Popular baby names in Utah, 1912

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1912 were Mary for girls (86 babies) and John for boys (76). Social Security records list 3,339 babies born in Utah in 1912 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1912

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

Girls

Fern: 22 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Wanda: 19 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Phyllis: 22 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Norma: 19 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Erma: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Vera: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bernice: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Lois: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Virginia: 40 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Blanche: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Grant: 18 babies, 30× the national rate
Glen: 17 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Clyde: 25 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Melvin: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Ray: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Leroy: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kenneth: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Earl: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
David: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Elmer: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1912

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	Mary	86	–	1
2	Helen	68	–	2
3	Ruth	58	–	5
4	Dorothy	51	–	3
5	Margaret	50	–	4
6	Edna	40	↑12	16
7	Virginia	40	↓1	20
8	Mildred	35	↑1	6
9	Alice	33	↓2	11
10	Florence	33	↓2	12
11	Edith	26	↑4	31
12	Evelyn	26	↑13	13
13	Bernice	25	↑18	51
14	Thelma	24	↓2	26
15	Hazel	23	↓5	25
16	Irene	23	↑18	22
17	Louise	23	↑4	17
18	Vera	23	↓4	68
19	Fern	22	↑7	>100
20	Grace	22	↑22	24
21	Phyllis	22	new	>100
22	Ruby	22	↓5	23
23	Eva	21	↑18	49
24	Gladys	20	↑9	19
25	Lois	19	↑3	63
26	Norma	19	↑11	>100
27	Wanda	19	↓7	>100
28	Emma	18	↓4	35
29	Ethel	17	↓13	18
30	Elizabeth	16	↓17	8
31	Erma	16	↓20	>100
32	Josephine	16	new	28
33	Lucille	16	↑2	32
34	Anna	15	↑5	7
35	Blanche	15	new	75
36	Bessie	14	↑4	43
37	Elva	14	↓18	>100
38	Ida	14	↑8	45
39	Marjorie	14	new	56
40	May	14	new	>100
41	Nellie	14	new	59
42	Wilma	14	new	99
43	Ada	13	new	96
44	Afton	13	↓22	>100
45	Beth	13	new	>100
46	Clara	13	↓23	34
47	Frances	13	↓2	9
48	June	13	new	>100
49	Katherine	13	new	53
50	Leona	13	↓2	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	John	76	–	1
2	William	74	↑1	2
3	George	66	↓1	6
4	James	60	–	3
5	Joseph	43	↑1	5
6	Robert	41	↓1	4
7	Frank	40	–	9
8	Harold	37	↑16	13
9	Charles	29	↓1	7
10	Edward	28	↓1	8
11	Kenneth	28	↑1	33
12	Ralph	27	↑15	23
13	Clyde	25	↑9	65
14	David	25	–	29
15	Earl	24	↑18	34
16	Paul	23	↑10	14
17	Howard	22	↑8	25
18	Henry	21	new	12
19	Jack	21	↑28	28
20	Walter	21	↓1	11
21	Clarence	20	↑20	21
22	Melvin	20	↑15	71
23	Richard	20	↓5	19
24	Albert	19	↑16	17
25	Carl	18	↑6	24
26	Grant	18	new	>100
27	Leroy	18	new	66
28	Thomas	18	↓15	10
29	Glen	17	↓12	>100
30	Ray	17	↓2	77
31	Arthur	16	↓20	15
32	Elmer	16	↑2	47
33	Donald	15	↓18	27
34	Raymond	15	↓24	18
35	Roy	15	↓6	31
36	Ernest	14	new	32
37	Max	14	↓1	>100
38	Eugene	12	new	41
39	Floyd	12	new	59
40	Leo	12	↑8	49
41	Don	11	↑1	>100
42	Harry	11	new	16
43	Keith	11	new	>100
44	Lawrence	11	↓28	38
45	Bert	10	new	>100
46	Fred	10	new	26
47	Ivan	10	new	>100
48	Jay	10	new	>100
49	Lee	10	new	78
50	Lloyd	10	–	70

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