Popular baby names in Utah, 1929

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1929 were Mary for girls (178 babies) and Robert for boys (258). Social Security records list 9,171 babies born in Utah in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1929

Names given at least 15 times in Utah that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Larae: 17 babies, 135× the national rate
Afton: 17 babies, 116.3× the national rate
Carma: 20 babies, 89.6× the national rate
Marva: 16 babies, 70.4× the national rate
Beth: 33 babies, 31× the national rate
Maurine: 16 babies, 23× the national rate
Colleen: 71 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Lorna: 19 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Renee: 21 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Darlene: 39 babies, 7.4× the national rate

Boys

Reed: 24 babies, 49.7× the national rate
Kay: 16 babies, 46.4× the national rate
Dee: 17 babies, 36.2× the national rate
Blaine: 20 babies, 30.3× the national rate
Kent: 17 babies, 28.6× the national rate
Lamar: 22 babies, 23.6× the national rate
Grant: 25 babies, 19.6× the national rate
Hal: 16 babies, 19.1× the national rate
Lynn: 27 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Boyd: 27 babies, 13.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Mary	178	↑1	1
2	Betty	169	↓1	2
3	Shirley	149	↑1	9
4	Barbara	147	↓1	7
5	Joyce	120	↑6	23
6	Donna	118	↓1	47
7	Beverly	106	↓1	39
8	Dorothy	92	↓1	3
9	Carol	89	↑4	63
10	Norma	85	↑2	25
11	Helen	80	↓1	4
12	Marilyn	73	↑3	33
13	Colleen	71	↑1	>100
14	Ruth	71	↓5	8
15	Bonnie	70	↑3	86
16	Lois	65	↓8	17
17	Elaine	54	↑3	67
18	Joan	52	↑13	13
19	Doris	51	↑2	6
20	Jean	49	↓1	12
21	Alice	47	↑4	21
22	Patricia	47	–	10
23	Margaret	45	↓6	5
24	Virginia	44	↑9	11
25	Dolores	43	↑18	14
26	Geraldine	43	–	43
27	June	41	↑23	48
28	Darlene	39	–	>100
29	Phyllis	38	↓2	24
30	Marjorie	37	–	30
31	Maxine	34	↑3	85
32	Beth	33	↓9	>100
33	Evelyn	33	↓4	19
34	Gloria	32	↓18	28
35	Anna	30	↑2	20
36	Joy	29	↑3	>100
37	Eva	27	new	83
38	Wanda	27	↑4	61
39	Ramona	26	↓15	>100
40	Lorraine	25	new	42
41	Irene	24	new	29
42	Ruby	24	↑6	36
43	Louise	23	new	31
44	Marie	22	↑1	22
45	Wilma	22	new	66
46	Joanne	21	new	>100
47	Mildred	21	new	18
48	Pauline	21	↓1	50
49	Renee	21	↓8	>100
50	Carma	20	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Robert	258	–	1
2	Richard	162	↑1	6
3	William	157	↑1	4
4	John	152	↓2	3
5	Donald	117	↑4	7
6	James	111	↓1	2
7	Don	96	↑3	78
8	George	94	↓1	8
9	Kenneth	91	↓1	18
10	Jack	90	↓4	14
11	David	71	–	17
12	Joseph	67	↑4	9
13	Charles	64	–	5
14	Paul	63	↓2	13
15	Keith	57	–	>100
16	Ronald	57	↑2	45
17	Ray	55	–	57
18	Harold	51	↑5	16
19	Dean	49	↑6	>100
20	Frank	49	↑2	12
21	Dale	47	–	73
22	Melvin	45	↑2	49
23	Wayne	45	↓4	69
24	Ralph	44	↓10	26
25	Glen	43	↓5	>100
26	Douglas	41	↑20	97
27	Gerald	40	↑15	33
28	Norman	37	↑3	40
29	Jay	36	↓2	>100
30	Thomas	35	↓2	11
31	Max	33	↑5	>100
32	Howard	32	↑7	31
33	Jerry	32	new	61
34	Carl	31	–	28
35	Raymond	31	↑2	15
36	Bob	30	↓7	89
37	Gordon	30	↑10	79
38	Earl	29	↑6	36
39	Ernest	28	new	43
40	Stanley	28	↑10	48
41	Bill	27	↓3	63
42	Boyd	27	↓9	>100
43	Floyd	27	new	58
44	Lloyd	27	new	62
45	Lynn	27	↓15	>100
46	Albert	26	new	24
47	Lawrence	26	↑2	38
48	Dick	25	new	>100
49	Edward	25	↓14	10
50	Grant	25	↓18	>100

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