Popular baby names in Utah, 1946

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1946 were Linda for girls (329 babies) and Robert for boys (341). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 15,424 babies born in Utah in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1946

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

Girls

Shauna: 19 babies, 164.4× the national rate
Jolene: 21 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Sherrie: 19 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Margo: 19 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Colleen: 37 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Dixie: 29 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Vicky: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Laurel: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Vickie: 26 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Trudy: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Brent: 123 babies, 48.4× the national rate
Dee: 20 babies, 38.3× the national rate
Val: 20 babies, 37.9× the national rate
Reed: 17 babies, 25.1× the national rate
Blaine: 17 babies, 18.4× the national rate
Kent: 60 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Lynn: 71 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Grant: 17 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Craig: 98 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Scott: 57 babies, 7.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Linda	329	–	2
2	Susan	285	↑3	8
3	Mary	220	↓1	1
4	Patricia	190	↑6	3
5	Karen	181	↑3	15
6	Carol	175	↓3	5
7	Judy	173	↓3	11
8	Kathleen	168	↓1	16
9	Barbara	153	↓3	4
10	Sharon	150	↑1	9
11	Sandra	147	↓2	6
12	Janet	108	↑6	21
13	Nancy	98	↑1	7
14	Carolyn	92	↓2	12
15	Diane	88	↑8	19
16	Connie	85	–	45
17	Kathy	83	↑12	79
18	Pamela	83	↑1	34
19	Marilyn	80	↓6	29
20	Bonnie	79	↓5	33
21	Janice	76	↑1	22
22	Margaret	75	↑2	17
23	Cheryl	70	↓2	27
24	Joyce	67	↓7	20
25	Betty	62	↑1	14
26	Joan	60	↑2	28
27	Kathryn	59	↑4	63
28	Donna	57	↓1	13
29	Elaine	57	↑6	47
30	Ann	56	–	40
31	Peggy	54	↑10	43
32	Vicki	54	↑7	>100
33	Judith	53	↓8	10
34	Ruth	51	↓2	38
35	Shirley	51	↓15	18
36	Jo	48	↑9	53
37	Suzanne	47	new	52
38	Beverly	46	↑2	30
39	Claudia	46	↑3	>100
40	Sue	46	new	61
41	Jean	45	new	37
42	Sherry	45	new	73
43	Helen	44	↓7	36
44	Gloria	43	↓7	26
45	Christine	42	new	50
46	Marsha	42	new	98
47	Julie	40	↑2	>100
48	Lynda	39	↓10	>100
49	Virginia	39	↓2	31
50	Diana	38	↓16	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Robert	341	–	2
2	David	334	↑1	6
3	Richard	333	↓1	5
4	John	306	–	3
5	Michael	263	–	7
6	James	262	–	1
7	Steven	189	↑3	28
8	Ronald	185	↑4	10
9	Dennis	171	↓2	17
10	Gary	169	↓1	12
11	Larry	161	↑2	11
12	William	160	↓4	4
13	Paul	146	↓2	18
14	Brent	123	↑13	>100
15	Thomas	111	↑1	8
16	Kenneth	99	↓2	15
17	Craig	98	↑7	>100
18	Stephen	98	↓3	24
19	Terry	95	↑9	26
20	Bruce	89	↑6	32
21	Charles	89	↓3	9
22	Douglas	88	↓5	34
23	Jerry	87	↓3	20
24	Donald	86	↑7	13
25	Wayne	82	↑5	29
26	George	79	↓7	16
27	Roger	79	↓6	23
28	Lynn	71	↓5	>100
29	Don	67	–	79
30	Joseph	67	↓8	14
31	Dale	60	↑1	62
32	Jack	60	↑3	35
33	Kent	60	↓8	>100
34	Steve	58	↑8	69
35	Jim	57	new	73
36	Scott	57	new	>100
37	Jay	55	–	>100
38	Alan	54	↓5	49
39	Mark	51	new	58
40	Edward	49	new	19
41	Keith	47	↓5	96
42	Fred	46	↑3	51
43	Frank	45	↓5	22
44	Gerald	43	↓1	27
45	Carl	42	new	39
46	Ray	41	↓2	95
47	Raymond	41	↓7	25
48	Harold	40	↓9	33
49	Mike	40	–	64
50	Danny	38	new	46

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