Popular baby names in Colorado, 1947

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1947 were Linda for girls (917 babies) and Robert for boys (839). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 29,751 babies born in Colorado in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1947

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

Girls

Cheri: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rosalie: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Myrna: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Vicky: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ramona: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jeannie: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Debra: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sharron: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Stella: 27 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Carmen: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Rudy: 34 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Felix: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Darrel: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gilbert: 50 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Manuel: 45 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ben: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Pete: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Delbert: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Kent: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Tom: 78 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	917	↑1	1
2	Mary	617	↓1	2
3	Patricia	455	–	3
4	Sharon	404	–	9
5	Barbara	383	–	4
6	Sandra	351	↑1	5
7	Carol	314	↓1	6
8	Karen	272	–	13
9	Nancy	255	↑2	7
10	Susan	241	↓1	8
11	Donna	229	↑2	10
12	Judy	200	–	14
13	Judith	190	↓3	12
14	Kathleen	182	↑2	11
15	Janet	165	–	23
16	Margaret	165	↑1	16
17	Cheryl	154	↑1	24
18	Janice	146	↑2	22
19	Betty	144	↓5	17
20	Shirley	144	↓1	19
21	Gloria	141	↑2	27
22	Marilyn	132	↑4	29
23	Diane	130	↑5	18
24	Carolyn	129	↓3	15
25	Connie	128	–	43
26	Virginia	125	↓2	34
27	Pamela	121	↑4	28
28	Dorothy	116	↑2	26
29	Cynthia	115	↑3	33
30	Diana	110	↓1	48
31	Elizabeth	105	↑9	25
32	Joyce	100	↓10	20
33	Bonnie	97	↑1	35
34	Beverly	92	↓7	31
35	Frances	88	↑6	39
36	Phyllis	87	↓1	37
37	Joan	84	↓1	30
38	Helen	77	↓5	38
39	Jo	74	↑4	51
40	Kathy	74	↑4	64
41	Catherine	72	new	46
42	Rita	70	new	60
43	Peggy	69	↓1	42
44	Ann	67	↑1	41
45	Kathryn	66	new	55
46	Rose	66	↓8	65
47	Sherry	66	new	67
48	Katherine	65	↓11	76
49	Ruth	64	↓10	44
50	Vicki	64	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Robert	839	–	2
2	John	726	–	3
3	James	707	–	1
4	Richard	603	–	5
5	David	593	–	6
6	Michael	511	↑1	7
7	William	496	↓1	4
8	Larry	381	↑3	10
9	Gary	361	↓1	12
10	Ronald	325	↓1	11
11	Donald	320	↑1	13
12	Thomas	319	↓2	8
13	Charles	318	–	9
14	Kenneth	257	↑1	15
15	Dennis	238	↓1	17
16	Joseph	192	↑1	14
17	Jerry	189	↓1	20
18	George	180	–	16
19	Daniel	177	↑1	22
20	Paul	169	↓1	18
21	Stephen	163	↑3	21
22	Frank	157	↑1	23
23	Edward	145	↓2	19
24	Steven	142	↑7	24
25	Terry	135	–	26
26	Jack	117	↑3	37
27	Roger	117	↑1	25
28	Gerald	115	↓1	28
29	Joe	114	↓7	43
30	Raymond	113	↓4	27
31	Lawrence	98	↑4	32
32	Gregory	92	new	33
33	Danny	89	↑5	39
34	Ralph	88	new	50
35	Douglas	87	↓2	31
36	Fred	87	↓6	56
37	Arthur	86	↑2	38
38	Steve	82	new	58
39	Anthony	80	↓3	41
40	Patrick	78	↓3	53
41	Tom	78	new	87
42	Dale	77	↓1	63
43	Bruce	72	↓1	29
44	Mark	72	↑3	47
45	Timothy	72	↓1	52
46	Alan	68	new	45
47	Carl	67	↑2	40
48	Harold	66	↓16	35
49	Wayne	66	↓9	30
50	Jim	63	↓16	77

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