Popular baby names in Colorado, 1925

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1925 were Mary for girls (533 babies) and Robert for boys (624). Social Security records list 17,446 babies born in Colorado in 1925 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1925

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

Girls

Lupe: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Maria: 59 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Alta: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Estella: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lola: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Carmen: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bette: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lydia: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Teresa: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Della: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Jose: 67 babies, 6× the national rate
Mike: 36 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Pete: 25 babies, 5× the national rate
Manuel: 52 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tony: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
Bob: 37 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Keith: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Juan: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Joe: 146 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gilbert: 40 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1925

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Mary	533	–	1
2	Betty	454	–	3
3	Dorothy	320	–	2
4	Helen	250	–	4
5	Margaret	197	–	5
6	Ruth	182	↑1	6
7	Shirley	172	↑1	17
8	Virginia	157	↓2	7
9	Alice	125	↑3	15
10	Barbara	122	↑5	22
11	Doris	118	↑8	8
12	Frances	117	↓3	11
13	Evelyn	112	↓3	12
14	Lois	102	–	18
15	Marjorie	101	↑2	21
16	Patricia	99	↑6	28
17	Elizabeth	93	↓6	10
18	Rose	90	↓2	26
19	Marie	89	↑4	16
20	Phyllis	78	↑13	40
21	Josephine	76	↓3	36
22	Martha	76	↑14	23
23	Mildred	76	↓10	9
24	Esther	73	–	56
25	Jean	71	↓5	14
26	Irene	69	↑1	19
27	Norma	65	↓2	34
28	Florence	64	–	24
29	Juanita	64	↑13	49
30	Lillian	64	↓4	25
31	Elsie	62	↑12	63
32	Pauline	62	–	38
33	Anna	61	↓12	13
34	Maria	59	↑14	>100
35	Lucille	58	↑11	41
36	Edna	55	↑4	37
37	Edith	54	↓2	42
38	Maxine	54	↓1	79
39	Gladys	53	↑2	33
40	Eleanor	52	↓10	31
41	Thelma	51	↓12	35
42	Wilma	50	↓8	62
43	Louise	48	↓12	27
44	Ruby	48	↓6	30
45	Gloria	47	new	20
46	Hazel	47	new	45
47	Catherine	46	↓3	29
48	Emma	46	↑1	57
49	Viola	45	new	84
50	Eva	44	new	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Robert	624	–	1
2	John	410	–	2
3	William	389	–	3
4	James	288	–	4
5	Charles	251	–	5
6	Donald	234	↑1	10
7	George	212	↓1	6
8	Richard	212	–	8
9	Frank	168	–	12
10	Jack	166	↑3	17
11	Edward	146	↑3	9
12	Joe	146	↓1	34
13	Harold	139	↓3	14
14	Kenneth	111	↑2	19
15	Thomas	110	↑7	11
16	Albert	108	↑1	21
17	Paul	108	↓2	13
18	Joseph	106	↓6	7
19	Raymond	99	↓1	15
20	Ralph	94	↑6	25
21	Arthur	83	↑3	20
22	Walter	82	↓2	16
23	Fred	81	↓4	33
24	Ernest	78	↑7	37
25	Henry	78	↑2	18
26	Harry	76	↓3	23
27	David	75	↓6	22
28	Roy	75	↑2	32
29	Eugene	74	↑4	24
30	Jose	67	↑15	>100
31	Howard	66	↓3	26
32	Louis	60	↓7	29
33	Carl	59	↑2	28
34	Melvin	53	new	50
35	Lawrence	52	↓1	36
36	Manuel	52	new	>100
37	Clarence	49	↓8	30
38	Herbert	49	new	42
39	Leonard	48	↑7	38
40	Glenn	47	new	77
41	Bill	46	new	84
42	Dale	46	↑1	86
43	Floyd	46	↓2	58
44	Lloyd	45	↑6	62
45	Ray	44	↓7	64
46	Stanley	44	new	40
47	Alfred	43	–	43
48	Calvin	43	–	47
49	Leroy	43	new	52
50	Earl	42	↓18	31

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