Popular baby names in Utah, 1942

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1942 were Linda for girls (302 babies) and David for boys (303). Linda ranked #4 nationally for girls. David ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,988 babies born in Utah in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1942

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: 15 babies, 50.2× the national rate
Jolene: 22 babies, 22.1× the national rate
Colleen: 39 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Kaye: 18 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Lorna: 20 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Dixie: 38 babies, 8× the national rate
Beth: 21 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Lynda: 55 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Myrna: 27 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Gayle: 27 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Boys

Brent: 81 babies, 51× the national rate
Val: 19 babies, 36.6× the national rate
Garth: 18 babies, 35.3× the national rate
Blaine: 19 babies, 25.3× the national rate
Reed: 16 babies, 24.2× the national rate
Kent: 58 babies, 16× the national rate
Lynn: 83 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Boyd: 23 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Grant: 21 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Rex: 22 babies, 8.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Linda	302	–	4
2	Mary	189	↑1	1
3	Karen	183	↓1	16
4	Sharon	153	–	11
5	Judy	149	–	15
6	Barbara	146	–	2
7	Carolyn	142	–	10
8	Carol	138	↑1	5
9	Patricia	130	↓1	3
10	Bonnie	122	↑1	34
11	Sandra	106	↑4	6
12	Marilyn	104	↑7	27
13	Kathleen	102	↑7	24
14	Janet	90	↓1	19
15	Susan	82	↑13	21
16	Nancy	81	↓4	8
17	Connie	80	↑1	70
18	Judith	80	↓8	7
19	Janice	74	↓3	25
20	Joan	67	↓6	18
21	Diane	66	↑1	28
22	Betty	63	↓5	9
23	Shirley	61	↑1	12
24	Joyce	55	↓3	13
25	Lynda	55	↑14	>100
26	Elaine	52	↑1	45
27	Margaret	52	↑4	14
28	Donna	50	↓5	20
29	Carole	47	new	35
30	Ann	46	↓4	38
31	Gloria	45	↑12	31
32	Ruth	45	↑5	33
33	Jean	44	↑3	36
34	Virginia	43	new	23
35	Colleen	39	↑12	>100
36	Kathryn	39	↓4	82
37	Dixie	38	new	>100
38	Helen	38	↓13	26
39	Kay	38	↓10	75
40	Patsy	38	↑4	57
41	Jo	37	new	65
42	Dorothy	35	↓12	17
43	Norma	34	↑6	52
44	Beverly	32	↓6	32
45	Darlene	32	↓3	78
46	Lois	31	↓13	44
47	Marjorie	31	new	74
48	Ellen	30	new	64
49	Kathy	30	new	>100
50	Marie	30	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	David	303	↑3	6
2	Robert	299	↓1	2
3	Richard	283	↓1	5
4	John	226	↓1	3
5	James	222	–	1
6	William	186	↑2	4
7	Larry	177	–	12
8	Michael	172	↑2	13
9	Gary	170	↓3	18
10	Dennis	161	↑1	20
11	Ronald	132	↓2	9
12	Douglas	119	↑10	23
13	Paul	102	↓1	19
14	Jerry	96	↓1	16
15	Thomas	95	–	8
16	Charles	91	↑1	7
17	Kenneth	90	↓3	15
18	Stephen	90	↑1	32
19	Lynn	83	↓1	>100
20	Jack	82	↑7	34
21	Brent	81	–	>100
22	George	77	↑2	14
23	Steven	75	↓7	75
24	Dale	72	↑13	63
25	Donald	66	↑7	10
26	Roger	65	↓6	25
27	Jay	60	↑4	>100
28	Joseph	59	↓5	11
29	Kent	58	↓4	>100
30	Frank	57	–	21
31	Bruce	54	↑2	50
32	Don	53	↓3	72
33	Gerald	52	↓7	22
34	Terry	52	↑6	52
35	Ralph	46	↑3	38
36	Wayne	43	↓8	41
37	Stanley	42	new	56
38	Harold	41	↑5	27
39	Raymond	41	↑6	24
40	Jim	40	new	74
41	Bill	39	↑8	65
42	Arthur	38	new	29
43	Gordon	38	↓7	92
44	Edward	37	↓9	17
45	Ray	37	↓6	84
46	Keith	36	–	>100
47	Norman	36	↑1	53
48	Dean	33	new	>100
49	Lee	33	↓2	87
50	Fred	32	↓8	46

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