State roster

Top names in Utah

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Utah birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,629 Utah births in 1926 across 433 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
#18Colleenoutside the national top 200
#28Boydoutside the national top 200
#36Grantoutside the national top 200
#39Aftonoutside the national top 200
#47Reedoutside the national top 200
#49Darleneoutside the national top 200
#49Blaineoutside the national top 200
#55Lamaroutside the national top 200
#57Melbaoutside the national top 200
#58Haloutside the national top 200
#33Jay#175 nationally

Girls

#1Betty232US #3
#2Mary202US #1
#3Shirley149US #14
#4Barbara121US #16
#5Beverly119US #74
#6Dorothy115US #2
#7Ruth111US #6
#8Donna102US #90
#9Helen97US #4
#10Lois92US #19
#11Norma82US #29
#12Jean76US #12
#13Joyce68US #44
#14Beth67
#15Carol63US #113
#16Elaine63US #68
#17Gloria63US #20
#18Colleen55
#19June54US #40
#20Margaret54US #5
#21Phyllis54US #33
#22Virginia50US #8
#23Marjorie48US #22
#24Evelyn45US #13
#25Doris43US #7
#26Alice41US #17
#27Bonnie41US #105
#28Geraldine41US #54
#29Patricia38US #23
#30Marilyn37US #65
#31Marie36US #18
#32Lucille35US #43
#33Wanda34US #66
#34Florence33US #26
#35Anna31US #15
#36Thelma31US #36
#37Irene30US #21
#38Mildred29US #9
#39Afton28
#40Emma28US #59
#41Joan27US #51
#42Marian27US #70
#43Ruby27US #30
#44Faye25US #173
#45Jeanne25US #88
#46Grace24US #46
#47Maxine24US #85
#48Wilma24US #67
#49Darlene23
#50Eva23US #79
#51Frances23US #10
#52Kathryn23US #87
#53Elizabeth22US #11
#54Lola22US #162
#55Lorraine22US #53
#56Martha22US #24
#57Melba22
#58Edna21US #38
#59Larue21
#60Louise21US #27
#61Maurine21
#62Vera21US #84
#63Edith20US #42
#64Lillian20US #28
#65Arlene19US #108
#66Audrey19US #60
#67Bernice19US #45
#68Erma19US #157
#69Pauline19US #39
#70Clara17US #61
#71Ellen17US #100
#72Lila17US #190
#73Carma16
#74Dora16US #140
#75Fern16
#76Gladys16US #35
#77Glenna16
#78Jane16US #56
#79Lavon16
#80Viola16US #97
#81Ada15US #161
#82Connie15
#83Dolores15US #49
#84Georgia15US #116
#85Joy15
#86Lucile15
#87Pearl15US #96
#88Peggy15US #104
#89Violet15US #94
#90Bertha14US #76
#91Josephine14US #37
#92Larae14
#93Leah14
#94Rose14US #25
#95Sarah14US #63
#96Ann13US #55
#97Esther13US #62
#98Ethel13US #41
#99Jacqueline13US #119
#100Vivian13US #80

Boys

#1Robert252US #1
#2John156US #2
#3William147US #4
#4Richard135US #7
#5James129US #3
#6Donald121US #9
#7Jack105US #16
#8George98US #6
#9Kenneth97US #18
#10Don95US #96
#11Keith89US #148
#12Joseph79US #8
#13Charles77US #5
#14Ralph71US #24
#15David58US #22
#16Paul54US #13
#17Max52US #137
#18Wayne52US #68
#19Dean50US #139
#20Ray49US #57
#21Eugene48US #23
#22Harold48US #14
#23Dale45US #84
#24Earl44US #32
#25Thomas43US #11
#26Norman41US #39
#27Ronald40US #88
#28Boyd39
#29Calvin39US #65
#30Carl39US #26
#31Douglas39US #103
#32Howard39US #27
#33Jay39US #175
#34Frank38US #12
#35Fred37US #31
#36Grant37
#37Stanley36US #43
#38Floyd35US #53
#39Glen35US #121
#40Arthur34US #20
#41Russell34US #52
#42Clyde32US #67
#43Roy31US #34
#44Leo30US #54
#45Melvin30US #47
#46Raymond29US #15
#47Reed29
#48Bill28US #74
#49Blaine28
#50Edward28US #10
#51Gene28US #91
#52Gordon28US #76
#53Lee26US #85
#54Walter26US #17
#55Lamar25
#56Lloyd25US #60
#57Ernest24US #37
#58Hal24
#59Joe24US #33
#60Leon24US #73
#61Marvin24US #50
#62Lynn23
#63Rex23
#64Wallace23US #95
#65Clarence22US #29
#66Albert21US #21
#67Allen21US #93
#68Lawrence21US #36
#69Leroy20US #51
#70Francis19US #35
#71Gerald19US #41
#72Bruce18US #127
#73Junior18US #117
#74Lewis18US #82
#75Glenn17US #75
#76Harry17US #25
#77Ross17
#78Vernon17US #66
#79Duane16US #160
#80Kay16
#81Leonard16US #38
#82Milton16US #83
#83Tom16US #138
#84Bert15
#85Edwin15US #55
#86Eldon15
#87Garth15
#88Bob14US #102
#89Henry14US #19
#90Merlin14
#91Byron13
#92Clayton13US #161
#93Clifford13US #62
#94Elmer13US #61
#95Larry13US #178
#96Owen13
#97Rulon13
#98Daniel12US #46
#99Gail12
#100Ivan12US #189

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑54Geraldine#28
↑39Gene#51
↑33Ronald#27
↑33Reed#47
↑33Rex#63
↑31Marvin#61
↑26Audrey#66
↑26Dora#74

Falling

↓43Rose#94
↓41Clifford#93
↓35Henry#89
↓31Louise#60
↓28Lila#72
↓28Albert#66
↓26Bob#88
↓24Maxine#47

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.