Popular baby names in Colorado, 1950

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1950 were Linda for girls (815 babies) and Robert for boys (781). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 30,891 babies born in Colorado in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1950

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

Girls

Jolene: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Veronica: 34 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Laurel: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ramona: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Loretta: 60 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bernadette: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rosalie: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sheryl: 44 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Terri: 23 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Carla: 35 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Rudy: 30 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kent: 42 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Julian: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Pete: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Manuel: 43 babies, 3× the national rate
Kirk: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Max: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Luis: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Gilbert: 43 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Chris: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Linda	815	–	1
2	Mary	548	–	2
3	Patricia	431	–	3
4	Susan	378	↑1	5
5	Barbara	347	↓1	4
6	Sharon	307	–	11
7	Carol	282	–	9
8	Karen	281	↑3	12
9	Kathleen	268	–	10
10	Sandra	263	↓2	8
11	Nancy	247	↓1	6
12	Deborah	227	↑9	7
13	Cynthia	191	–	23
14	Donna	191	↓2	13
15	Margaret	173	↑1	15
16	Janet	168	↑4	18
17	Pamela	168	↑2	17
18	Judith	160	↓3	21
19	Judy	141	↓5	25
20	Cheryl	139	↓2	29
21	Shirley	128	↓4	19
22	Diane	125	–	16
23	Connie	120	–	44
24	Diana	120	–	47
25	Janice	119	↑2	22
26	Gloria	114	↑2	30
27	Christine	113	↑5	28
28	Elizabeth	111	↓2	24
29	Bonnie	108	↑11	33
30	Rebecca	106	↑15	36
31	Beverly	105	↓6	31
32	Marilyn	104	↓1	37
33	Carolyn	103	↓3	20
34	Betty	101	↓5	26
35	Catherine	96	↓1	34
36	Debra	94	new	59
37	Peggy	94	↓4	41
38	Joyce	90	–	27
39	Kathryn	88	↓3	46
40	Virginia	88	↓3	43
41	Katherine	86	↓2	58
42	Kathy	85	↓7	38
43	Dorothy	72	↓2	35
44	Sally	71	new	78
45	Paula	70	↑5	54
46	Frances	68	–	51
47	Gail	67	new	42
48	Joan	67	new	40
49	Martha	65	↓5	32
50	Rita	65	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Robert	781	↑1	2
2	John	764	↓1	3
3	James	703	–	1
4	Michael	700	↑1	4
5	David	627	↓1	5
6	Richard	562	–	7
7	William	487	–	6
8	Gary	425	–	10
9	Thomas	371	↑1	8
10	Ronald	348	↑2	12
11	Larry	310	↓2	11
12	Charles	303	↓1	9
13	Donald	286	–	14
14	Steven	273	–	16
15	Daniel	239	–	21
16	Kenneth	233	–	15
17	Dennis	198	↑1	17
18	Mark	198	↑5	23
19	Stephen	197	↓2	19
20	Paul	190	↑2	18
21	Joseph	187	↓1	13
22	Edward	175	↑3	22
23	Jerry	160	↓2	24
24	George	151	↓5	20
25	Douglas	133	↓1	28
26	Terry	131	–	30
27	Frank	130	↑1	29
28	Gregory	129	↑7	25
29	Patrick	121	↑9	38
30	Gerald	120	↑4	34
31	Raymond	120	↑6	31
32	Timothy	118	↓2	32
33	Lawrence	109	↑6	33
34	Roger	108	↓5	27
35	Anthony	106	↓4	36
36	Joe	101	–	54
37	Bruce	100	↓5	26
38	Danny	95	↓5	39
39	Dale	93	↑5	49
40	Jack	87	↓13	48
41	Wayne	81	↑1	35
42	Harold	75	↑1	45
43	Arthur	72	↓3	46
44	Alan	69	↓3	41
45	Carl	65	↑3	44
46	Randy	63	new	80
47	Keith	61	new	78
48	Stanley	61	new	60
49	Eugene	60	–	58
50	Leonard	60	new	77

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