Popular baby names in Utah, 1948

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1948 were Linda for girls (456 babies) and David for boys (384). David ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 17,689 babies born in Utah in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1948

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: 41 babies, 142.2× the national rate
Shawna: 19 babies, 117.8× the national rate
Jolene: 30 babies, 21.6× the national rate
Sherrie: 25 babies, 10× the national rate
Dixie: 31 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Colleen: 62 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Kristine: 34 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Lynette: 19 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Vickie: 59 babies, 6× the national rate
Laurel: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Brent: 135 babies, 39.1× the national rate
Dee: 22 babies, 38.8× the national rate
Val: 23 babies, 33.3× the national rate
Blaine: 22 babies, 20× the national rate
Reed: 18 babies, 19.6× the national rate
Vern: 18 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Kent: 87 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Boyd: 29 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Vaughn: 18 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Lynn: 74 babies, 8.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	456	–	1
2	Susan	308	–	5
3	Mary	256	–	2
4	Kathleen	184	↑2	10
5	Karen	173	–	12
6	Barbara	166	↑3	3
7	Carol	163	↑1	8
8	Patricia	162	↓4	4
9	Sandra	156	↓2	6
10	Judy	142	–	16
11	Pamela	117	↑7	22
12	Connie	116	↑1	43
13	Nancy	113	↓2	7
14	Sharon	111	↓2	9
15	Janet	107	↓1	24
16	Diane	97	–	19
17	Carolyn	93	↓2	14
18	Kathryn	91	↑8	54
19	Christine	85	↑15	35
20	Bonnie	82	↑2	34
21	Kathy	82	↓1	55
22	Marilyn	82	↓5	33
23	Marsha	81	↑8	76
24	Cheryl	80	↓5	25
25	Vicki	79	↑11	81
26	Joyce	72	↑6	21
27	Sherry	72	↑2	61
28	Janice	64	↓4	23
29	Lynda	64	↓8	84
30	Margaret	64	↓7	13
31	Ruth	64	new	45
32	Ann	62	↓4	44
33	Colleen	62	new	>100
34	Vickie	59	↑4	>100
35	Peggy	57	↓8	38
36	Julie	55	↑1	>100
37	Joan	54	↓4	37
38	Gloria	51	↑1	28
39	Shirley	51	↓14	20
40	Jo	50	↑3	56
41	Donna	49	↓11	11
42	Jane	49	new	39
43	Diana	47	new	48
44	Beverly	46	↑4	31
45	Elaine	46	↓3	53
46	Katherine	45	new	68
47	Paula	45	↓3	52
48	Helen	44	↑1	40
49	Terry	44	new	>100
50	Judith	42	↓10	15

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	David	384	–	5
2	Robert	384	–	2
3	Michael	336	↑2	6
4	John	321	–	3
5	Richard	290	↓2	7
6	Steven	248	↑1	23
7	James	243	↓1	1
8	Larry	195	↑2	11
9	Dennis	188	–	17
10	Ronald	181	↑2	10
11	William	180	–	4
12	Paul	169	↑1	18
13	Gary	151	↓5	12
14	Stephen	144	↑4	20
15	Craig	142	↑1	82
16	Douglas	139	↓1	33
17	Brent	135	–	>100
18	Kenneth	134	↑2	15
19	Thomas	122	↓5	8
20	Bruce	113	↑1	28
21	Scott	102	↑2	>100
22	Terry	96	↓3	26
23	Randy	92	↑27	99
24	Mark	90	↑10	29
25	Kent	87	↑1	>100
26	Dale	85	↑6	56
27	Donald	85	↑4	14
28	Charles	84	↓1	9
29	Jerry	80	↓5	21
30	George	79	↓2	16
31	Lynn	74	↓2	>100
32	Gregory	73	↓7	32
33	Alan	72	↓3	46
34	Wayne	71	↓1	34
35	Joseph	66	↑1	13
36	Don	65	↑1	91
37	Roger	64	↓15	24
38	Steve	60	–	60
39	Daniel	56	↑7	22
40	Mike	56	↑5	68
41	Danny	55	↑1	39
42	Rodney	55	new	92
43	Russell	55	new	67
44	Ralph	54	new	51
45	Jack	52	↓10	43
46	Keith	52	↓7	89
47	Frank	47	↓3	25
48	Edward	46	↓8	19
49	Gerald	45	new	30
50	Jay	45	↓1	>100

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