Popular baby names in Colorado, 1919

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1919 were Mary for girls (472 babies) and John for boys (394). Social Security records list 14,882 babies born in Colorado in 1919 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1919

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: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Frieda: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Fern: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Della: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Maria: 32 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lydia: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Donna: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Maxine: 57 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lela: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Wilma: 55 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Jess: 17 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Tony: 41 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jose: 37 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jesus: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Louie: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Rex: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bob: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Dean: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Alex: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Glen: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1919

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Mary	472	–	1
2	Dorothy	306	↑1	3
3	Helen	287	↓1	2
4	Margaret	221	–	4
5	Ruth	183	–	5
6	Frances	161	↑1	9
7	Betty	152	↑1	15
8	Virginia	136	↓2	7
9	Mildred	110	–	6
10	Elizabeth	103	↑2	8
11	Alice	101	↓1	13
12	Marie	100	↑8	12
13	Esther	99	↑1	38
14	Evelyn	97	↑2	11
15	Rose	97	–	19
16	Marjorie	92	↓5	33
17	Florence	85	↑8	14
18	Josephine	85	–	26
19	Lois	82	↓6	40
20	Edith	81	↑7	29
21	Anna	79	↓4	10
22	Irene	74	↑6	16
23	Lucille	74	↓4	27
24	Edna	67	↓1	22
25	Eleanor	66	↑24	30
26	Doris	65	–	18
27	Gladys	63	↑3	21
28	Martha	63	↓4	25
29	Clara	62	↑4	43
30	Barbara	61	↑1	60
31	Lillian	60	↑6	17
32	Ruby	59	–	24
33	Hazel	57	↑5	32
34	Jean	57	↑13	37
35	Maxine	57	↑13	85
36	Thelma	57	↓7	31
37	Wilma	55	↑4	86
38	Elsie	54	↑4	47
39	Grace	50	↑1	34
40	Louise	50	↓19	20
41	Pauline	44	↓19	36
42	June	42	↓7	64
43	Katherine	42	↑7	51
44	Phyllis	42	new	84
45	Viola	42	new	58
46	Ann	40	–	49
47	Catherine	40	new	23
48	Emma	40	↓12	45
49	Ethel	40	↓10	28
50	Eva	40	↓16	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	John	394	–	1
2	Robert	358	–	4
3	William	339	–	2
4	James	282	↑1	3
5	George	238	↑1	6
6	Charles	212	↓2	5
7	Frank	153	–	9
8	Edward	126	↑7	8
9	Harold	126	↓1	13
10	Richard	116	↓1	12
11	Joseph	113	–	7
12	Donald	108	↑2	17
13	Joe	108	↓3	35
14	Jack	106	↓2	21
15	Harry	95	↑1	20
16	Raymond	93	↑1	14
17	Kenneth	91	↑9	26
18	Albert	90	↓5	18
19	Walter	86	↑2	11
20	Thomas	85	↑7	10
21	Arthur	77	↑2	19
22	Carl	77	↑7	29
23	Paul	77	↓4	15
24	Henry	74	↓2	16
25	Ralph	71	↓7	22
26	Fred	69	↓6	30
27	Roy	64	↓3	32
28	David	60	↑5	27
29	Earl	57	↓4	31
30	Ernest	56	↑1	36
31	Eugene	56	↑6	33
32	Howard	52	–	24
33	Clarence	49	↓3	25
34	Elmer	49	↑7	44
35	Louis	46	↓7	28
36	Leonard	44	↓2	39
37	Tony	41	new	>100
38	Floyd	39	↑4	59
39	Herbert	39	↑6	40
40	Lawrence	39	↓2	38
41	Leo	38	↓2	49
42	Samuel	38	↑5	43
43	Jose	37	new	>100
44	Stanley	37	new	37
45	Lloyd	36	↓10	58
46	Victor	36	↓10	68
47	Chester	34	new	53
48	Francis	33	↓4	34
49	Lee	33	↑1	82
50	Lester	32	new	62

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