Popular baby names in Colorado, 1952

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1952 were Linda for girls (696 babies) and Robert for boys (865). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 34,228 babies born in Colorado in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1952

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

Girls

Rosalie: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Verna: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Janette: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dolores: 50 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Deanna: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jeannette: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Debora: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sherri: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dana: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Cheri: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Pete: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Felix: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rudy: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Rocky: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Gilbert: 49 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kent: 39 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Max: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rudolph: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bill: 35 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Tom: 32 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	696	–	1
2	Mary	562	–	2
3	Patricia	485	–	3
4	Debra	411	↑7	9
5	Susan	411	–	5
6	Deborah	406	↓2	4
7	Barbara	324	↓1	6
8	Karen	302	↓1	8
9	Kathleen	298	↑1	11
10	Nancy	283	↓1	7
11	Cynthia	266	↑4	18
12	Sandra	256	↓4	10
13	Carol	254	↓1	12
14	Sharon	234	↓1	14
15	Donna	221	↓1	13
16	Pamela	210	–	17
17	Janet	206	–	19
18	Christine	165	↑12	20
19	Judith	159	–	25
20	Diane	146	↑1	16
21	Margaret	146	↓3	21
22	Cheryl	140	↓2	31
23	Elizabeth	139	↑2	22
24	Kathy	134	↑7	29
25	Shirley	132	↓1	28
26	Diana	129	↑7	51
27	Catherine	124	–	34
28	Judy	123	↓6	26
29	Rebecca	123	↑3	30
30	Connie	122	↑10	44
31	Janice	121	↓2	23
32	Katherine	118	↓6	59
33	Betty	116	↑12	32
34	Carolyn	106	–	24
35	Marilyn	98	–	38
36	Kathryn	97	↑3	48
37	Vicki	97	↓1	61
38	Gloria	96	↓15	36
39	Laura	96	↑3	53
40	Beverly	95	↑1	35
41	Theresa	93	↑7	60
42	Joan	91	new	37
43	Peggy	91	↓15	43
44	Virginia	88	↓6	49
45	Gail	86	↓1	39
46	Joyce	81	↓3	27
47	Bonnie	77	↓10	41
48	Paula	77	new	47
49	Ruth	75	new	57
50	Martha	73	–	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Robert	865	–	2
2	Michael	830	–	4
3	John	747	–	3
4	David	741	↑1	5
5	James	733	↓1	1
6	Richard	644	–	7
7	William	486	–	6
8	Steven	437	↑3	11
9	Thomas	422	–	8
10	Gary	420	↓2	10
11	Mark	355	↑6	17
12	Ronald	329	↓2	15
13	Daniel	325	↑3	20
14	Donald	285	↓1	13
15	Charles	284	↓3	9
16	Kenneth	269	↓1	16
17	Larry	260	↓3	14
18	Stephen	247	↑1	21
19	Joseph	211	↓1	12
20	Paul	207	–	19
21	Dennis	199	–	18
22	Douglas	185	–	28
23	Timothy	164	↑3	27
24	Terry	163	↑7	29
25	Jerry	161	↑4	26
26	Gregory	157	↑1	24
27	Edward	150	↓4	23
28	George	149	↓4	22
29	Frank	141	↓4	32
30	Bruce	128	↑2	25
31	Raymond	127	↑4	33
32	Patrick	126	↑2	37
33	Anthony	124	↓5	34
34	Gerald	120	↓4	39
35	Randy	112	↑7	41
36	Jack	108	↑1	52
37	Dale	103	↓1	46
38	Lawrence	99	–	35
39	Joe	97	↑2	62
40	Roger	96	↓7	30
41	Alan	95	↑7	42
42	Danny	92	↓3	40
43	Jeffrey	80	new	31
44	Arthur	78	new	47
45	Scott	77	↑1	54
46	Eugene	73	new	71
47	Harold	73	↓4	51
48	Wayne	73	↓3	38
49	Stanley	72	↓5	58
50	Craig	70	new	59

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