State roster

Top names in Utah

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Utah birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,413 Utah births in 1916 across 426 distinct names.

Distinctively Utah

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Utah more than they say America.

#14Bethoutside the national top 200
#29Aftonoutside the national top 200
#31Grantoutside the national top 200
#39Melbaoutside the national top 200
#39Lynnoutside the national top 200
#41Donnaoutside the national top 200
#43Deanoutside the national top 200
#48Keithoutside the national top 200
#32Jay#184 nationally
#49Leahoutside the national top 200
#56Maurineoutside the national top 200
#57Rexoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary172US #1
#2Ruth168US #5
#3Helen161US #2
#4Margaret124US #4
#5Dorothy123US #3
#6Virginia86US #10
#7Marjorie69US #37
#8Mildred68US #6
#9Alice65US #13
#10June59US #86
#11Thelma55US #29
#12Grace52US #26
#13Norma52US #111
#14Beth51
#15Lois50US #43
#16Evelyn49US #11
#17Phyllis48US #95
#18Edith47US #28
#19Edna47US #19
#20Florence47US #14
#21Frances46US #9
#22Ruby45US #23
#23Vera45US #66
#24Barbara44US #74
#25Hazel44US #31
#26Louise43US #18
#27Elizabeth42US #8
#28Marie40US #12
#29Afton39
#30Fern39US #152
#31Betty38US #44
#32Lucille38US #30
#33Emma36US #41
#34Irene36US #17
#35Wanda36US #138
#36Gladys35US #22
#37Erma34US #145
#38Bernice33US #42
#39Melba33
#40Doris32US #32
#41Donna31
#42Ida31US #54
#43Kathryn30US #60
#44Pearl29US #57
#45Elaine28US #161
#46Ellen28US #87
#47Eva28US #55
#48Anna26US #7
#49Leah25
#50Jean24US #45
#51Josephine24US #21
#52Katherine24US #51
#53Maxine24US #96
#54Blanche23US #89
#55Marion23US #47
#56Maurine23
#57Rose23US #15
#58Clara22US #39
#59Esther22US #34
#60Ethel22US #25
#61Marian22US #72
#62Elsie21US #48
#63Faye21
#64Martha21US #24
#65Viola21US #59
#66Lola20US #147
#67Lillian19US #16
#68Myrtle19US #58
#69Bessie18US #56
#70Catherine18US #20
#71Cleo18US #180
#72Jessie18US #68
#73Leona18US #75
#74Beatrice17US #38
#75Ella17US #81
#76Olive17US #132
#77Vivian17US #77
#78Ada16US #117
#79Dora16US #124
#80Eleanor16US #27
#81Elva16
#82Fay16
#83Gertrude16US #35
#84Mae16US #92
#85Alta15
#86Annie15US #36
#87Bertha15US #49
#88Beulah15US #97
#89Ila15
#90Lucile15US #139
#91Naomi15US #130
#92Wilma15US #82
#93Della14US #165
#94Jane14US #62
#95Mabel14US #65
#96Violet14US #83
#97Audrey13US #119
#98Genevieve13US #76
#99Lila13
#100Nellie13US #61

Boys

#1John180US #1
#2William149US #2
#3George136US #7
#4Robert121US #4
#5James120US #3
#6Charles79US #6
#7Jack79US #26
#8Joseph78US #5
#9Frank71US #9
#10Richard65US #15
#11Ralph56US #21
#12Harold55US #13
#13Kenneth53US #27
#14Earl50US #32
#15Donald49US #20
#16Max49US #105
#17Howard47US #25
#18David44US #28
#19Arthur42US #18
#20Albert41US #17
#21Eugene40US #39
#22Paul40US #12
#23Thomas39US #10
#24Don38US #160
#25Edward37US #8
#26Fred35US #29
#27Ray34US #73
#28Harry33US #19
#29Glen32US #122
#30Carl31US #23
#31Grant31
#32Jay31US #184
#33Wayne31US #98
#34Raymond30US #16
#35Clarence29US #24
#36Lloyd29US #58
#37Clyde28US #62
#38Lawrence27US #38
#39Lynn27
#40Floyd25US #60
#41Stanley25US #34
#42Walter25US #11
#43Dean24
#44Leo24US #47
#45Melvin24US #57
#46Clifford23US #61
#47Ernest23US #36
#48Keith23
#49Russell23US #51
#50Henry22US #14
#51Jesse21US #77
#52Louis21US #22
#53Roy21US #33
#54Dale20US #121
#55Glenn20US #84
#56Lee20US #83
#57Rex20
#58Edwin19US #53
#59Woodrow19US #64
#60Alfred18US #43
#61Gerald18US #76
#62Delbert16US #161
#63Douglas16US #151
#64Francis16US #31
#65Gordon16US #90
#66Ivan16US #165
#67Reed16
#68Wallace16US #124
#69Marvin15US #66
#70Milton15US #72
#71Morris15US #97
#72Norman15US #48
#73Vern15
#74Willard15US #69
#75Alma14
#76Elmer14US #45
#77Joe14US #35
#78Leland14US #198
#79Allen13US #101
#80Clinton13US #180
#81Daniel13US #55
#82Eldon13
#83Harvey13US #92
#84Mark13US #199
#85Victor13US #78
#86Chester12US #54
#87Horace12US #126
#88Lamar12
#89Leonard12US #42
#90Leroy12US #63
#91Leslie12US #112
#92Sterling12
#93Vernon12US #75
#94Wendell12
#95Blaine11
#96Boyd11
#97Cecil11US #80
#98Lester11US #59
#99Peter11US #50
#100Sherman11

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑45Stanley#41
↑42Eugene#21
↑35Lee#56
↑32Viola#65
↑30Milton#70
↑29Emma#33
↑27Josephine#51
↑27Katherine#52

Falling

↓46Leonard#89
↓42Elmer#76
↓39Mark#84
↓36Ethel#60
↓35Blaine#95
↓32Lucile#90
↓30Elva#81
↓30Henry#50

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.