Most popular boys’ names in Utah, 1940

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

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

Rank	Name	Babies
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
50	Bill	26
52	Dean	25
52	Joe	25
54	Glenn	24
55	Carl	23
55	Earl	23
55	Marvin	23
55	Neil	23
59	Harold	22
59	Leon	22
59	Steve	22
62	Max	21
63	Boyd	20
63	Clyde	20
63	Dan	20
63	Keith	20
63	Roy	20
63	Russell	20
69	Duane	19
69	Eugene	19
69	Gene	19
69	Mark	19
69	Phillip	19
74	Clark	18
74	Daniel	18
74	Howard	18
74	Rodney	18
74	Tom	18
79	Darrell	17
79	Jon	17
79	Lloyd	17
79	Rex	17
79	Scott	17
79	Walter	17
85	Bob	16
85	Reed	16
87	Edwin	15
87	Lyle	15
87	Val	15
90	Craig	14
90	Jim	14
90	Karl	14
90	Lawrence	14
90	Leo	14
90	Leonard	14
90	Leroy	14
90	Roland	14
90	Ross	14
90	Sherman	14
90	Ted	14