Popular baby names in Utah, 1937

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1937 were Carol for girls (179 babies) and Robert for boys (278). Carol ranked #6 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 9,647 babies born in Utah in 1937 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1937

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, 107.8× the national rate
Colleen: 51 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Ila: 16 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Dixie: 44 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Connie: 67 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Karen: 74 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Deanna: 48 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Sherry: 17 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Sharon: 102 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Myrna: 35 babies, 5× the national rate

Boys

Val: 15 babies, 44.1× the national rate
Brent: 19 babies, 43.5× the national rate
Blaine: 23 babies, 37.5× the national rate
Dee: 15 babies, 32.6× the national rate
Kent: 39 babies, 20.1× the national rate
Clair: 17 babies, 17.9× the national rate
Grant: 23 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Lynn: 40 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Boyd: 21 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Clark: 20 babies, 9.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Carol	179	↑1	6
2	Mary	161	↓1	1
3	Barbara	130	–	2
4	Sharon	102	↑5	41
5	Marilyn	100	↓1	13
6	Patricia	92	↑1	3
7	Joan	89	↑3	9
8	Joyce	84	–	11
9	Carolyn	74	↓3	20
10	Karen	74	↑7	>100
11	Janet	73	↑5	18
12	Betty	68	↑6	5
13	Nancy	68	↓1	7
14	Connie	67	↑12	>100
15	Shirley	64	↓10	4
16	Janice	63	↓5	25
17	Bonnie	62	↑3	64
18	Donna	61	↓5	21
19	Ruth	55	↑10	15
20	Colleen	51	↓5	>100
21	Diane	49	↑21	76
22	Deanna	48	new	>100
23	Jean	48	↑10	23
24	Sandra	46	↑11	26
25	Beverly	45	↓3	14
26	Dorothy	45	↓12	8
27	Dixie	44	↑4	>100
28	Helen	44	↓9	12
29	Joann	40	↓6	58
30	Margaret	40	↓6	10
31	Ann	39	↓6	30
32	Norma	38	↓11	33
33	Elaine	36	↓3	45
34	Marlene	36	–	40
35	Arlene	35	↑9	60
36	Myrna	35	↑5	>100
37	Alice	34	↓1	28
38	Carole	34	↑7	56
39	Evelyn	34	↑1	36
40	Lois	33	↓13	29
41	Kathleen	31	↑7	61
42	Virginia	31	new	16
43	Annette	30	new	>100
44	Kay	29	↓1	79
45	Gloria	27	↓13	32
46	June	26	new	71
47	Louise	26	new	48
48	Marjorie	26	new	57
49	Patsy	26	↑1	54
50	Doris	25	new	22

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Robert	278	–	1
2	Richard	203	–	5
3	James	173	↑2	2
4	John	162	–	3
5	Gary	156	↓2	29
6	David	153	–	8
7	Ronald	144	–	11
8	Larry	139	–	16
9	William	108	↑3	4
10	Jerry	96	↑5	17
11	George	88	↓1	10
12	Kenneth	80	↑2	14
13	Charles	74	↓4	6
14	Donald	74	↓1	7
15	Paul	72	↓4	15
16	Thomas	68	↑4	9
17	Gerald	56	↓1	20
18	Don	52	↑1	51
19	Jay	50	↑3	>100
20	Wayne	49	↑5	44
21	Frank	46	↑2	18
22	Michael	46	↑21	27
23	Dale	45	↑3	59
24	Joseph	45	↓7	12
25	Jack	44	↓7	23
26	Dennis	43	↑9	63
27	Douglas	41	↑12	74
28	Ralph	41	–	34
29	Carl	40	↑20	28
30	Fred	40	–	35
31	Lynn	40	↑5	>100
32	Bruce	39	↓3	70
33	Harold	39	↓2	21
34	Kent	39	↓2	>100
35	Melvin	38	↑2	50
36	Gordon	37	↓15	75
37	Raymond	37	↑7	19
38	Keith	35	↓4	>100
39	Norman	32	↓6	43
40	Roger	32	↓16	36
41	Glen	31	↑1	>100
42	Edward	30	↓15	13
43	Dean	29	new	>100
44	Ray	29	↓6	71
45	Walter	27	new	26
46	Max	26	↓6	>100
47	Howard	25	new	42
48	Alan	23	new	>100
49	Bill	23	new	64
50	Blaine	23	new	>100

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