Popular baby names in Colorado, 1912

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1912 were Mary for girls (234 babies) and John for boys (198). Social Security records list 5,884 babies born in Colorado in 1912 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1912

Names given at least 15 times in Colorado that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Lois: 39 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Marguerite: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Barbara: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Charlotte: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marjorie: 35 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Betty: 27 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Esther: 45 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Tony: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Joe: 40 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Victor: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Fred: 39 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Eugene: 27 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Donald: 36 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1912

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	Mary	234	–	1
2	Helen	135	–	2
3	Margaret	120	↑1	4
4	Ruth	115	↑1	5
5	Dorothy	96	↓2	3
6	Mildred	76	–	6
7	Frances	71	–	9
8	Elizabeth	51	↑4	8
9	Alice	50	↑11	11
10	Virginia	50	↑8	20
11	Louise	48	↑15	17
12	Florence	46	↑7	12
13	Esther	45	↑2	33
14	Evelyn	45	↓4	13
15	Marie	45	↓4	10
16	Rose	44	↓8	15
17	Edna	41	↑7	16
18	Anna	39	↓9	7
19	Lois	39	new	63
20	Josephine	38	↓7	28
21	Irene	37	↑11	22
22	Marjorie	35	↑20	56
23	Ethel	34	↓2	18
24	Lucille	34	↑3	32
25	Pauline	33	↑5	38
26	Edith	32	↓12	31
27	Ann	31	↑6	47
28	Elsie	31	↑10	42
29	Thelma	31	↓6	26
30	Agnes	30	↑13	40
31	Hazel	29	↓14	25
32	Martha	29	↓7	29
33	Gladys	28	↓17	19
34	Betty	27	↑11	66
35	Clara	27	new	34
36	Eleanor	27	new	39
37	Lillian	27	↓9	14
38	Grace	26	↓16	24
39	Marguerite	26	new	79
40	Catherine	25	↓4	21
41	Doris	25	↓4	48
42	Emma	25	↓3	35
43	Gertrude	25	↓3	30
44	Mabel	23	↓15	46
45	Laura	22	new	57
46	Bernice	21	↓12	51
47	Charlotte	21	new	91
48	Jean	21	new	64
49	Julia	21	new	44
50	Barbara	19	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	John	198	–	1
2	William	134	↑1	2
3	James	110	↑2	3
4	George	98	↑2	6
5	Robert	98	↓3	4
6	Charles	89	↓2	7
7	Frank	89	–	9
8	Harold	60	↑3	13
9	Joseph	54	↓1	5
10	Harry	51	↑7	16
11	Edward	50	↓1	8
12	Albert	49	↑10	17
13	Thomas	49	–	10
14	Arthur	44	↑6	15
15	Henry	42	↑4	12
16	Joe	40	↓7	36
17	Richard	40	↓1	19
18	Fred	39	–	26
19	Paul	38	↑2	14
20	Walter	37	↑4	11
21	Donald	36	↑2	27
22	Louis	35	↑10	20
23	Ralph	30	↓8	23
24	Carl	29	↓12	24
25	Clarence	29	↑3	21
26	Eugene	27	new	41
27	Kenneth	26	↑13	33
28	Roy	24	↑1	31
29	Howard	23	↑6	25
30	Jack	22	↓16	28
31	Raymond	22	↓5	18
32	Lawrence	20	↑14	38
33	Elmer	19	new	47
34	David	18	↓4	29
35	Ernest	17	↑1	32
36	Leonard	17	↓11	45
37	Tony	16	new	>100
38	Victor	16	↑11	81
39	Francis	15	new	35
40	Sam	15	↓2	63
41	Samuel	15	new	30
42	Theodore	15	–	52
43	Earl	14	↓4	34
44	Gerald	14	↑1	87
45	Herbert	14	new	39
46	Leo	14	↓9	49
47	Lester	14	new	58
48	Philip	14	new	69
49	Alfred	13	↓16	40
50	Andrew	13	new	44

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