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Baby names in Colorado, 1910s

1910–1919 · 97,845 recorded births

Mary was the most common name given in Colorado across the 1910s, with 3,509 births in the decade. The state recorded 97,845 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Colorado in the 1910s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Jose211
Pete153
Charline26
Abel23
Tony199
Jake75
Reuben81
Joe743

Top 25 in the 1910s

RankNameBirths
#1Mary3,509
#2John2,888
#3William2,248
#4Robert2,192
#5Helen2,068
#6Dorothy1,917
#7James1,646
#8Margaret1,638
#9George1,560
#10Charles1,493
#11Ruth1,436
#12Frank1,098
#13Frances1,038
#14Virginia908
#15Mildred897
#16Joseph882
#17Harold845
#18Edward806
#19Elizabeth784
#20Alice767
#21Joe743
#22Rose739
#23Richard706
#24Evelyn702
#25Albert673

Other decades in Colorado

All Colorado names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org