Popular baby names in Utah, 1940

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1940 were Linda for girls (207 babies) and Richard for boys (240). Linda ranked #8 nationally for girls. Richard ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,543 babies born in Utah in 1940 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1940

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

Girls

Jolene: 15 babies, 18.4× the national rate
Kaye: 20 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Colleen: 31 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Marsha: 22 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Connie: 73 babies, 6× the national rate
Lynda: 31 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Dixie: 27 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Gayle: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Myrna: 32 babies, 5× the national rate
Claudia: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Brent: 66 babies, 48× the national rate
Val: 15 babies, 37.4× the national rate
Reed: 16 babies, 36.8× the national rate
Kent: 52 babies, 18.8× the national rate
Grant: 28 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Lynn: 78 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Boyd: 20 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Scott: 17 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Clark: 18 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Steven: 51 babies, 6.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1940

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1939	US rank
1	Linda	207	↑11	8
2	Mary	168	↓1	1
3	Karen	141	↑7	34
4	Carol	140	↓2	6
5	Barbara	123	↓2	2
6	Sharon	123	↓2	17
7	Judy	115	↓1	16
8	Patricia	112	↓3	3
9	Joyce	96	↑9	13
10	Carolyn	89	↑3	15
11	Nancy	89	↓2	7
12	Joan	88	↓5	14
13	Judith	79	↓5	4
14	Bonnie	76	↑15	39
15	Connie	73	↑1	88
16	Sandra	66	↑4	10
17	Betty	64	↓2	5
18	Janet	62	↓1	19
19	Marilyn	58	↓8	25
20	Janice	56	↓6	22
21	Diane	53	↑5	45
22	Kay	52	↑1	77
23	Kathleen	50	↓1	40
24	Jean	48	↑12	29
25	Margaret	47	↑9	11
26	Helen	46	↓2	18
27	Donna	45	↑5	23
28	Elaine	45	–	50
29	Gloria	45	↑21	30
30	Susan	45	new	36
31	Ann	42	↓1	35
32	Dorothy	40	↓1	12
33	Ruth	40	↓8	24
34	Beverly	37	↓15	27
35	Joann	35	↑3	63
36	Norma	34	↓9	43
37	Shirley	34	↓16	9
38	Virginia	33	↑6	21
39	Myrna	32	new	>100
40	Colleen	31	↑2	>100
41	Deanna	31	↑2	>100
42	Evelyn	31	new	48
43	Kathryn	31	↓4	>100
44	Lynda	31	new	>100
45	Annette	29	new	>100
46	Geraldine	29	↑2	46
47	Lois	29	↓14	38
48	Darlene	28	↓3	79
49	Peggy	28	↓14	37
50	Dixie	27	↓13	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1939	US rank
1	Richard	240	↑2	5
2	John	220	–	3
3	Robert	218	↓2	2
4	David	216	–	7
5	Gary	172	↑2	19
6	James	169	↓1	1
7	Larry	154	↓1	13
8	Ronald	122	–	10
9	William	122	–	4
10	Dennis	99	↑1	24
11	Paul	97	↑3	17
12	Kenneth	92	↓2	15
13	Jerry	89	–	14
14	Michael	88	↓2	18
15	Thomas	81	↑6	8
16	Lynn	78	↑9	>100
17	George	76	↑1	11
18	Charles	71	↓3	6
19	Brent	66	↑16	>100
20	Donald	63	↓1	9
21	Douglas	62	↓5	56
22	Stephen	61	↑14	49
23	Roger	57	↓6	26
24	Kent	52	↑6	>100
25	Frank	51	↑1	20
26	Gerald	51	↑6	21
27	Steven	51	↑22	>100
28	Don	48	–	62
29	Jack	48	↑2	29
30	Wayne	45	↓8	39
31	Ralph	44	↓11	37
32	Bruce	42	↑6	55
33	Jay	40	↓6	>100
34	Melvin	40	new	53
35	Joseph	39	↓6	12
36	Terry	38	↑11	73
37	Lee	36	↑13	80
38	Norman	36	↑6	48
39	Ray	35	↑3	77
40	Raymond	35	↑6	22
41	Fred	34	↓18	40
42	Dale	33	↓3	57
43	Glen	33	↓3	>100
44	Edward	31	↓7	16
45	Stanley	31	new	59
46	Arthur	30	new	33
47	Allen	29	new	71
48	Gordon	29	↓15	91
49	Grant	28	new	>100
50	Alan	26	new	88

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