Popular baby names in Utah, 1922

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1922 were Mary for girls (223 babies) and Robert for boys (242). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,578 babies born in Utah in 1922 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1922

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: 30 babies, 157.6× the national rate
Beth: 59 babies, 50.2× the national rate
Larue: 18 babies, 36.3× the national rate
Rhea: 17 babies, 23.2× the national rate
Maurine: 20 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Donna: 75 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Leah: 26 babies, 13× the national rate
Darlene: 16 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Melba: 31 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Beverly: 41 babies, 7× the national rate

Boys

Reed: 25 babies, 43.4× the national rate
Blaine: 19 babies, 28.9× the national rate
Grant: 48 babies, 27.2× the national rate
Lamar: 15 babies, 18.7× the national rate
Lynn: 28 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Don: 77 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Keith: 57 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Jay: 39 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Boyd: 25 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Dean: 40 babies, 9.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1922

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Mary	223	–	1
2	Ruth	174	↑1	5
3	Helen	162	↓1	3
4	Betty	160	↑1	6
5	Dorothy	130	↓1	2
6	Margaret	107	↑1	4
7	Norma	106	↑1	46
8	Marjorie	95	↓2	16
9	Barbara	84	↑2	40
10	Virginia	83	↓1	7
11	Donna	75	↓1	>100
12	Shirley	71	↑4	39
13	June	70	–	45
14	Elaine	68	↑1	>100
15	Lois	68	↓3	35
16	Jean	60	↑15	20
17	Beth	59	↑1	>100
18	Doris	57	↑10	11
19	Evelyn	55	↑4	13
20	Alice	52	↓6	15
21	Mildred	50	↓4	8
22	Elizabeth	48	↓2	9
23	Phyllis	44	↓4	53
24	Maxine	42	↓2	82
25	Beverly	41	↑1	>100
26	Thelma	41	↑14	31
27	Lucille	39	↑7	33
28	Gloria	38	new	61
29	Wanda	37	↓2	92
30	Edith	35	–	34
31	Florence	35	↓10	18
32	Marie	32	–	14
33	Ellen	31	new	95
34	Louise	31	↑3	22
35	Melba	31	new	>100
36	Afton	30	–	>100
37	Edna	30	↓2	29
38	Grace	30	↓9	38
39	Frances	29	↓14	10
40	Hazel	29	new	37
41	Ruby	28	↑6	26
42	Anna	27	–	12
43	Irene	27	–	17
44	Leah	26	new	>100
45	Marian	26	↓21	67
46	Rose	26	new	23
47	Carol	25	new	>100
48	Kathryn	25	new	73
49	Vera	25	↓8	79
50	Eva	24	↓6	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Robert	242	–	2
2	John	180	–	1
3	William	178	–	3
4	George	122	↑2	6
5	James	115	↓1	4
6	Richard	104	↑1	9
7	Jack	92	↓2	18
8	Donald	90	↑3	12
9	Charles	78	–	5
10	Don	77	↑4	>100
11	Joseph	73	↓3	7
12	Harold	72	–	13
13	Frank	66	↑2	10
14	Kenneth	65	↓4	21
15	Keith	57	↓2	>100
16	David	53	↑14	24
17	Ralph	53	–	23
18	Ray	50	↑4	65
19	Edward	49	↑2	8
20	Grant	48	↑7	>100
21	Dale	47	↑2	89
22	Wayne	47	↑4	78
23	Earl	45	↑5	31
24	Eugene	45	↑8	25
25	Max	45	↓6	>100
26	Thomas	45	↓1	11
27	Glen	44	↑2	>100
28	Paul	44	↓12	14
29	Melvin	43	↓5	50
30	Arthur	42	↑1	19
31	Dean	40	new	>100
32	Jay	39	↓12	>100
33	Lloyd	37	new	59
34	Raymond	36	↑3	16
35	Howard	35	↓17	26
36	Fred	34	↑5	33
37	Gordon	34	↑13	76
38	Albert	33	↓4	20
39	Carl	32	↑1	30
40	Douglas	31	↓4	>100
41	Lynn	28	new	>100
42	Harry	26	↓9	22
43	Leo	26	new	51
44	Stanley	26	↑3	41
45	Wallace	26	↓7	87
46	Boyd	25	new	>100
47	Henry	25	↓5	17
48	Reed	25	↑1	>100
49	Clifford	24	new	63
50	Leroy	24	new	55

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