Popular baby names in Colorado, 1936

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1936 were Mary for girls (487 babies) and Robert for boys (530). Social Security records list 16,280 babies born in Colorado in 1936 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1936

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: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Stella: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Charlene: 36 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Claudia: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jennie: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Carmen: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Della: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dixie: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Donna: 153 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Pat: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Pete: 26 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Tony: 29 babies, 4× the national rate
Gilbert: 50 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Danny: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Manuel: 33 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Mike: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rex: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Alex: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jose: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Bob: 53 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1936

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Mary	487	–	1
2	Shirley	358	–	2
3	Barbara	309	–	3
4	Patricia	231	↑1	5
5	Betty	208	↓1	4
6	Donna	153	↑1	22
7	Dorothy	141	↓1	6
8	Beverly	129	↑2	17
9	Margaret	127	–	9
10	Joan	125	↓2	7
11	Nancy	125	↑6	8
12	Carol	112	↑4	10
13	Helen	112	↓2	11
14	Virginia	107	↓2	14
15	Frances	98	↑4	19
16	Marilyn	88	↓2	13
17	Ruth	88	↑1	16
18	Gloria	83	↑13	32
19	Norma	79	↑2	29
20	Janice	78	new	31
21	Joyce	78	↓6	12
22	Alice	73	↓9	27
23	Rose	72	↑4	37
24	Janet	64	–	21
25	Evelyn	63	↑7	34
26	Phyllis	63	↓4	25
27	Carolyn	62	↑9	23
28	Dolores	61	↓8	30
29	Lois	59	↓4	26
30	Doris	57	↓7	15
31	Elizabeth	55	↓3	18
32	Darlene	51	↓3	83
33	Peggy	51	new	35
34	Marlene	48	new	39
35	Roberta	46	↑8	64
36	Sylvia	46	new	53
37	Joanne	45	↓4	48
38	Jean	44	↑2	20
39	Joann	43	↓2	55
40	Martha	43	↑4	24
41	Bonnie	42	↓15	65
42	Jo	42	↑4	72
43	Marjorie	42	↓8	49
44	Sharon	42	new	60
45	Charlotte	41	–	61
46	Geraldine	39	↓7	41
47	Irene	39	↑1	57
48	Josephine	37	↓7	77
49	Juanita	37	↓7	75
50	Lillian	37	new	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Robert	530	–	1
2	John	377	↑1	3
3	Donald	331	↑2	7
4	Richard	330	–	5
5	James	326	↓3	2
6	William	286	–	4
7	Charles	213	–	6
8	David	169	↑1	10
9	Ronald	157	↑5	12
10	Joe	145	–	23
11	Kenneth	144	↑1	14
12	Frank	129	↑1	16
13	George	128	↓5	9
14	Jack	121	↓3	20
15	Larry	112	↑9	25
16	Edward	111	↓1	13
17	Thomas	102	↑3	8
18	Paul	101	↓1	15
19	Jerry	100	↓1	18
20	Raymond	96	↓1	17
21	Gerald	84	↑5	19
22	Harold	81	↓6	21
23	Joseph	77	↓2	11
24	Fred	74	↓1	36
25	Gary	67	↑6	38
26	Albert	64	↓1	34
27	Lawrence	64	↑10	37
28	Arthur	61	↓6	30
29	Bill	61	↑5	61
30	Ralph	59	↓1	31
31	Don	57	↓4	51
32	Eugene	56	–	29
33	Bob	53	↑5	77
34	Dale	53	↑11	59
35	Gilbert	50	↑11	>100
36	Roger	49	new	35
37	Carl	48	↓4	27
38	Roy	48	↑10	42
39	Walter	48	–	26
40	Daniel	47	new	41
41	Jim	46	↓6	85
42	Alfred	45	new	60
43	Harry	45	↑6	39
44	Melvin	45	new	53
45	Billy	44	↓1	22
46	Leroy	43	↓18	57
47	Ernest	42	↓4	55
48	Louis	40	↓18	44
49	Johnny	38	new	72
50	Marvin	38	↓14	49

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