Popular baby names in Utah, 1920

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1920 were Mary for girls (222 babies) and Robert for boys (223). Robert ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,770 babies born in Utah in 1920 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1920

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: 37 babies, 158.4× the national rate
Beth: 79 babies, 53.3× the national rate
Larue: 25 babies, 39.8× the national rate
Rhea: 15 babies, 19.2× the national rate
Maurine: 19 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Donna: 61 babies, 15× the national rate
Ramona: 15 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Leah: 19 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Fern: 43 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Melba: 28 babies, 7.3× the national rate

Boys

Rulon: 16 babies, 165.4× the national rate
Reed: 23 babies, 42.5× the national rate
Blaine: 16 babies, 27× the national rate
Lamar: 19 babies, 23.6× the national rate
Grant: 39 babies, 22.7× the national rate
Hal: 18 babies, 21.2× the national rate
Keith: 63 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Wilford: 17 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Don: 57 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Lynn: 22 babies, 12.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1920

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Mary	222	–	1
2	Dorothy	161	↑2	2
3	Helen	156	↓1	3
4	Ruth	153	↓1	5
5	Marjorie	110	↑4	24
6	Margaret	107	↓1	4
7	Beth	79	↑9	>100
8	Betty	76	–	11
9	Lois	75	↑1	38
10	Florence	72	↑7	16
11	Norma	72	–	69
12	Virginia	68	↓6	7
13	June	66	↓6	53
14	Mildred	65	↑1	6
15	Alice	63	↓3	15
16	Donna	61	↑6	>100
17	Evelyn	55	↑4	12
18	Maxine	55	↓4	81
19	Shirley	54	↑28	56
20	Wanda	53	↑9	>100
21	Barbara	52	↓8	47
22	Anna	49	↑17	10
23	Elaine	49	↑14	>100
24	Doris	48	↑6	14
25	Phyllis	47	↓5	72
26	Elizabeth	46	↑10	8
27	Jean	46	↑4	33
28	Louise	44	↑4	19
29	Thelma	44	↓11	31
30	Fern	43	new	>100
31	Frances	42	new	9
32	Irene	41	↑6	17
33	Marie	40	↓14	13
34	Ruby	40	↑1	26
35	Afton	37	↓12	>100
36	Hazel	37	↑4	34
37	Edith	35	↓13	32
38	Grace	35	↓12	37
39	Kathryn	34	new	67
40	Lillian	34	↑1	18
41	Lucille	34	↓13	29
42	Bernice	31	↑6	40
43	Edna	30	↓18	27
44	Eva	30	↑1	58
45	Beverly	28	new	>100
46	Ethel	28	new	30
47	Melba	28	↓14	>100
48	Marion	26	new	43
49	Naomi	26	new	>100
50	Wilma	26	new	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Robert	223	↑2	3
2	William	191	–	2
3	John	179	↓2	1
4	James	139	–	4
5	George	132	–	6
6	Jack	110	–	20
7	Richard	88	–	10
8	Joseph	84	↑2	7
9	Charles	76	–	5
10	Donald	75	↑1	16
11	Frank	66	↑2	9
12	Keith	63	↑6	>100
13	Ray	61	↑14	67
14	Harold	59	↓6	12
15	Ralph	59	↓3	22
16	Glen	58	↑1	>100
17	Paul	58	↑3	14
18	Don	57	↓2	>100
19	David	55	↑2	25
20	Kenneth	54	↓5	23
21	Max	52	↓2	>100
22	Earl	48	–	31
23	Wayne	48	↑3	86
24	Albert	44	↑10	19
25	Thomas	43	–	11
26	Howard	42	↑7	24
27	Grant	39	↓13	>100
28	Raymond	39	↓5	15
29	Fred	38	↑8	33
30	Dale	37	↑19	>100
31	Eugene	37	new	30
32	Dean	36	↓8	>100
33	Melvin	36	↓3	54
34	Lawrence	35	↓5	36
35	Clyde	34	↑7	68
36	Harry	34	↑4	21
37	Arthur	33	↓1	18
38	Edward	33	↓10	8
39	Norman	32	new	47
40	Lee	31	↓5	82
41	Stanley	31	new	40
42	Jay	30	↓1	>100
43	Carl	29	↓11	27
44	Ernest	29	new	37
45	Douglas	28	new	>100
46	Gordon	28	↑4	85
47	Leo	28	–	48
48	Warren	26	new	39
49	Leland	25	new	>100
50	Lloyd	25	↓12	58

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