Popular baby names in Utah, 1947

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1947 were Linda for girls (575 babies) and David for boys (430). David ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 18,525 babies born in Utah in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1947

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: 16 babies, 172.7× the national rate
Jolene: 26 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Sharlene: 15 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Shannon: 15 babies, 12× the national rate
Dee: 17 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Kaye: 25 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Karla: 21 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Kristine: 27 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Colleen: 42 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Vickie: 55 babies, 6.6× the national rate

Boys

Brent: 130 babies, 36× the national rate
Val: 20 babies, 31.9× the national rate
Reed: 21 babies, 24.3× the national rate
Dee: 15 babies, 23.2× the national rate
Blaine: 22 babies, 19.4× the national rate
Kent: 90 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Boyd: 31 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Kim: 29 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Grant: 23 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Scott: 99 babies, 9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	575	–	1
2	Susan	275	–	8
3	Mary	240	–	2
4	Patricia	197	–	3
5	Karen	188	–	13
6	Kathleen	188	↑2	11
7	Sandra	181	↑4	5
8	Carol	180	↓2	6
9	Barbara	158	–	4
10	Judy	156	↓3	14
11	Nancy	141	↑2	7
12	Sharon	136	↓2	9
13	Connie	129	↑3	43
14	Janet	119	↓2	23
15	Carolyn	109	↓1	15
16	Diane	109	↓1	18
17	Marilyn	94	↑2	29
18	Pamela	94	–	28
19	Cheryl	87	↑4	24
20	Kathy	85	↓3	64
21	Lynda	84	↑27	77
22	Bonnie	83	↓2	35
23	Margaret	82	↓1	16
24	Janice	80	↓3	22
25	Shirley	76	↑10	19
26	Kathryn	75	↑1	55
27	Peggy	73	↑4	42
28	Ann	70	↑2	41
29	Sherry	69	↑13	67
30	Donna	68	↓2	10
31	Marsha	67	↑15	88
32	Joyce	66	↓8	20
33	Joan	64	↓7	30
34	Christine	62	↑11	45
35	Claudia	57	↑4	>100
36	Vicki	57	↓4	>100
37	Julie	55	↑10	>100
38	Vickie	55	new	>100
39	Gloria	53	↑5	27
40	Judith	53	↓7	12
41	Sue	51	↓1	69
42	Elaine	50	↓13	50
43	Jo	50	↓7	51
44	Paula	50	new	54
45	Betty	49	↓20	17
46	Jean	48	↓5	40
47	Annette	46	new	>100
48	Beverly	46	↓10	31
49	Helen	46	↓6	38
50	Suzanne	45	↓13	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	David	430	↑1	6
2	Robert	413	↓1	2
3	Richard	363	–	5
4	John	353	–	3
5	Michael	314	–	7
6	James	294	–	1
7	Steven	255	–	24
8	Gary	222	↑2	12
9	Dennis	212	–	17
10	Larry	211	↑1	10
11	William	202	↑1	4
12	Ronald	182	↓4	11
13	Paul	180	–	18
14	Thomas	148	↑1	8
15	Douglas	147	↑7	31
16	Craig	137	↑1	93
17	Brent	130	↓3	>100
18	Stephen	124	–	21
19	Terry	124	–	26
20	Kenneth	106	↓4	15
21	Bruce	105	↓1	29
22	Roger	99	↑5	25
23	Scott	99	↑13	>100
24	Jerry	98	↓1	20
25	Gregory	91	new	33
26	Kent	90	↑7	>100
27	Charles	87	↓6	9
28	George	87	↓2	16
29	Lynn	85	↓1	>100
30	Alan	84	↑8	45
31	Donald	83	↓7	13
32	Dale	80	↓1	63
33	Wayne	79	↓8	30
34	Mark	77	↑5	47
35	Jack	74	↓3	37
36	Joseph	74	↓6	14
37	Don	66	↓8	86
38	Steve	64	↓4	58
39	Keith	62	↑2	91
40	Edward	57	–	19
41	Glen	57	new	>100
42	Danny	56	↑8	39
43	Fred	53	↓1	56
44	Frank	51	↓1	23
45	Mike	51	↑4	65
46	Daniel	50	new	22
47	Jim	49	↓12	77
48	Stanley	48	new	67
49	Jay	47	↓12	>100
50	Randy	47	new	>100

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