Popular baby names in Utah, 1941

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1941 were Linda for girls (221 babies) and Robert for boys (253). Linda ranked #5 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,896 babies born in Utah in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1941

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: 18 babies, 75.3× the national rate
Kaye: 19 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Colleen: 26 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Lila: 15 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Penny: 17 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Claudia: 24 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Julie: 28 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Sherry: 27 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Myrna: 29 babies, 5× the national rate
Gayle: 21 babies, 5× the national rate

Boys

Rulon: 15 babies, 150.5× the national rate
Brent: 63 babies, 45.9× the national rate
Reed: 20 babies, 43.9× the national rate
Val: 15 babies, 42.7× the national rate
Dee: 15 babies, 33.6× the national rate
Kent: 56 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Grant: 29 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Merrill: 15 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Merlin: 15 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Boyd: 22 babies, 11.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Linda	221	–	5
2	Karen	185	↑1	19
3	Mary	168	↓1	1
4	Sharon	139	↑2	15
5	Judy	133	↑2	16
6	Barbara	128	↓1	2
7	Carolyn	121	↑3	11
8	Patricia	117	–	3
9	Carol	116	↓5	4
10	Judith	99	↑3	6
11	Bonnie	83	↑3	33
12	Nancy	79	↓1	8
13	Janet	77	↑5	18
14	Joan	76	↓2	17
15	Sandra	76	↑1	9
16	Janice	64	↑4	22
17	Betty	60	–	7
18	Connie	60	↓3	79
19	Marilyn	59	–	30
20	Kathleen	58	↑3	36
21	Joyce	57	↓12	13
22	Diane	53	↓1	40
23	Donna	50	↑4	20
24	Shirley	50	↑13	10
25	Helen	49	↑1	24
26	Ann	48	↑5	37
27	Elaine	48	↑1	44
28	Susan	46	↑2	27
29	Kay	40	↓7	70
30	Dorothy	39	↑2	14
31	Margaret	39	↓6	12
32	Kathryn	37	↑11	87
33	Lois	37	↑14	43
34	Annette	35	↑11	>100
35	Alice	34	new	34
36	Jean	34	↓12	32
37	Ruth	33	↓4	28
38	Beverly	29	↓4	29
39	Lynda	29	↑5	>100
40	Myrna	29	↓1	>100
41	Julie	28	new	>100
42	Darlene	27	↑6	76
43	Gloria	27	↓14	26
44	Patsy	27	new	52
45	Peggy	27	↑4	39
46	Sherry	27	new	>100
47	Colleen	26	↓7	>100
48	Irene	26	new	74
49	Norma	25	↓13	47
50	Claudia	24	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Robert	253	↑2	2
2	Richard	232	↓1	5
3	John	226	↓1	3
4	David	219	–	7
5	James	187	↑1	1
6	Gary	166	↓1	19
7	Larry	157	–	11
8	William	132	↑1	4
9	Ronald	130	↓1	9
10	Michael	128	↑4	16
11	Dennis	125	↓1	23
12	Paul	113	↓1	18
13	Jerry	88	–	14
14	Kenneth	76	↓2	15
15	Thomas	74	–	8
16	Steven	73	↑11	90
17	Charles	72	↑1	6
18	Lynn	70	↓2	>100
19	Stephen	69	↑3	41
20	Roger	65	↑3	25
21	Brent	63	↓2	>100
22	Douglas	63	↓1	53
23	Joseph	63	↑12	12
24	George	57	↓7	13
25	Kent	56	↓1	>100
26	Gerald	55	–	20
27	Jack	53	↑2	32
28	Wayne	50	↑2	37
29	Don	48	↓1	66
30	Frank	47	↓5	21
31	Jay	47	↑2	>100
32	Donald	45	↓12	10
33	Bruce	42	↓1	51
34	Howard	42	new	47
35	Edward	41	↑9	17
36	Gordon	39	↑12	92
37	Dale	38	↑5	59
38	Ralph	38	↓7	38
39	Ray	38	–	83
40	Terry	38	↓4	64
41	Carl	37	new	29
42	Fred	37	↓1	43
43	Harold	36	new	24
44	Eugene	33	new	42
45	Raymond	33	↓5	22
46	Keith	32	new	>100
47	Lee	31	↓10	81
48	Norman	31	↓10	49
49	Bill	29	new	68
50	Grant	29	↓1	>100

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