Popular baby names in Utah, 1945

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1945 were Linda for girls (276 babies) and Robert for boys (301). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,329 babies born in Utah in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1945

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

Girls

Sharlene: 15 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Colleen: 33 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Vicky: 20 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Dixie: 31 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Vickie: 27 babies, 7× the national rate
Julie: 34 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Gayle: 32 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Claudia: 38 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kathy: 54 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Annette: 30 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Brent: 60 babies, 42.2× the national rate
Reed: 20 babies, 33.8× the national rate
Blaine: 16 babies, 22.1× the national rate
Kent: 65 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Boyd: 20 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Lynn: 67 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Grant: 17 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Max: 35 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Craig: 65 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Ross: 21 babies, 7.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Linda	276	–	2
2	Mary	195	–	1
3	Carol	190	–	5
4	Judy	173	↑1	13
5	Susan	173	↑3	10
6	Barbara	154	↑1	3
7	Kathleen	145	↑2	19
8	Karen	139	↓4	16
9	Sandra	133	↑1	6
10	Patricia	120	↑1	4
11	Sharon	120	↓5	8
12	Carolyn	101	–	12
13	Marilyn	96	↑9	27
14	Nancy	89	↓1	7
15	Bonnie	85	↑1	35
16	Connie	85	↓1	47
17	Joyce	72	↑4	18
18	Janet	70	↓1	20
19	Pamela	63	↑7	42
20	Shirley	63	↑3	14
21	Cheryl	62	↓1	32
22	Janice	62	↑6	24
23	Diane	61	↓5	22
24	Margaret	61	↑6	15
25	Judith	59	↓11	9
26	Betty	58	↓1	11
27	Donna	58	↓3	17
28	Joan	57	↓9	25
29	Kathy	54	↑4	>100
30	Ann	52	↓3	39
31	Kathryn	51	↓2	65
32	Ruth	50	↓1	33
33	Dorothy	48	↑11	21
34	Diana	44	↑6	43
35	Elaine	43	–	44
36	Helen	43	↑11	31
37	Gloria	42	↓5	23
38	Lynda	42	↑5	>100
39	Vicki	42	new	>100
40	Beverly	39	new	37
41	Peggy	39	↑9	45
42	Claudia	38	↓6	>100
43	Kay	38	↓2	91
44	Jane	37	↓6	36
45	Jo	35	–	60
46	Marcia	35	new	88
47	Virginia	35	↓10	28
48	Dianne	34	new	72
49	Julie	34	new	>100
50	Colleen	33	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Robert	301	–	2
2	Richard	295	↑1	5
3	David	286	↓1	6
4	John	276	–	3
5	Michael	206	↑1	9
6	James	203	↓1	1
7	Dennis	187	↑1	19
8	William	163	↑1	4
9	Gary	154	↓2	13
10	Steven	154	↑2	43
11	Paul	140	↑2	17
12	Ronald	129	↓2	10
13	Larry	126	↓2	11
14	Kenneth	115	–	16
15	Stephen	100	↑2	26
16	Thomas	95	↓1	8
17	Douglas	88	↑3	29
18	Charles	82	↑5	7
19	George	75	↓1	15
20	Jerry	73	↑2	20
21	Roger	73	–	22
22	Joseph	68	↑2	14
23	Lynn	67	↑2	>100
24	Craig	65	↑17	>100
25	Kent	65	↑3	>100
26	Bruce	61	↑6	48
27	Brent	60	↓11	>100
28	Terry	60	↓2	33
29	Don	59	↓2	73
30	Wayne	58	↑3	35
31	Donald	57	↓12	12
32	Dale	55	↑4	61
33	Alan	53	↓2	52
34	Gordon	53	↑4	>100
35	Jack	53	↓5	32
36	Keith	52	↑8	>100
37	Jay	47	↓8	>100
38	Frank	45	↓4	21
39	Harold	43	↑3	28
40	Raymond	43	↑6	23
41	Howard	42	new	54
42	Steve	40	new	79
43	Gerald	38	–	25
44	Ray	38	new	92
45	Fred	37	↓10	51
46	Max	35	new	>100
47	Ralph	35	↓7	44
48	Tom	35	new	89
49	Mike	34	↓10	69
50	Dean	33	new	>100

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