Popular baby names in Utah, 1930

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1930 were Betty for girls (171 babies) and Robert for boys (255). Betty ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 9,719 babies born in Utah in 1930 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1930

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: 18 babies, 141.3× the national rate
Afton: 19 babies, 131.6× the national rate
Carma: 21 babies, 85.2× the national rate
Larue: 18 babies, 41.1× the national rate
Beth: 30 babies, 28.1× the national rate
Maurine: 21 babies, 24.2× the national rate
Renee: 25 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Gwen: 17 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Nola: 21 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Colleen: 55 babies, 13.7× the national rate

Boys

Dee: 20 babies, 50.5× the national rate
Reed: 19 babies, 40.2× the national rate
Blaine: 27 babies, 38.2× the national rate
Kay: 15 babies, 31.8× the national rate
Lamar: 27 babies, 26.3× the national rate
Grant: 33 babies, 24.1× the national rate
Kent: 16 babies, 21.4× the national rate
Lynn: 39 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Boyd: 29 babies, 15× the national rate
Darrel: 17 babies, 14.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1930

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Betty	171	↑1	2
2	Mary	161	↓1	1
3	Shirley	160	–	11
4	Donna	137	↑2	37
5	Barbara	131	↓1	6
6	Joyce	126	↓1	18
7	Beverly	112	–	34
8	Marilyn	105	↑4	22
9	Dorothy	98	↓1	3
10	Carol	85	↓1	54
11	Lois	85	↑5	17
12	Bonnie	79	↑3	78
13	Norma	78	↓3	25
14	Helen	76	↓3	4
15	Ruth	73	↓1	10
16	Joan	71	↑2	8
17	Jean	60	↑3	14
18	Patricia	59	↑4	7
19	Elaine	57	↓2	69
20	Margaret	56	↑3	5
21	Colleen	55	↓8	>100
22	Darlene	47	↑6	>100
23	Geraldine	46	↑3	43
24	Virginia	43	–	12
25	Phyllis	39	↑4	28
26	Marjorie	38	↑4	32
27	Maxine	38	↑4	93
28	June	36	↓1	47
29	Doris	35	↓10	9
30	Alice	31	↓9	20
31	Anna	31	↑4	23
32	Beth	30	–	>100
33	Evelyn	30	–	19
34	Gloria	30	–	30
35	Janice	29	new	>100
36	Joanne	28	↑10	81
37	Joy	28	↓1	>100
38	Janet	27	new	53
39	Lola	26	new	>100
40	Lorraine	26	–	46
41	Patsy	26	new	97
42	Peggy	25	new	67
43	Renee	25	↑6	>100
44	Connie	24	new	>100
45	Delores	24	new	66
46	Dolores	24	↓21	13
47	Joann	24	new	>100
48	Arlene	23	new	>100
49	Louise	23	↓6	31
50	Marie	23	↓6	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Robert	255	–	1
2	Richard	196	–	5
3	John	170	↑1	3
4	James	140	↑2	2
5	William	134	↓2	4
6	Donald	126	↓1	7
7	Jack	98	↑3	14
8	George	96	–	8
9	Don	93	↓2	68
10	Kenneth	92	↓1	17
11	David	73	–	15
12	Paul	64	↑2	12
13	Ronald	63	↑3	37
14	Charles	62	↓1	6
15	Ray	59	↑2	57
16	Glen	58	↑9	>100
17	Frank	56	↑3	13
18	Keith	55	↓3	>100
19	Ralph	55	↑5	25
20	Dale	52	↑1	64
21	Gerald	52	↑6	30
22	Joseph	48	↓10	9
23	Harold	47	↓5	18
24	Thomas	47	↑6	11
25	Howard	44	↑7	31
26	Dean	41	↓7	>100
27	Gordon	41	↑10	77
28	Jay	40	↑1	>100
29	Jerry	39	↑4	51
30	Lynn	39	↑15	>100
31	Bill	37	↑10	59
32	Douglas	37	↓6	89
33	Norman	37	↓5	40
34	Raymond	37	↑1	16
35	Edward	36	↑14	10
36	Melvin	36	↓14	50
37	Fred	35	new	32
38	Stanley	35	↑2	49
39	Roy	34	new	33
40	Wayne	34	↓17	65
41	Clyde	33	new	76
42	Earl	33	↓4	38
43	Grant	33	↑7	>100
44	Max	30	↓13	>100
45	Arthur	29	new	23
46	Boyd	29	↓4	>100
47	Duane	29	new	>100
48	Gary	29	new	>100
49	Lee	28	new	82
50	Blaine	27	new	>100

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