State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1952 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 34,227 Colorado births in 1952 across 725 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#76Dolores#160 nationally
#72Gilbert#151 nationally
#88Kent#164 nationally
#97Bill#168 nationally
#100Manuel#162 nationally
#80Mike#136 nationally
#64Rick#119 nationally
#78Kim#126 nationally
#90Carla#138 nationally
#77Glen#121 nationally
#81Terry#120 nationally
#79Leroy#116 nationally

Girls

#1Linda696US #1
#2Mary562US #2
#3Patricia485US #3
#4Debra411US #9
#5Susan411US #5
#6Deborah406US #4
#7Barbara324US #6
#8Karen302US #8
#9Kathleen298US #11
#10Nancy283US #7
#11Cynthia266US #18
#12Sandra256US #10
#13Carol254US #12
#14Sharon234US #14
#15Donna221US #13
#16Pamela210US #17
#17Janet206US #19
#18Christine165US #20
#19Judith159US #25
#20Diane146US #16
#21Margaret146US #21
#22Cheryl140US #31
#23Elizabeth139US #22
#24Kathy134US #29
#25Shirley132US #28
#26Diana129US #51
#27Catherine124US #34
#28Judy123US #26
#29Rebecca123US #30
#30Connie122US #44
#31Janice121US #23
#32Katherine118US #59
#33Betty116US #32
#34Carolyn106US #24
#35Marilyn98US #38
#36Kathryn97US #48
#37Vicki97US #61
#38Gloria96US #36
#39Laura96US #53
#40Beverly95US #35
#41Theresa93US #60
#42Joan91US #37
#43Peggy91US #43
#44Virginia88US #49
#45Gail86US #39
#46Joyce81US #27
#47Bonnie77US #41
#48Paula77US #47
#49Ruth75US #57
#50Martha73US #40
#51Victoria73US #74
#52Roberta70US #88
#53Rose70US #62
#54Ann67US #45
#55Helen67US #63
#56Jane67US #42
#57Alice65US #69
#58Sherry65US #68
#59Dorothy63US #46
#60Jean63US #50
#61Jo63US #55
#62Teresa63US #52
#63Vickie63US #76
#64Brenda62US #15
#65Cathy62US #56
#66Julie62US #85
#67Rita61US #66
#68Denise59US #33
#69Darlene56US #77
#70Rhonda56US #95
#71Anne55US #79
#72Frances55US #67
#73Valerie55US #87
#74Jacqueline54US #58
#75Elaine52US #73
#76Dolores50US #160
#77Evelyn49US #90
#78Lynn49US #71
#79Sally49US #81
#80Anita48US #91
#81Terry48US #120
#82Charlotte46US #89
#83Marcia45US #80
#84Colleen44US #108
#85Irene44US #121
#86Phyllis44US #65
#87Constance43US #92
#88Lois43US #86
#89Wanda43US #54
#90Carla42US #138
#91Ellen42US #70
#92Robin40US #102
#93Stephanie40US #123
#94Charlene39US #106
#95Laurie39US #115
#96Lorraine39US #109
#97Dianne37US #96
#98Lynda37US #129
#99Maria37US #72
#100Suzanne37US #84

Boys

#1Robert865US #2
#2Michael830US #4
#3John746US #3
#4David741US #5
#5James733US #1
#6Richard644US #7
#7William486US #6
#8Steven437US #11
#9Thomas422US #8
#10Gary420US #10
#11Mark355US #17
#12Ronald329US #15
#13Daniel325US #20
#14Donald285US #13
#15Charles284US #9
#16Kenneth269US #16
#17Larry260US #14
#18Stephen247US #21
#19Joseph211US #12
#20Paul207US #19
#21Dennis199US #18
#22Douglas185US #28
#23Timothy164US #27
#24Terry163US #29
#25Jerry161US #26
#26Gregory157US #24
#27Edward150US #23
#28George149US #22
#29Frank141US #32
#30Bruce128US #25
#31Raymond127US #33
#32Patrick126US #37
#33Anthony124US #34
#34Gerald120US #39
#35Randy112US #41
#36Jack108US #52
#37Dale103US #46
#38Lawrence99US #35
#39Joe97US #62
#40Roger96US #30
#41Alan95US #42
#42Danny92US #40
#43Jeffrey80US #31
#44Arthur78US #47
#45Scott77US #54
#46Eugene73US #71
#47Harold73US #51
#48Wayne73US #38
#49Stanley72US #58
#50Craig70US #59
#51Kevin70US #43
#52Phillip70US #74
#53Christopher68US #57
#54Carl67US #45
#55Rodney67US #84
#56Andrew61US #68
#57Ernest61US #87
#58Fred61US #90
#59Henry61US #50
#60Roy60US #55
#61Randall58US #63
#62Keith57US #49
#63Steve56US #85
#64Rick55US #119
#65Brian52US #64
#66Ralph52US #56
#67Albert51US #66
#68Glenn51US #61
#69Leonard51US #83
#70Micheal51US #94
#71Walter50US #44
#72Gilbert49US #151
#73Dean47US #103
#74Lee47US #92
#75Peter47US #36
#76Russell44US #70
#77Glen43US #121
#78Kim42US #126
#79Leroy42US #116
#80Mike42US #136
#81Clifford41US #99
#82Jay41US #106
#83Johnny41US #53
#84Ricky41US #81
#85Allen40US #78
#86Frederick40US #76
#87Jimmy40US #72
#88Kent39US #164
#89Victor39US #107
#90Leslie38US #125
#91Martin38US #80
#92Samuel38US #67
#93Philip37US #60
#94Alfred36US #104
#95Lloyd36US #130
#96Ray36US #113
#97Bill35US #168
#98Dan35US #129
#99Harry35US #75
#100Manuel35US #162

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑36Kevin#51
↑27Denise#68
↑26Gilbert#72
↑25Darlene#69
↑20Vickie#63
↑20Andrew#56
↑19Jo#61
↑18Anita#80

Falling

↓32Martin#91
↓29Russell#76
↓26Lorraine#96
↓25Charlotte#82
↓21Harry#99
↓20Wanda#89
↓19Sally#79
↓19Leonard#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.