Popular baby names in Utah, 1911

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1911 were Mary for girls (71 babies) and John for boys (49). Social Security records list 1,760 babies born in Utah in 1911 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1911

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

Girls

Elva: 17 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Wanda: 17 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Erma: 22 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Vera: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Virginia: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Hazel: 23 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ruth: 54 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Thelma: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Edith: 19 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Florence: 28 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

George: 39 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1911

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	Mary	71	–	1
2	Helen	57	↑1	2
3	Ruth	54	↑1	5
4	Dorothy	38	↓2	4
5	Margaret	36	–	3
6	Virginia	29	↑4	26
7	Alice	28	↑5	11
8	Florence	28	–	12
9	Mildred	26	↑4	8
10	Hazel	23	↑7	25
11	Erma	22	↓2	>100
12	Thelma	21	↓6	27
13	Elizabeth	20	↑24	7
14	Vera	20	↑20	67
15	Edith	19	↓1	31
16	Ethel	19	↑15	15
17	Ruby	19	↑3	22
18	Edna	17	↓11	17
19	Elva	17	↑22	>100
20	Wanda	17	new	>100
21	Louise	16	↓3	19
22	Afton	14	↑13	>100
23	Clara	14	↑7	33
24	Emma	14	↑24	35
25	Evelyn	14	↓1	16
26	Fern	14	new	>100
27	Mae	14	new	71
28	Lois	13	↓2	68
29	Gertrude	12	↑9	30
30	Sarah	12	new	42
31	Bernice	11	↓8	51
32	Ellen	11	new	84
33	Gladys	11	↑6	18
34	Irene	11	↓18	21
35	Lucille	11	↓24	32
36	Martha	11	↑14	28
37	Norma	11	new	>100
38	Alta	10	new	>100
39	Anna	10	↓10	6
40	Bessie	10	new	40
41	Eva	10	↓19	46
42	Grace	10	↓27	23
43	Melba	10	↓11	>100
44	Beatrice	9	new	37
45	Frances	9	↓3	10
46	Ida	9	↓21	45
47	Leah	9	new	>100
48	Leona	9	↑1	76
49	Marie	9	↓22	9
50	Pearl	9	↓17	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	John	49	–	1
2	George	39	↑2	4
3	William	31	↓1	2
4	James	28	↓1	3
5	Robert	24	↑2	5
6	Joseph	21	↑5	6
7	Frank	20	↑3	8
8	Charles	19	↓3	7
9	Edward	17	↑5	9
10	Raymond	14	↑18	19
11	Arthur	12	↑12	18
12	Kenneth	11	↓6	40
13	Thomas	10	–	10
14	David	9	↑11	27
15	Donald	9	new	36
16	Lawrence	9	new	37
17	Glen	8	new	>100
18	Richard	8	↑4	20
19	Walter	8	↑24	12
20	Wilford	8	new	>100
21	Alfred	7	new	39
22	Clyde	7	new	61
23	Gilbert	7	new	>100
24	Harold	7	↓8	16
25	Howard	7	new	28
26	Paul	7	↑1	17
27	Ralph	7	↓15	24
28	Ray	7	↑6	71
29	Roy	7	new	31
30	Theodore	7	↑12	56
31	Carl	6	↓16	26
32	Clifford	6	new	62
33	Earl	6	new	34
34	Elmer	6	↓3	48
35	Lewis	6	new	66
36	Max	6	↓16	>100
37	Melvin	6	↑1	73
38	Milton	6	↑1	70
39	Reed	6	new	>100
40	Albert	5	↓23	15
41	Clarence	5	↓17	23
42	Don	5	↓7	>100
43	Ellis	5	new	>100
44	Herman	5	new	49
45	Hugh	5	new	>100
46	Hyrum	5	new	>100
47	Jack	5	↓29	25
48	Leo	5	new	51
49	Leonard	5	new	46
50	Lloyd	5	↓18	74

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