Popular baby names in Colorado, 1923

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1923 were Mary for girls (626 babies) and Robert for boys (575). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 17,653 babies born in Colorado in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1923

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

Girls

Josie: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Darlene: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Della: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Maria: 50 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Carmen: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lela: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lydia: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Isabel: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Fern: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Maxine: 60 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Pete: 35 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Tony: 40 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Bob: 34 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jose: 48 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Rex: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Keith: 33 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Juan: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jesus: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Delbert: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Joe: 158 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Mary	626	–	1
2	Dorothy	374	–	2
3	Betty	338	–	5
4	Helen	314	–	3
5	Margaret	231	–	4
6	Ruth	195	–	6
7	Virginia	171	–	7
8	Alice	138	↑5	15
9	Frances	132	↓1	10
10	Marjorie	122	↓1	16
11	Elizabeth	112	↑9	9
12	Mildred	112	↓2	8
13	Shirley	112	↑2	26
14	Josephine	98	↑3	30
15	Doris	97	↓4	11
16	Evelyn	95	↓2	12
17	Barbara	93	↓1	33
18	Lois	92	↑1	27
19	Marie	81	↓1	14
20	Esther	80	↑1	47
21	Eleanor	76	↑7	28
22	Rose	76	↓10	23
23	Edith	74	↑3	36
24	Lucille	73	↑7	35
25	Edna	70	↑13	32
26	Irene	70	↑1	17
27	Florence	69	↑3	18
28	Anna	66	↓6	13
29	Patricia	65	↑14	56
30	Pauline	64	↑14	37
31	Jean	63	↓8	19
32	Juanita	63	↑5	51
33	Martha	63	–	21
34	Phyllis	62	↑6	45
35	Maxine	60	↓10	76
36	Norma	60	↑5	41
37	Wilma	60	new	74
38	Ethel	59	↓9	38
39	June	59	↓15	42
40	Louise	59	↓8	22
41	Elsie	58	↓6	61
42	Clara	51	–	49
43	Catherine	50	new	24
44	Maria	50	new	>100
45	Thelma	49	↓11	31
46	Emma	47	new	53
47	Lillian	45	↓11	20
48	Ruby	45	↓3	25
49	Viola	45	↓2	79
50	Gladys	44	↓11	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Robert	575	–	2
2	John	506	–	1
3	William	394	–	3
4	James	273	–	4
5	Charles	257	–	5
6	George	221	–	6
7	Donald	185	–	10
8	Richard	184	↑4	9
9	Harold	172	–	13
10	Frank	171	–	11
11	Joe	158	↑2	35
12	Joseph	153	↑2	7
13	Jack	145	↓2	17
14	Albert	131	↑2	20
15	Edward	129	↓7	8
16	Paul	125	↑1	14
17	Kenneth	124	↓2	21
18	Thomas	105	↑2	12
19	Raymond	104	↓1	15
20	Walter	96	↑3	16
21	Arthur	95	–	19
22	Harry	80	↓3	22
23	Ralph	79	↑2	23
24	David	76	–	24
25	Eugene	76	↓3	25
26	Fred	73	–	33
27	Roy	71	↑1	32
28	Ernest	68	↑6	38
29	Henry	67	↓2	18
30	Carl	64	↑1	28
31	Louis	63	↑1	27
32	Lawrence	61	↑9	36
33	Clarence	56	↓4	29
34	Howard	55	↓4	26
35	Earl	50	↑2	31
36	Elmer	50	↓1	57
37	Lloyd	50	↑1	59
38	Dale	49	↑10	90
39	Jose	48	–	>100
40	Alfred	45	↓4	42
41	Warren	44	new	43
42	Leo	43	↑7	49
43	Melvin	41	↑4	48
44	Daniel	40	new	47
45	Leonard	40	↓12	37
46	Tony	40	new	>100
47	Wayne	40	new	75
48	Ray	38	↓2	61
49	Manuel	37	new	>100
50	Stanley	37	new	41

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