Popular baby names in Colorado, 1951

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1951 were Linda for girls (729 babies) and Robert for boys (818). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 32,673 babies born in Colorado in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1951

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

Girls

Lori: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ramona: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rosalie: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Debora: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Janette: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jennie: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Deanna: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Verna: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Cindy: 44 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Melody: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Kent: 47 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Felix: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Pete: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mickey: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Rick: 46 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Rudy: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Mike: 51 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lyle: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ben: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Manuel: 37 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	729	–	1
2	Mary	575	–	2
3	Patricia	479	–	3
4	Deborah	352	↑8	4
5	Susan	349	↓1	6
6	Barbara	327	↓1	5
7	Karen	313	↑1	8
8	Sandra	282	↑2	9
9	Nancy	277	↑2	7
10	Kathleen	275	↓1	10
11	Debra	270	↑25	18
12	Carol	256	↓5	11
13	Sharon	245	↓7	13
14	Donna	227	–	12
15	Cynthia	217	↓2	20
16	Pamela	183	↑1	16
17	Janet	175	↓1	19
18	Margaret	164	↓3	17
19	Judith	161	↓1	25
20	Cheryl	154	–	30
21	Diane	152	↑1	15
22	Judy	144	↓3	26
23	Gloria	132	↑3	31
24	Shirley	132	↓3	27
25	Elizabeth	129	↑3	23
26	Katherine	129	↑15	55
27	Catherine	125	↑8	34
28	Peggy	121	↑9	40
29	Janice	118	↓4	21
30	Christine	113	↓3	24
31	Kathy	112	↑11	35
32	Rebecca	111	↓2	32
33	Diana	108	↓9	50
34	Carolyn	103	↓1	22
35	Marilyn	103	↓3	41
36	Vicki	99	new	58
37	Bonnie	97	↓8	37
38	Virginia	97	↑2	47
39	Kathryn	95	–	45
40	Connie	94	↓17	44
41	Beverly	92	↓10	33
42	Laura	91	new	60
43	Joyce	90	↓5	28
44	Gail	89	↑3	36
45	Betty	86	↓11	29
46	Victoria	85	new	81
47	Dorothy	84	↓4	42
48	Theresa	80	new	64
49	Rose	77	new	65
50	Martha	75	↓1	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Robert	818	–	2
2	Michael	782	↑2	4
3	John	741	↓1	3
4	James	704	↓1	1
5	David	697	–	5
6	Richard	555	–	7
7	William	499	–	6
8	Gary	451	–	10
9	Thomas	409	–	8
10	Ronald	336	–	12
11	Steven	336	↑3	13
12	Charles	326	–	9
13	Donald	310	–	15
14	Larry	306	↓3	11
15	Kenneth	272	↑1	16
16	Daniel	262	↓1	21
17	Mark	262	↑1	20
18	Joseph	247	↑3	14
19	Stephen	221	–	19
20	Paul	216	–	18
21	Dennis	208	↓4	17
22	Douglas	192	↑3	27
23	Edward	170	↓1	23
24	George	162	–	22
25	Frank	151	↑2	31
26	Timothy	151	↑6	28
27	Gregory	136	↑1	25
28	Anthony	133	↑7	34
29	Jerry	132	↓6	24
30	Gerald	131	–	36
31	Terry	123	↓5	30
32	Bruce	120	↑5	26
33	Roger	111	↑1	29
34	Patrick	110	↓5	39
35	Raymond	98	↓4	32
36	Dale	91	↑3	49
37	Jack	90	↑3	48
38	Lawrence	85	↓5	33
39	Danny	78	↓1	41
40	Rodney	78	new	84
41	Joe	77	↓5	57
42	Randy	77	↑4	56
43	Harold	74	↓1	46
44	Stanley	74	↑4	54
45	Wayne	74	↓4	37
46	Scott	72	new	68
47	Russell	71	new	73
48	Alan	67	↓4	40
49	Brian	63	new	75
50	Leonard	63	–	80

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