Popular baby names in Utah, 1925

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1925 were Betty for girls (262 babies) and Robert for boys (282). Betty ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 10,035 babies born in Utah in 1925 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1925

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, 155.8× the national rate
Carma: 17 babies, 94.6× the national rate
Beth: 51 babies, 39.7× the national rate
Lorna: 24 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Maurine: 19 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Donna: 117 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Colleen: 30 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Darlene: 31 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Merle: 16 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Elva: 22 babies, 8.5× the national rate

Boys

Reid: 15 babies, 42.4× the national rate
Reed: 17 babies, 32.9× the national rate
Blaine: 19 babies, 31.2× the national rate
Dee: 17 babies, 30× the national rate
Lamar: 24 babies, 22.3× the national rate
Grant: 35 babies, 20.7× the national rate
Keith: 84 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Lynn: 30 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Jay: 48 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Boyd: 27 babies, 12.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1925

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Betty	262	–	3
2	Mary	189	–	1
3	Helen	139	–	4
4	Shirley	127	↑4	17
5	Barbara	126	↑5	22
6	Ruth	119	↓1	6
7	Donna	117	–	>100
8	Dorothy	117	↓4	2
9	Lois	109	–	18
10	Norma	93	↓4	34
11	Beverly	86	↑4	>100
12	Margaret	75	↑1	5
13	Elaine	73	↓1	73
14	Jean	65	↑7	14
15	Gloria	60	↑25	20
16	Virginia	59	↓5	7
17	Marjorie	58	↓3	21
18	June	56	↓2	39
19	Joyce	54	↑3	59
20	Beth	51	↓3	>100
21	Alice	47	↓1	15
22	Carol	46	↑3	>100
23	Maxine	46	↓5	79
24	Doris	39	↓5	8
25	Evelyn	39	↑5	12
26	Bonnie	38	↑13	>100
27	Lucille	38	↑23	41
28	Patricia	38	new	28
29	Louise	37	↑12	27
30	Afton	35	↓1	>100
31	Marie	34	↑3	16
32	Wanda	34	–	72
33	Phyllis	33	↓10	40
34	Thelma	33	↑8	35
35	Florence	32	↓2	24
36	Darlene	31	new	>100
37	Marilyn	31	new	83
38	Colleen	30	new	>100
39	Ruby	30	↓11	30
40	Grace	29	new	44
41	Marian	29	↓17	67
42	Emma	28	↑6	57
43	Frances	27	new	11
44	Lila	27	new	>100
45	Anna	26	↓10	13
46	Kathryn	26	↓8	88
47	Lillian	26	new	25
48	Mildred	26	↓21	9
49	Ellen	25	new	>100
50	Irene	25	↓13	19

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Robert	282	–	1
2	William	179	↑1	3
3	John	177	↓1	2
4	Richard	170	–	8
5	James	140	–	4
6	Jack	136	–	17
7	Donald	108	↑3	10
8	Kenneth	96	–	19
9	Charles	90	–	5
10	George	90	↓3	6
11	Ralph	90	↑2	25
12	Keith	84	↑2	>100
13	Don	76	↓1	>100
14	Joseph	74	↓3	7
15	Paul	69	↑10	13
16	Frank	65	↑1	12
17	Harold	65	↑1	14
18	Ray	59	↑8	64
19	Calvin	58	↑2	47
20	David	58	–	22
21	Glen	50	↓6	>100
22	Wayne	49	↑5	74
23	Jay	48	↓1	>100
24	Dean	46	↑7	>100
25	Earl	45	↑11	31
26	Melvin	45	↑2	50
27	Max	44	↓4	>100
28	Howard	43	↑1	26
29	Thomas	43	↓10	11
30	Carl	42	↑4	28
31	Gordon	42	↑6	72
32	Edward	40	↓8	9
33	Raymond	40	–	15
34	Douglas	39	↑16	>100
35	Fred	39	↓5	33
36	Lloyd	39	↑5	62
37	Dale	37	↓21	86
38	Albert	35	–	21
39	Grant	35	new	>100
40	Norman	31	–	41
41	Roy	31	↑7	32
42	Arthur	30	↓10	20
43	Eugene	30	↓8	24
44	Lynn	30	↓2	>100
45	Clarence	29	new	30
46	Lee	28	↑1	82
47	Boyd	27	↓3	>100
48	Clyde	27	↓2	68
49	Gerald	27	new	45
50	Stanley	27	↓5	40

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