Popular baby names in Utah, 1950

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1950 were Susan for girls (323 babies) and David for boys (421). Susan ranked #5 nationally for girls. David ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 18,125 babies born in Utah in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1950

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: 79 babies, 127.1× the national rate
Robyn: 36 babies, 21.7× the national rate
Jolene: 33 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Sherrie: 35 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Sheri: 20 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Shannon: 16 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Gwen: 16 babies, 7× the national rate
Kristine: 40 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Dixie: 22 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Colleen: 71 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Boys

Val: 30 babies, 40.5× the national rate
Brent: 155 babies, 31.8× the national rate
Blaine: 38 babies, 30.1× the national rate
Boyd: 27 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Kent: 79 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Kelly: 24 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Kim: 38 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Lynn: 71 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Clark: 23 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Brad: 17 babies, 6.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Susan	323	↑1	5
2	Linda	320	↓1	1
3	Mary	241	–	2
4	Kathleen	206	–	10
5	Karen	163	–	12
6	Patricia	157	↑3	3
7	Barbara	141	–	4
8	Sandra	131	–	8
9	Christine	130	↑9	28
10	Nancy	130	↑1	6
11	Carol	123	↓5	9
12	Connie	121	↓2	44
13	Janet	121	↑4	18
14	Diane	112	↑1	16
15	Pamela	112	↓1	17
16	Judy	107	↓4	25
17	Kathy	102	↑9	38
18	Sharon	99	↓5	11
19	Peggy	94	–	41
20	Bonnie	92	↑3	33
21	Kathryn	91	–	46
22	Marilyn	91	↓6	37
23	Deborah	87	↑18	7
24	Carolyn	83	↓4	20
25	Julie	81	↑3	>100
26	Shauna	79	↓4	>100
27	Vickie	76	↑2	>100
28	Janice	75	↑2	22
29	Rebecca	75	↑6	36
30	Colleen	71	↑3	>100
31	Marsha	69	↑12	68
32	Ann	68	↓7	45
33	Shirley	67	new	19
34	Cheryl	66	↓7	29
35	Margaret	64	↓1	15
36	Vicki	64	↓12	61
37	Sherry	61	–	62
38	Joyce	54	↑1	27
39	Debra	52	new	59
40	Brenda	51	↓4	14
41	Gloria	51	↓3	30
42	Ruth	51	new	49
43	Paula	50	↓11	54
44	Donna	49	↑1	13
45	Elizabeth	48	new	24
46	Jo	48	↓6	64
47	Beverly	47	↓3	31
48	Wendy	44	new	>100
49	Claudia	43	new	>100
50	Diana	43	↓1	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	David	421	↑1	5
2	Robert	409	↓1	2
3	Michael	381	–	4
4	John	316	–	3
5	Steven	292	–	16
6	Richard	291	–	7
7	James	279	–	1
8	Gary	209	↑2	10
9	William	203	↓1	6
10	Dennis	194	↑2	17
11	Ronald	176	↓2	12
12	Craig	170	↑1	69
13	Brent	155	↑1	>100
14	Randy	151	↑4	80
15	Larry	145	↓4	11
16	Douglas	143	↓1	28
17	Kenneth	138	↑2	15
18	Mark	137	↑7	23
19	Paul	136	↓2	18
20	Scott	130	–	82
21	Thomas	128	–	8
22	Bruce	110	–	26
23	Stephen	107	↓7	19
24	Donald	106	↑10	14
25	Charles	97	↓2	9
26	Alan	96	↑4	41
27	Joseph	96	↑8	13
28	Terry	89	↓4	30
29	Gregory	85	↓2	25
30	Kent	79	↑2	>100
31	Lynn	71	↑2	>100
32	Jerry	68	↓1	24
33	Randall	68	↑5	70
34	Roger	67	↓8	27
35	Dale	66	↑6	49
36	Daniel	65	↑3	21
37	George	65	↓8	20
38	Frank	64	↑8	29
39	Wayne	63	↓11	35
40	Kevin	58	new	73
41	Russell	56	↑3	67
42	Jay	55	↓2	>100
43	Jack	52	new	48
44	Ralph	52	↑5	52
45	Edward	48	↓2	22
46	Raymond	48	new	31
47	Glen	46	new	>100
48	Jeffrey	46	–	43
49	Lee	46	↓7	91
50	Stanley	46	–	60

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