Popular baby names in Utah, 1921

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1921 were Mary for girls (235 babies) and Robert for boys (263). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,143 babies born in Utah in 1921 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1921

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: 35 babies, 125.7× the national rate
Beth: 57 babies, 38.5× the national rate
Larue: 19 babies, 36.9× the national rate
Donna: 86 babies, 18.6× the national rate
Enid: 16 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Maurine: 17 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Darlene: 15 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Beverly: 41 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Faye: 34 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Leah: 16 babies, 7.5× the national rate

Boys

Reed: 26 babies, 40.2× the national rate
Dee: 17 babies, 31.1× the national rate
Blaine: 20 babies, 27.6× the national rate
Evan: 17 babies, 23.8× the national rate
Grant: 43 babies, 23× the national rate
Keith: 69 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Jay: 54 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Lynn: 23 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Don: 68 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Merrill: 16 babies, 12.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1921

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Mary	235	–	1
2	Helen	181	↑1	3
3	Ruth	163	↑1	5
4	Dorothy	152	↓2	2
5	Betty	135	↑3	8
6	Marjorie	132	↓1	16
7	Margaret	114	↓1	4
8	Norma	101	↑3	51
9	Virginia	97	↑3	6
10	Donna	86	↑6	>100
11	Barbara	78	↑10	40
12	Lois	69	↓3	38
13	June	67	–	50
14	Alice	65	↑1	15
15	Elaine	65	↑8	97
16	Shirley	60	↑3	44
17	Mildred	59	↓3	7
18	Beth	57	↓11	>100
19	Phyllis	52	↑6	60
20	Elizabeth	51	↑6	10
21	Florence	49	↓11	17
22	Maxine	49	↓4	77
23	Evelyn	45	↓6	12
24	Marian	45	new	69
25	Frances	44	↑6	9
26	Beverly	41	↑19	>100
27	Wanda	41	↓7	>100
28	Doris	40	↓4	13
29	Grace	40	↑9	35
30	Edith	39	↑7	33
31	Jean	38	↓4	25
32	Marie	38	↑1	14
33	Bernice	37	↑9	39
34	Lucille	37	↑7	31
35	Edna	36	↑8	27
36	Afton	35	↓1	>100
37	Louise	35	↓9	22
38	Faye	34	new	>100
39	Fern	34	↓9	>100
40	Thelma	34	↓11	30
41	Vera	32	new	76
42	Anna	31	↓20	11
43	Irene	30	↓11	18
44	Eva	29	–	63
45	Marion	28	↑3	43
46	Lola	27	new	>100
47	Ruby	27	↓13	26
48	Wilma	26	↑2	72
49	Blanche	25	new	>100
50	Emma	25	new	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Robert	263	–	2
2	John	207	↑1	1
3	William	202	↓1	3
4	James	161	–	4
5	Jack	127	↑1	18
6	George	104	↓1	6
7	Richard	100	–	10
8	Joseph	93	–	7
9	Charles	92	–	5
10	Kenneth	87	↑10	22
11	Donald	82	↓1	13
12	Harold	81	↑2	12
13	Keith	69	↓1	>100
14	Don	68	↑4	>100
15	Frank	68	↓4	9
16	Paul	67	↑1	14
17	Ralph	59	↓2	23
18	Howard	57	↑8	27
19	Max	57	↑2	>100
20	Jay	54	↑22	>100
21	Edward	49	↑17	8
22	Ray	47	↓9	67
23	Dale	44	↑7	93
24	Melvin	44	↑9	53
25	Thomas	44	–	11
26	Wayne	44	↓3	81
27	Grant	43	–	>100
28	Earl	42	↓6	31
29	Glen	41	↓13	>100
30	David	40	↓11	25
31	Arthur	39	↑6	19
32	Eugene	39	↓1	26
33	Harry	39	↑3	21
34	Albert	37	↓10	20
35	Ernest	36	↑9	38
36	Douglas	35	↑9	>100
37	Raymond	35	↓9	16
38	Wallace	34	new	88
39	Warren	32	↑9	24
40	Carl	31	↑3	30
41	Fred	31	↓12	33
42	Henry	31	new	17
43	Clarence	30	new	28
44	Walter	29	new	15
45	Floyd	28	new	63
46	Leland	27	↑3	>100
47	Stanley	27	↓6	41
48	Norman	26	↓9	46
49	Reed	26	new	>100
50	Gordon	25	↓4	84

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