Popular baby names in Utah, 1927

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1927 were Mary for girls (200 babies) and Robert for boys (252). Social Security records list 9,550 babies born in Utah in 1927 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1927

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: 19 babies, 138.3× the national rate
Carma: 16 babies, 76.9× the national rate
Larue: 30 babies, 57× the national rate
Beth: 51 babies, 41.9× the national rate
Gayle: 15 babies, 39.8× the national rate
Maurine: 21 babies, 21.9× the national rate
Colleen: 49 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Renee: 15 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Donna: 143 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Darlene: 35 babies, 8× the national rate

Boys

Rulon: 21 babies, 194.5× the national rate
Blaine: 27 babies, 45× the national rate
Garth: 15 babies, 43.4× the national rate
Reed: 20 babies, 42.5× the national rate
Dee: 18 babies, 40.9× the national rate
Kent: 19 babies, 35.5× the national rate
Grant: 41 babies, 27.4× the national rate
Lamar: 17 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Lynn: 33 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Boyd: 26 babies, 13.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1927

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Mary	200	↑1	1
2	Betty	180	↓1	3
3	Shirley	144	–	9
4	Donna	143	↑4	70
5	Beverly	141	–	57
6	Barbara	128	↓2	10
7	Helen	109	↑2	4
8	Dorothy	105	↓2	2
9	Norma	103	↑2	26
10	Lois	94	–	19
11	Ruth	86	↓4	6
12	Joyce	77	↑1	35
13	Elaine	71	↑3	69
14	Carol	63	↑1	>100
15	Gloria	61	↑2	22
16	Margaret	59	↑4	5
17	Bonnie	53	↑10	100
18	Jean	53	↓6	14
19	Beth	51	↓5	>100
20	Colleen	49	↓2	>100
21	Virginia	48	↑1	8
22	Doris	45	↑3	7
23	Marilyn	44	↑7	46
24	Alice	40	↑2	17
25	Geraldine	40	↑3	58
26	Phyllis	40	↓5	29
27	Evelyn	37	↓3	15
28	Marjorie	37	↓5	25
29	Patricia	37	–	18
30	Darlene	35	↑19	>100
31	Maxine	35	↑16	87
32	Joan	33	↑9	41
33	Marian	33	↑9	74
34	Anna	32	↑1	16
35	June	32	↓16	43
36	Larue	30	new	>100
37	Arlene	29	new	>100
38	Irene	29	↓1	21
39	Mildred	27	↓1	11
40	Wanda	27	↓7	66
41	Edna	26	new	40
42	Lola	26	new	>100
43	Ruby	26	–	30
44	Thelma	26	↓8	38
45	Wilma	24	↑3	68
46	Eva	22	↑4	79
47	Louise	22	new	27
48	Marion	22	new	51
49	Florence	21	↓15	28
50	Lorraine	21	new	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Robert	252	–	1
2	Richard	166	↑2	6
3	John	158	↓1	2
4	William	148	↓1	4
5	James	122	–	3
6	Donald	111	–	8
7	Don	110	↑3	90
8	Jack	110	↓1	16
9	George	109	↓1	7
10	Kenneth	104	↓1	18
11	Paul	69	↑5	13
12	Dean	67	↑7	>100
13	Glen	67	↑26	>100
14	Joseph	65	↓2	9
15	Keith	65	↓4	>100
16	Ralph	63	↓2	24
17	Charles	62	↓4	5
18	David	54	↓3	21
19	Harold	52	↑3	14
20	Ray	52	–	60
21	Dale	50	↑2	81
22	Frank	50	↑12	12
23	Thomas	49	↑2	11
24	Ronald	47	↑3	63
25	Eugene	45	↓4	20
26	Wayne	45	↓8	67
27	Fred	44	↑8	35
28	Raymond	44	↑18	15
29	Carl	43	↑1	26
30	Gordon	43	new	74
31	Howard	42	↑1	28
32	Grant	41	↑4	>100
33	Jay	41	–	>100
34	Max	41	↓17	>100
35	Earl	37	↓11	33
36	Norman	37	↓10	39
37	Edward	36	↑13	10
38	Gerald	36	new	38
39	Melvin	34	↑6	48
40	Douglas	33	↓9	>100
41	Lynn	33	new	>100
42	Stanley	33	↓5	44
43	Albert	32	new	23
44	Calvin	31	↓15	73
45	Clyde	31	↓3	68
46	Bill	30	↑2	69
47	Roy	30	↓4	34
48	Floyd	29	↓10	53
49	Gene	28	new	72
50	Blaine	27	↓1	>100

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