Popular baby names in Utah, 1916

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1916 were Mary for girls (172 babies) and John for boys (180). Social Security records list 8,413 babies born in Utah in 1916 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1916

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: 39 babies, 136.4× the national rate
Beth: 51 babies, 41.9× the national rate
Maurine: 23 babies, 19.6× the national rate
Melba: 33 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Donna: 31 babies, 12× the national rate
Leah: 25 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Fern: 39 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Ila: 15 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Norma: 52 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Erma: 34 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Boys

Reed: 16 babies, 36× the national rate
Grant: 31 babies, 19.9× the national rate
Lynn: 27 babies, 19× the national rate
Vern: 15 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Don: 38 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Jay: 31 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Keith: 23 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Dean: 24 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Rex: 20 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Max: 49 babies, 7.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1916

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	Mary	172	–	1
2	Ruth	168	↑1	5
3	Helen	161	↓1	2
4	Margaret	124	↑1	4
5	Dorothy	123	↓1	3
6	Virginia	86	–	10
7	Marjorie	69	↑2	37
8	Mildred	68	↑2	6
9	Alice	65	↓2	13
10	June	59	↑2	86
11	Thelma	55	↑7	29
12	Grace	52	↓4	26
13	Norma	52	–	>100
14	Beth	51	↑20	>100
15	Lois	50	↓4	43
16	Evelyn	49	↑9	11
17	Phyllis	48	–	95
18	Edith	47	↑12	28
19	Edna	47	↓4	19
20	Florence	47	↓1	14
21	Frances	46	↑7	9
22	Ruby	45	↓2	23
23	Vera	45	↓2	66
24	Barbara	44	↑13	74
25	Hazel	44	↓3	31
26	Louise	43	↑9	18
27	Elizabeth	42	↓11	8
28	Marie	40	↑5	12
29	Afton	39	↑16	>100
30	Fern	39	↓4	>100
31	Betty	38	new	44
32	Lucille	38	↓18	30
33	Emma	36	new	41
34	Irene	36	↓5	17
35	Wanda	36	↑1	>100
36	Gladys	35	↑4	22
37	Erma	34	↓5	>100
38	Bernice	33	↑4	42
39	Melba	33	new	>100
40	Doris	32	↓2	32
41	Donna	31	↓14	>100
42	Ida	31	new	54
43	Kathryn	30	↑3	60
44	Pearl	29	↑5	57
45	Elaine	28	↓6	>100
46	Ellen	28	↓15	87
47	Eva	28	new	55
48	Anna	26	↓25	7
49	Leah	25	↓2	>100
50	Jean	24	new	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	John	180	–	1
2	William	149	–	2
3	George	136	↑1	7
4	Robert	121	↓1	4
5	James	120	–	3
6	Charles	79	↑1	6
7	Jack	79	↑1	26
8	Joseph	78	↓2	5
9	Frank	71	–	9
10	Richard	65	↑1	15
11	Ralph	56	↑10	21
12	Harold	55	↓2	13
13	Kenneth	53	↑5	27
14	Earl	50	↑9	32
15	Donald	49	↓1	20
16	Max	49	↑21	>100
17	Howard	47	↑11	25
18	David	44	↓3	28
19	Arthur	42	–	18
20	Albert	41	↑10	17
21	Eugene	40	new	39
22	Paul	40	↓5	12
23	Thomas	39	↓11	10
24	Don	38	↓2	>100
25	Edward	37	–	8
26	Fred	35	–	29
27	Ray	34	↓14	73
28	Harry	33	new	19
29	Glen	32	↓13	>100
30	Carl	31	↑11	23
31	Grant	31	–	>100
32	Jay	31	new	>100
33	Wayne	31	↓4	98
34	Raymond	30	↓10	16
35	Clarence	29	↓8	24
36	Lloyd	29	↑8	58
37	Clyde	28	↑9	62
38	Lawrence	27	↓3	38
39	Lynn	27	↑3	>100
40	Floyd	25	↑8	60
41	Stanley	25	new	34
42	Walter	25	↓9	11
43	Dean	24	↓4	>100
44	Leo	24	new	47
45	Melvin	24	↓9	57
46	Clifford	23	new	61
47	Ernest	23	new	36
48	Keith	23	new	>100
49	Russell	23	↓11	51
50	Henry	22	↓30	14

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