Popular baby names in Colorado, 1935

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1935 were Mary for girls (472 babies) and Robert for boys (524). Social Security records list 16,336 babies born in Colorado in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1935

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

Girls

Isabel: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Cecilia: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ramona: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Pat: 35 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dixie: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Patty: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Della: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Myrna: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Darlene: 58 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Verna: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Felix: 17 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Tony: 36 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Manuel: 42 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Pete: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Danny: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Delbert: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jose: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Benny: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gilbert: 43 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dick: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Mary	472	–	1
2	Shirley	467	↑2	2
3	Barbara	310	–	3
4	Betty	269	↓2	4
5	Patricia	220	↑1	5
6	Dorothy	144	↓1	6
7	Donna	136	–	23
8	Joan	127	–	7
9	Margaret	124	–	8
10	Beverly	114	↑4	20
11	Helen	114	↓1	10
12	Virginia	112	↓1	16
13	Alice	98	↑7	25
14	Marilyn	90	↑11	14
15	Joyce	89	↑4	12
16	Carol	88	↓3	11
17	Nancy	88	↓5	9
18	Ruth	88	↓3	15
19	Frances	83	↓2	19
20	Dolores	82	↑4	26
21	Norma	78	↓5	29
22	Phyllis	76	↓4	27
23	Doris	68	↓1	13
24	Janet	67	↑8	22
25	Lois	66	↑3	21
26	Bonnie	65	↑3	62
27	Rose	61	↓1	37
28	Elizabeth	59	↑9	17
29	Darlene	58	↑5	91
30	Marie	57	new	33
31	Gloria	56	–	32
32	Evelyn	54	↓9	31
33	Joanne	51	↓3	44
34	Sally	50	↑5	58
35	Marjorie	49	↓2	46
36	Carolyn	47	↑11	28
37	Joann	47	↓10	53
38	Anna	45	↑2	34
39	Geraldine	45	new	40
40	Jean	45	↓19	18
41	Josephine	45	↑4	75
42	Juanita	45	new	72
43	Roberta	44	new	77
44	Martha	43	↓8	24
45	Charlotte	42	new	65
46	Jo	42	new	73
47	Eleanor	40	↑1	48
48	Irene	39	↓10	52
49	June	39	new	55
50	Wilma	39	↓9	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Robert	524	–	1
2	James	355	–	2
3	John	347	–	3
4	Richard	338	–	5
5	Donald	302	–	7
6	William	268	–	4
7	Charles	254	–	6
8	George	154	↑1	8
9	David	151	↑1	11
10	Joe	142	↓2	25
11	Jack	139	–	18
12	Kenneth	127	↑1	15
13	Frank	114	↓1	16
14	Ronald	114	↑1	12
15	Edward	99	↑3	13
16	Harold	99	↑4	20
17	Paul	99	↓3	14
18	Jerry	94	↑3	22
19	Raymond	92	↓2	17
20	Thomas	90	↓4	9
21	Joseph	86	↑3	10
22	Arthur	83	↑1	29
23	Fred	76	↑2	34
24	Larry	76	↑3	33
25	Albert	71	↑3	31
26	Gerald	70	–	21
27	Don	67	↓8	51
28	Leroy	67	new	50
29	Ralph	65	↑6	32
30	Louis	62	↑7	42
31	Gary	60	new	44
32	Eugene	59	↑16	26
33	Carl	58	↑6	28
34	Bill	56	↓12	60
35	Jim	54	new	90
36	Marvin	54	new	45
37	Lawrence	53	↓4	35
38	Bob	51	↓9	81
39	Walter	51	↑1	23
40	Henry	49	↑1	27
41	Wayne	49	↑3	49
42	Stanley	47	↑5	56
43	Ernest	46	↑2	55
44	Billy	45	↓8	19
45	Dale	45	↓13	61
46	Gilbert	43	↓8	>100
47	Jimmy	43	new	47
48	Roy	43	↓14	40
49	Harry	42	↓18	37
50	Lee	42	new	80

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