State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 32,673 Colorado births in 1951 across 694 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#69Kent#182 nationally
#82Cindy#154 nationally
#74Rick#143 nationally
#62Mike#128 nationally
#92Manuel#158 nationally
#96Penny#153 nationally
#89Loretta#135 nationally
#82Glen#127 nationally
#40Rodney#84 nationally
#98Gilbert#142 nationally
#67Darrell#109 nationally
#94Dan#136 nationally

Girls

#1Linda729US #1
#2Mary575US #2
#3Patricia479US #3
#4Deborah352US #4
#5Susan349US #6
#6Barbara327US #5
#7Karen313US #8
#8Sandra282US #9
#9Nancy277US #7
#10Kathleen275US #10
#11Debra270US #18
#12Carol256US #11
#13Sharon245US #13
#14Donna227US #12
#15Cynthia217US #20
#16Pamela183US #16
#17Janet175US #19
#18Margaret164US #17
#19Judith161US #25
#20Cheryl154US #30
#21Diane152US #15
#22Judy144US #26
#23Gloria132US #31
#24Shirley132US #27
#25Elizabeth129US #23
#26Katherine129US #55
#27Catherine125US #34
#28Peggy121US #40
#29Janice118US #21
#30Christine113US #24
#31Kathy112US #35
#32Rebecca111US #32
#33Diana108US #50
#34Carolyn103US #22
#35Marilyn103US #41
#36Vicki99US #58
#37Bonnie97US #37
#38Virginia97US #47
#39Kathryn95US #45
#40Connie94US #44
#41Beverly92US #33
#42Laura91US #60
#43Joyce90US #28
#44Gail89US #36
#45Betty86US #29
#46Victoria85US #81
#47Dorothy84US #42
#48Theresa80US #64
#49Rose77US #65
#50Martha75US #38
#51Paula75US #51
#52Teresa75US #63
#53Joan69US #39
#54Ruth69US #53
#55Sherry69US #70
#56Helen65US #54
#57Charlotte64US #84
#58Jane64US #43
#59Roberta63US #92
#60Sally62US #77
#61Ann60US #46
#62Elaine60US #66
#63Rita60US #61
#64Frances59US #59
#65Jacqueline59US #56
#66Alice54US #62
#67Cathy54US #71
#68Jean54US #49
#69Wanda52US #52
#70Lorraine51US #102
#71Lynn51US #72
#72Phyllis51US #57
#73Marsha50US #76
#74Constance49US #86
#75Marie49US #78
#76Julie48US #99
#77Terry48US #115
#78Joann46US #104
#79Kay46US #120
#80Jo45US #67
#81Maria45US #75
#82Cindy44US #154
#83Vickie44US #87
#84Evelyn43US #88
#85Ellen42US #68
#86Geraldine42US #108
#87Glenda42US #89
#88Irene42US #105
#89Loretta42US #135
#90Sheila42US #69
#91Lynda41US #116
#92Marcia41US #74
#93Colleen40US #114
#94Darlene40US #79
#95Denise40US #48
#96Penny39US #153
#97Jeanne38US #98
#98Anita37US #96
#99Anna37US #94
#100Claudia37US #123

Boys

#1Robert818US #2
#2Michael782US #4
#3John741US #3
#4James704US #1
#5David697US #5
#6Richard555US #7
#7William499US #6
#8Gary451US #10
#9Thomas409US #8
#10Ronald336US #12
#11Steven336US #13
#12Charles326US #9
#13Donald310US #15
#14Larry306US #11
#15Kenneth272US #16
#16Daniel262US #21
#17Mark262US #20
#18Joseph247US #14
#19Stephen221US #19
#20Paul216US #18
#21Dennis208US #17
#22Douglas192US #27
#23Edward170US #23
#24George162US #22
#25Frank151US #31
#26Timothy151US #28
#27Gregory136US #25
#28Anthony133US #34
#29Jerry132US #24
#30Gerald131US #36
#31Terry123US #30
#32Bruce120US #26
#33Roger111US #29
#34Patrick110US #39
#35Raymond98US #32
#36Dale91US #49
#37Jack90US #48
#38Lawrence85US #33
#39Danny78US #41
#40Rodney78US #84
#41Joe77US #57
#42Randy77US #56
#43Harold74US #46
#44Stanley74US #54
#45Wayne74US #37
#46Scott72US #68
#47Russell71US #73
#48Alan67US #40
#49Brian63US #75
#50Leonard63US #80
#51Carl62US #43
#52Steve62US #86
#53Arthur61US #44
#54Jeffrey61US #35
#55Phillip61US #79
#56Craig60US #63
#57Randall58US #66
#58Eugene57US #65
#59Martin56US #81
#60Henry54US #47
#61Louis53US #76
#62Mike51US #128
#63Albert50US #60
#64Christopher50US #61
#65Keith49US #59
#66Walter49US #42
#67Darrell48US #109
#68Theodore48US #99
#69Kent47US #182
#70Ralph47US #51
#71Allen46US #72
#72Ernest46US #83
#73Fred46US #87
#74Rick46US #143
#75Roy46US #52
#76Andrew45US #69
#77Samuel45US #67
#78Harry44US #70
#79Micheal44US #97
#80Glenn43US #58
#81Clifford42US #101
#82Glen42US #127
#83Marvin42US #96
#84Ricky41US #102
#85Eric40US #93
#86Benjamin39US #123
#87Kevin39US #53
#88Norman39US #90
#89Peter38US #38
#90Dean37US #105
#91Johnny37US #50
#92Manuel37US #158
#93Jose36US #113
#94Dan35US #136
#95Howard35US #74
#96Jimmy35US #62
#97Jon35US #138
#98Gilbert33US #142
#99Gordon33US #108
#100Philip33US #55

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑37Laura#42
↑35Martin#59
↑32Charlotte#57
↑28Randall#57
↑28Henry#60
↑26Jean#68
↑25Debra#11
↑25Jacqueline#65

Falling

↓42Philip#100
↓36Peter#89
↓30Loretta#89
↓30Darlene#94
↓25Jimmy#96
↓23Gilbert#98
↓22Irene#88
↓19Fred#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.