Popular baby names in Colorado, 1937

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1937 were Mary for girls (527 babies) and Robert for boys (594). Social Security records list 17,479 babies born in Colorado in 1937 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1937

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: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Stella: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Colleen: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dixie: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ramona: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jennie: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Donna: 181 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Pat: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Viola: 23 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rosie: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Pete: 24 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Tony: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Byron: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Delbert: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dave: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gilbert: 48 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jim: 66 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Manuel: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Keith: 35 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jose: 28 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Mary	527	–	1
2	Barbara	310	↑1	2
3	Shirley	265	↓1	4
4	Patricia	237	–	3
5	Betty	212	–	5
6	Donna	181	–	21
7	Carol	167	↑5	6
8	Nancy	139	↑3	7
9	Dorothy	129	↓2	8
10	Beverly	126	↓2	14
11	Margaret	125	↓2	10
12	Virginia	122	↑2	16
13	Joan	113	↓3	9
14	Janice	112	↑6	25
15	Helen	108	↓2	12
16	Ruth	106	↑1	15
17	Alice	100	↑5	28
18	Marilyn	97	↓2	13
19	Joyce	94	↑2	11
20	Janet	90	↑4	18
21	Frances	80	↓6	19
22	Norma	79	↓3	33
23	Phyllis	78	↑3	27
24	Dolores	75	↑4	37
25	Carolyn	74	↑2	20
26	Lois	74	↑3	29
27	Martha	67	↑13	24
28	Elizabeth	66	↑3	17
29	Rose	66	↓6	38
30	Doris	62	–	22
31	Peggy	61	↑2	31
32	Bonnie	57	↑9	64
33	Darlene	57	↓1	72
34	Sharon	57	↑10	41
35	Evelyn	56	↓10	36
36	Marjorie	53	↑7	57
37	Gloria	52	↓19	32
38	Sally	52	new	59
39	Joann	50	–	58
40	Marie	46	new	35
41	Roberta	46	↓6	66
42	Irene	44	↑5	62
43	Jean	44	↓5	23
44	Charlotte	43	↑1	67
45	Loretta	43	new	63
46	Sylvia	43	↓10	50
47	Marlene	42	↓13	40
48	Joanne	41	↓11	51
49	Patsy	41	new	54
50	Sandra	40	new	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Robert	594	–	1
2	John	393	–	3
3	James	379	↑2	2
4	Donald	346	↓1	7
5	Richard	334	↓1	5
6	William	269	–	4
7	Charles	259	–	6
8	Ronald	204	↑1	11
9	David	195	↓1	8
10	Larry	154	↑5	16
11	George	152	↑2	10
12	Joe	149	↓2	25
13	Jerry	136	↑6	17
14	Kenneth	131	↓3	14
15	Edward	124	↑1	13
16	Jack	115	↓2	23
17	Thomas	114	–	9
18	Frank	109	↓6	18
19	Paul	109	↓1	15
20	Gerald	90	↑1	20
21	Gary	85	↑4	29
22	Raymond	85	↓2	19
23	Joseph	83	–	12
24	Harold	80	↓2	21
25	Fred	72	↓1	35
26	Dale	67	↑8	59
27	Jim	66	↑14	82
28	Carl	64	↑9	28
29	Arthur	61	↓1	31
30	Walter	61	↑9	26
31	Eugene	58	↑1	33
32	Leroy	58	↑14	56
33	Albert	57	↓7	37
34	Ralph	57	↓4	34
35	Henry	56	new	30
36	Michael	53	new	27
37	Wayne	53	new	44
38	Daniel	52	↑2	39
39	Roy	52	↓1	40
40	Bill	51	↓11	64
41	Don	51	↓10	51
42	Gilbert	48	↓7	>100
43	Billy	47	↑2	22
44	Gene	47	new	61
45	Harry	46	↓2	41
46	Leonard	46	new	58
47	Marvin	46	↑3	49
48	Norman	45	new	43
49	Lawrence	44	↓22	38
50	Ernest	43	↓3	53

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