Popular baby names in Colorado, 1929

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1929 were Mary for girls (522 babies) and Robert for boys (550). Social Security records list 16,566 babies born in Colorado in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1929

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: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Nadine: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Charlene: 28 babies, 4× the national rate
Angelina: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Carmen: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Maria: 58 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Stella: 38 babies, 3× the national rate
Jennie: 32 babies, 3× the national rate
Connie: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Viola: 49 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Pete: 29 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Tony: 38 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Felix: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Ruben: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Bob: 58 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Joe: 173 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jose: 44 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Manuel: 42 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ted: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ivan: 15 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Mary	522	–	1
2	Betty	448	–	2
3	Dorothy	287	–	3
4	Shirley	255	–	9
5	Barbara	191	–	7
6	Helen	177	↑2	4
7	Margaret	159	–	5
8	Ruth	142	↓2	8
9	Patricia	140	↑3	10
10	Frances	127	↑1	16
11	Virginia	119	↓2	11
12	Doris	113	↓2	6
13	Lois	101	↑3	17
14	Alice	96	↓1	21
15	Dolores	86	↑8	14
16	Norma	81	↑4	25
17	Beverly	80	↑4	39
18	Elizabeth	80	↑7	15
19	Joan	80	↑15	13
20	Evelyn	79	↓1	19
21	Marie	79	↑11	22
22	Phyllis	79	↓7	24
23	Donna	77	↑1	47
24	Jean	71	↓7	12
25	Josephine	69	↑2	45
26	Rose	67	↓8	26
27	Marjorie	65	↓13	30
28	Gloria	61	↑5	28
29	Eleanor	58	↑7	38
30	Maria	58	–	100
31	Joyce	56	↑6	23
32	Esther	55	↓6	71
33	Anna	54	↑10	20
34	Elsie	53	new	78
35	Pauline	51	↑11	50
36	Martha	50	↑5	27
37	Wilma	50	↓6	66
38	Lillian	49	↑1	40
39	Mildred	49	↓17	18
40	Viola	49	↑2	>100
41	Carol	47	↑6	63
42	Irene	44	↓14	29
43	Bonnie	43	↑6	86
44	Florence	43	new	35
45	Peggy	43	new	70
46	June	41	↓2	48
47	Louise	41	↓7	31
48	Marilyn	41	new	33
49	Nancy	41	new	32
50	Ruby	41	↓12	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Robert	550	–	1
2	John	404	–	3
3	Donald	315	↑2	7
4	William	312	↓1	4
5	James	310	↓1	2
6	Richard	259	↑2	6
7	Charles	227	↓1	5
8	George	189	↓1	8
9	Joe	173	–	30
10	Jack	162	–	14
11	Frank	133	–	12
12	Kenneth	130	–	18
13	Harold	128	–	16
14	Raymond	113	↑1	15
15	Edward	103	↓1	10
16	David	92	–	17
17	Paul	92	–	13
18	Thomas	92	↑5	11
19	Albert	91	↑1	24
20	Arthur	85	↑2	22
21	Joseph	84	↓3	9
22	Ralph	77	↑9	26
23	Walter	68	↓2	19
24	Eugene	65	↑3	20
25	Harry	63	↑1	27
26	Fred	62	↓7	34
27	Billy	60	↑21	23
28	Roy	59	↑5	35
29	Bob	58	–	89
30	Bill	57	↓6	63
31	Carl	54	↑3	28
32	Louis	54	↑9	32
33	Alfred	53	↓3	41
34	Earl	52	↑1	36
35	Gerald	52	↑9	33
36	Norman	52	↑11	40
37	Dale	51	new	73
38	Don	51	↓6	78
39	Elmer	51	new	70
40	Ernest	50	↓1	43
41	Wayne	48	↑9	69
42	Clarence	47	↓5	37
43	Leroy	47	new	51
44	Gilbert	46	new	91
45	Henry	46	↓17	21
46	Marvin	46	↓4	46
47	Herbert	45	↓1	25
48	Lawrence	45	new	38
49	Leonard	45	new	42
50	Jose	44	↓12	>100

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