Popular baby names in Utah, 1938

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1938 were Carol for girls (167 babies) and Robert for boys (272). Carol ranked #6 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 10,050 babies born in Utah in 1938 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1938

Names given at least 15 times in Utah that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Carma: 16 babies, 62.6× the national rate
Kaye: 17 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Colleen: 39 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Nola: 17 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Cheryl: 15 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Beth: 15 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Connie: 73 babies, 7× the national rate
Deanna: 67 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Karen: 117 babies, 6× the national rate
Gayle: 20 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Verl: 16 babies, 68.7× the national rate
Brent: 27 babies, 49.9× the national rate
Val: 17 babies, 45.9× the national rate
Kent: 41 babies, 19.8× the national rate
Grant: 24 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Lynn: 58 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Boyd: 23 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Jay: 45 babies, 8× the national rate
Steven: 28 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Dallas: 20 babies, 7.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1938

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Carol	167	–	6
2	Mary	165	–	1
3	Barbara	129	–	2
4	Karen	117	↑6	50
5	Sharon	115	↓1	30
6	Patricia	94	–	3
7	Marilyn	88	↓2	19
8	Joan	81	↓1	10
9	Carolyn	79	–	15
10	Janet	74	↑1	16
11	Connie	73	↑3	>100
12	Shirley	73	↑3	5
13	Sandra	72	↑11	14
14	Janice	68	↑2	24
15	Deanna	67	↑7	>100
16	Betty	64	↓4	4
17	Joyce	59	↓9	11
18	Nancy	58	↓5	7
19	Helen	51	↑9	13
20	Donna	50	↓2	20
21	Dorothy	50	↑5	8
22	Margaret	49	↑8	9
23	Bonnie	48	↓6	65
24	Judith	45	new	12
25	Diane	44	↓4	64
26	Ann	43	↑5	32
27	Kathleen	43	↑14	58
28	Beverly	42	↓3	18
29	Judy	42	new	41
30	Ruth	40	↓11	21
31	Colleen	39	↓11	>100
32	Kay	39	↑12	81
33	Linda	39	new	31
34	Lois	39	↑6	33
35	Myrna	39	↑1	>100
36	Elaine	38	↓3	42
37	Gloria	38	↑8	36
38	Norma	36	↓6	34
39	Peggy	32	new	35
40	Geraldine	31	new	45
41	Alice	29	↓4	29
42	Darlene	29	new	76
43	Jean	29	↓20	27
44	Joann	29	↓15	68
45	Marlene	29	↓11	51
46	Virginia	29	↓4	22
47	Arlene	28	↓12	63
48	Marjorie	28	–	53
49	Carole	27	↓11	46
50	Dixie	26	↓23	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Robert	272	–	1
2	Richard	207	–	5
3	John	193	↑1	3
4	David	189	↑2	8
5	James	181	↓2	2
6	Gary	168	↓1	22
7	Ronald	141	–	10
8	William	130	↑1	4
9	Larry	129	↓1	16
10	Jerry	87	–	17
11	Paul	85	↑4	15
12	Charles	80	↑1	6
13	Kenneth	76	↓1	14
14	Dennis	65	↑12	49
15	George	61	↓4	11
16	Jack	61	↑9	25
17	Joseph	61	↑7	12
18	Gerald	60	↓1	19
19	Donald	58	↓5	7
20	Lynn	58	↑11	>100
21	Douglas	56	↑6	60
22	Don	51	↓4	52
23	Gordon	51	↑13	78
24	Michael	51	↓2	21
25	Ralph	51	↑3	35
26	Thomas	50	↓10	9
27	Dale	45	↓4	56
28	Frank	45	↓7	18
29	Jay	45	↓10	>100
30	Kent	41	↑4	>100
31	Roger	41	↑9	31
32	Wayne	41	↓12	40
33	Bruce	39	↓1	66
34	Carl	38	↓5	29
35	Norman	38	↑4	43
36	Keith	37	↑2	>100
37	Lee	37	new	80
38	Harold	35	↓5	23
39	Edward	34	↑3	13
40	Ray	34	↑4	72
41	Fred	32	↓11	38
42	Max	32	↑4	>100
43	Stephen	31	new	74
44	Dean	29	↓1	>100
45	Howard	28	↑2	42
46	Melvin	28	↓11	54
47	Steven	28	new	>100
48	Brent	27	new	>100
49	Albert	26	new	37
50	Glen	26	↓9	>100

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