Popular baby names in Utah, 1949

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1949 were Linda for girls (367 babies) and Robert for boys (417). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 17,854 babies born in Utah in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1949

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: 84 babies, 117.2× the national rate
Robyn: 28 babies, 17.9× the national rate
Jolene: 26 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Sharlene: 22 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Sherrie: 32 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Kaye: 15 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Kristine: 42 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Kathie: 19 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Vickie: 72 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Colleen: 56 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Brent: 149 babies, 37.2× the national rate
Val: 23 babies, 32.1× the national rate
Dee: 16 babies, 27.8× the national rate
Blaine: 22 babies, 21.7× the national rate
Kent: 79 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Boyd: 21 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Brad: 17 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Lynn: 79 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Grant: 22 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Max: 32 babies, 7.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	367	–	1
2	Susan	342	–	5
3	Mary	233	–	2
4	Kathleen	183	–	9
5	Karen	162	–	11
6	Carol	151	↑1	8
7	Barbara	142	↓1	4
8	Sandra	142	↑1	6
9	Patricia	141	↓1	3
10	Connie	130	↑2	43
11	Nancy	125	↑2	7
12	Judy	122	↓2	20
13	Sharon	115	↑1	10
14	Pamela	113	↓3	21
15	Diane	112	↑1	19
16	Marilyn	107	↑6	33
17	Janet	102	↓2	23
18	Christine	97	↑1	30
19	Peggy	94	↑16	38
20	Carolyn	93	↓3	17
21	Kathryn	88	↓3	52
22	Shauna	84	new	>100
23	Bonnie	83	↓3	35
24	Vicki	82	↑1	70
25	Ann	77	↑7	44
26	Kathy	77	↓5	42
27	Cheryl	76	↓3	28
28	Julie	72	↑8	>100
29	Vickie	72	↑5	>100
30	Janice	68	↓2	24
31	Lynda	57	↓2	93
32	Paula	57	↑15	55
33	Colleen	56	–	>100
34	Margaret	56	↓4	14
35	Rebecca	55	new	40
36	Brenda	52	new	13
37	Sherry	52	↓10	68
38	Gloria	50	–	29
39	Joyce	50	↓13	26
40	Jo	47	–	60
41	Deborah	46	new	15
42	Judith	46	↑8	16
43	Marsha	46	↓20	79
44	Beverly	44	–	31
45	Donna	44	↓4	12
46	Elaine	42	↓1	57
47	Joan	42	↓10	36
48	Kristine	42	new	>100
49	Diana	41	↓6	48
50	Suzanne	41	new	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Robert	417	↑1	2
2	David	404	↓1	6
3	Michael	330	–	5
4	John	313	–	3
5	Steven	278	↑1	20
6	Richard	273	↓1	7
7	James	258	–	1
8	William	232	↑3	4
9	Ronald	187	↑1	11
10	Gary	179	↑3	12
11	Larry	179	↓3	10
12	Dennis	169	↓3	16
13	Craig	151	↑2	77
14	Brent	149	↑3	>100
15	Douglas	145	↑1	29
16	Stephen	141	↓2	19
17	Paul	139	↓5	17
18	Randy	138	↑5	92
19	Kenneth	137	↓1	15
20	Scott	122	↑1	99
21	Thomas	117	↓2	8
22	Bruce	113	↓2	26
23	Charles	112	↑5	9
24	Terry	108	↓2	28
25	Mark	101	↓1	24
26	Roger	97	↑11	25
27	Gregory	87	↑5	31
28	Wayne	83	↑6	35
29	George	82	↑1	18
30	Alan	81	↑3	45
31	Jerry	81	↓2	23
32	Kent	79	↓7	>100
33	Lynn	79	↓2	>100
34	Donald	74	↓7	13
35	Joseph	71	–	14
36	Keith	70	↑10	85
37	Don	66	↓1	98
38	Randall	66	new	79
39	Daniel	63	–	22
40	Jay	62	↑10	>100
41	Dale	58	↓15	54
42	Lee	57	new	93
43	Edward	56	↑5	21
44	Russell	55	↓1	69
45	Danny	54	↓4	40
46	Frank	49	↑1	27
47	Brian	48	new	86
48	Jeffrey	47	new	48
49	Ralph	46	↓5	50
50	Stanley	46	new	60

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