Popular baby names in Colorado, 1928

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1928 were Mary for girls (539 babies) and Robert for boys (541). Social Security records list 17,009 babies born in Colorado in 1928 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1928

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

Girls

Beverley: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Lupe: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Nadine: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Maria: 57 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Della: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Roberta: 40 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Charlene: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Colleen: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Angelina: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Viola: 52 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Pete: 28 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Tony: 43 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Manuel: 53 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bob: 62 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jose: 52 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dick: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Joe: 172 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bill: 77 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dan: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Juan: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Mary	539	–	1
2	Betty	440	–	2
3	Dorothy	257	–	3
4	Shirley	254	↑1	10
5	Barbara	185	↑3	8
6	Ruth	174	↑1	6
7	Margaret	161	↓1	5
8	Helen	159	↓4	4
9	Virginia	158	–	9
10	Doris	116	↑1	7
11	Frances	116	↑1	13
12	Patricia	114	↑1	11
13	Alice	104	↑2	19
14	Marjorie	104	–	29
15	Phyllis	90	↑8	26
16	Lois	89	–	18
17	Jean	84	↑4	12
18	Rose	84	↓1	24
19	Evelyn	76	↓9	17
20	Norma	75	↓2	23
21	Beverly	73	↑12	46
22	Mildred	71	–	15
23	Dolores	69	↑12	20
24	Donna	61	↑25	61
25	Elizabeth	60	↑2	14
26	Esther	59	↑8	66
27	Josephine	59	↓7	42
28	Irene	58	↓4	28
29	Juanita	57	new	58
30	Maria	57	↑15	>100
31	Wilma	56	↓3	69
32	Marie	55	↓13	21
33	Gloria	54	↓3	25
34	Joan	54	↑13	27
35	Edna	53	↑3	45
36	Eleanor	53	↓11	36
37	Joyce	53	↑4	30
38	Ruby	53	↓9	34
39	Lillian	52	↓2	35
40	Louise	52	↑10	31
41	Martha	52	↓9	22
42	Viola	52	↑1	>100
43	Anna	51	↓17	16
44	June	50	new	44
45	Lucille	48	↓14	51
46	Pauline	46	–	48
47	Carol	45	new	77
48	Wanda	45	new	63
49	Bonnie	44	new	89
50	Charlotte	44	↓2	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Robert	541	–	1
2	John	409	–	2
3	William	326	–	4
4	James	292	–	3
5	Donald	290	–	7
6	Charles	245	–	5
7	George	226	↑1	8
8	Richard	221	↓1	6
9	Joe	172	↑1	30
10	Jack	167	↑1	15
11	Frank	136	↑2	12
12	Kenneth	132	↑5	17
13	Harold	131	↓4	14
14	Edward	128	–	10
15	Raymond	127	↑1	16
16	David	100	↑4	19
17	Paul	95	↓2	13
18	Joseph	91	↓6	9
19	Fred	89	↑8	36
20	Albert	88	↓2	23
21	Walter	88	↑3	18
22	Arthur	84	↓3	22
23	Thomas	82	↓2	11
24	Bill	77	↑2	64
25	Howard	74	↑5	31
26	Harry	71	↓3	26
27	Eugene	70	↓5	20
28	Henry	66	–	21
29	Bob	62	–	95
30	Alfred	60	new	33
31	Ralph	58	↓6	24
32	Don	55	↑17	84
33	Roy	55	↓2	34
34	Carl	53	–	28
35	Earl	53	new	37
36	Manuel	53	↑4	>100
37	Clarence	52	↑10	35
38	Jose	52	↓2	>100
39	Ernest	50	↓4	43
40	Melvin	50	↑5	48
41	Louis	49	↓4	32
42	Marvin	49	new	46
43	Lloyd	48	↑1	59
44	Gerald	46	↓12	41
45	Leo	46	↓4	61
46	Herbert	45	new	25
47	Norman	45	↓1	39
48	Billy	44	new	27
49	Glenn	44	new	76
50	Wayne	44	↓12	69

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