Popular baby names in Utah, 1918

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1918 were Mary for girls (206 babies) and William for boys (199). William ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,954 babies born in Utah in 1918 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1918

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: 24 babies, 108× the national rate
Beth: 64 babies, 42.1× the national rate
Donna: 49 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Reva: 16 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Nola: 17 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Leah: 25 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Melba: 32 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Faye: 35 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Madge: 16 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Fern: 42 babies, 6.9× the national rate

Boys

Alma: 17 babies, 70.5× the national rate
Reed: 22 babies, 38.6× the national rate
Grant: 43 babies, 21.3× the national rate
Vern: 20 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Keith: 44 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Lynn: 25 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Jay: 39 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Rex: 28 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Wilford: 15 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Merrill: 16 babies, 11.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1918

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Mary	206	–	1
2	Helen	179	↑1	2
3	Ruth	174	↓1	5
4	Dorothy	156	–	3
5	Virginia	126	↑1	7
6	Margaret	119	↓1	4
7	June	88	–	66
8	Mildred	82	↑8	6
9	Marjorie	71	↑3	34
10	Florence	66	↑1	14
11	Beth	64	↓1	>100
12	Evelyn	63	↑6	11
13	Barbara	62	↑7	60
14	Phyllis	60	↑3	80
15	Marie	59	↑15	12
16	Thelma	56	↑8	32
17	Norma	55	↓9	98
18	Lois	54	↑4	42
19	Edith	53	↑2	30
20	Maxine	53	↓5	87
21	Betty	52	↑7	21
22	Alice	50	↓13	13
23	Donna	49	↑12	>100
24	Edna	49	↑7	23
25	Frances	49	–	8
26	Wanda	49	↑1	>100
27	Elizabeth	47	↑23	9
28	Ruby	47	↑4	27
29	Bernice	45	↓16	41
30	Louise	45	↓7	18
31	Fern	42	↓12	>100
32	Hazel	42	↓3	33
33	Elaine	39	new	>100
34	Grace	39	↓8	31
35	Eva	38	↑2	55
36	Jean	38	↑5	37
37	Lucille	37	↓1	29
38	Faye	35	new	>100
39	Pearl	34	new	56
40	Rose	34	new	17
41	Melba	32	↓2	>100
42	Anna	31	↓9	10
43	Clara	31	new	43
44	Doris	31	↓4	19
45	Ellen	31	↑1	92
46	Erma	31	↓1	>100
47	Shirley	31	new	97
48	Irene	30	↓10	16
49	Vera	30	↓7	68
50	Carol	28	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	William	199	↑1	2
2	John	175	↓1	1
3	Robert	174	–	4
4	James	126	↑1	3
5	George	119	↓1	6
6	Jack	104	–	21
7	Charles	93	↑4	5
8	Frank	93	–	9
9	Richard	91	↓2	12
10	Joseph	82	↓1	7
11	Harold	72	↓1	13
12	Paul	68	↑9	14
13	Ralph	66	↑1	22
14	Ray	62	↑8	69
15	Earl	50	↓3	31
16	Howard	49	↑3	26
17	David	48	↑11	28
18	Glen	48	↑12	>100
19	Thomas	48	↓6	10
20	Donald	47	↑9	18
21	Raymond	47	↓4	15
22	Edward	46	↑5	8
23	Arthur	44	–	17
24	Clyde	44	↑16	67
25	Keith	44	↑23	>100
26	Grant	43	↓8	>100
27	Melvin	43	↑10	56
28	Max	42	↑3	>100
29	Walter	40	↓3	11
30	Carl	39	↑2	25
31	Don	39	↓15	>100
32	Jay	39	↑15	>100
33	Harry	38	↑9	20
34	Kenneth	38	↓14	27
35	Lloyd	38	↓10	51
36	Wayne	38	↓21	91
37	Dean	36	↓1	>100
38	Douglas	36	new	>100
39	Albert	35	↓6	19
40	Ernest	34	new	37
41	Lawrence	34	↑2	38
42	Clarence	32	↓3	23
43	Henry	32	↑2	16
44	Fred	31	↓9	33
45	Norman	29	↓7	49
46	Rex	28	new	>100
47	Leroy	27	new	57
48	Gerald	26	new	72
49	Wallace	26	new	>100
50	Lynn	25	new	>100

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