Popular baby names in Utah, 1928

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1928 were Betty for girls (179 babies) and Robert for boys (252). Betty ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 9,427 babies born in Utah in 1928 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1928

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: 16 babies, 155.4× the national rate
Larae: 16 babies, 149.7× the national rate
Carma: 16 babies, 66.3× the national rate
Larue: 19 babies, 36.6× the national rate
Beth: 40 babies, 34.8× the national rate
Maurine: 17 babies, 21.8× the national rate
Colleen: 70 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Renee: 24 babies, 14× the national rate
Lorna: 17 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Nola: 15 babies, 11.5× the national rate

Boys

Rulon: 16 babies, 158.5× the national rate
Reed: 26 babies, 49.4× the national rate
Kay: 18 babies, 48.8× the national rate
Lamar: 29 babies, 28.4× the national rate
Blaine: 16 babies, 27× the national rate
Grant: 36 babies, 26.5× the national rate
Lynn: 38 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Boyd: 34 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Clair: 17 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Jay: 40 babies, 11.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Betty	179	↑1	2
2	Mary	178	↓1	1
3	Barbara	159	↑3	8
4	Shirley	156	↓1	10
5	Donna	145	↓1	61
6	Beverly	113	↓1	46
7	Dorothy	112	↑1	3
8	Lois	92	↑2	18
9	Ruth	92	↑2	6
10	Helen	89	↓3	4
11	Joyce	85	↑1	30
12	Norma	82	↓3	23
13	Carol	70	↑1	77
14	Colleen	70	↑6	>100
15	Marilyn	67	↑8	38
16	Gloria	59	↓1	25
17	Margaret	57	↓1	5
18	Bonnie	52	↓1	89
19	Jean	51	↓1	12
20	Elaine	50	↓7	68
21	Doris	48	↑1	7
22	Patricia	43	↑7	11
23	Beth	40	↓4	>100
24	Ramona	40	new	>100
25	Alice	39	↓1	19
26	Geraldine	38	↓1	50
27	Phyllis	38	↓1	26
28	Darlene	36	↑2	>100
29	Evelyn	36	↓2	17
30	Marjorie	35	↓2	29
31	Joan	33	↑1	27
32	Marian	33	↑1	71
33	Virginia	33	↓12	9
34	Maxine	30	↓3	84
35	Janet	29	new	95
36	Thelma	28	↑8	40
37	Anna	27	↓3	16
38	Arlene	27	↓1	>100
39	Joy	26	new	>100
40	Frances	24	new	13
41	Renee	24	new	>100
42	Wanda	23	↓2	63
43	Dolores	22	new	20
44	Lucille	22	new	51
45	Marie	22	new	21
46	Marion	22	↑2	47
47	Pauline	22	new	48
48	Ruby	22	↓5	34
49	Jeanne	21	new	90
50	June	21	↓15	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Robert	252	–	1
2	John	173	↑1	2
3	Richard	162	↓1	6
4	William	148	–	4
5	James	115	–	3
6	Jack	106	↑2	15
7	George	105	↑2	8
8	Kenneth	94	↑2	17
9	Donald	92	↓3	7
10	Don	77	↓3	84
11	David	74	↑7	19
12	Paul	73	↓1	13
13	Charles	72	↑4	5
14	Ralph	63	↑2	24
15	Keith	61	–	>100
16	Joseph	57	↓2	9
17	Ray	56	↑3	57
18	Ronald	55	↑6	50
19	Wayne	55	↑7	69
20	Glen	50	↓7	>100
21	Dale	49	–	75
22	Frank	47	–	12
23	Harold	45	↓4	14
24	Melvin	45	↑15	48
25	Dean	42	↓13	>100
26	Eugene	41	↓1	20
27	Jay	40	↑6	>100
28	Thomas	40	↓5	11
29	Bob	39	new	95
30	Lynn	38	↑11	>100
31	Norman	37	↑5	39
32	Grant	36	–	>100
33	Boyd	34	new	>100
34	Carl	34	↓5	28
35	Edward	34	↑2	10
36	Max	34	↓2	>100
37	Raymond	34	↓9	16
38	Bill	33	↑8	64
39	Howard	33	↓8	31
40	Wallace	33	new	>100
41	Fred	32	↓14	36
42	Gerald	31	↓4	41
43	Clarence	30	new	35
44	Earl	30	↓9	37
45	Arthur	29	new	22
46	Douglas	29	↓6	>100
47	Gordon	29	↓17	77
48	Lamar	29	new	>100
49	Lawrence	29	new	38
50	Stanley	29	↓8	45

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