Popular baby names in Utah, 1924

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1924 were Betty for girls (249 babies) and Robert for boys (277). Betty ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 10,024 babies born in Utah in 1924 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1924

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: 36 babies, 156.3× the national rate
Larue: 18 babies, 45.4× the national rate
Beth: 52 babies, 40.3× the national rate
Lavon: 19 babies, 30.9× the national rate
Maurine: 29 babies, 27.1× the national rate
Dona: 15 babies, 20.7× the national rate
Donna: 112 babies, 13× the national rate
Leah: 18 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Darlene: 22 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Faye: 29 babies, 7.8× the national rate

Boys

Verl: 15 babies, 50.2× the national rate
Reed: 20 babies, 42.1× the national rate
Blaine: 21 babies, 32.3× the national rate
Lamar: 19 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Lynn: 32 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Vern: 17 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Keith: 70 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Merrill: 17 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Grant: 23 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Jay: 52 babies, 13.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1924

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Betty	249	↑1	4
2	Mary	187	↓1	1
3	Helen	152	–	3
4	Dorothy	143	–	2
5	Ruth	137	–	6
6	Norma	114	↑2	40
7	Donna	112	–	>100
8	Shirley	107	↑6	19
9	Lois	101	↑2	22
10	Barbara	96	↓1	28
11	Virginia	87	↑2	7
12	Elaine	82	↑4	73
13	Margaret	80	↓7	5
14	Marjorie	69	↓4	17
15	Beverly	66	–	>100
16	June	59	↓4	45
17	Beth	52	–	>100
18	Maxine	48	↑6	77
19	Doris	47	↓1	9
20	Alice	44	↑3	15
21	Jean	43	–	16
22	Joyce	42	↑15	83
23	Phyllis	42	↓1	44
24	Marian	41	new	64
25	Carol	40	↑9	>100
26	Elizabeth	37	↑3	11
27	Mildred	37	↓2	8
28	Ruby	37	↑13	26
29	Afton	36	↓1	>100
30	Evelyn	36	↓11	12
31	Edith	35	new	36
32	Wanda	35	↓6	74
33	Florence	33	↓13	20
34	Marie	33	↓1	14
35	Anna	32	↓5	13
36	Edna	32	↓9	31
37	Irene	32	↑6	18
38	Kathryn	32	↑7	81
39	Bonnie	31	new	>100
40	Gloria	31	↓9	41
41	Louise	31	↓2	24
42	Thelma	31	–	33
43	Eva	29	new	66
44	Faye	29	new	>100
45	Fern	29	new	>100
46	Geraldine	29	↑4	58
47	Maurine	29	new	>100
48	Emma	28	new	57
49	Lorraine	28	–	52
50	Lucille	28	↓18	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Robert	277	–	1
2	John	210	–	2
3	William	184	–	3
4	Richard	145	↑2	8
5	James	133	–	4
6	Jack	126	↓2	17
7	George	110	↑1	6
8	Kenneth	89	↓1	19
9	Charles	86	↑6	5
10	Donald	85	↓1	10
11	Joseph	75	–	7
12	Don	71	↑2	>100
13	Ralph	71	↑4	23
14	Keith	70	↓4	>100
15	Glen	62	↑11	>100
16	Dale	59	↑5	84
17	Frank	59	↓1	12
18	Harold	59	↓6	13
19	Thomas	59	↓6	11
20	David	54	↑2	24
21	Calvin	52	↑21	44
22	Jay	52	↑13	>100
23	Max	52	↑4	>100
24	Edward	50	↑1	9
25	Paul	49	↑3	14
26	Ray	46	↓3	60
27	Wayne	46	↓9	74
28	Melvin	45	↑6	48
29	Howard	44	↓9	26
30	Fred	43	↑9	32
31	Dean	42	↓2	>100
32	Arthur	39	–	20
33	Raymond	39	↓14	15
34	Carl	38	↑9	27
35	Eugene	38	↓5	25
36	Earl	37	↓12	33
37	Gordon	37	↑11	75
38	Albert	36	–	21
39	Lawrence	35	↑8	36
40	Norman	34	↑10	42
41	Lloyd	32	↑4	61
42	Lynn	32	new	>100
43	Darrell	29	new	>100
44	Boyd	28	new	>100
45	Stanley	28	↑1	40
46	Clyde	27	new	69
47	Lee	27	new	83
48	Roy	27	↓7	31
49	Floyd	26	↓5	66
50	Douglas	25	↓17	>100

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