Popular baby names in Utah, 1910

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1910 were Mary for girls (57 babies) and John for boys (39). Social Security records list 1,494 babies born in Utah in 1910 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1910

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

Girls

Erma: 26 babies, 17× the national rate
Phyllis: 15 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Thelma: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Virginia: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Lucille: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Edna: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Edith: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Florence: 27 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Grace: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Irene: 18 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Kenneth: 16 babies, 8× the national rate
Henry: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1910

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Mary	57	1
2	Dorothy	38	4
3	Helen	36	2
4	Ruth	34	5
5	Margaret	32	3
6	Thelma	32	25
7	Edna	27	18
8	Florence	27	12
9	Erma	26	>100
10	Virginia	23	29
11	Lucille	21	31
12	Alice	19	10
13	Mildred	19	8
14	Edith	18	35
15	Grace	18	23
16	Irene	18	21
17	Hazel	16	24
18	Louise	15	20
19	Phyllis	15	>100
20	Ruby	15	27
21	Blanche	14	74
22	Eva	14	45
23	Bernice	13	58
24	Evelyn	13	17
25	Ida	13	47
26	Lois	13	76
27	Marie	13	9
28	Rose	13	16
29	Anna	12	6
30	Clara	11	32
31	Ethel	11	13
32	Melba	11	>100
33	Pearl	11	39
34	Vera	11	71
35	Afton	10	>100
36	Della	10	>100
37	Elizabeth	10	7
38	Gertrude	10	26
39	Gladys	10	15
40	Vivian	10	>100
41	Elva	9	>100
42	Frances	9	11
43	Katherine	9	57
44	Lillian	9	14
45	Violet	9	89
46	Ada	8	94
47	Elsie	8	44
48	Emma	8	34
49	Leona	8	79
50	Martha	8	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	John	39	1
2	William	32	3
3	James	26	2
4	George	19	5
5	Charles	17	7
6	Kenneth	16	43
7	Robert	16	4
8	Henry	15	10
9	Fred	13	22
10	Frank	12	8
11	Joseph	12	6
12	Ralph	12	28
13	Thomas	12	12
14	Edward	11	9
15	Carl	9	26
16	Harold	9	18
17	Albert	8	14
18	Jack	8	23
19	Leroy	8	50
20	Max	8	>100
21	Owen	8	>100
22	Richard	8	21
23	Arthur	7	17
24	Clarence	7	20
25	David	7	30
26	Louis	7	24
27	Paul	7	15
28	Raymond	7	19
29	Victor	7	90
30	Wayne	7	>100
31	Elmer	6	48
32	Lloyd	6	67
33	Oscar	6	73
34	Ray	6	68
35	Don	5	>100
36	Lee	5	49
37	Leslie	5	>100
38	Melvin	5	75
39	Milton	5	76
40	Norman	5	63
41	Ronald	5	>100
42	Theodore	5	54
43	Walter	5	13

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