Popular baby names in Utah, 1917

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1917 were Mary for girls (203 babies) and John for boys (194). Social Security records list 8,681 babies born in Utah in 1917 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1917

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: 51 babies, 152.3× the national rate
Beth: 60 babies, 46.9× the national rate
Larue: 17 babies, 38.8× the national rate
Maurine: 19 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Donna: 34 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Melba: 32 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Fern: 47 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Norma: 64 babies, 7× the national rate
Elva: 22 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Wanda: 40 babies, 6× the national rate

Boys

Reed: 22 babies, 39.7× the national rate
Dee: 17 babies, 35.1× the national rate
Grant: 45 babies, 25.9× the national rate
Wilford: 18 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Don: 47 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Ned: 16 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Dean: 29 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Keith: 23 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Jay: 23 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Wayne: 49 babies, 6.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1917

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	Mary	203	–	1
2	Ruth	195	–	5
3	Helen	166	–	2
4	Dorothy	142	↑1	3
5	Margaret	117	↓1	4
6	Virginia	114	–	10
7	June	71	↑3	73
8	Norma	64	↑5	>100
9	Alice	61	–	13
10	Beth	60	↑4	>100
11	Florence	60	↑9	14
12	Marjorie	58	↓5	36
13	Bernice	53	↑25	42
14	Afton	51	↑15	>100
15	Maxine	51	new	93
16	Mildred	51	↓8	6
17	Phyllis	51	–	92
18	Evelyn	49	↓2	11
19	Fern	47	↑11	>100
20	Barbara	45	↑4	67
21	Edith	45	↓3	28
22	Lois	45	↓7	43
23	Louise	45	↑3	19
24	Thelma	45	↓13	32
25	Frances	42	↓4	9
26	Grace	41	↓14	30
27	Wanda	40	↑8	>100
28	Betty	39	↑3	34
29	Hazel	39	↓4	31
30	Marie	38	↓2	12
31	Edna	36	↓12	20
32	Ruby	36	↓10	27
33	Anna	35	↑15	7
34	Marian	35	new	74
35	Donna	34	↑6	>100
36	Lucille	34	↓4	29
37	Eva	33	↑10	54
38	Irene	32	↓4	17
39	Melba	32	–	>100
40	Doris	31	–	25
41	Jean	31	↑9	40
42	Vera	31	↓19	66
43	Blanche	30	new	91
44	Martha	30	new	22
45	Erma	28	↓8	>100
46	Ellen	27	–	90
47	Wilma	27	new	82
48	Ethel	26	new	24
49	Josephine	26	new	21
50	Elizabeth	25	↓23	8

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	John	194	–	1
2	William	153	–	2
3	Robert	137	↑1	4
4	George	115	↓1	6
5	James	115	–	3
6	Jack	80	↑1	22
7	Richard	69	↑3	14
8	Frank	68	↑1	9
9	Joseph	67	↓1	5
10	Harold	64	↑2	12
11	Charles	58	↓5	7
12	Earl	58	↑2	32
13	Thomas	58	↑10	10
14	Ralph	54	↓3	21
15	Wayne	49	↑18	96
16	Don	47	↑8	>100
17	Raymond	47	↑17	16
18	Grant	45	↑13	>100
19	Howard	45	↓2	26
20	Kenneth	44	↓7	27
21	Paul	44	↑1	13
22	Ray	44	↑5	74
23	Arthur	40	↓4	17
24	Roy	40	new	33
25	Lloyd	39	↑11	53
26	Walter	39	↑16	11
27	Edward	38	↓2	8
28	David	37	↓10	28
29	Donald	37	↓14	20
30	Glen	35	↓1	>100
31	Max	34	↓15	>100
32	Carl	32	↓2	24
33	Albert	31	↓13	18
34	Elmer	30	new	45
35	Fred	30	↓9	29
36	Dean	29	↑7	>100
37	Melvin	29	↑8	57
38	Norman	29	new	46
39	Clarence	28	↓4	25
40	Clyde	28	↓3	64
41	Francis	28	new	30
42	Harry	28	↓14	19
43	Lawrence	26	↓5	36
44	Eugene	25	↓23	39
45	Henry	25	↑5	15
46	Russell	24	↑3	52
47	Jay	23	↓15	>100
48	Keith	23	–	>100
49	Floyd	22	↓9	62
50	Gordon	22	new	84

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