State roster

Top names in Utah

The names most likely to appear on 1938 Utah birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,051 Utah births in 1938 across 452 distinct names.

Distinctively Utah

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

#31Colleenoutside the national top 200
#31Kentoutside the national top 200
#20Lynn#181 nationally
#48Brentoutside the national top 200
#55Grantoutside the national top 200
#57Boydoutside the national top 200
#62Gayleoutside the national top 200
#47Steven#184 nationally
#66Dallasoutside the national top 200
#74Kayeoutside the national top 200
#75Nolaoutside the national top 200
#76Rexoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Carol167US #6
#2Mary165US #1
#3Barbara129US #2
#4Karen117US #50
#5Sharon115US #30
#6Patricia94US #3
#7Marilyn88US #19
#8Joan81US #10
#9Carolyn79US #15
#10Janet74US #16
#11Connie73US #110
#12Shirley73US #5
#13Sandra72US #14
#14Janice68US #24
#15Deanna67US #115
#16Betty64US #4
#17Joyce59US #11
#18Nancy58US #7
#19Helen51US #13
#20Donna50US #20
#21Dorothy50US #8
#22Margaret49US #9
#23Bonnie48US #65
#24Judith45US #12
#25Diane44US #64
#26Ann43US #32
#27Kathleen43US #58
#28Beverly42US #18
#29Judy42US #41
#30Ruth40US #21
#31Colleen39
#32Kay39US #81
#33Linda39US #31
#34Lois39US #33
#35Myrna39US #134
#36Elaine38US #42
#37Gloria38US #36
#38Norma36US #34
#39Peggy32US #35
#40Geraldine31US #45
#41Alice29US #29
#42Darlene29US #76
#43Jean29US #27
#44Joann29US #68
#45Marlene29US #51
#46Virginia29US #22
#47Arlene28US #63
#48Marjorie28US #53
#49Carole27US #46
#50Dixie26US #167
#51Phyllis26US #28
#52Evelyn24US #38
#53Annette22US #119
#54Louise22US #59
#55Patsy22US #55
#56Frances21US #23
#57Jo21US #78
#58Julia21US #107
#59Kathryn21US #114
#60Marcia21US #116
#61Marian21US #128
#62Gayle20
#63Marie20US #37
#64Susan20US #71
#65Ellen19US #89
#66Pat19US #149
#67Sylvia19US #56
#68Doris18US #25
#69Jacqueline18US #69
#70Rosalie18US #66
#71Sally18US #54
#72Joanne17US #57
#73June17US #79
#74Kaye17
#75Nola17
#76Anna16US #40
#77Carma16
#78Charlene16US #143
#79Edna16US #82
#80Elizabeth16US #17
#81Beth15
#82Cheryl15
#83Claudia15
#84Maxine15US #130
#85Glenna14
#86Larae14
#87Lorna14
#88Sonja14US #180
#89Anne13US #84
#90Carla13
#91Glenda13US #123
#92Jane13US #44
#93Jeanette13US #91
#94Leah13
#95Nadine13
#96Rose13US #39
#97Sherry13
#98Catherine12US #48
#99Deann12
#100Eleanor12US #60

Boys

#1Robert272US #1
#2Richard207US #5
#3John193US #3
#4David189US #8
#5James181US #2
#6Gary168US #22
#7Ronald141US #10
#8William130US #4
#9Larry129US #16
#10Jerry87US #17
#11Paul85US #15
#12Charles80US #6
#13Kenneth76US #14
#14Dennis65US #49
#15George61US #11
#16Jack61US #25
#17Joseph61US #12
#18Gerald60US #19
#19Donald58US #7
#20Lynn58US #181
#21Douglas56US #60
#22Don51US #52
#23Gordon51US #78
#24Michael51US #21
#25Ralph51US #35
#26Thomas50US #9
#27Dale45US #56
#28Frank45US #18
#29Jay45US #138
#30Roger42US #31
#31Kent41
#32Wayne41US #40
#33Bruce39US #66
#34Carl38US #29
#35Norman38US #43
#36Keith37US #120
#37Lee37US #80
#38Harold35US #23
#39Edward34US #13
#40Ray34US #72
#41Fred32US #38
#42Max32US #140
#43Stephen31US #74
#44Dean29US #129
#45Howard28US #42
#46Melvin28US #54
#47Steven28US #184
#48Brent27
#49Albert26US #37
#50Glen26US #121
#51Stanley26US #59
#52Alan25US #91
#53Bill24US #67
#54Daniel24US #39
#55Grant24
#56Lawrence24US #36
#57Boyd23
#58Duane23US #114
#59Neil22US #152
#60Terry22US #86
#61Walter22US #26
#62Allen21US #73
#63Darrell21US #128
#64Earl21US #50
#65Joe21US #28
#66Dallas20
#67Karl20US #162
#68Rodney20US #133
#69Eugene19US #33
#70Raymond19US #20
#71Russell19US #70
#72Dick18US #165
#73Philip18US #64
#74Leon17US #85
#75Mark17US #166
#76Rex17
#77Val17
#78Arthur16US #32
#79Clark16
#80Clyde16US #97
#81Gene16US #65
#82Verl16
#83Alvin15US #98
#84Jon15US #126
#85Roy15US #41
#86Byron14
#87Dan14US #156
#88Dee14
#89Edwin14US #90
#90Jim14US #81
#91Jimmy14US #45
#92Marvin14US #53
#93Ted14US #147
#94Alfred13US #69
#95Clifford13US #89
#96Craig13
#97Delbert13US #169
#98Kay13
#99Leland13
#100Leroy13US #61

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑71Judith#24
↑52Lee#37
↑40Stanley#51
↑38Linda#33
↑37Judy#29
↑26Ellen#65
↑26Albert#49
↑24Stephen#43

Falling

↓39Rose#96
↓33Raymond#70
↓33Ted#93
↓29Jeanette#93
↓27June#73
↓25Jane#92
↓24Sherry#97
↓24Clifford#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.