86
↓26Henry#88
↓24Lynda#95
↓24Tom#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.