Popular baby names in Colorado, 1948

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1948 were Linda for girls (1,037 babies) and Robert for boys (840). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 30,129 babies born in Colorado in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1948

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

Girls

Angelina: 16 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Debra: 43 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Dianna: 41 babies, 3× the national rate
Carla: 39 babies, 3× the national rate
Marcella: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Stella: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Carmen: 29 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Alberta: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Laurel: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ramona: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Louie: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kent: 40 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Pete: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Manuel: 54 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Andy: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rudy: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Chris: 35 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dick: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Max: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Delbert: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	1,037	–	1
2	Mary	583	–	2
3	Patricia	408	–	4
4	Barbara	353	↑1	3
5	Carol	315	↑2	8
6	Sharon	309	↓2	9
7	Susan	309	↑3	5
8	Sandra	284	↓2	6
9	Nancy	282	–	7
10	Karen	241	↓2	12
11	Donna	226	–	11
12	Kathleen	222	↑2	10
13	Judith	205	–	15
14	Judy	192	↓2	16
15	Janet	179	–	24
16	Pamela	171	↑11	22
17	Cheryl	167	–	25
18	Shirley	157	↑2	20
19	Margaret	142	↓3	13
20	Janice	137	↓2	23
21	Carolyn	136	↑3	14
22	Cynthia	132	↑7	27
23	Gloria	125	↓2	28
24	Betty	117	↓5	18
25	Diane	115	↓2	19
26	Kathy	114	↑14	55
27	Marilyn	114	↓5	33
28	Diana	111	↑2	48
29	Beverly	110	↑5	31
30	Virginia	108	↓4	36
31	Joyce	107	↑1	21
32	Connie	102	↓7	43
33	Catherine	97	↑8	41
34	Peggy	93	↑9	38
35	Bonnie	91	↓2	34
36	Elizabeth	87	↓5	26
37	Frances	82	↓2	42
38	Katherine	82	↑10	68
39	Theresa	82	new	63
40	Christine	81	new	35
41	Dorothy	80	↓13	29
42	Deborah	74	new	30
43	Joan	74	↓6	37
44	Vicki	74	↑6	81
45	Phyllis	73	↓9	46
46	Ruth	71	↑3	45
47	Helen	70	↓9	40
48	Martha	70	new	32
49	Rose	70	↓3	62
50	Ann	64	↓6	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Robert	840	–	2
2	John	827	–	3
3	James	684	–	1
4	David	629	↑1	5
5	William	526	↑2	4
6	Michael	517	–	6
7	Richard	517	↓3	7
8	Ronald	373	↑2	10
9	Gary	365	–	12
10	Larry	361	↓2	11
11	Charles	319	↑2	9
12	Thomas	306	–	8
13	Donald	257	↓2	14
14	Kenneth	248	–	15
15	Daniel	210	↑4	22
16	Stephen	192	↑5	20
17	Dennis	187	↓2	17
18	Paul	186	↑2	18
19	Joseph	177	↓3	13
20	Steven	177	↑4	23
21	George	167	↓3	16
22	Jerry	158	↓5	21
23	Frank	147	↓1	25
24	Edward	141	↓1	19
25	Terry	129	–	26
26	Joe	111	↑3	47
27	Raymond	111	↑3	27
28	Jack	110	↓2	43
29	Roger	105	↓2	24
30	Gerald	101	↓2	30
31	Douglas	100	↑4	33
32	Danny	96	↑1	39
33	Lawrence	96	↓2	31
34	Bruce	92	↑9	28
35	Gregory	90	↓3	32
36	Anthony	89	↑3	41
37	Mike	89	new	68
38	Timothy	89	↑7	38
39	Mark	87	↑5	29
40	Fred	85	↓4	66
41	Patrick	85	↓1	48
42	Ralph	80	↓8	51
43	Steve	78	↓5	60
44	Wayne	78	↑5	34
45	Dale	77	↓3	56
46	Harold	76	↑2	36
47	Roy	69	new	49
48	Carl	68	↓1	42
49	Jim	68	↑1	86
50	Walter	68	new	35

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