Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Utah, 1940

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	207
2	Mary	168
3	Karen	141
4	Carol	140
5	Barbara	123
5	Sharon	123
7	Judy	115
8	Patricia	112
9	Joyce	96
10	Carolyn	89
10	Nancy	89
12	Joan	88
13	Judith	79
14	Bonnie	76
15	Connie	73
16	Sandra	66
17	Betty	64
18	Janet	62
19	Marilyn	58
20	Janice	56
21	Diane	53
22	Kay	52
23	Kathleen	50
24	Jean	48
25	Margaret	47
26	Helen	46
27	Donna	45
27	Elaine	45
27	Gloria	45
27	Susan	45
31	Ann	42
32	Dorothy	40
32	Ruth	40
34	Beverly	37
35	Joann	35
36	Norma	34
36	Shirley	34
38	Virginia	33
39	Myrna	32
40	Colleen	31
40	Deanna	31
40	Evelyn	31
40	Kathryn	31
40	Lynda	31
45	Annette	29
45	Geraldine	29
45	Lois	29
48	Darlene	28
48	Peggy	28
50	Dixie	27

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Richard	240
2	John	220
3	Robert	218
4	David	216
5	Gary	172
6	James	169
7	Larry	154
8	Ronald	122
8	William	122
10	Dennis	99
11	Paul	97
12	Kenneth	92
13	Jerry	89
14	Michael	88
15	Thomas	81
16	Lynn	78
17	George	76
18	Charles	71
19	Brent	66
20	Donald	63
21	Douglas	62
22	Stephen	61
23	Roger	57
24	Kent	52
25	Frank	51
25	Gerald	51
25	Steven	51
28	Don	48
28	Jack	48
30	Wayne	45
31	Ralph	44
32	Bruce	42
33	Jay	40
33	Melvin	40
35	Joseph	39
36	Terry	38
37	Lee	36
37	Norman	36
39	Ray	35
39	Raymond	35
41	Fred	34
42	Dale	33
42	Glen	33
44	Edward	31
44	Stanley	31
46	Arthur	30
47	Allen	29
47	Gordon	29
49	Grant	28
50	Alan	26