Popular baby names in Utah, 1935

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1935 were Mary for girls (160 babies) and Robert for boys (253). Social Security records list 9,635 babies born in Utah in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1935

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: 15 babies, 109.1× the national rate
Carma: 24 babies, 72.2× the national rate
Larue: 16 babies, 39.2× the national rate
Maurine: 15 babies, 27.5× the national rate
Colleen: 57 babies, 19.1× the national rate
Beth: 20 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Renee: 17 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Ila: 15 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Gayle: 27 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Karen: 38 babies, 7.8× the national rate

Boys

Reed: 18 babies, 47× the national rate
Dee: 21 babies, 42.2× the national rate
Kay: 16 babies, 22.3× the national rate
Grant: 27 babies, 19.6× the national rate
Kent: 32 babies, 19× the national rate
Merrill: 16 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Lynn: 43 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Boyd: 26 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Jay: 53 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Merlin: 15 babies, 10.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Mary	160	–	1
2	Shirley	155	↑2	2
3	Carol	152	↓1	11
4	Barbara	133	↓1	3
5	Marilyn	101	↑2	14
6	Patricia	82	↑4	5
7	Janet	80	↑12	22
8	Donna	78	–	23
9	Joan	77	↓3	7
10	Carolyn	75	↑6	28
11	Joyce	72	↓6	12
12	Betty	69	↓3	4
13	Helen	69	↓1	10
14	Bonnie	67	↑4	62
15	Janice	62	↑6	47
16	Sharon	62	↑26	96
17	Colleen	57	↑3	>100
18	Margaret	55	↑15	8
19	Dorothy	54	↓8	6
20	Nancy	53	↓3	9
21	Ruth	51	↓6	15
22	Marlene	46	↑14	39
23	Elaine	45	↓1	51
24	Jean	45	↑6	18
25	Norma	45	–	29
26	Beverly	42	↓2	20
27	Darlene	41	–	91
28	Lois	41	↓15	21
29	Geraldine	39	↑2	40
30	Gloria	39	↓16	32
31	Joann	38	↓8	53
32	Karen	38	↑16	>100
33	Ann	36	↑2	30
34	Jo	35	↑16	73
35	Marjorie	35	↑2	46
36	Virginia	35	↑2	16
37	Connie	34	↓9	>100
38	Alice	33	new	25
39	Arlene	33	↓13	59
40	Doris	33	↓6	13
41	Marie	30	new	33
42	Sandra	30	↓2	50
43	Joanne	29	↓11	44
44	Dixie	28	↑1	>100
45	Kay	28	new	>100
46	Sally	28	↓2	58
47	Evelyn	27	new	31
48	Gayle	27	new	>100
49	Anna	26	new	34
50	Patsy	26	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Robert	253	–	1
2	Richard	179	–	5
3	John	170	–	3
4	Gary	146	↑3	44
5	James	142	–	2
6	Ronald	136	↓2	12
7	David	131	↑1	11
8	William	115	↓2	4
9	Jerry	88	↑7	22
10	Larry	86	↑3	33
11	Donald	84	↓1	7
12	George	74	↓3	8
13	Paul	74	↑2	14
14	Don	72	↓2	51
15	Kenneth	71	↑3	15
16	Gerald	66	↑1	21
17	Jack	61	↓6	18
18	Charles	58	↓4	6
19	Thomas	56	↑4	9
20	Dennis	55	new	72
21	Roger	54	↑27	36
22	Jay	53	↑3	>100
23	Frank	50	↑6	16
24	Dale	45	↑4	61
25	Joseph	45	↓3	10
26	Lynn	43	↓5	>100
27	Keith	41	–	>100
28	Ralph	41	↓9	32
29	Carl	40	↑10	28
30	Ray	40	↓10	64
31	Wayne	40	↑3	49
32	Fred	38	new	34
33	Gordon	38	↑4	70
34	Stanley	36	new	56
35	Harold	35	↓11	20
36	Dean	33	↑6	>100
37	Lee	33	new	80
38	Norman	33	new	38
39	Kent	32	↑4	>100
40	Max	32	↓5	>100
41	Earl	31	new	46
42	Douglas	30	↓10	75
43	Raymond	30	↓10	17
44	Edward	29	new	13
45	Dan	28	new	>100
46	Grant	27	↑1	>100
47	Boyd	26	↓1	>100
48	Bruce	26	↓10	77
49	Arthur	25	↓5	29
50	Glen	24	↓20	>100

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