Popular baby names in Colorado, 1944

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1944 were Mary for girls (522 babies) and Robert for boys (643). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 21,469 babies born in Colorado in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1944

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

Girls

Viola: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Esther: 44 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Marcella: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ramona: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sharron: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Carmen: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Stella: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Deanna: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Patty: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Leona: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Felix: 21 babies, 6× the national rate
Pete: 28 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Manuel: 47 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Gilbert: 55 babies, 4× the national rate
Ivan: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Delbert: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Chris: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rudy: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Loren: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Max: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Mary	522	–	1
2	Sharon	346	–	8
3	Patricia	325	–	4
4	Barbara	314	↑1	2
5	Carol	305	↓1	5
6	Linda	290	–	3
7	Sandra	237	↑3	6
8	Judith	215	↓1	9
9	Judy	209	↑3	12
10	Donna	194	↑1	17
11	Nancy	192	↓2	7
12	Karen	173	↓4	16
13	Shirley	138	–	15
14	Carolyn	133	–	11
15	Susan	131	↑8	13
16	Betty	130	↓1	10
17	Kathleen	128	↑8	20
18	Margaret	120	↓1	14
19	Marilyn	117	↓3	27
20	Cheryl	116	↑23	36
21	Janet	107	↑1	21
22	Virginia	102	↑4	26
23	Joyce	100	↓3	18
24	Dorothy	99	↓5	19
25	Beverly	97	↑5	35
26	Gloria	91	↓5	25
27	Janice	85	↓9	28
28	Frances	79	↑1	33
29	Bonnie	76	↑3	34
30	Elizabeth	76	↓2	23
31	Helen	73	↓7	31
32	Ruth	72	↓1	32
33	Joan	69	↓6	22
34	Phyllis	67	–	40
35	Diane	66	↑14	24
36	Martha	64	↑11	29
37	Alice	61	↓2	38
38	Connie	58	↓5	51
39	Pamela	57	new	44
40	Carole	56	new	43
41	Rose	55	↓4	52
42	Diana	53	↑6	60
43	Ann	52	new	39
44	Peggy	50	new	45
45	Catherine	49	new	49
46	Jane	49	new	41
47	Roberta	49	↓8	70
48	Sally	49	new	59
49	Norma	48	new	66
50	Charlotte	46	↓12	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Robert	643	↑1	2
2	John	590	↑1	3
3	James	510	↓2	1
4	Richard	501	–	5
5	William	390	–	4
6	David	341	–	6
7	Charles	253	–	7
8	Michael	253	↑4	9
9	Larry	250	–	12
10	Ronald	250	↓2	10
11	Gary	243	↓1	15
12	Donald	232	↓1	11
13	Thomas	226	↑1	8
14	George	188	↑1	14
15	Kenneth	174	↓2	16
16	Paul	151	↑2	17
17	Joseph	142	↑2	13
18	Joe	130	↑5	33
19	Dennis	126	↓2	20
20	Jerry	123	↓4	19
21	Gerald	120	↑3	24
22	Frank	118	↓1	21
23	Edward	109	↓3	18
24	Raymond	108	↓2	22
25	Daniel	99	↑2	25
26	Jack	91	–	30
27	Roger	81	↓2	23
28	Douglas	76	↑3	34
29	Fred	76	↑3	47
30	Arthur	71	–	29
31	Albert	70	↑6	44
32	Harold	68	↓4	27
33	Jim	63	↑13	68
34	Ralph	63	↓5	42
35	Lawrence	60	↓2	32
36	Anthony	57	↓1	46
37	Stephen	56	↓1	28
38	Dale	55	new	61
39	Gilbert	55	new	>100
40	Terry	55	↑1	43
41	Walter	55	↓7	26
42	Danny	53	new	76
43	Stanley	53	↑6	57
44	Wayne	53	↓6	37
45	Leroy	51	↓3	78
46	Mike	50	new	80
47	Norman	49	new	58
48	Bill	48	↓4	66
49	Louis	48	new	54
50	Carl	47	↓10	36

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