Popular baby names in Colorado, 1938

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1938 were Mary for girls (460 babies) and Robert for boys (567). Social Security records list 18,222 babies born in Colorado in 1938 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1938

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× the national rate
Cecilia: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ramona: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Flora: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Carmen: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dora: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Della: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Viola: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Stella: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Dixie: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Pete: 23 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Rudy: 21 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Manuel: 47 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Byron: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Delbert: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gilbert: 41 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tony: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bob: 55 babies, 3× the national rate
Dick: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jose: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1938

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Mary	460	–	1
2	Barbara	323	–	2
3	Patricia	257	↑1	3
4	Shirley	246	↓1	5
5	Betty	240	–	4
6	Donna	201	–	20
7	Carol	186	–	6
8	Nancy	151	–	7
9	Margaret	147	↑2	9
10	Dorothy	141	↓1	8
11	Virginia	124	↑1	22
12	Beverly	117	↓2	18
13	Janice	104	↑1	24
14	Joyce	98	↑5	11
15	Marilyn	96	↑3	19
16	Phyllis	94	↑7	28
17	Sharon	94	↑17	30
18	Joan	90	↓5	10
19	Sandra	89	↑31	14
20	Helen	87	↓5	13
21	Ruth	86	↓5	21
22	Frances	83	↓1	23
23	Alice	82	↓6	29
24	Judith	82	new	12
25	Norma	82	↓3	34
26	Janet	81	↓6	16
27	Carolyn	77	↓2	15
28	Dolores	69	↓4	43
29	Gloria	69	↑8	36
30	Judy	67	new	41
31	Rose	67	↓2	39
32	Rosalie	65	new	66
33	Doris	63	↓3	25
34	Lois	61	↓8	33
35	Elizabeth	60	↓7	17
36	Darlene	59	↓3	76
37	Roberta	59	↑4	73
38	Martha	58	↓11	26
39	Loretta	54	↑6	62
40	Bonnie	51	↓8	65
41	Joann	51	↓2	68
42	Evelyn	50	↓7	38
43	Wanda	50	new	49
44	Connie	49	new	>100
45	Charlotte	48	↓1	70
46	Linda	46	new	31
47	Marie	46	↓7	37
48	Marjorie	45	↓12	53
49	Peggy	45	↓18	35
50	Anna	43	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Robert	567	–	1
2	John	442	–	3
3	James	410	–	2
4	Richard	381	↑1	5
5	William	306	↑1	4
6	Donald	295	↓2	7
7	Charles	245	–	6
8	Ronald	211	–	10
9	David	199	–	8
10	Larry	190	–	16
11	George	154	–	11
12	Kenneth	154	↑2	14
13	Joe	144	↓1	28
14	Jerry	125	↓1	17
15	Thomas	122	↑2	9
16	Frank	121	↑2	18
17	Gary	116	↑4	22
18	Edward	107	↓3	13
19	Raymond	104	↑3	20
20	Jack	103	↓4	25
21	Joseph	98	↑2	12
22	Paul	98	↓3	15
23	Gerald	97	↓3	19
24	Fred	88	↑1	38
25	Michael	85	↑11	21
26	Lawrence	80	↑23	36
27	Arthur	76	↑2	32
28	Harold	76	↓4	23
29	Don	65	↑12	52
30	Leroy	63	↑2	61
31	Carl	60	↓3	29
32	Daniel	60	↑6	39
33	Roy	60	↑6	41
34	Albert	57	↓1	37
35	Eugene	57	↓4	33
36	Ralph	57	↓2	35
37	Bob	55	new	94
38	Jim	55	↓11	81
39	Ernest	54	↑11	55
40	Norman	53	↑8	43
41	Melvin	52	new	54
42	Walter	51	↓12	26
43	Harry	50	↑2	44
44	Roger	50	new	31
45	Bill	49	↓5	67
46	Manuel	47	new	>100
47	Wayne	47	↓10	40
48	Billy	46	↓5	24
49	Jimmy	45	new	45
50	Leonard	45	↓4	57

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