Popular baby names in Utah, 1919

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1919 were Mary for girls (195 babies) and John for boys (174). Social Security records list 8,871 babies born in Utah in 1919 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1919

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: 46 babies, 153.5× the national rate
Larue: 18 babies, 42× the national rate
Beth: 56 babies, 37.9× the national rate
Donna: 47 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Maurine: 15 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Melba: 37 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Beverly: 19 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Ila: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Cleo: 27 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Elva: 20 babies, 6.1× the national rate

Boys

Reed: 21 babies, 47.5× the national rate
Grant: 52 babies, 30.1× the national rate
Dee: 16 babies, 30.1× the national rate
Keith: 47 babies, 16.9× the national rate
Dean: 40 babies, 13× the national rate
Boyd: 21 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Don: 48 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Clair: 16 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Jay: 28 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Rex: 23 babies, 10.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1919

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Mary	195	–	1
2	Helen	171	–	2
3	Ruth	169	–	5
4	Dorothy	129	–	3
5	Margaret	110	↑1	4
6	Virginia	99	↓1	7
7	June	77	–	64
8	Betty	72	↑13	15
9	Marjorie	71	–	33
10	Lois	68	↑8	40
11	Norma	67	↑6	83
12	Alice	66	↑10	13
13	Barbara	60	–	60
14	Maxine	57	↑6	85
15	Mildred	57	↓7	6
16	Beth	56	↓5	>100
17	Florence	55	↓7	14
18	Thelma	54	↓2	31
19	Marie	52	↓4	12
20	Phyllis	49	↓6	84
21	Evelyn	48	↓9	11
22	Donna	47	↑1	>100
23	Afton	46	new	>100
24	Edith	45	↓5	29
25	Edna	42	↓1	22
26	Grace	42	↑8	34
27	Vera	42	↑22	65
28	Lucille	40	↑9	27
29	Wanda	40	↓3	>100
30	Doris	38	↑14	18
31	Jean	38	↑5	37
32	Louise	37	↓2	20
33	Melba	37	↑8	>100
34	Blanche	36	new	97
35	Ruby	36	↓7	24
36	Elizabeth	35	↓9	8
37	Elaine	33	↓4	>100
38	Irene	33	↑10	16
39	Anna	32	↑3	10
40	Hazel	32	↓8	32
41	Lillian	32	new	17
42	Erma	31	↑4	>100
43	Clara	30	–	43
44	Lorraine	30	new	62
45	Eva	29	↓10	55
46	Gladys	29	new	21
47	Shirley	29	–	89
48	Bernice	28	↓19	42
49	Pearl	28	↓10	56
50	Cleo	27	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	John	174	↑1	1
2	William	171	↓1	2
3	Robert	148	–	4
4	James	115	–	3
5	George	113	–	6
6	Jack	96	–	21
7	Richard	81	↑2	12
8	Harold	76	↑3	13
9	Charles	75	↓2	5
10	Joseph	69	–	7
11	Donald	66	↑9	17
12	Ralph	57	↑1	22
13	Frank	56	↓5	9
14	Grant	52	↑12	>100
15	Kenneth	51	↑19	26
16	Don	48	↑15	>100
17	Glen	48	↑1	>100
18	Keith	47	↑7	>100
19	Max	47	↑9	>100
20	Paul	47	↓8	15
21	David	46	↓4	27
22	Earl	42	↓7	31
23	Raymond	42	↓2	14
24	Dean	40	↑13	>100
25	Thomas	39	↓6	10
26	Wayne	39	↑10	90
27	Ray	36	↓13	69
28	Edward	34	↓6	8
29	Lawrence	34	↑12	38
30	Melvin	33	↓3	56
31	Walter	33	↓2	11
32	Carl	32	↓2	29
33	Howard	32	↓17	24
34	Albert	31	↑5	18
35	Lee	31	new	82
36	Arthur	30	↓13	19
37	Fred	30	↑7	30
38	Lloyd	30	↓3	58
39	Clarence	29	↑3	25
40	Harry	29	↓7	20
41	Jay	28	↓9	>100
42	Clyde	27	↓18	67
43	Floyd	27	new	59
44	Lewis	26	new	74
45	Russell	25	new	50
46	Wallace	25	↑3	>100
47	Leo	24	new	49
48	Roy	24	new	32
49	Dale	23	new	>100
50	Gordon	23	new	86

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