Popular baby names in Utah, 1923

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1923 were Mary for girls (219 babies) and Robert for boys (240). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,905 babies born in Utah in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1923

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: 38 babies, 164.3× the national rate
Beth: 57 babies, 47.2× the national rate
Lavon: 17 babies, 28.7× the national rate
Larue: 15 babies, 28.3× the national rate
Maurine: 19 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Donna: 100 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Beverly: 65 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Ila: 19 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Melba: 32 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Fay: 20 babies, 8× the national rate

Boys

Reed: 21 babies, 40× the national rate
Garth: 16 babies, 36.3× the national rate
Blaine: 24 babies, 30.4× the national rate
Grant: 40 babies, 23.8× the national rate
Keith: 81 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Vern: 17 babies, 16× the national rate
Boyd: 23 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Don: 69 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Lynn: 19 babies, 11× the national rate
Rex: 27 babies, 10.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Mary	219	–	1
2	Betty	212	↑2	5
3	Helen	166	–	3
4	Dorothy	144	↑1	2
5	Ruth	137	↓3	6
6	Margaret	102	–	4
7	Donna	100	↑4	>100
8	Norma	100	↓1	41
9	Barbara	92	–	33
10	Marjorie	88	↓2	16
11	Lois	84	↑4	27
12	June	80	↑1	42
13	Virginia	78	↓3	7
14	Shirley	74	↓2	26
15	Beverly	65	↑10	>100
16	Elaine	60	↓2	87
17	Beth	57	–	>100
18	Doris	56	–	11
19	Evelyn	55	–	12
20	Florence	54	↑11	18
21	Jean	53	↓5	19
22	Phyllis	52	↑1	45
23	Alice	50	↓3	15
24	Maxine	50	–	76
25	Mildred	46	↓4	8
26	Wanda	45	↑3	80
27	Edna	40	↑10	32
28	Afton	38	↑8	>100
29	Elizabeth	37	↓7	9
30	Anna	36	↑12	13
31	Gloria	34	↓3	48
32	Lucille	34	↓5	35
33	Marie	33	↓1	14
34	Carol	32	↑13	>100
35	Melba	32	–	>100
36	Bernice	31	new	43
37	Joyce	31	new	>100
38	Lola	31	new	>100
39	Louise	31	↓5	22
40	Frances	29	↓1	10
41	Ruby	29	–	25
42	Thelma	29	↓16	31
43	Irene	27	–	17
44	Hazel	26	↓4	40
45	Kathryn	26	↑3	72
46	Patricia	26	new	56
47	Bette	25	new	>100
48	Ethel	25	new	38
49	Lorraine	25	new	57
50	Geraldine	24	new	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Robert	240	–	2
2	John	221	–	1
3	William	179	–	3
4	Jack	122	↑3	17
5	James	112	–	4
6	Richard	109	–	9
7	Kenneth	103	↑7	21
8	George	100	↓4	6
9	Donald	90	↓1	10
10	Keith	81	↑5	>100
11	Joseph	78	–	7
12	Harold	77	–	13
13	Thomas	75	↑13	12
14	Don	69	↓4	>100
15	Charles	65	↓6	5
16	Frank	63	↓3	11
17	Ralph	61	–	23
18	Wayne	55	↑4	75
19	Raymond	53	↑15	15
20	Howard	51	↑15	26
21	Dale	48	–	90
22	David	46	↓6	24
23	Ray	45	↓5	61
24	Earl	44	↓1	31
25	Edward	43	↓6	8
26	Glen	43	↑1	>100
27	Max	42	↓2	>100
28	Paul	42	–	14
29	Dean	41	↑2	>100
30	Eugene	40	↓6	25
31	Grant	40	↓11	>100
32	Arthur	38	↓2	19
33	Douglas	38	↑7	>100
34	Melvin	36	↓5	48
35	Jay	35	↓3	>100
36	Wallace	35	↑9	69
37	Walter	34	new	16
38	Albert	33	–	20
39	Fred	33	↓3	33
40	Clarence	30	new	29
41	Roy	30	new	32
42	Calvin	29	new	82
43	Carl	29	↓4	28
44	Floyd	29	new	64
45	Lloyd	29	↓12	59
46	Stanley	29	↓2	41
47	Lawrence	28	new	36
48	Gordon	27	↓11	76
49	Leroy	27	↑1	55
50	Norman	27	new	44

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