Popular baby names in Colorado, 1953

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1953 were Linda for girls (626 babies) and David for boys (860). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 35,017 babies born in Colorado in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1953

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

Girls

Colette: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Rosalie: 31 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Sherri: 50 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cheri: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kristine: 38 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Shelly: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Karla: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jamie: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Christy: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Sherrie: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Pete: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rudy: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kelly: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bob: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lynn: 35 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jim: 34 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Lyle: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Gregg: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Rocky: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Mike: 49 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Linda	626	–	2
2	Mary	574	–	1
3	Debra	500	↑1	7
4	Patricia	465	↓1	4
5	Deborah	414	↑1	3
6	Susan	406	↓1	5
7	Barbara	341	–	6
8	Karen	323	–	9
9	Sandra	289	↑3	11
10	Cynthia	285	↑1	12
11	Kathleen	269	↓2	14
12	Nancy	244	↓2	8
13	Sharon	228	↑1	15
14	Pamela	226	↑2	10
15	Carol	221	↓2	16
16	Donna	210	↓1	13
17	Janet	205	–	19
18	Diane	175	↑2	17
19	Judy	158	↑9	27
20	Christine	155	↓2	32
21	Margaret	150	–	20
22	Cheryl	146	–	28
23	Judith	145	↓4	30
24	Elizabeth	139	↓1	21
25	Rebecca	136	↑4	24
26	Connie	134	↑4	47
27	Kathy	131	↓3	23
28	Janice	125	↑3	22
29	Marilyn	125	↑6	36
30	Gloria	114	↑8	38
31	Theresa	113	↑10	50
32	Paula	112	↑16	40
33	Shirley	109	↓8	29
34	Diana	108	↓8	55
35	Peggy	108	↑8	44
36	Catherine	107	↓9	35
37	Beverly	106	↑3	34
38	Kathryn	98	↓2	48
39	Joyce	94	↑7	26
40	Betty	92	↓7	33
41	Katherine	91	↓9	63
42	Gail	90	↑3	39
43	Laura	90	↓4	51
44	Ruth	82	↑5	62
45	Virginia	80	↓1	53
46	Rose	78	new	59
47	Carolyn	77	↓13	25
48	Teresa	76	new	42
49	Bonnie	75	↓2	45
50	Julie	74	new	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	David	860	↑3	5
2	Michael	835	–	3
3	Robert	765	↓2	1
4	John	741	↓1	4
5	James	689	–	2
6	Richard	630	–	7
7	William	500	–	6
8	Steven	433	–	11
9	Gary	407	↑1	10
10	Thomas	367	↓1	8
11	Charles	338	↑4	9
12	Mark	332	↓1	12
13	Ronald	326	↓1	15
14	Donald	294	–	14
15	Daniel	270	↓2	20
16	Kenneth	250	–	17
17	Joseph	247	↑2	13
18	Stephen	242	–	21
19	Paul	235	↑1	16
20	Larry	234	↓3	18
21	Dennis	216	–	19
22	Douglas	195	–	27
23	Edward	180	↑4	23
24	Timothy	175	↓1	26
25	George	162	↑3	22
26	Gregory	160	–	24
27	Terry	159	↓3	30
28	Randy	153	↑7	35
29	Anthony	149	↑4	32
30	Bruce	137	–	28
31	Jerry	133	↓6	29
32	Frank	130	↓3	33
33	Raymond	123	↓2	34
34	Patrick	118	↓2	39
35	Roger	117	↑5	31
36	Gerald	113	↓2	42
37	Rodney	109	new	58
38	Lawrence	99	–	37
39	Jeffrey	96	↑4	25
40	Christopher	92	new	63
41	Jack	91	↓5	57
42	Scott	87	↑3	46
43	Dale	85	↓6	48
44	Stanley	85	↑5	62
45	Joe	84	↓6	66
46	Arthur	81	↓2	50
47	Kevin	80	new	36
48	Danny	75	↓6	41
49	Peter	75	new	38
50	Wayne	74	↓2	40

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