State roster

Top names in Utah

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Utah birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,770 Utah births in 1920 across 437 distinct names.

Distinctively Utah

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

#7Bethoutside the national top 200
#16Donnaoutside the national top 200
#27Grantoutside the national top 200
#35Aftonoutside the national top 200
#12Keith#175 nationally
#42Jayoutside the national top 200
#45Beverlyoutside the national top 200
#47Melbaoutside the national top 200
#52Larueoutside the national top 200
#52Boydoutside the national top 200
#32Dean#180 nationally
#53Reedoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary222US #1
#2Dorothy161US #2
#3Helen156US #3
#4Ruth153US #5
#5Marjorie110US #24
#6Margaret107US #4
#7Beth79
#8Betty76US #11
#9Lois75US #38
#10Florence72US #16
#11Norma72US #69
#12Virginia68US #7
#13June66US #53
#14Mildred65US #6
#15Alice63US #15
#16Donna61
#17Evelyn55US #12
#18Maxine55US #81
#19Shirley54US #56
#20Wanda53US #117
#21Barbara52US #47
#22Anna49US #10
#23Elaine49US #107
#24Doris48US #14
#25Phyllis47US #72
#26Elizabeth46US #8
#27Jean46US #33
#28Louise44US #19
#29Thelma44US #31
#30Fern43US #170
#31Frances42US #9
#32Irene41US #17
#33Marie40US #13
#34Ruby40US #26
#35Afton37
#36Hazel37US #34
#37Edith35US #32
#38Grace35US #37
#39Kathryn34US #67
#40Lillian34US #18
#41Lucille34US #29
#42Bernice31US #40
#43Edna30US #27
#44Eva30US #58
#45Beverly28
#46Ethel28US #30
#47Melba28
#48Marion26US #43
#49Naomi26US #134
#50Wilma26US #78
#51Ellen25US #92
#52Larue25
#53Myrtle25US #68
#54Clara24US #44
#55Gladys24US #22
#56Katherine24US #45
#57Pauline24US #36
#58Vera24US #75
#59Lorraine23US #70
#60Marian23US #73
#61Rose23US #20
#62Catherine22US #21
#63Emma22US #46
#64Josephine22US #28
#65Joyce22US #153
#66Vivian22US #64
#67Carol21US #182
#68Ida21US #66
#69Lucile21US #166
#70Patricia21US #104
#71Arlene20US #145
#72Blanche20US #102
#73Cleo20US #191
#74Elsie20US #51
#75Erma20US #152
#76Geraldine20US #60
#77Jane20US #48
#78Viola20US #59
#79Alta19
#80Faye19
#81Leah19
#82Maurine19
#83Eleanor18US #25
#84Genevieve18US #86
#85Lola18US #147
#86Pearl18US #62
#87Verna18US #135
#88Bessie17US #71
#89Mae17US #99
#90Nellie17US #76
#91Ada16US #136
#92Esther16US #39
#93Fay16
#94Flora16US #149
#95Martha16US #23
#96Bette15US #196
#97Beulah15US #109
#98Dora15US #133
#99Georgia15US #113
#100Ina15

Boys

#1Robert223US #3
#2William191US #2
#3John179US #1
#4James139US #4
#5George132US #6
#6Jack110US #20
#7Richard88US #10
#8Joseph84US #7
#9Charles76US #5
#10Donald75US #16
#11Frank66US #9
#12Keith63US #175
#13Ray61US #67
#14Harold59US #12
#15Ralph59US #22
#16Glen58US #122
#17Paul58US #14
#18Don57US #148
#19David55US #25
#20Kenneth54US #23
#21Max52US #112
#22Earl48US #31
#23Wayne48US #86
#24Albert44US #19
#25Thomas43US #11
#26Howard42US #24
#27Grant39
#28Raymond39US #15
#29Fred38US #33
#30Dale37US #105
#31Eugene37US #30
#32Dean36US #180
#33Melvin36US #54
#34Lawrence35US #36
#35Clyde34US #68
#36Harry34US #21
#37Arthur33US #18
#38Edward33US #8
#39Norman32US #47
#40Lee31US #82
#41Stanley31US #40
#42Jay30
#43Carl29US #27
#44Ernest29US #37
#45Douglas28US #106
#46Gordon28US #85
#47Leo28US #48
#48Warren26US #39
#49Leland25US #177
#50Lloyd25US #58
#51Clarence24US #26
#52Boyd23
#53Reed23
#54Walter23US #13
#55Clifford22US #59
#56Henry22US #17
#57Lester22US #69
#58Louis22US #28
#59Lynn22
#60Rex22
#61Roy22US #32
#62Lewis21US #72
#63Russell21US #51
#64Wallace20US #93
#65Willard20US #88
#66Lamar19
#67Alfred18US #42
#68Eldon18
#69Francis18US #34
#70Gerald18US #64
#71Hal18
#72Edwin17US #53
#73Ellis17
#74Jesse17US #79
#75Samuel17US #44
#76Vernon17US #65
#77Wilford17
#78Alvin16US #76
#79Arnold16US #91
#80Blaine16
#81Daniel16US #52
#82Floyd16US #61
#83Ross16
#84Rulon16
#85Joe15US #35
#86Mark15
#87Marvin15US #62
#88Theodore15US #63
#89Allen14US #94
#90Bert14
#91Glenn14US #80
#92Leon14US #75
#93Ted14
#94Andrew13US #49
#95Ben13US #137
#96Bruce13US #149
#97Dan13US #185
#98Darrell13
#99Leonard13US #38
#100Leslie13US #110

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑41Lester#57
↑38Myrtle#53
↑38Douglas#45
↑36Eugene#31
↑35Pauline#57
↑31Fern#30
↑28Shirley#19
↑28Stanley#41

Falling

↓40Martha#95
↓39Floyd#82
↓38Blanche#72
↓37Pearl#86
↓33Erma#75
↓31Vera#58
↓31Ada#91
↓29Marvin#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.