Popular baby names in Utah, 1952

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1952 were Susan for girls (326 babies) and David for boys (514). Susan ranked #5 nationally for girls. David ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 20,629 babies born in Utah in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1952

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: 68 babies, 110.6× the national rate
Deann: 15 babies, 28.5× the national rate
Jolene: 31 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Robyn: 38 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Sharlene: 18 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Sherrie: 46 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Rae: 15 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Tamara: 23 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Lynette: 35 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Kristine: 72 babies, 7.4× the national rate

Boys

Brent: 167 babies, 27.2× the national rate
Garth: 16 babies, 26.6× the national rate
Clair: 18 babies, 24.2× the national rate
Chad: 16 babies, 23.9× the national rate
Val: 23 babies, 22.7× the national rate
Reed: 30 babies, 21.1× the national rate
Blaine: 20 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Kelly: 57 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Boyd: 22 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Grant: 30 babies, 9.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Susan	326	↑1	5
2	Debra	303	↑3	9
3	Linda	269	↓2	1
4	Mary	230	↓1	2
5	Karen	196	↓1	8
6	Patricia	189	–	3
7	Barbara	172	↑1	6
8	Kathleen	165	↓1	11
9	Christine	151	↑9	20
10	Nancy	139	↓1	7
11	Janet	130	↓1	19
12	Pamela	127	↑2	17
13	Diane	126	↑2	16
14	Deborah	123	↑2	4
15	Connie	121	↓3	44
16	Carol	119	↓5	12
17	Sandra	116	↓4	10
18	Marilyn	108	↑2	38
19	Julie	101	↑9	85
20	Vickie	99	↑3	76
21	Peggy	96	↓2	43
22	Kathy	94	↑2	29
23	Judy	91	↓6	26
24	Rebecca	90	↑6	30
25	Kathryn	89	↓3	48
26	Bonnie	87	↑3	41
27	Sharon	85	↓2	14
28	Kristine	72	↑6	>100
29	Wendy	72	↑15	>100
30	Paula	71	↑9	47
31	Janice	69	↓5	23
32	Shauna	68	↑4	>100
33	Colleen	65	↓6	>100
34	Ann	63	↓13	45
35	Cynthia	61	↑15	18
36	Margaret	59	↑4	21
37	Jo	58	new	55
38	Carolyn	57	↓5	24
39	Elizabeth	57	↑9	22
40	Vicki	57	↓9	61
41	Jan	56	new	>100
42	Marsha	56	↓7	75
43	Teresa	56	new	52
44	Denise	55	new	33
45	Joyce	54	↓7	27
46	Cheryl	53	↓14	31
47	Donna	53	new	13
48	Joan	52	↓5	37
49	Leslie	52	new	>100
50	Claudia	51	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	David	514	–	5
2	Michael	437	–	4
3	Robert	415	–	2
4	Steven	362	↑2	11
5	John	339	↓1	3
6	Richard	331	↓1	7
7	James	300	–	1
8	Gary	212	–	10
9	Scott	212	↑4	54
10	Randy	208	↑9	41
11	Mark	200	↓1	17
12	William	197	↓3	6
13	Paul	183	↑7	19
14	Dennis	181	↓3	18
15	Craig	180	↓3	59
16	Thomas	169	↓2	8
17	Brent	167	–	>100
18	Douglas	162	–	28
19	Larry	154	↓3	14
20	Kenneth	151	↑1	16
21	Ronald	143	↓6	15
22	Kevin	135	↑15	43
23	Kim	112	↑5	>100
24	Bruce	110	↓1	25
25	Stephen	105	–	21
26	Gregory	104	↑3	24
27	Jeffrey	104	↑5	31
28	Roger	104	↑2	30
29	Donald	99	↓2	13
30	Terry	97	↓8	29
31	Daniel	95	↑7	20
32	Alan	90	↓6	42
33	Charles	90	↓9	9
34	Dale	81	–	46
35	Joseph	80	↓4	12
36	George	79	↑4	22
37	Lynn	76	↓2	>100
38	Kent	74	↓5	>100
39	Randall	70	↓3	63
40	Jerry	68	↓1	26
41	Rodney	64	new	84
42	Kelly	57	new	>100
43	Russell	56	↑2	70
44	Keith	55	↓1	49
45	Danny	54	new	40
46	Gordon	53	new	>100
47	Don	52	↑1	>100
48	Brad	50	new	>100
49	Carl	50	new	45
50	Edward	50	↓8	23

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