State roster

Top names in Utah

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Utah birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,427 Utah births in 1928 across 436 distinct names.

Distinctively Utah

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

#23Bethoutside the national top 200
#14Colleen#185 nationally
#30Lynnoutside the national top 200
#32Grantoutside the national top 200
#33Boydoutside the national top 200
#41Reneeoutside the national top 200
#27Jay#185 nationally
#48Lamaroutside the national top 200
#51Melbaoutside the national top 200
#39Joy#188 nationally
#28Darlene#176 nationally
#55Larueoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Betty179US #2
#2Mary178US #1
#3Barbara159US #8
#4Shirley156US #10
#5Donna145US #61
#6Beverly113US #46
#7Dorothy112US #3
#8Lois92US #18
#9Ruth92US #6
#10Helen89US #4
#11Joyce85US #30
#12Norma82US #23
#13Carol70US #77
#14Colleen70US #185
#15Marilyn67US #38
#16Gloria59US #25
#17Margaret57US #5
#18Bonnie52US #89
#19Jean51US #12
#20Elaine50US #68
#21Doris48US #7
#22Patricia43US #11
#23Beth40
#24Ramona40US #117
#25Alice39US #19
#26Geraldine38US #50
#27Phyllis38US #26
#28Darlene36US #176
#29Evelyn36US #17
#30Marjorie35US #29
#31Joan33US #27
#32Marian33US #71
#33Virginia33US #9
#34Maxine30US #84
#35Janet29US #95
#36Thelma28US #40
#37Anna27US #16
#38Arlene27US #106
#39Joy26US #188
#40Frances24US #13
#41Renee24
#42Wanda23US #63
#43Dolores22US #20
#44Lucille22US #51
#45Marie22US #21
#46Marion22US #47
#47Pauline22US #48
#48Ruby22US #34
#49Jeanne21US #90
#50June21US #44
#51Melba21
#52Faye20US #192
#53Emma19US #67
#54Janice19US #149
#55Larue19
#56Ann18US #54
#57Joanne18US #142
#58Lola18US #164
#59Lorraine18US #39
#60Charlene17
#61Clara17US #65
#62Kathleen17US #82
#63Leah17
#64Lorna17
#65Maurine17
#66Mildred17US #15
#67Afton16
#68Carma16
#69Cleo16
#70Edna16US #45
#71Florence16US #32
#72Ila16
#73Irene16US #28
#74Jeannine16
#75Kathryn16US #99
#76Larae16
#77Wilma16US #69
#78Dora15US #144
#79Edith15US #56
#80Jacqueline15US #97
#81Leona15US #122
#82Nola15
#83Peggy15US #76
#84Rose15US #24
#85Beatrice14US #70
#86Dona14
#87Grace14US #52
#88Hazel14US #59
#89Jessie14US #109
#90Laura14US #83
#91Lavon14
#92Nelda14
#93Vera14US #92
#94Verna14US #152
#95Bernice13US #53
#96Delores13US #94
#97Ellen13US #98
#98Glenna13
#99Louise13US #31
#100Lucy13US #112

Boys

#1Robert252US #1
#2John173US #2
#3Richard162US #6
#4William148US #4
#5James115US #3
#6Jack106US #15
#7George105US #8
#8Kenneth94US #17
#9Donald92US #7
#10Don77US #84
#11David74US #19
#12Paul73US #13
#13Charles72US #5
#14Ralph63US #24
#15Keith61US #139
#16Joseph57US #9
#17Ray56US #57
#18Ronald55US #50
#19Wayne55US #69
#20Glen50US #115
#21Dale49US #75
#22Frank47US #12
#23Harold45US #14
#24Melvin45US #48
#25Dean42US #136
#26Eugene41US #20
#27Jay40US #185
#28Thomas40US #11
#29Bob39US #95
#30Lynn38
#31Norman37US #39
#32Grant36
#33Boyd34
#34Carl34US #28
#35Edward34US #10
#36Max34US #125
#37Raymond34US #16
#38Bill33US #64
#39Howard33US #31
#40Wallace33US #104
#41Fred32US #36
#42Gerald31US #41
#43Clarence30US #35
#44Earl30US #37
#45Arthur29US #22
#46Douglas29US #102
#47Gordon29US #77
#48Lamar29
#49Lawrence29US #38
#50Stanley29US #45
#51Glenn28US #76
#52Calvin27US #94
#53Jerry27US #79
#54Lee26US #87
#55Reed26
#56Floyd24US #54
#57Ross24
#58Clyde23US #74
#59Gene23US #62
#60Roy23US #34
#61Harry21US #26
#62Allen20US #93
#63Bruce20US #112
#64Darrell20
#65Leland20US #181
#66Leroy20US #51
#67Walter20US #18
#68Joe19US #30
#69Lloyd19US #59
#70Mark19
#71Albert18US #23
#72Duane18US #141
#73Edwin18US #58
#74Ernest18US #43
#75Kay18
#76Leo18US #61
#77Lewis18US #86
#78Marvin18US #46
#79Clair17
#80Leon17US #81
#81Blaine16
#82Francis16US #40
#83Rex16
#84Rulon16
#85Ted16US #175
#86Wendell16
#87Lowell15US #188
#88Russell15US #55
#89Vernon15US #70
#90Andrew14US #60
#91Dick14US #172
#92Herbert14US #25
#93Merrill14
#94Warren14US #85
#95Bert13
#96Billy13US #27
#97Dee13
#98Lyle13US #155
#99Alfred12US #33
#100Clifford12US #68

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑52Dolores#43
↑48Joy#39
↑47Renee#41
↑43Janet#35
↑35Allen#62
↑34Bob#29
↑34Jerry#53
↑33Glenn#51

Falling

↓52Louise#99
↓38Vera#93
↓35Irene#73
↓32Wilma#77
↓32Rex#83
↓31Blaine#81
↓30Dick#91
↓29Edna#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.