Popular baby names in Utah, 1915

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1915 were Mary for girls (183 babies) and John for boys (172). Social Security records list 7,700 babies born in Utah in 1915 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1915

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, 114.5× the national rate
Lavon: 15 babies, 39.4× the national rate
Beth: 30 babies, 35× the national rate
Donna: 34 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Verda: 15 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Maurine: 18 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Melba: 21 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Leah: 23 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Iris: 18 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Fern: 35 babies, 7.3× the national rate

Boys

Reed: 21 babies, 48.1× the national rate
Blaine: 17 babies, 37.5× the national rate
Grant: 31 babies, 20.1× the national rate
Lynn: 25 babies, 19× the national rate
Wilford: 17 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Dean: 26 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Don: 41 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Boyd: 16 babies, 11× the national rate
Mark: 23 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Keith: 18 babies, 9.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1915

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	Mary	183	–	1
2	Helen	160	↑1	2
3	Ruth	154	↓1	5
4	Dorothy	112	↑1	3
5	Margaret	100	↓1	4
6	Virginia	80	–	12
7	Alice	60	↑6	13
8	Grace	60	new	27
9	Marjorie	59	–	39
10	Mildred	59	↓2	6
11	Lois	54	↑4	47
12	June	50	↑9	96
13	Norma	50	↑3	>100
14	Lucille	45	↓2	29
15	Edna	43	↑5	20
16	Elizabeth	41	↑1	8
17	Phyllis	41	↑21	100
18	Thelma	41	↑1	30
19	Florence	40	↓12	14
20	Ruby	39	↑10	24
21	Vera	39	↑4	65
22	Hazel	38	↑7	26
23	Anna	37	new	7
24	Ethel	35	↓1	23
25	Evelyn	35	↓15	10
26	Fern	35	↑2	>100
27	Donna	34	↑7	>100
28	Frances	34	↓14	9
29	Irene	34	↑13	17
30	Edith	33	↓3	31
31	Ellen	31	↓9	88
32	Erma	31	↑9	>100
33	Marie	31	↓15	11
34	Beth	30	↓8	>100
35	Louise	30	new	18
36	Wanda	29	↓5	>100
37	Barbara	27	↓5	83
38	Doris	26	new	34
39	Elaine	26	↑8	>100
40	Gladys	26	↓4	21
41	Martha	26	↓8	25
42	Bernice	25	↓18	42
43	Clara	25	new	38
44	Maxine	24	new	98
45	Afton	23	↓34	>100
46	Kathryn	23	new	60
47	Leah	23	↑2	>100
48	Lillian	23	↓5	15
49	Pearl	23	new	56
50	Rose	23	new	16

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	John	172	–	1
2	William	168	–	2
3	Robert	98	↑1	4
4	George	95	↑1	6
5	James	88	↓2	3
6	Joseph	81	↑1	5
7	Charles	69	↑1	7
8	Jack	67	↑2	27
9	Frank	66	↓3	9
10	Harold	66	↓1	12
11	Richard	57	↑10	15
12	Thomas	56	–	10
13	Ray	55	↑1	67
14	Donald	54	↑26	20
15	David	48	↑11	31
16	Glen	47	↑1	>100
17	Paul	46	↑3	13
18	Kenneth	44	–	28
19	Arthur	43	↓3	18
20	Henry	43	↑12	14
21	Ralph	42	↓10	21
22	Don	41	↑5	>100
23	Earl	40	↑5	33
24	Raymond	39	↑18	16
25	Edward	37	↓10	8
26	Fred	37	↑18	26
27	Clarence	35	↓4	24
28	Howard	35	↓4	25
29	Wayne	32	↑19	97
30	Albert	31	↓11	17
31	Grant	31	↓9	>100
32	Roy	31	↑2	32
33	Walter	31	↓8	11
34	Elmer	29	↑9	45
35	Lawrence	28	↓2	37
36	Melvin	28	new	60
37	Max	27	↓24	>100
38	Russell	27	new	51
39	Dean	26	↓1	>100
40	Louis	26	new	23
41	Carl	25	↓6	22
42	Lynn	25	↓6	>100
43	Leonard	23	new	44
44	Lloyd	23	↓3	62
45	Mark	23	new	>100
46	Clyde	22	new	63
47	Dale	22	new	>100
48	Floyd	22	↓19	59
49	Allen	21	new	99
50	Reed	21	new	>100

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