Popular baby names in Colorado, 1913

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1913 were Mary for girls (258 babies) and John for boys (191). Social Security records list 6,831 babies born in Colorado in 1913 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1913

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

Girls

Maxine: 31 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Shirley: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Marguerite: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Barbara: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jennie: 28 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Velma: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Genevieve: 22 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Wilma: 19 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Esther: 48 babies, 2× the national rate
Juanita: 17 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Jose: 17 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Everett: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Joe: 51 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Glenn: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Victor: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Gordon: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Donald: 54 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Gerald: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Edwin: 25 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jack: 47 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1913

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	Mary	258	–	1
2	Helen	157	–	2
3	Dorothy	143	↑2	3
4	Margaret	123	↓1	4
5	Ruth	89	↓1	5
6	Frances	77	↑1	9
7	Elizabeth	69	↑1	8
8	Mildred	69	↓2	6
9	Anna	66	↑9	7
10	Alice	62	↓1	11
11	Evelyn	59	↑3	12
12	Marie	50	↑3	10
13	Rose	50	↑3	14
14	Esther	48	↓1	32
15	Virginia	48	↓5	15
16	Florence	47	↓4	13
17	Josephine	47	↑3	24
18	Edith	45	↑8	29
19	Grace	42	↑19	25
20	Louise	42	↓9	17
21	Gladys	41	↑12	19
22	Martha	39	↑10	28
23	Irene	38	↓2	21
24	Edna	36	↓7	18
25	Catherine	34	↑15	22
26	Maxine	31	new	>100
27	Ethel	30	↓4	20
28	Lucille	30	↓4	31
29	Marjorie	30	↓7	48
30	Thelma	30	↓1	26
31	Clara	29	↑4	36
32	Marguerite	29	↑7	78
33	Bernice	28	↑13	45
34	Jennie	28	new	80
35	Lois	28	↓16	59
36	Ann	27	↓9	46
37	Lillian	27	–	16
38	Emma	26	↑4	38
39	Pauline	26	↓14	35
40	Barbara	23	↑10	94
41	Elsie	23	↓13	40
42	Hazel	23	↓11	27
43	Agnes	22	↓13	41
44	Genevieve	22	new	84
45	Gertrude	22	↓2	33
46	Ruby	22	new	23
47	Velma	22	new	89
48	Nellie	20	new	58
49	Betty	19	↓15	67
50	Eleanor	19	↓14	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	John	191	–	1
2	William	156	–	2
3	Robert	133	↑2	4
4	George	125	–	6
5	Charles	116	↑1	7
6	James	96	↓3	3
7	Joseph	78	↑2	5
8	Frank	75	↓1	9
9	Edward	72	↑2	8
10	Harold	70	↓2	13
11	Henry	64	↑4	12
12	Paul	60	↑7	14
13	Donald	54	↑8	25
14	Harry	53	↓4	15
15	Joe	51	↑1	37
16	Richard	49	↑1	19
17	Albert	47	↓5	16
18	Jack	47	↑12	28
19	Carl	43	↑5	23
20	Ralph	41	↑3	22
21	Arthur	40	↓7	17
22	Roy	40	↑6	32
23	Fred	37	↓5	27
24	Raymond	37	↑7	18
25	Walter	37	↓5	11
26	Earl	32	↑17	31
27	Kenneth	31	–	33
28	Ernest	29	↑7	34
29	Howard	29	–	26
30	Thomas	29	↓17	10
31	Clarence	28	↓6	21
32	Eugene	28	↓6	43
33	Lawrence	28	↓1	35
34	David	25	–	29
35	Edwin	25	new	55
36	Louis	25	↓14	20
37	Leonard	24	↓1	46
38	Elmer	21	↓5	45
39	Andrew	20	↑11	47
40	Francis	20	↓1	30
41	Sam	19	↓1	65
42	Everett	18	new	97
43	Glenn	18	new	85
44	Victor	18	↓6	80
45	Alfred	17	↑4	42
46	Daniel	17	new	54
47	Floyd	17	new	58
48	Jose	17	new	>100
49	Anthony	16	new	38
50	Frederick	16	new	49

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