Popular baby names in Utah, 1914

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1914 were Mary for girls (123 babies) and John for boys (165). Social Security records list 5,401 babies born in Utah in 1914 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1914

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: 34 babies, 206.7× the national rate
Beth: 23 babies, 38× the national rate
Donna: 19 babies, 19.2× the national rate
Leah: 16 babies, 10× the national rate
Fern: 23 babies, 8× the national rate
Elaine: 16 babies, 8× the national rate
Faye: 18 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Norma: 29 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Wanda: 22 babies, 7.1× the national rate
June: 26 babies, 6.5× the national rate

Boys

Grant: 29 babies, 27.4× the national rate
Lynn: 22 babies, 22.7× the national rate
Keith: 24 babies, 19.7× the national rate
Rex: 20 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Dean: 20 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Don: 24 babies, 11× the national rate
Jay: 17 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Glen: 33 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Leland: 16 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Max: 36 babies, 7.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1914

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	Mary	123	–	1
2	Ruth	107	↑1	5
3	Helen	101	↓1	2
4	Margaret	81	–	4
5	Dorothy	76	–	3
6	Virginia	50	↑3	14
7	Florence	46	↑6	13
8	Mildred	42	↓1	7
9	Marjorie	39	↑5	45
10	Evelyn	37	↑12	11
11	Afton	34	↑9	>100
12	Lucille	34	↑18	30
13	Alice	33	↓7	12
14	Frances	29	↑12	9
15	Lois	29	↑14	51
16	Norma	29	↑31	>100
17	Elizabeth	28	↑4	8
18	Marie	28	↓7	10
19	Thelma	28	–	26
20	Edna	26	↓12	19
21	June	26	↑14	>100
22	Ellen	25	new	86
23	Ethel	25	↓6	21
24	Bernice	24	↑15	43
25	Vera	24	↓13	68
26	Beth	23	↑18	>100
27	Edith	23	new	31
28	Fern	23	↓1	>100
29	Hazel	23	↓11	29
30	Ruby	23	↓5	24
31	Wanda	22	↑17	>100
32	Barbara	21	new	82
33	Martha	20	new	27
34	Donna	19	↑6	>100
35	Faye	18	new	>100
36	Gladys	18	↓3	20
37	Jessie	18	new	64
38	Phyllis	18	↓22	>100
39	Wilma	18	new	95
40	Bertha	17	new	41
41	Erma	17	↓9	>100
42	Irene	17	↓18	22
43	Lillian	17	↓15	16
44	Vivian	17	new	81
45	Betty	16	new	62
46	Blanche	16	↓15	80
47	Elaine	16	new	>100
48	Emma	16	new	39
49	Leah	16	↓8	>100
50	Myrtle	16	new	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	John	165	–	1
2	William	110	–	2
3	James	107	–	3
4	Robert	80	↑1	4
5	George	76	↑1	6
6	Frank	71	↑4	9
7	Joseph	64	↓3	5
8	Charles	58	–	7
9	Harold	56	↓2	14
10	Jack	48	↑5	27
11	Ralph	38	↑11	21
12	Thomas	37	↑23	11
13	Max	36	↑12	99
14	Ray	36	↑20	74
15	Edward	35	↓3	8
16	Arthur	34	↓5	18
17	Glen	33	↑4	>100
18	Kenneth	33	↑1	30
19	Albert	32	↓6	15
20	Paul	31	↑8	13
21	Richard	31	↓12	17
22	Grant	29	↑4	>100
23	Clarence	28	↑7	22
24	Howard	25	↓6	26
25	Walter	25	↓2	10
26	David	24	↓2	29
27	Don	24	↑4	>100
28	Earl	24	↓14	33
29	Floyd	24	↑18	58
30	Keith	24	new	>100
31	Harry	23	↑10	19
32	Henry	23	new	12
33	Lawrence	23	↓6	35
34	Roy	23	↑8	32
35	Carl	22	↓6	24
36	Lynn	22	new	>100
37	Ernest	21	↑7	38
38	Dean	20	new	>100
39	Rex	20	new	>100
40	Donald	19	↓20	23
41	Lloyd	19	↑9	66
42	Raymond	19	↓25	16
43	Elmer	18	↑3	46
44	Fred	18	↓8	28
45	Leo	18	↓8	47
46	Eugene	17	↓6	43
47	Jay	17	↑2	>100
48	Wayne	17	new	>100
49	Leland	16	new	>100
50	Lewis	16	new	72

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