Popular baby names in Utah, 1943

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1943 were Linda for girls (346 babies) and Robert for boys (340). Linda ranked #4 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 14,652 babies born in Utah in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1943

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

Girls

Sherrie: 19 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Colleen: 36 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Kaye: 22 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Vicky: 16 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Glenna: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Nadine: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Renee: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Gayle: 33 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dixie: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Carla: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Brent: 95 babies, 50× the national rate
Reed: 17 babies, 28.2× the national rate
Blaine: 18 babies, 20.3× the national rate
Clair: 15 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Kent: 71 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Lynn: 101 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Ned: 19 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Boyd: 25 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Grant: 24 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Rex: 23 babies, 6.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Linda	346	–	4
2	Mary	240	–	1
3	Karen	221	–	15
4	Judy	207	↑1	13
5	Carol	185	↑3	5
6	Sharon	185	↓2	8
7	Barbara	167	↓1	2
8	Patricia	145	↑1	3
9	Susan	135	↑6	18
10	Carolyn	126	↓3	11
11	Kathleen	126	↑2	22
12	Sandra	122	↓1	6
13	Diane	103	↑8	24
14	Nancy	102	↑2	9
15	Bonnie	101	↓5	34
16	Janet	91	↓2	20
17	Connie	87	–	59
18	Marilyn	86	↓6	27
19	Joan	73	↑1	21
20	Betty	71	↑2	10
21	Joyce	71	↑3	16
22	Judith	70	↓4	7
23	Ann	69	↑7	37
24	Janice	67	↓5	26
25	Margaret	66	↑2	14
26	Ruth	66	↑6	33
27	Shirley	64	↓4	12
28	Donna	63	–	17
29	Dorothy	50	↑13	19
30	Kathryn	50	↑6	75
31	Elaine	46	↓5	46
32	Kathy	45	↑17	>100
33	Helen	43	↑5	28
34	Jean	43	↓1	36
35	Kay	43	↑4	81
36	Pamela	42	new	54
37	Peggy	42	new	41
38	Sherry	41	new	>100
39	Gloria	39	↓8	30
40	Lynda	39	↓15	>100
41	Beverly	38	↑3	32
42	Jo	38	↓1	63
43	Cheryl	36	new	>100
44	Colleen	36	↓9	>100
45	Virginia	36	↓11	25
46	Georgia	34	new	>100
47	Carole	33	↓18	42
48	Gayle	33	new	>100
49	Alice	32	new	38
50	Patsy	32	↓10	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Robert	340	↑1	2
2	David	298	↓1	6
3	Richard	296	–	5
4	John	283	–	3
5	James	259	–	1
6	Larry	199	↑1	12
7	Dennis	191	↑3	20
8	Michael	190	–	10
9	William	168	↓3	4
10	Ronald	167	↑1	9
11	Gary	159	↓2	16
12	Kenneth	139	↑5	15
13	Paul	122	–	19
14	Douglas	116	↓2	28
15	Steven	116	↑8	58
16	Lynn	101	↑3	>100
17	Jerry	99	↓3	17
18	Thomas	98	↓3	8
19	Charles	96	↓3	7
20	Brent	95	↑1	>100
21	Stephen	93	↓3	29
22	George	87	–	14
23	Donald	83	↑2	11
24	Joseph	81	↑4	13
25	Don	76	↑7	72
26	Roger	75	–	24
27	Terry	75	↑7	49
28	Kent	71	↑1	>100
29	Bruce	69	↑2	51
30	Dale	66	↓6	59
31	Wayne	66	↑5	41
32	Gerald	64	↑1	23
33	Frank	59	↓3	21
34	Keith	59	↑12	>100
35	Jack	53	↓15	34
36	Edward	47	↑8	18
37	Jay	47	↓10	>100
38	Harold	45	–	27
39	Dean	44	↑9	>100
40	Gordon	42	↑3	98
41	Ralph	42	↓6	40
42	Carl	40	new	33
43	Ray	40	↑2	84
44	Jim	39	↓4	75
45	Mike	38	new	90
46	Alan	36	new	67
47	Howard	36	new	48
48	Melvin	35	new	63
49	Fred	34	↑1	45
50	Stanley	34	↓13	54

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