Popular baby names in Colorado, 1949

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1949 were Linda for girls (933 babies) and John for boys (772). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 29,958 babies born in Colorado in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1949

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

Girls

Cecilia: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ramona: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Deanna: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Rosalie: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Claudia: 60 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Debra: 53 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Carmen: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Carla: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Patty: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Cindy: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Pete: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kent: 39 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rudy: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Manuel: 47 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tim: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Ruben: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Daryl: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gilbert: 41 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rick: 31 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kirk: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	933	–	1
2	Mary	559	–	2
3	Patricia	392	–	3
4	Barbara	352	–	4
5	Susan	320	↑2	5
6	Sharon	298	–	10
7	Carol	294	↓2	8
8	Sandra	294	–	6
9	Kathleen	287	↑3	9
10	Nancy	260	↓1	7
11	Karen	257	↓1	11
12	Donna	214	↓1	12
13	Cynthia	181	↑9	27
14	Judy	162	–	20
15	Judith	161	↓2	16
16	Margaret	159	↑3	14
17	Shirley	159	↑1	18
18	Cheryl	152	↓1	28
19	Pamela	151	↓3	21
20	Janet	143	↓5	23
21	Deborah	141	↑21	15
22	Diane	139	↑3	19
23	Connie	125	↑9	43
24	Diana	117	↑4	48
25	Beverly	114	↑4	31
26	Elizabeth	113	↑10	25
27	Janice	113	↓7	24
28	Gloria	112	↓5	29
29	Betty	111	↓5	22
30	Carolyn	111	↓9	17
31	Marilyn	104	↓4	33
32	Christine	102	↑8	30
33	Peggy	102	↑1	38
34	Catherine	101	↓1	37
35	Kathy	100	↓9	42
36	Kathryn	96	new	52
37	Virginia	96	↓7	39
38	Joyce	95	↓7	26
39	Katherine	88	↓1	59
40	Bonnie	85	↓5	35
41	Dorothy	85	–	32
42	Vicki	85	↑2	70
43	Theresa	83	↓4	63
44	Martha	75	↑4	34
45	Rebecca	75	new	40
46	Frances	74	↓9	49
47	Ruth	67	↓1	47
48	Sherry	67	new	68
49	Alice	64	new	53
50	Paula	64	new	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	John	772	↑1	3
2	Robert	766	↓1	2
3	James	697	–	1
4	David	638	–	6
5	Michael	592	↑1	5
6	Richard	554	↑1	7
7	William	503	↓2	4
8	Gary	392	↑1	12
9	Larry	350	↑1	10
10	Thomas	340	↑2	8
11	Charles	326	–	9
12	Ronald	317	↓4	11
13	Donald	296	–	13
14	Steven	230	↑6	20
15	Daniel	226	–	22
16	Kenneth	222	↓2	15
17	Stephen	211	↓1	19
18	Dennis	188	↓1	16
19	George	188	↑2	18
20	Joseph	179	↓1	14
21	Jerry	172	↑1	23
22	Paul	169	↓4	17
23	Mark	150	↑16	24
24	Douglas	149	↑7	29
25	Edward	126	↓1	21
26	Terry	121	↓1	28
27	Jack	119	↑1	47
28	Frank	115	↓5	27
29	Roger	113	–	25
30	Timothy	111	↑8	34
31	Anthony	110	↑5	36
32	Bruce	106	↑2	26
33	Danny	106	↓1	40
34	Gerald	106	↓4	33
35	Gregory	106	–	31
36	Joe	103	↓10	52
37	Raymond	102	↓10	30
38	Patrick	96	↑3	39
39	Lawrence	82	↓6	32
40	Arthur	78	new	44
41	Alan	75	new	45
42	Wayne	74	↑2	35
43	Harold	70	↑3	42
44	Dale	68	↑1	54
45	Steve	67	↓2	68
46	Mike	66	↓9	88
47	Phillip	65	new	66
48	Carl	63	–	43
49	Eugene	57	new	58
50	Fred	57	↓10	72

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