Popular baby names in Colorado, 1930

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1930 were Mary for girls (515 babies) and Robert for boys (556). Social Security records list 16,752 babies born in Colorado in 1930 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1930

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: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Patty: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Jennie: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Della: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Maria: 49 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Stella: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dora: 28 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ramona: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Viola: 39 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shirley: 237 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Pete: 26 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Tony: 38 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Mike: 28 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Rudy: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jose: 53 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Bob: 63 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Keith: 37 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Manuel: 40 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dean: 33 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Don: 67 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1930

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Mary	515	–	1
2	Betty	473	–	2
3	Dorothy	250	–	3
4	Shirley	237	–	11
5	Barbara	218	–	6
6	Helen	187	–	4
7	Margaret	171	–	5
8	Virginia	154	↑3	12
9	Patricia	130	–	7
10	Ruth	120	↓2	10
11	Frances	110	↓1	16
12	Norma	105	↑4	25
13	Dolores	104	↑2	13
14	Lois	99	↓1	17
15	Donna	98	↑8	37
16	Doris	88	↓4	9
17	Joan	87	↑2	8
18	Alice	86	↓4	20
19	Evelyn	81	↑1	19
20	Marjorie	81	↑7	32
21	Rose	78	↑5	29
22	Beverly	73	↓5	34
23	Phyllis	72	↓1	28
24	Jean	71	–	14
25	Marilyn	71	↑23	22
26	Geraldine	62	new	43
27	Elizabeth	60	↓9	15
28	Gloria	60	–	30
29	Martha	60	↑7	27
30	Wilma	60	↑7	68
31	Irene	59	↑11	33
32	Josephine	59	↓7	49
33	Joyce	54	↓2	18
34	Pauline	53	↑1	52
35	Mildred	52	↑4	21
36	Anna	51	↓3	23
37	Marie	51	↓16	26
38	Maria	49	↓8	99
39	Esther	48	↓7	77
40	Elsie	47	↓6	88
41	Eleanor	46	↓12	39
42	June	46	↑4	47
43	Lorraine	44	new	46
44	Carol	42	↓3	54
45	Louise	42	↑2	31
46	Clara	41	new	64
47	Juanita	41	new	57
48	Ruby	41	↑2	36
49	Viola	39	↓9	>100
50	Bonnie	38	↓7	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Robert	556	–	1
2	John	362	–	3
3	William	313	↑1	4
4	Donald	308	↓1	7
5	James	299	–	2
6	Richard	284	–	5
7	Charles	220	–	6
8	George	184	–	8
9	Jack	180	↑1	14
10	Joe	152	↓1	27
11	Kenneth	135	↑1	17
12	Harold	131	↑1	18
13	Edward	113	↑2	10
14	Frank	112	↓3	13
15	Raymond	106	↓1	16
16	Paul	95	↑1	12
17	David	93	↓1	15
18	Thomas	88	–	11
19	Albert	84	–	24
20	Joseph	79	↑1	9
21	Arthur	78	↓1	23
22	Fred	77	↑4	32
23	Walter	77	–	19
24	Ralph	76	↓2	25
25	Carl	72	↑6	26
26	Bill	69	↑4	59
27	Eugene	68	↓3	21
28	Don	67	↑10	68
29	Bob	63	–	88
30	Ernest	63	↑10	43
31	Gerald	63	↑4	30
32	Roy	61	↓4	33
33	Melvin	60	new	50
34	Henry	57	↑11	22
35	Dale	56	↑2	64
36	Jose	53	↑14	>100
37	Howard	51	new	31
38	Harry	50	↓13	28
39	Gilbert	49	↑5	90
40	Ronald	48	new	37
41	Billy	47	↓14	20
42	Earl	47	↓8	38
43	Lawrence	47	↑5	36
44	Louis	47	↓12	34
45	Ray	46	new	57
46	Jerry	45	new	51
47	Marvin	45	↓1	48
48	Leo	43	new	63
49	Norman	42	↓13	40
50	Leonard	40	↓1	45

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