Popular baby names in Colorado, 1933

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1933 were Mary for girls (469 babies) and Robert for boys (461). Social Security records list 15,284 babies born in Colorado in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1933

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

Girls

Cecilia: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dixie: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Nadine: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Della: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Charlene: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Patty: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Darlene: 47 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rosie: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Stella: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Pat: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Mike: 27 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Rudy: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Tony: 32 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Pete: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Jose: 33 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dan: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Manuel: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bob: 57 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gilbert: 41 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Joe: 148 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Mary	469	–	1
2	Betty	326	–	2
3	Barbara	280	–	3
4	Shirley	219	–	9
5	Patricia	188	↑1	6
6	Dorothy	184	↓1	4
7	Margaret	148	↑2	7
8	Donna	123	–	24
9	Helen	121	↓2	8
10	Joan	120	–	5
11	Virginia	114	↑2	15
12	Alice	91	–	22
13	Beverly	91	↓2	26
14	Carol	91	↑8	20
15	Nancy	89	↑4	11
16	Doris	88	↑5	10
17	Ruth	88	↓1	13
18	Lois	86	–	19
19	Phyllis	85	↓5	28
20	Marilyn	82	↑8	16
21	Norma	82	↓6	23
22	Frances	71	↓2	18
23	Dolores	69	↑1	21
24	Joyce	67	↓7	12
25	Gloria	61	↑5	31
26	Elizabeth	59	↑11	17
27	Marjorie	57	–	41
28	Joann	56	↑6	72
29	Bonnie	55	↑12	68
30	Evelyn	52	↓4	30
31	Rose	52	↓8	35
32	Jean	51	↓7	14
33	Darlene	47	new	96
34	Janet	44	new	25
35	Martha	44	↓3	27
36	Anna	43	↑4	29
37	Eleanor	43	↑9	38
38	Geraldine	42	↑7	42
39	Peggy	42	↑3	36
40	Juanita	41	new	63
41	Carolyn	40	new	40
42	Irene	40	↓4	46
43	Charlotte	39	↓10	79
44	Joanne	38	new	56
45	June	38	new	45
46	Ruby	38	new	43
47	Esther	37	↓8	88
48	Florence	37	↑2	49
49	Sally	37	new	76
50	Josephine	36	↓19	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Robert	461	–	1
2	John	351	↑1	3
3	Richard	313	↑1	5
4	James	298	↑1	2
5	Donald	283	↓3	7
6	Charles	242	↑1	6
7	William	236	↓1	4
8	George	165	–	8
9	Joe	148	↑1	27
10	Jack	143	↓1	17
11	Frank	113	–	16
12	Ronald	113	↑1	12
13	David	109	↑2	13
14	Kenneth	107	–	15
15	Raymond	98	↑3	19
16	Paul	94	–	14
17	Edward	86	↓5	11
18	Harold	81	↓1	18
19	Joseph	79	↑3	9
20	Fred	72	↑4	34
21	Ralph	67	–	29
22	Thomas	67	↓2	10
23	Jerry	66	↑6	31
24	Bill	65	↑1	59
25	Gerald	63	↑3	22
26	Albert	62	↓7	30
27	Arthur	61	↑8	25
28	Billy	61	↓2	20
29	Walter	60	↑2	21
30	Bob	57	–	82
31	Marvin	54	↑3	44
32	Don	52	↓9	54
33	Ernest	50	↑7	50
34	Eugene	49	↓7	23
35	Lawrence	49	↑4	38
36	Harry	48	↑5	35
37	Carl	47	↓5	28
38	Howard	47	↑9	36
39	Lloyd	47	new	73
40	Jimmy	46	new	64
41	Louis	45	↓3	40
42	Henry	44	new	24
43	Ray	42	new	62
44	Gilbert	41	↓11	>100
45	Larry	41	new	58
46	Melvin	41	new	51
47	Dale	40	↓11	65
48	Gene	40	new	66
49	Leonard	40	new	47
50	Leroy	40	–	56

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