Popular baby names in Utah, 1913

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1913 were Mary for girls (82 babies) and John for boys (114). Social Security records list 4,069 babies born in Utah in 1913 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1913

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

Girls

Afton: 23 babies, 193.2× the national rate
Beth: 15 babies, 35.2× the national rate
Donna: 16 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Leah: 16 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Fern: 19 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Phyllis: 27 babies, 7.7× the national rate
June: 17 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Erma: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Olive: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Maxine: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Alma: 15 babies, 103.7× the national rate
Grant: 20 babies, 27.5× the national rate
Don: 18 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Glen: 22 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Max: 21 babies, 6× the national rate
Melvin: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ray: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Clyde: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Leo: 16 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1913

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	Mary	82	–	1
2	Helen	79	–	2
3	Ruth	73	–	5
4	Margaret	63	↑1	4
5	Dorothy	48	↓1	3
6	Alice	39	↑3	11
7	Mildred	39	↑1	6
8	Edna	37	↓2	18
9	Virginia	36	↓2	15
10	Louise	34	↑7	17
11	Marie	31	new	10
12	Vera	31	↑6	68
13	Florence	29	↓3	13
14	Marjorie	28	↑25	48
15	Pearl	28	new	55
16	Phyllis	27	↑5	>100
17	Ethel	26	↑12	20
18	Hazel	26	↓3	27
19	Thelma	25	↓5	26
20	Afton	23	↑24	>100
21	Elizabeth	23	↑9	8
22	Evelyn	23	↓10	12
23	Grace	23	↓3	25
24	Irene	23	↓8	21
25	Ruby	21	↓3	23
26	Frances	20	↑21	9
27	Fern	19	↓8	>100
28	Lillian	19	new	16
29	Lois	19	↓4	59
30	Lucille	19	↑3	31
31	Blanche	18	↑4	76
32	Erma	18	↓1	>100
33	Gladys	18	↓9	19
34	Mabel	18	new	56
35	June	17	↑13	>100
36	Maxine	17	new	>100
37	Olive	17	new	>100
38	Ada	16	↑5	>100
39	Bernice	16	↓26	45
40	Donna	16	new	>100
41	Leah	16	new	>100
42	Rose	16	new	14
43	Bessie	15	↓7	47
44	Beth	15	↑1	>100
45	Ann	14	new	46
46	Ella	14	new	70
47	Norma	14	↓21	>100
48	Wanda	14	↓21	>100
49	Della	13	new	>100
50	Doris	13	new	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	John	114	–	1
2	William	86	–	2
3	James	67	↑1	3
4	Joseph	58	↑1	5
5	Robert	57	↑1	4
6	George	51	↓3	6
7	Harold	47	↑1	13
8	Charles	45	↑1	7
9	Richard	35	↑14	19
10	Frank	33	↓3	9
11	Arthur	27	↑20	17
12	Edward	25	↓2	8
13	Albert	24	↑11	16
14	Earl	24	↑1	31
15	Jack	24	↑4	28
16	Melvin	24	↑6	61
17	Raymond	24	↑17	18
18	Howard	23	↓1	26
19	Kenneth	23	↓8	33
20	Donald	22	↑13	25
21	Glen	22	↑8	>100
22	Ralph	22	↓10	22
23	Walter	22	↓3	11
24	David	21	↓10	29
25	Max	21	↑12	>100
26	Grant	20	–	>100
27	Lawrence	20	↑17	35
28	Paul	20	↓12	14
29	Carl	18	↓4	23
30	Clarence	18	↓9	21
31	Don	18	↑10	>100
32	Louis	18	new	20
33	Leonard	17	new	46
34	Ray	17	↓4	73
35	Thomas	17	↓7	10
36	Fred	16	↑10	27
37	Leo	16	↑3	48
38	Alma	15	new	>100
39	Clyde	15	↓26	64
40	Eugene	15	↓2	43
41	Harry	15	↑1	15
42	Roy	14	↓7	32
43	Willard	14	new	99
44	Ernest	13	↓8	34
45	Russell	13	new	50
46	Elmer	12	↓14	45
47	Floyd	12	↓8	58
48	Herbert	12	new	39
49	Jay	12	↓1	>100
50	Lloyd	12	–	67

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