Popular baby names in Utah, 1936

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1936 were Mary for girls (185 babies) and Robert for boys (266). Social Security records list 9,401 babies born in Utah in 1936 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1936

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: 21 babies, 97.8× the national rate
Carma: 23 babies, 77.2× the national rate
Shirlene: 15 babies, 21.9× the national rate
Kaye: 16 babies, 19.3× the national rate
Renee: 23 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Colleen: 64 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Beth: 17 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Karen: 60 babies, 8× the national rate
Dixie: 36 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Connie: 46 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Boys

Brent: 17 babies, 56× the national rate
Val: 19 babies, 54.3× the national rate
Reed: 15 babies, 41.2× the national rate
Dee: 17 babies, 36.4× the national rate
Kay: 22 babies, 34.4× the national rate
Blaine: 22 babies, 32.3× the national rate
Kent: 39 babies, 19.1× the national rate
Grant: 17 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Lynn: 35 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Clark: 20 babies, 9.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1936

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Mary	185	–	1
2	Carol	167	↑1	10
3	Barbara	124	↑1	3
4	Marilyn	113	↑1	13
5	Shirley	106	↓3	2
6	Carolyn	91	↑4	23
7	Patricia	91	↓1	5
8	Joyce	88	↑3	12
9	Sharon	85	↑7	60
10	Joan	72	↓1	7
11	Janice	67	↑4	31
12	Nancy	67	↑8	8
13	Donna	66	↓5	22
14	Dorothy	65	↑5	6
15	Colleen	64	↑2	>100
16	Janet	61	↓9	21
17	Karen	60	↑15	>100
18	Betty	57	↓6	4
19	Helen	55	↓6	11
20	Bonnie	51	↓6	65
21	Norma	49	↑4	29
22	Beverly	48	↑4	17
23	Joann	48	↑8	55
24	Margaret	48	↓6	9
25	Ann	46	↑8	28
26	Connie	46	↑11	>100
27	Lois	44	↑1	26
28	Peggy	44	new	35
29	Ruth	40	↓8	16
30	Elaine	39	↓7	50
31	Dixie	36	↑13	>100
32	Gloria	36	↓2	32
33	Jean	35	↓9	20
34	Marlene	35	↓12	39
35	Sandra	35	↑7	38
36	Alice	33	↑2	27
37	Anna	32	↑12	36
38	Darlene	32	↓11	83
39	Marie	32	↑2	33
40	Evelyn	31	↑7	34
41	Myrna	31	new	>100
42	Diane	30	new	>100
43	Kay	30	↑2	98
44	Arlene	29	↓5	54
45	Carole	27	new	73
46	Geraldine	27	↓17	41
47	Joy	26	new	>100
48	Kathleen	25	new	67
49	Marian	25	new	>100
50	Patsy	25	–	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Robert	266	–	1
2	Richard	195	–	5
3	Gary	149	↑1	38
4	John	148	↓1	3
5	James	146	–	2
6	David	144	↑1	10
7	Ronald	135	↓1	12
8	Larry	105	↑2	25
9	Charles	84	↑9	6
10	George	83	↑2	9
11	Paul	80	↑2	15
12	William	80	↓4	4
13	Donald	79	↓2	7
14	Kenneth	79	↑1	14
15	Jerry	71	↓6	18
16	Gerald	65	–	19
17	Joseph	61	↑8	11
18	Jack	59	↓1	20
19	Don	55	↓5	51
20	Thomas	52	↓1	8
21	Gordon	51	↑12	75
22	Jay	45	–	>100
23	Frank	42	–	16
24	Roger	42	↓3	35
25	Wayne	42	↑6	45
26	Dale	41	↓2	59
27	Edward	41	↑17	13
28	Ralph	40	–	31
29	Bruce	39	↑19	73
30	Fred	39	↑2	36
31	Harold	39	↑4	21
32	Kent	39	↑7	>100
33	Norman	39	↑5	43
34	Keith	37	↓7	>100
35	Dennis	36	↓15	74
36	Lynn	35	↓10	>100
37	Melvin	31	new	53
38	Ray	31	↓8	65
39	Douglas	30	↑3	78
40	Max	30	–	>100
41	Earl	27	–	47
42	Glen	27	↑8	>100
43	Michael	27	new	33
44	Raymond	27	↓1	17
45	Stanley	26	↓11	58
46	Albert	25	new	34
47	Lee	25	↓10	76
48	Marvin	24	new	49
49	Carl	23	↓20	27
50	Clyde	23	new	89

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