State roster

Top names in Utah

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Utah birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,681 Utah births in 1917 across 424 distinct names.

Distinctively Utah

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

#10Bethoutside the national top 200
#14Aftonoutside the national top 200
#18Grantoutside the national top 200
#35Donnaoutside the national top 200
#36Deanoutside the national top 200
#39Melbaoutside the national top 200
#48Keithoutside the national top 200
#16Don#167 nationally
#52Reedoutside the national top 200
#19Fern#162 nationally
#47Jay#188 nationally
#60Elvaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary203US #1
#2Ruth195US #5
#3Helen166US #2
#4Dorothy142US #3
#5Margaret117US #4
#6Virginia114US #10
#7June71US #73
#8Norma64US #108
#9Alice61US #13
#10Beth60
#11Florence60US #14
#12Marjorie58US #36
#13Bernice53US #42
#14Afton51
#15Maxine51US #93
#16Mildred51US #6
#17Phyllis51US #92
#18Evelyn49US #11
#19Fern47US #162
#20Barbara45US #67
#21Edith45US #28
#22Lois45US #43
#23Louise45US #19
#24Thelma45US #32
#25Frances42US #9
#26Grace41US #30
#27Wanda40US #140
#28Betty39US #34
#29Hazel39US #31
#30Marie38US #12
#31Edna36US #20
#32Ruby36US #27
#33Anna35US #7
#34Marian35US #74
#35Donna34
#36Lucille34US #29
#37Eva33US #54
#38Irene32US #17
#39Melba32
#40Doris31US #25
#41Jean31US #40
#42Vera31US #66
#43Blanche30US #91
#44Martha30US #22
#45Erma28US #148
#46Ellen27US #90
#47Wilma27US #82
#48Ethel26US #24
#49Josephine26US #21
#50Elizabeth25US #8
#51Ida25US #56
#52Kathryn25US #60
#53Lillian25US #15
#54Elaine24US #160
#55Emma24US #46
#56Katherine24US #49
#57Sarah23US #52
#58Agnes22US #48
#59Bessie22US #61
#60Elva22
#61Lola22US #143
#62Myrtle22US #58
#63Gladys21US #23
#64Leona21US #80
#65Nellie21US #64
#66Rose21US #16
#67Alta20
#68Clara20US #41
#69Elsie20US #50
#70Marion20US #45
#71Carol19
#72Della19US #168
#73Laura19US #65
#74Maurine19
#75Bertha18US #51
#76Eleanor18US #26
#77Faye18US #197
#78Lucile18US #142
#79Pearl18US #57
#80Shirley18US #123
#81Velma18US #99
#82Ada17US #119
#83Beatrice17US #39
#84Catherine17US #18
#85Esther17US #38
#86Larue17
#87Jane16US #55
#88Marguerite16US #78
#89Naomi16US #133
#90Audrey15US #117
#91Beverly15
#92Cleo15US #189
#93Ella15US #83
#94Mabel15US #68
#95Vivian15US #79
#96Dora14US #125
#97Lucy14US #88
#98Mae14US #96
#99Merle14
#100Patricia14US #147

Boys

#1John194US #1
#2William153US #2
#3Robert137US #4
#4George115US #6
#5James115US #3
#6Jack80US #22
#7Richard69US #14
#8Frank68US #9
#9Joseph67US #5
#10Harold64US #12
#11Charles58US #7
#12Earl58US #32
#13Thomas58US #10
#14Ralph54US #21
#15Wayne49US #96
#16Don47US #167
#17Raymond47US #16
#18Grant45
#19Howard45US #26
#20Kenneth44US #27
#21Paul44US #13
#22Ray44US #74
#23Arthur40US #17
#24Roy40US #33
#25Lloyd39US #53
#26Walter39US #11
#27Edward38US #8
#28David37US #28
#29Donald37US #20
#30Glen35US #122
#31Max34US #104
#32Carl32US #24
#33Albert31US #18
#34Elmer30US #45
#35Fred30US #29
#36Dean29
#37Melvin29US #57
#38Norman29US #46
#39Clarence28US #25
#40Clyde28US #64
#41Francis28US #30
#42Harry28US #19
#43Lawrence26US #36
#44Eugene25US #39
#45Henry25US #15
#46Russell24US #52
#47Jay23US #188
#48Keith23
#49Floyd22US #62
#50Gordon22US #84
#51Leo22US #47
#52Reed22
#53Clifford21US #59
#54Edwin21US #55
#55Ernest21US #37
#56Samuel21US #42
#57Leroy20US #60
#58Stanley20US #34
#59Lewis19US #70
#60Cecil18US #83
#61Glenn18US #86
#62Wilford18
#63Dale17US #120
#64Dee17
#65Joe17US #35
#66Lee17US #85
#67Leslie17US #107
#68Louis17US #23
#69Alvin16US #81
#70Douglas16US #138
#71Marvin16US #68
#72Ned16
#73Alfred15US #43
#74Leon15US #82
#75Wesley15US #136
#76Allen14US #100
#77Blaine14
#78Claude14US #98
#79Eldon14
#80Herbert14US #40
#81Ivan14US #168
#82Owen14
#83Bert13
#84Gerald13US #69
#85Leonard13US #41
#86Vernon13US #71
#87Wallace13US #123
#88Willard13US #80
#89Harvey12US #90
#90Lester12US #61
#91Lynn12
#92Marion12US #108
#93Warren12US #93
#94Woodrow12US #73
#95Ben11US #129
#96Boyd11
#97Byron11
#98Dan11US #198
#99Daniel11US #54
#100Leland11US #191

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑45Wilma#47
↑42Elmer#34
↑38Maxine#15
↑37Cecil#60
↑35Nellie#65
↑34Norman#38
↑33Leroy#57
↑29Roy#24

Falling

↓52Lynn#91
↓35Pearl#79
↓35Woodrow#94
↓27Gladys#63
↓26Esther#85
↓23Elizabeth#50
↓23Eugene#44
↓23Gerald#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.