Popular baby names in Utah, 1939

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1939 were Mary for girls (179 babies) and Robert for boys (227). Social Security records list 10,050 babies born in Utah in 1939 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1939

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

Girls

Kaye: 18 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Colleen: 31 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Beth: 16 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Gayle: 26 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Dixie: 35 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Connie: 64 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Lynda: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Claudia: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Deanna: 31 babies, 4× the national rate
Sondra: 15 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Reed: 16 babies, 45.8× the national rate
Brent: 36 babies, 40.7× the national rate
Blaine: 20 babies, 28.8× the national rate
Kent: 43 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Grant: 21 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Lynn: 47 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Boyd: 19 babies, 11× the national rate
Jay: 45 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Rex: 21 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Max: 33 babies, 7.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1939

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	Mary	179	↑1	1
2	Carol	162	↓1	6
3	Barbara	137	–	2
4	Sharon	120	↑1	23
5	Patricia	111	↑1	3
6	Judy	98	↑23	28
7	Joan	95	↑1	11
8	Judith	92	↑16	8
9	Nancy	86	↑9	7
10	Karen	85	↓6	39
11	Marilyn	81	↓4	19
12	Linda	79	↑21	15
13	Carolyn	77	↓4	14
14	Janice	68	–	24
15	Betty	64	↑1	4
16	Connie	64	↓5	>100
17	Janet	63	↓7	17
18	Joyce	58	↓1	12
19	Beverly	57	↑9	25
20	Sandra	57	↓7	13
21	Shirley	53	↓9	5
22	Kathleen	52	↑5	48
23	Kay	49	↑9	76
24	Helen	47	↓5	16
25	Ruth	47	↑5	22
26	Diane	46	↓1	51
27	Norma	44	↑11	38
28	Elaine	43	↑8	45
29	Bonnie	42	↓6	61
30	Ann	41	↓4	33
31	Dorothy	41	↓10	9
32	Donna	39	↓12	20
33	Lois	39	↑1	35
34	Margaret	39	↓12	10
35	Peggy	39	↑4	34
36	Jean	36	↑7	32
37	Dixie	35	↑13	>100
38	Joann	33	↑6	57
39	Kathryn	33	new	>100
40	Patsy	33	new	56
41	Alice	31	–	31
42	Colleen	31	↓11	>100
43	Deanna	31	↓28	>100
44	Virginia	31	↑2	21
45	Darlene	28	↓3	75
46	Carole	26	↑3	47
47	Gayle	26	new	>100
48	Geraldine	26	↓8	41
49	Marcia	26	new	>100
50	Gloria	25	↓13	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	Robert	227	–	1
2	John	214	↑1	3
3	Richard	197	↓1	5
4	David	181	–	7
5	James	175	–	2
6	Larry	163	↑3	14
7	Gary	145	↓1	21
8	Ronald	135	↓1	10
9	William	117	↓1	4
10	Kenneth	107	↑3	13
11	Dennis	101	↑3	34
12	Michael	89	↑12	18
13	Jerry	82	↓3	16
14	Paul	75	↓3	17
15	Charles	63	↓3	6
16	Douglas	61	↑5	58
17	Roger	61	↑14	28
18	George	60	↓3	11
19	Donald	56	–	8
20	Ralph	56	↑5	35
21	Thomas	50	↑5	9
22	Wayne	49	↑10	39
23	Fred	47	↑18	40
24	Keith	47	↑12	>100
25	Lynn	47	↓5	>100
26	Frank	46	↑2	20
27	Jay	45	↑2	>100
28	Don	43	↓6	56
29	Joseph	43	↓12	12
30	Kent	43	–	>100
31	Jack	42	↓15	26
32	Gerald	41	↓14	19
33	Gordon	39	↓10	82
34	Carl	37	–	30
35	Brent	36	↑13	>100
36	Stephen	35	↑7	65
37	Edward	34	↑2	15
38	Bruce	33	↓5	64
39	Dale	33	↓12	59
40	Glen	33	↑10	>100
41	Max	33	↑1	>100
42	Ray	33	↓2	74
43	Earl	32	new	50
44	Norman	32	↓9	44
45	Dean	30	↓1	>100
46	Raymond	30	new	22
47	Terry	30	new	83
48	Harold	29	↓10	23
49	Steven	29	↓2	>100
50	Lee	28	↓13	78

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