State roster

Top names in Utah

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Utah birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,954 Utah births in 1918 across 454 distinct names.

Distinctively Utah

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

#11Bethoutside the national top 200
#23Donnaoutside the national top 200
#25Keithoutside the national top 200
#26Grantoutside the national top 200
#38Fayeoutside the national top 200
#41Melbaoutside the national top 200
#46Rexoutside the national top 200
#32Jay#185 nationally
#37Dean#189 nationally
#50Lynnoutside the national top 200
#50Carol#196 nationally
#58Reedoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary206US #1
#2Helen179US #2
#3Ruth174US #5
#4Dorothy156US #3
#5Virginia126US #7
#6Margaret119US #4
#7June88US #66
#8Mildred82US #6
#9Marjorie71US #34
#10Florence66US #14
#11Beth64
#12Evelyn63US #11
#13Barbara62US #60
#14Phyllis60US #80
#15Marie59US #12
#16Thelma56US #32
#17Norma55US #98
#18Lois54US #42
#19Edith53US #30
#20Maxine53US #87
#21Betty52US #21
#22Alice50US #13
#23Donna49
#24Edna49US #23
#25Frances49US #8
#26Wanda49US #128
#27Elizabeth47US #9
#28Ruby47US #27
#29Bernice45US #41
#30Louise45US #18
#31Fern42US #164
#32Hazel42US #33
#33Elaine39US #152
#34Grace39US #31
#35Eva38US #55
#36Jean38US #37
#37Lucille37US #29
#38Faye35
#39Pearl34US #56
#40Rose34US #17
#41Melba32
#42Anna31US #10
#43Clara31US #43
#44Doris31US #19
#45Ellen31US #92
#46Erma31US #153
#47Shirley31US #97
#48Irene30US #16
#49Vera30US #68
#50Carol28US #196
#51Gladys28US #22
#52Josephine28US #24
#53Esther27US #38
#54Kathryn27US #63
#55Marian27US #76
#56Ethel26US #28
#57Lillian26US #15
#58Martha26US #25
#59Della25US #177
#60Jane25US #53
#61Laura25US #64
#62Leah25
#63Pauline25US #35
#64Afton24
#65Emma24US #46
#66Genevieve24US #81
#67Ada23US #123
#68Blanche23US #96
#69Jennie22US #91
#70Lola22US #146
#71Vivian22US #72
#72Ella21US #84
#73Velma21US #103
#74Ann20US #44
#75Georgia20US #107
#76Viola20US #59
#77Alta19
#78Bertha19US #51
#79Katherine19US #50
#80Marion19US #45
#81Sarah19US #52
#82Wilma19US #82
#83Elva18
#84Ida18US #57
#85Lorraine18US #69
#86Naomi18US #140
#87Beulah17US #104
#88Catherine17US #20
#89Leona17US #79
#90Mae17US #95
#91Myrtle17US #62
#92Nola17
#93Bessie16US #61
#94Elsie16US #49
#95Lucile16US #156
#96Madge16
#97Nellie16US #65
#98Reva16
#99Annie15US #36
#100Beatrice15US #40

Boys

#1William199US #2
#2John175US #1
#3Robert174US #4
#4James126US #3
#5George119US #6
#6Jack104US #21
#7Charles93US #5
#8Frank93US #9
#9Richard91US #12
#10Joseph82US #7
#11Harold72US #13
#12Paul68US #14
#13Ralph66US #22
#14Ray62US #69
#15Earl50US #31
#16Howard49US #26
#17David48US #28
#18Glen48US #125
#19Thomas48US #10
#20Donald47US #18
#21Raymond47US #15
#22Edward46US #8
#23Arthur44US #17
#24Clyde44US #67
#25Keith44
#26Grant43
#27Melvin43US #56
#28Max42US #106
#29Walter40US #11
#30Carl39US #25
#31Don39US #153
#32Jay39US #185
#33Harry38US #20
#34Kenneth38US #27
#35Lloyd38US #51
#36Wayne38US #91
#37Dean36US #189
#38Douglas36US #115
#39Albert35US #19
#40Ernest34US #37
#41Lawrence34US #38
#42Clarence32US #23
#43Henry32US #16
#44Fred31US #33
#45Norman29US #49
#46Rex28
#47Leroy27US #57
#48Gerald26US #72
#49Wallace26US #124
#50Lynn25
#51Clifford24US #60
#52Gordon24US #85
#53Dale23US #111
#54Floyd23US #61
#55Marvin23US #68
#56Edwin22US #55
#57Francis22US #30
#58Reed22
#59Vernon22US #66
#60Eugene21US #35
#61Lester21US #62
#62Roy21US #32
#63Willard21US #83
#64Leo20US #48
#65Lewis20US #74
#66Vern20
#67Daniel19US #52
#68Glenn19US #84
#69Joe19US #34
#70Lee19US #86
#71Woodrow18US #58
#72Alfred17US #42
#73Alma17
#74Elmer17US #44
#75Wendell17
#76Arnold16US #92
#77Leonard16US #41
#78Merrill16
#79Russell16US #50
#80Allen15US #98
#81Alvin15US #80
#82Boyd15
#83Delbert15US #164
#84Jesse15US #78
#85Leon15US #77
#86Morris15US #101
#87Wilford15
#88Bert14US #186
#89Blaine14
#90Stanley14US #36
#91Chester13US #54
#92Elmo13
#93Herbert13US #40
#94Hyrum13
#95Ivan13US #177
#96Karl13
#97Leslie13US #102
#98Lyle13US #145
#99Mark13
#100Ross13

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑41Lynn#50
↑40Pearl#39
↑39Faye#38
↑38Wallace#49
↑36Gerald#48
↑33Shirley#47
↑32Esther#53
↑32Douglas#38

Falling

↓50Afton#64
↓40Elmer#74
↓38Roy#62
↓35Wilma#82
↓34Bessie#93
↓33Ida#84
↓33Russell#79
↓32Nellie#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.