Popular baby names in Colorado, 1917

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1917 were Mary for girls (462 babies) and John for boys (417). Social Security records list 14,054 babies born in Colorado in 1917 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1917

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

Girls

Carmen: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Maria: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Frieda: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
June: 62 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Della: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Maxine: 47 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Winifred: 25 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Lola: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Erma: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Sally: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Reuben: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jose: 26 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Pete: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Glen: 31 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Delbert: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Phillip: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Mike: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dale: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Tony: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Joe: 94 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1917

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	Mary	462	–	1
2	Helen	281	–	2
3	Dorothy	279	–	3
4	Margaret	234	–	4
5	Ruth	203	–	5
6	Virginia	148	↑1	10
7	Mildred	139	↑1	6
8	Frances	125	↓2	9
9	Alice	119	↑4	13
10	Betty	94	↑12	34
11	Elizabeth	93	↓2	8
12	Esther	91	↓1	38
13	Rose	90	↓3	16
14	Marie	87	↑1	12
15	Josephine	85	↑5	21
16	Anna	82	–	7
17	Evelyn	82	↓5	11
18	Lucille	76	↑9	29
19	Florence	73	↓5	14
20	Edna	67	↓1	20
21	Pauline	64	↑8	33
22	Lois	63	↓4	43
23	Doris	62	–	25
24	June	62	new	73
25	Lillian	62	↑14	15
26	Thelma	62	↓5	32
27	Edith	61	↓10	28
28	Louise	61	↓3	19
29	Martha	61	↑2	22
30	Marjorie	60	↓2	36
31	Clara	59	↑5	41
32	Eleanor	53	–	26
33	Ethel	53	↑2	24
34	Bertha	51	↓4	51
35	Eva	51	↓1	54
36	Irene	51	↓12	17
37	Ruby	51	↑8	27
38	Catherine	50	↑9	18
39	Hazel	50	↓6	31
40	Emma	49	↑1	46
41	Barbara	47	new	67
42	Maxine	47	new	93
43	Jean	46	↓1	40
44	Gladys	45	↓7	23
45	Elsie	44	↓19	50
46	Vera	43	–	66
47	Wilma	43	↓4	82
48	Grace	42	↓4	30
49	Katherine	38	↓1	49
50	Marian	38	new	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	John	417	–	1
2	Robert	378	–	4
3	William	351	–	2
4	James	234	–	3
5	George	192	↑1	6
6	Charles	191	↓1	7
7	Frank	143	–	9
8	Joseph	128	–	5
9	Edward	113	–	8
10	Jack	110	↑7	22
11	Harold	107	↓1	12
12	Donald	99	↑7	20
13	Albert	96	↓2	18
14	Harry	94	↑6	19
15	Joe	94	↓1	35
16	Raymond	90	↓4	16
17	Thomas	89	↑1	10
18	Richard	86	↓5	14
19	Walter	84	↓3	11
20	Fred	78	↑4	29
21	Henry	76	↑2	15
22	Arthur	75	↑4	17
23	Kenneth	72	↑2	27
24	Paul	72	↓9	13
25	Ralph	69	↓3	21
26	Carl	68	↓5	24
27	Howard	61	↑6	26
28	David	56	↑2	28
29	Clarence	55	–	25
30	Louis	55	↓3	23
31	Roy	53	↑4	33
32	Earl	52	↓1	32
33	Ernest	51	↓5	37
34	Lawrence	47	↓2	36
35	Elmer	46	↑1	45
36	Leonard	46	↑4	41
37	Edwin	44	↑8	55
38	Eugene	42	↓4	39
39	Ray	36	new	74
40	Lloyd	34	↓3	53
41	Floyd	32	new	62
42	Russell	32	new	52
43	Sam	32	new	72
44	Alfred	31	↓3	43
45	Francis	31	↓3	30
46	Glen	31	new	>100
47	Samuel	30	new	42
48	Glenn	29	new	86
49	Victor	29	new	78
50	Wayne	29	new	96

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