State roster

Top names in Utah

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Utah birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,143 Utah births in 1921 across 453 distinct names.

Distinctively Utah

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

#18Bethoutside the national top 200
#10Donna#189 nationally
#27Grantoutside the national top 200
#36Aftonoutside the national top 200
#38Fayeoutside the national top 200
#26Beverly#186 nationally
#20Jay#174 nationally
#49Reedoutside the national top 200
#53Rexoutside the national top 200
#55Lynnoutside the national top 200
#58Melbaoutside the national top 200
#60Wendelloutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary235US #1
#2Helen181US #3
#3Ruth163US #5
#4Dorothy152US #2
#5Betty135US #8
#6Marjorie132US #16
#7Margaret114US #4
#8Norma101US #51
#9Virginia97US #6
#10Donna86US #189
#11Barbara78US #40
#12Lois69US #38
#13June67US #50
#14Alice65US #15
#15Elaine65US #97
#16Shirley60US #44
#17Mildred59US #7
#18Beth57
#19Phyllis52US #60
#20Elizabeth51US #10
#21Florence49US #17
#22Maxine49US #77
#23Evelyn45US #12
#24Marian45US #69
#25Frances44US #9
#26Beverly41US #186
#27Wanda41US #101
#28Doris40US #13
#29Grace40US #35
#30Edith39US #33
#31Jean38US #25
#32Marie38US #14
#33Bernice37US #39
#34Lucille37US #31
#35Edna36US #27
#36Afton35
#37Louise35US #22
#38Faye34
#39Fern34US #174
#40Thelma34US #30
#41Vera32US #76
#42Anna31US #11
#43Irene30US #18
#44Eva29US #63
#45Marion28US #43
#46Lola27US #157
#47Ruby27US #26
#48Wilma26US #72
#49Blanche25US #112
#50Emma25US #52
#51Geraldine25US #62
#52Gladys25US #24
#53Margie25US #106
#54Ellen24US #95
#55Josephine24US #28
#56Kathryn23US #64
#57Lillian23US #19
#58Melba23
#59Laura22US #71
#60Bertha21US #59
#61Carol21US #166
#62Catherine21US #23
#63Della21US #187
#64Elsie21US #55
#65Joyce21US #137
#66Rose21US #20
#67Hazel20US #34
#68Martha20US #21
#69Vivian20US #68
#70Audrey19US #82
#71Clara19US #45
#72Erma19US #158
#73Ethel19US #32
#74Jane19US #47
#75Larue19
#76Pearl19US #65
#77Fay18
#78Katherine18US #49
#79Kathleen18US #83
#80Lorraine18US #61
#81Annie17US #36
#82Dora17US #130
#83Ida17US #67
#84Leona17US #92
#85Maurine17
#86Verna17US #141
#87Viola17US #66
#88Eleanor16US #29
#89Enid16
#90Julia16US #58
#91Leah16
#92Lucile16US #178
#93Pauline16US #37
#94Beatrice15US #41
#95Beulah15US #116
#96Darlene15
#97Janice15
#98Jennie15US #99
#99Jessie15US #91
#100Naomi15US #132

Boys

#1Robert263US #2
#2John207US #1
#3William202US #3
#4James161US #4
#5Jack127US #18
#6George104US #6
#7Richard100US #10
#8Joseph93US #7
#9Charles92US #5
#10Kenneth87US #22
#11Donald82US #13
#12Harold81US #12
#13Keith69US #153
#14Don68US #136
#15Frank68US #9
#16Paul67US #14
#17Ralph59US #23
#18Howard57US #27
#19Max57US #112
#20Jay54US #174
#21Edward49US #8
#22Ray47US #67
#23Dale44US #93
#24Melvin44US #53
#25Thomas44US #11
#26Wayne44US #81
#27Grant43
#28Earl42US #31
#29Glen41US #119
#30David40US #25
#31Arthur39US #19
#32Eugene39US #26
#33Harry39US #21
#34Albert37US #20
#35Ernest36US #38
#36Douglas35US #111
#37Raymond35US #16
#38Wallace34US #88
#39Warren32US #24
#40Carl31US #30
#41Fred31US #33
#42Henry31US #17
#43Clarence30US #28
#44Walter29US #15
#45Floyd28US #63
#46Leland27US #171
#47Stanley27US #41
#48Norman26US #46
#49Reed26
#50Gordon25US #84
#51Lawrence25US #37
#52Dean24US #168
#53Rex24
#54Lloyd23US #58
#55Lynn23
#56Edwin22US #54
#57Roy22US #32
#58Russell22US #52
#59Clifford21US #62
#60Wendell21
#61Blaine20
#62Lee20US #86
#63Ronald20US #154
#64Clyde19US #69
#65Gerald19US #60
#66Leo19US #50
#67Marvin19US #59
#68Glenn18US #80
#69Ivan18US #176
#70Joe18US #36
#71Karl18
#72Leonard18US #39
#73Milton18US #75
#74Calvin17US #131
#75Dee17
#76Delbert17US #156
#77Evan17
#78Lowell17US #199
#79Lyle17US #150
#80Mark17
#81Bert16
#82Lester16US #66
#83Merrill16
#84Arnold15US #91
#85Boyd15
#86Byron15
#87Daniel15US #49
#88Darrell15
#89Duane15
#90Elmer15US #48
#91Lewis15US #71
#92Ted15
#93Victor15US #83
#94Eldon14
#95Louis14US #29
#96Vernon14US #68
#97Willard14US #89
#98Allen13US #94
#99Alma13
#100Alvin13US #73

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑42Faye#38
↑39Lola#46
↑37Floyd#45
↑36Marian#24
↑27Martha#68
↑27Leonard#72
↑26Wallace#38
↑25Geraldine#51

Falling

↓51Naomi#100
↓37Louis#95
↓36Pauline#93
↓33Boyd#85
↓32Willard#97
↓31Hazel#67
↓29Clyde#64
↓29Lewis#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.