Popular baby names in Colorado, 1942

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1942 were Mary for girls (500 babies) and Robert for boys (584). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 20,547 babies born in Colorado in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1942

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

Girls

Sharron: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Myrna: 31 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ramona: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cecilia: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jennie: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Verna: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Rosalie: 29 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dixie: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Carmen: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sharon: 337 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Jose: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Manuel: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gilbert: 43 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tony: 33 babies, 3× the national rate
Garry: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Leslie: 33 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Max: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Wesley: 23 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dick: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Delbert: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Mary	500	–	1
2	Sharon	337	↑2	11
3	Barbara	330	↓1	2
4	Patricia	302	↓1	3
5	Carol	271	–	5
6	Linda	197	↑7	4
7	Judith	196	↓1	7
8	Sandra	196	↑3	6
9	Judy	189	↓2	15
10	Nancy	180	↓2	8
11	Betty	165	↓2	9
12	Carolyn	161	↑5	10
13	Donna	161	↓3	20
14	Karen	156	–	16
15	Shirley	152	↓3	12
16	Margaret	124	↓1	14
17	Janice	116	↑4	25
18	Virginia	115	↓2	23
19	Joyce	108	↑3	13
20	Janet	107	↑4	19
21	Joan	97	↑4	18
22	Marilyn	97	↑9	27
23	Kathleen	96	↑14	24
24	Dorothy	95	↓4	17
25	Beverly	94	↓6	32
26	Helen	94	↓8	26
27	Frances	91	↑3	30
28	Bonnie	90	↓2	34
29	Susan	86	↑13	21
30	Alice	78	↓1	39
31	Phyllis	73	↑4	37
32	Ruth	71	↑1	33
33	Carole	63	new	35
34	Charlotte	62	–	51
35	Rose	61	↑5	50
36	Gloria	60	↓13	31
37	Ann	58	new	38
38	Loretta	57	↑3	79
39	Elizabeth	56	↓12	22
40	Anna	54	new	59
41	Martha	53	↑5	29
42	Peggy	52	↓10	42
43	Lois	51	↓5	44
44	Connie	49	↑5	70
45	Rita	49	new	55
46	Geraldine	48	↑1	47
47	Marie	48	↓8	43
48	Roberta	48	new	66
49	Katherine	47	new	81
50	Diane	46	new	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Robert	584	–	2
2	John	540	↑1	3
3	James	496	↓1	1
4	Richard	425	–	5
5	William	394	–	4
6	David	335	↑1	6
7	Ronald	275	↑2	9
8	Larry	273	↓2	12
9	Donald	263	↑1	10
10	Charles	246	↓2	7
11	Thomas	192	↑3	8
12	Gary	189	↓1	18
13	Jerry	164	–	16
14	Michael	164	↑9	13
15	Kenneth	160	–	15
16	George	145	↓4	14
17	Frank	137	↑2	21
18	Paul	131	–	19
19	Joseph	128	↓3	11
20	Gerald	119	–	22
21	Edward	114	↑1	17
22	Dennis	113	↑2	20
23	Joe	112	↓6	33
24	Jack	102	↑1	34
25	Raymond	95	↓4	24
26	Fred	94	↑5	46
27	Douglas	91	new	23
28	Daniel	88	↑4	28
29	Harold	83	↓2	27
30	Roger	77	↓4	25
31	Arthur	70	↓3	29
32	Albert	64	↑2	40
33	Carl	63	↑2	36
34	Lawrence	62	↓5	30
35	Anthony	58	↑4	44
36	Walter	57	new	26
37	Eugene	56	↑8	45
38	Ralph	52	↓8	38
39	Ray	52	new	84
40	Bill	51	↓4	65
41	Henry	48	↓1	31
42	Don	46	↓4	72
43	Jim	46	↓6	74
44	Stanley	46	new	56
45	Ernest	44	↑5	61
46	Gilbert	43	↓5	>100
47	Johnny	43	new	55
48	Howard	42	new	49
49	Dale	41	↓2	63
50	Stephen	41	↓4	32

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