State roster

Top names in Utah

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Utah birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,171 Utah births in 1929 across 422 distinct names.

Distinctively Utah

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

#13Colleen#186 nationally
#32Bethoutside the national top 200
#42Boydoutside the national top 200
#45Lynnoutside the national top 200
#49Reneeoutside the national top 200
#50Carmaoutside the national top 200
#50Grantoutside the national top 200
#52Reedoutside the national top 200
#56Lamaroutside the national top 200
#57Lornaoutside the national top 200
#36Joy#177 nationally
#29Jay#169 nationally

Girls

#1Mary178US #1
#2Betty169US #2
#3Shirley149US #9
#4Barbara147US #7
#5Joyce120US #23
#6Donna118US #47
#7Beverly106US #39
#8Dorothy92US #3
#9Carol89US #63
#10Norma85US #25
#11Helen80US #4
#12Marilyn73US #33
#13Colleen71US #186
#14Ruth71US #8
#15Bonnie70US #86
#16Lois65US #17
#17Elaine54US #67
#18Joan52US #13
#19Doris51US #6
#20Jean49US #12
#21Alice47US #21
#22Patricia47US #10
#23Margaret45US #5
#24Virginia44US #11
#25Dolores43US #14
#26Geraldine43US #43
#27June41US #48
#28Darlene39US #160
#29Phyllis38US #24
#30Marjorie37US #30
#31Maxine34US #85
#32Beth33
#33Evelyn33US #19
#34Gloria32US #28
#35Anna30US #20
#36Joy29US #177
#37Eva27US #83
#38Wanda27US #61
#39Ramona26US #120
#40Lorraine25US #42
#41Irene24US #29
#42Ruby24US #36
#43Louise23US #31
#44Marie22US #22
#45Wilma22US #66
#46Joanne21US #101
#47Mildred21US #18
#48Pauline21US #50
#49Renee21
#50Carma20
#51Janet20US #82
#52Audrey19US #58
#53Carolyn19US #77
#54Clara19US #65
#55Florence19US #35
#56Janice19US #136
#57Lorna19
#58Vera19US #99
#59Delores18US #74
#60Frances18US #16
#61Georgia18US #115
#62Jane18US #62
#63Nancy18US #32
#64Afton17
#65Emma17US #69
#66Jeanne17US #92
#67Larae17
#68Lola17US #163
#69Rose17US #26
#70Jo16US #140
#71Laura16US #90
#72Lillian16US #40
#73Marva16
#74Maurine16
#75Melba16
#76Thelma16US #41
#77Edith15US #59
#78Ellen15US #97
#79Jeannine15US #172
#80Joann15US #144
#81Kathryn15US #104
#82Marian15US #75
#83Bessie14US #107
#84Erma14US #166
#85Faye14US #183
#86Fern14
#87Ila14
#88Kathleen14US #89
#89Leona14US #122
#90Margene14
#91Ann13US #46
#92Connie13
#93Dona13
#94Edna13US #51
#95Elva13
#96Gladys13US #44
#97Katherine13US #84
#98Larue13
#99Lou13
#100Lucille13US #57

Boys

#1Robert258US #1
#2Richard162US #6
#3William157US #4
#4John152US #3
#5Donald117US #7
#6James111US #2
#7Don96US #78
#8George94US #8
#9Kenneth91US #18
#10Jack90US #14
#11David71US #17
#12Joseph67US #9
#13Charles64US #5
#14Paul63US #13
#15Keith57US #138
#16Ronald57US #45
#17Ray55US #57
#18Harold51US #16
#19Dean49US #133
#20Frank49US #12
#21Dale47US #73
#22Melvin45US #49
#23Wayne45US #69
#24Ralph44US #26
#25Glen43US #123
#26Douglas41US #97
#27Gerald40US #33
#28Norman37US #40
#29Jay36US #169
#30Thomas35US #11
#31Max33US #128
#32Howard32US #31
#33Jerry32US #61
#34Carl31US #28
#35Raymond31US #15
#36Bob30US #89
#37Gordon30US #79
#38Earl29US #36
#39Ernest28US #43
#40Stanley28US #48
#41Bill27US #63
#42Boyd27
#43Floyd27US #58
#44Lloyd27US #62
#45Lynn27
#46Albert26US #24
#47Lawrence26US #38
#48Dick25US #168
#49Edward25US #10
#50Grant25
#51Leland24US #182
#52Reed24
#53Ted24US #167
#54Clarence23US #37
#55Gene23US #68
#56Lamar22
#57Arthur21US #22
#58Duane21US #137
#59Joe21US #30
#60Leonard21US #42
#61Rex21
#62Roy21US #35
#63Blaine20
#64Eugene20US #20
#65Fred20US #34
#66Leo20US #60
#67Leroy20US #51
#68Walter20US #19
#69Glenn19US #80
#70Louis19US #32
#71Marvin18US #46
#72Billy17US #23
#73Calvin17US #109
#74Clifford17US #72
#75Dee17
#76Harry17US #27
#77Karl17
#78Kent17
#79Lyle17US #152
#80Milton17US #94
#81Vernon17US #71
#82Bert16
#83Clyde16US #74
#84Dan16US #175
#85Gary16
#86Hal16
#87Kay16
#88Elmer15US #70
#89Lee15US #85
#90Allen14US #86
#91Alvin14US #77
#92Harvey14US #90
#93Junior14US #120
#94Leon14US #81
#95Samuel14US #53
#96Alan13US #146
#97Bruce13US #112
#98Byron13
#99Clair13
#100Clark13

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑56Louise#43
↑43Dick#48
↑37Delores#59
↑35Vera#58
↑35Ernest#39
↑32Irene#41
↑32Wilma#45
↑32Ted#53

Falling

↓56Lucille#100
↓50Marian#82
↓43Larue#98
↓40Thelma#76
↓38Eugene#64
↓35Ann#91
↓35Lee#89
↓34Bruce#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.