Popular baby names in Colorado, 1932

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1932 were Mary for girls (496 babies) and Robert for boys (548). Social Security records list 15,879 babies born in Colorado in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1932

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

Girls

Ramona: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Viola: 39 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Charlene: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Della: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jennie: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Flora: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Stella: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Susie: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Donna: 132 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Pete: 27 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Rudy: 19 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Manuel: 45 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Ruben: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tony: 28 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Gilbert: 59 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Antonio: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Delbert: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Keith: 34 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mike: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Mary	496	–	1
2	Betty	383	–	2
3	Barbara	267	↑2	3
4	Shirley	209	–	9
5	Dorothy	195	↓2	4
6	Patricia	171	–	6
7	Helen	137	–	8
8	Donna	132	↑2	29
9	Margaret	126	–	7
10	Joan	119	↑5	5
11	Beverly	110	↑3	28
12	Alice	109	–	21
13	Virginia	104	↓5	14
14	Phyllis	100	↑5	30
15	Norma	99	↓2	22
16	Ruth	95	↓5	11
17	Joyce	94	↑3	12
18	Lois	93	–	20
19	Nancy	86	↑13	13
20	Frances	85	↑1	19
21	Doris	81	↓4	10
22	Carol	72	↑15	32
23	Rose	72	–	33
24	Dolores	66	↓8	18
25	Jean	65	–	15
26	Evelyn	60	↑1	23
27	Marjorie	60	↓5	37
28	Marilyn	58	↓2	16
29	Louise	57	↑17	36
30	Gloria	54	↓6	25
31	Josephine	52	↓2	57
32	Martha	51	↑4	27
33	Charlotte	50	new	74
34	Joann	47	↑7	79
35	Mildred	47	new	26
36	Wilma	47	↓3	65
37	Elizabeth	45	↓7	17
38	Irene	45	↑7	43
39	Esther	44	new	82
40	Anna	43	↓6	24
41	Bonnie	43	↑3	64
42	Peggy	43	new	40
43	Lucille	42	new	63
44	Marie	41	↓13	31
45	Geraldine	40	↓5	42
46	Eleanor	39	↓7	45
47	Elsie	39	new	97
48	Viola	39	↑1	>100
49	Ann	38	new	34
50	Florence	38	↓3	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Robert	548	–	1
2	Donald	331	↑1	7
3	John	330	↓1	3
4	Richard	307	↑2	5
5	James	294	↓1	2
6	William	262	↓1	4
7	Charles	250	–	6
8	George	168	–	8
9	Jack	137	–	17
10	Joe	127	–	29
11	Frank	119	↑1	15
12	Edward	113	↑5	11
13	Ronald	109	↑20	16
14	Kenneth	104	–	14
15	David	102	↓4	12
16	Paul	99	–	13
17	Harold	96	↓4	18
18	Raymond	94	↓3	19
19	Albert	91	↑4	26
20	Thomas	81	↓2	10
21	Ralph	77	↑1	27
22	Joseph	69	↓2	9
23	Don	65	↑11	55
24	Fred	65	↑3	33
25	Bill	64	↑1	58
26	Billy	63	↓2	20
27	Eugene	62	↑11	22
28	Gerald	62	↓7	24
29	Jerry	62	↑21	34
30	Bob	60	↓11	79
31	Walter	60	↓6	21
32	Carl	59	↓4	28
33	Gilbert	59	↑16	97
34	Marvin	59	↓2	46
35	Arthur	57	↓6	25
36	Dale	55	↓1	61
37	Norman	55	–	37
38	Louis	54	↑3	39
39	Lawrence	53	↑1	35
40	Ernest	51	↓9	47
41	Harry	49	↑6	32
42	Wayne	48	↓6	57
43	Roy	47	↓4	38
44	Manuel	45	new	>100
45	Daniel	44	new	42
46	Earl	44	↓4	41
47	Howard	43	new	36
48	Edwin	40	new	72
49	Stanley	40	new	52
50	Leroy	39	↓6	53

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