Popular baby names in Utah, 1951

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1951 were Linda for girls (307 babies) and David for boys (441). David ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 19,906 babies born in Utah in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1951

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: 57 babies, 126.3× the national rate
Deann: 16 babies, 30× the national rate
Deanne: 15 babies, 19.5× the national rate
Jolene: 34 babies, 17× the national rate
Robyn: 33 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Sherrie: 37 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Jana: 22 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Kaye: 20 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Ronda: 15 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Kristine: 65 babies, 7.2× the national rate

Boys

Layne: 16 babies, 38.1× the national rate
Brent: 158 babies, 29.6× the national rate
Garth: 18 babies, 29.1× the national rate
Dee: 16 babies, 27.1× the national rate
Val: 21 babies, 26.8× the national rate
Blaine: 29 babies, 19.8× the national rate
Reed: 25 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Boyd: 23 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Kent: 82 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Kim: 90 babies, 10.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	307	↑1	1
2	Susan	307	↓1	6
3	Mary	233	–	2
4	Karen	210	↑1	8
5	Debra	201	↑34	18
6	Patricia	187	–	3
7	Kathleen	170	↓3	10
8	Barbara	158	↓1	5
9	Nancy	146	↑1	7
10	Janet	143	↑3	19
11	Carol	137	–	11
12	Connie	131	–	44
13	Sandra	127	↓5	9
14	Pamela	119	↑1	16
15	Diane	117	↓1	15
16	Deborah	115	↑7	4
17	Judy	114	↓1	26
18	Christine	107	↓9	24
19	Peggy	106	–	40
20	Marilyn	101	↑2	41
21	Ann	97	↑11	46
22	Kathryn	97	↓1	45
23	Vickie	96	↑4	87
24	Kathy	92	↓7	35
25	Sharon	91	↓7	13
26	Janice	85	↑2	21
27	Colleen	81	↑3	>100
28	Julie	81	↓3	99
29	Bonnie	79	↓9	37
30	Rebecca	77	↓1	32
31	Vicki	77	↑5	58
32	Cheryl	73	↑2	30
33	Carolyn	68	↓9	22
34	Kristine	65	new	>100
35	Marsha	61	↓4	76
36	Shauna	57	↓10	>100
37	Sherry	57	–	70
38	Joyce	54	–	28
39	Paula	54	↑4	51
40	Margaret	53	↓5	17
41	Brenda	50	↓1	14
42	Gayle	49	new	>100
43	Joan	49	new	39
44	Wendy	49	↑4	>100
45	Betty	48	new	29
46	Ruth	48	↓4	53
47	Gloria	47	↓6	31
48	Elizabeth	46	↓3	23
49	Suzanne	46	new	83
50	Cynthia	45	new	20

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	David	441	–	5
2	Michael	413	↑1	4
3	Robert	406	↓1	2
4	John	361	–	3
5	Richard	326	↑1	7
6	Steven	321	↓1	13
7	James	289	–	1
8	Gary	214	–	10
9	William	196	–	6
10	Mark	194	↑8	20
11	Dennis	181	↓1	17
12	Craig	178	–	63
13	Scott	169	↑7	68
14	Thomas	168	↑7	8
15	Ronald	164	↓4	12
16	Larry	162	↓1	11
17	Brent	158	↓4	>100
18	Douglas	155	↓2	27
19	Randy	155	↓5	56
20	Paul	138	↓1	18
21	Kenneth	135	↓4	16
22	Terry	110	↑6	30
23	Bruce	109	↓1	26
24	Charles	109	↑1	9
25	Stephen	108	↓2	19
26	Alan	106	–	40
27	Donald	91	↓3	15
28	Kim	90	new	>100
29	Gregory	88	–	25
30	Roger	88	↑4	29
31	Joseph	87	↓4	14
32	Jeffrey	83	↑16	35
33	Kent	82	↓3	>100
34	Dale	80	↑1	49
35	Lynn	80	↓4	>100
36	Randall	79	↓3	66
37	Kevin	77	↑3	53
38	Daniel	75	↓2	21
39	Jerry	74	↓7	24
40	George	69	↓3	22
41	Jay	66	↑1	>100
42	Edward	65	↑3	23
43	Keith	62	new	59
44	Stanley	60	↑6	54
45	Russell	57	↓4	73
46	Wayne	56	↓7	37
47	Dean	51	new	>100
48	Don	51	new	>100
49	Raymond	50	↓3	32
50	Allen	49	new	72

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