Popular baby names in Colorado, 1946

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1946 were Mary for girls (554 babies) and Robert for boys (761). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 26,466 babies born in Colorado in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1946

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

Girls

Della: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lucy: 30 babies, 3× the national rate
Sharron: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Cindy: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jennie: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Veronica: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dixie: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Viola: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Priscilla: 31 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Carmen: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Pete: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Kent: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Manuel: 46 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dick: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rudy: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gilbert: 45 babies, 3× the national rate
Delbert: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Ken: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ted: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Carlos: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Mary	554	–	1
2	Linda	491	–	2
3	Patricia	389	↑1	3
4	Sharon	386	↓1	9
5	Barbara	374	↑1	4
6	Carol	329	↓1	5
7	Sandra	309	–	6
8	Karen	253	–	15
9	Susan	245	↑7	8
10	Judith	229	–	10
11	Nancy	225	–	7
12	Judy	221	↓3	11
13	Donna	210	↓1	13
14	Betty	163	↓1	14
15	Janet	163	↑2	21
16	Kathleen	160	↑2	16
17	Margaret	157	↓2	17
18	Cheryl	149	↑4	27
19	Shirley	148	↓5	18
20	Janice	137	↑5	22
21	Carolyn	136	↓2	12
22	Joyce	126	↑1	20
23	Gloria	125	↓3	26
24	Virginia	115	–	31
25	Connie	113	↑18	45
26	Marilyn	110	–	29
27	Beverly	109	↑1	30
28	Diane	102	↑5	19
29	Diana	99	↑6	42
30	Dorothy	95	↓9	23
31	Pamela	95	–	34
32	Cynthia	91	new	46
33	Helen	84	↓6	36
34	Bonnie	83	↓4	33
35	Phyllis	80	↑4	41
36	Joan	79	↓7	28
37	Katherine	72	new	78
38	Rose	69	↓1	60
39	Ruth	68	↓7	38
40	Elizabeth	66	↓6	25
41	Frances	65	↓5	39
42	Peggy	63	↑2	43
43	Jo	61	new	53
44	Kathy	60	new	79
45	Ann	59	↑3	40
46	Alice	58	↓5	44
47	Jane	56	↓5	35
48	Sally	56	↑1	67
49	Charlotte	54	↓4	64
50	Martha	54	↓12	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Robert	761	–	2
2	John	729	–	3
3	James	651	–	1
4	Richard	555	–	5
5	David	475	↑1	6
6	William	449	↓1	4
7	Michael	409	↑1	7
8	Gary	326	↑1	12
9	Ronald	323	↑3	10
10	Thomas	315	↑3	8
11	Larry	313	↓4	11
12	Donald	300	↓1	13
13	Charles	293	↓3	9
14	Dennis	199	↑2	17
15	Kenneth	198	↓1	15
16	Jerry	176	↑2	20
17	Joseph	163	↑2	14
18	George	159	↓3	16
19	Paul	155	↓2	18
20	Daniel	141	↑2	21
21	Edward	138	–	19
22	Joe	137	↑1	37
23	Frank	130	↓3	22
24	Stephen	106	↑4	24
25	Terry	103	↑13	26
26	Raymond	102	↓1	25
27	Gerald	97	↓1	27
28	Roger	97	↓1	23
29	Jack	95	↓5	35
30	Fred	88	↑4	51
31	Steven	87	–	28
32	Harold	85	↑3	33
33	Douglas	84	↓4	34
34	Jim	78	↑5	73
35	Lawrence	77	↑6	31
36	Anthony	75	↓3	44
37	Patrick	75	↑6	59
38	Danny	73	↓6	46
39	Arthur	71	↓2	36
40	Wayne	69	new	29
41	Dale	68	new	62
42	Bruce	66	new	32
43	Mike	64	↑5	64
44	Timothy	64	new	60
45	Johnny	62	↓9	47
46	Leroy	60	↓1	90
47	Mark	59	new	58
48	Walter	59	↓2	30
49	Carl	57	new	39
50	Ernest	56	↓10	71

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