Popular baby names in Colorado, 1918

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1918 were Mary for girls (539 babies) and John for boys (428). Social Security records list 15,679 babies born in Colorado in 1918 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1918

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

Girls

Leah: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Carmen: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Mollie: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Della: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lydia: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Maria: 30 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Fern: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lois: 97 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Shirley: 44 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Angelina: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Pete: 29 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Bob: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tony: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Manuel: 31 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tom: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Joe: 129 babies, 3× the national rate
Jose: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Felix: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dale: 28 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Glen: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1918

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Mary	539	–	1
2	Helen	297	–	2
3	Dorothy	291	–	3
4	Margaret	257	–	4
5	Ruth	214	–	5
6	Virginia	170	–	7
7	Frances	164	↑1	8
8	Betty	136	↑2	21
9	Mildred	121	↓2	6
10	Alice	108	↓1	13
11	Marjorie	107	↑19	34
12	Elizabeth	105	↓1	9
13	Lois	97	↑9	42
14	Esther	94	↓2	38
15	Rose	93	↓2	17
16	Evelyn	87	↑1	11
17	Anna	85	↓1	10
18	Josephine	82	↓3	24
19	Lucille	82	↓1	29
20	Marie	80	↓6	12
21	Louise	78	↑7	18
22	Pauline	76	↓1	35
23	Edna	75	↓3	23
24	Martha	75	↑5	25
25	Florence	74	↓6	14
26	Doris	72	↓3	19
27	Edith	71	–	30
28	Irene	68	↑8	16
29	Thelma	67	↓3	32
30	Gladys	65	↑14	22
31	Barbara	64	↑10	60
32	Ruby	60	↑5	27
33	Clara	59	↓2	43
34	Eva	58	↑1	55
35	June	58	↓11	66
36	Emma	57	↑4	46
37	Lillian	57	↓12	15
38	Hazel	55	↑1	33
39	Ethel	54	↓6	28
40	Grace	54	↑8	31
41	Wilma	51	↑6	82
42	Elsie	49	↑3	49
43	Bertha	48	↓9	51
44	Charlotte	48	new	78
45	Juanita	48	new	85
46	Ann	46	new	44
47	Jean	46	↓4	37
48	Maxine	46	↓6	87
49	Eleanor	45	↓17	26
50	Katherine	45	↓1	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	John	428	–	1
2	Robert	400	–	4
3	William	375	–	2
4	Charles	262	↑2	5
5	James	253	↓1	3
6	George	229	↓1	6
7	Frank	172	–	9
8	Harold	161	↑3	13
9	Richard	132	↑9	12
10	Joe	129	↑5	34
11	Joseph	118	↓3	7
12	Jack	112	↓2	21
13	Albert	110	–	19
14	Donald	108	↓2	18
15	Edward	106	↓6	8
16	Harry	104	↓2	20
17	Raymond	102	↓1	15
18	Ralph	98	↑7	22
19	Paul	92	↑5	14
20	Fred	88	–	33
21	Walter	85	↓2	11
22	Henry	83	↓1	16
23	Arthur	80	↓1	17
24	Roy	79	↑7	32
25	Earl	75	↑7	31
26	Kenneth	72	↓3	27
27	Thomas	71	↓10	10
28	Louis	65	↑2	24
29	Carl	64	↓3	25
30	Clarence	63	↓1	23
31	Ernest	62	↑2	37
32	Howard	60	↓5	26
33	David	58	↓5	28
34	Leonard	51	↑2	41
35	Lloyd	49	↑5	51
36	Victor	49	↑13	63
37	Eugene	45	↑1	35
38	Lawrence	45	↓4	38
39	Leo	45	new	48
40	Ray	40	↓1	69
41	Elmer	39	↓6	44
42	Floyd	38	↓1	61
43	Clyde	37	new	67
44	Francis	36	↑1	30
45	Herbert	36	new	40
46	Vernon	36	new	66
47	Samuel	35	–	43
48	Alfred	34	↓4	42
49	Daniel	34	new	52
50	Lee	34	new	86

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