Popular baby names in Utah, 1932

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1932 were Mary for girls (164 babies) and Robert for boys (244). Social Security records list 8,936 babies born in Utah in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1932

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: 24 babies, 185.8× the national rate
Maurine: 16 babies, 27.5× the national rate
Beth: 23 babies, 20.6× the national rate
Renee: 17 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Colleen: 38 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Lorna: 17 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Ila: 15 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Sharon: 23 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Connie: 36 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Bonnie: 80 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Boys

Val: 18 babies, 58.8× the national rate
Blaine: 25 babies, 41.8× the national rate
Reed: 16 babies, 40.6× the national rate
Kent: 27 babies, 29.1× the national rate
Hal: 17 babies, 19.8× the national rate
Grant: 22 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Boyd: 26 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Lynn: 30 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Jay: 48 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Clark: 16 babies, 10.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Mary	164	–	1
2	Barbara	157	–	3
3	Marilyn	128	↑2	16
4	Shirley	127	↑2	9
5	Betty	115	↓2	2
6	Carol	115	↑2	32
7	Donna	106	–	29
8	Joyce	104	↓4	12
9	Beverly	98	↑1	28
10	Joan	95	↑2	5
11	Bonnie	80	↓2	64
12	Dorothy	80	↓1	4
13	Helen	80	–	8
14	Norma	80	–	22
15	Ruth	73	↑4	11
16	Patricia	72	↓1	6
17	Lois	68	↑1	20
18	Marlene	57	↑10	78
19	Gloria	51	↑5	25
20	Janet	49	↑17	35
21	Elaine	43	↑4	68
22	Doris	41	↑4	10
23	Janice	41	↓3	94
24	Darlene	39	↓3	>100
25	Margaret	39	↓2	7
26	Virginia	39	↑1	14
27	Colleen	38	↓10	>100
28	Jean	38	↓6	15
29	Anna	37	–	24
30	Phyllis	37	↑2	30
31	Connie	36	new	>100
32	Marjorie	36	↑2	37
33	Alice	35	–	21
34	Geraldine	35	↓18	42
35	Joann	34	↓5	79
36	Joanne	34	↑8	62
37	Carolyn	29	↑6	46
38	Arlene	28	new	80
39	Nancy	25	↓4	13
40	Larae	24	new	>100
41	Beth	23	new	>100
42	Sharon	23	new	>100
43	Evelyn	22	↓1	23
44	June	22	new	44
45	Marian	22	new	86
46	Diane	21	new	>100
47	Edith	19	new	69
48	Marie	19	↑2	31
49	Carole	18	new	>100
50	Lola	18	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Robert	244	–	1
2	Richard	179	–	5
3	James	141	↑1	2
4	John	133	↓1	3
5	Ronald	130	↑8	16
6	William	109	↓1	4
7	Donald	97	–	7
8	Jack	91	↑3	17
9	Kenneth	86	–	14
10	Don	82	↓2	55
11	David	81	↓1	12
12	George	79	↓6	8
13	Paul	65	↑1	13
14	Charles	64	↓2	6
15	Gerald	60	↑1	24
16	Jerry	56	↓1	34
17	Joseph	56	↑12	9
18	Gary	53	↑14	>100
19	Thomas	53	↓1	10
20	Dale	51	↓3	61
21	Douglas	49	↑20	85
22	Jay	48	↓2	>100
23	Ralph	47	↓2	27
24	Glen	46	↑2	>100
25	Ray	44	↓6	59
26	Wayne	44	↓3	57
27	Harold	41	↑7	18
28	Frank	38	↑9	15
29	Larry	38	↑14	65
30	Max	38	↑14	>100
31	Melvin	38	↑14	51
32	Dean	36	↓8	>100
33	Howard	36	new	36
34	Keith	36	↓12	>100
35	Raymond	33	↓10	19
36	Norman	32	↓5	37
37	Fred	31	↓7	33
38	Earl	30	↓3	41
39	Gordon	30	↓6	81
40	Lynn	30	↓4	>100
41	Bob	28	↓1	79
42	Carl	28	new	28
43	Kent	27	new	>100
44	Boyd	26	new	>100
45	Bruce	26	new	98
46	Edward	26	new	11
47	Eugene	26	↓1	22
48	Roy	26	new	38
49	Ted	26	new	>100
50	Blaine	25	↓11	>100

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