Popular baby names in Colorado, 1945

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1945 were Mary for girls (476 babies) and Robert for boys (584). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 21,346 babies born in Colorado in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1945

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

Girls

Jennie: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Carmen: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Myrna: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Viola: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Teresa: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Vickie: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Josephine: 43 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Penny: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Patty: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Stella: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Manuel: 55 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Pete: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rudy: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kent: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jose: 38 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dick: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Carlos: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gilbert: 37 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tony: 35 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Micheal: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Mary	476	–	1
2	Linda	351	↑4	2
3	Sharon	326	↓1	8
4	Patricia	323	↓1	4
5	Carol	296	–	5
6	Barbara	267	↓2	3
7	Sandra	222	–	6
8	Karen	210	↑4	16
9	Judy	198	–	13
10	Judith	187	↓2	9
11	Nancy	174	–	7
12	Donna	164	↓2	17
13	Betty	145	↑3	11
14	Shirley	142	↓1	14
15	Margaret	136	↑3	15
16	Susan	130	↓1	10
17	Janet	128	↑4	20
18	Kathleen	124	↓1	19
19	Carolyn	115	↓5	12
20	Gloria	109	↑6	23
21	Dorothy	108	↑3	21
22	Cheryl	106	↓2	32
23	Joyce	106	–	18
24	Virginia	106	↓2	28
25	Janice	98	↑2	24
26	Marilyn	90	↓7	27
27	Helen	88	↑4	31
28	Beverly	79	↓3	37
29	Joan	79	↑4	25
30	Bonnie	77	↓1	35
31	Pamela	76	↑8	42
32	Ruth	73	–	33
33	Diane	71	↑2	22
34	Elizabeth	71	↓4	26
35	Diana	66	↑7	43
36	Frances	63	↓8	34
37	Rose	63	↑4	54
38	Martha	62	↓2	30
39	Phyllis	62	↓5	40
40	Jean	54	new	38
41	Alice	53	↓4	41
42	Jane	52	↑4	36
43	Connie	51	↓5	47
44	Peggy	51	–	45
45	Charlotte	50	↑5	55
46	Geraldine	50	new	56
47	Roberta	49	–	75
48	Ann	48	↓5	39
49	Sally	47	↓1	64
50	Catherine	46	↓5	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Robert	584	–	2
2	John	555	–	3
3	James	532	–	1
4	Richard	511	–	5
5	William	370	–	4
6	David	353	–	6
7	Larry	294	↑2	11
8	Michael	282	–	9
9	Gary	263	↑2	13
10	Charles	254	↓3	7
11	Donald	235	↑1	12
12	Ronald	229	↓2	10
13	Thomas	216	–	8
14	Kenneth	180	↑1	16
15	George	164	↓1	15
16	Dennis	148	↑3	19
17	Paul	146	↓1	17
18	Jerry	144	↑2	20
19	Joseph	144	↓2	14
20	Frank	126	↑2	21
21	Edward	112	↑2	18
22	Daniel	110	↑3	24
23	Joe	105	↓5	36
24	Jack	97	↑2	32
25	Raymond	97	↓1	23
26	Gerald	85	↓5	25
27	Roger	85	–	22
28	Stephen	81	↑9	26
29	Douglas	71	↓1	29
30	Stanley	70	↑13	59
31	Steven	68	new	43
32	Danny	65	↑10	56
33	Anthony	63	↑3	46
34	Fred	63	↓5	51
35	Harold	61	↓3	28
36	Johnny	61	new	45
37	Arthur	59	↓7	34
38	Terry	59	↑2	33
39	Jim	57	↓6	68
40	Ernest	56	new	60
41	Lawrence	56	↓6	30
42	Manuel	55	new	>100
43	Patrick	55	new	63
44	Albert	54	↓13	49
45	Leroy	53	–	83
46	Walter	53	↓5	27
47	Ray	52	new	92
48	Mike	51	↓2	69
49	Ralph	49	↓15	44
50	Henry	47	new	37

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