State roster

Top names in Utah

The names most likely to appear on 1939 Utah birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,050 Utah births in 1939 across 425 distinct names.

Distinctively Utah

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

#30Kentoutside the national top 200
#35Brentoutside the national top 200
#42Colleenoutside the national top 200
#47Gayleoutside the national top 200
#25Lynn#167 nationally
#60Grantoutside the national top 200
#63Rexoutside the national top 200
#64Blaineoutside the national top 200
#68Kayeoutside the national top 200
#68Boydoutside the national top 200
#37Dixie#169 nationally
#66Claudia#198 nationally

Girls

#1Mary179US #1
#2Carol162US #6
#3Barbara137US #2
#4Sharon120US #23
#5Patricia111US #3
#6Judy98US #28
#7Joan95US #11
#8Judith92US #8
#9Nancy86US #7
#10Karen85US #39
#11Marilyn81US #19
#12Linda79US #15
#13Carolyn77US #14
#14Janice68US #24
#15Betty64US #4
#16Connie64US #111
#17Janet63US #17
#18Joyce58US #12
#19Beverly57US #25
#20Sandra57US #13
#21Shirley53US #5
#22Kathleen52US #48
#23Kay49US #76
#24Helen47US #16
#25Ruth47US #22
#26Diane46US #51
#27Norma44US #38
#28Elaine43US #45
#29Bonnie42US #61
#30Ann41US #33
#31Dorothy41US #9
#32Donna39US #20
#33Lois39US #35
#34Margaret39US #10
#35Peggy39US #34
#36Jean36US #32
#37Dixie35US #169
#38Joann33US #57
#39Kathryn33US #106
#40Patsy33US #56
#41Alice31US #31
#42Colleen31
#43Deanna31US #133
#44Virginia31US #21
#45Darlene28US #75
#46Carole26US #47
#47Gayle26
#48Geraldine26US #41
#49Marcia26US #109
#50Gloria25US #36
#51Susan25US #44
#52Sylvia25US #62
#53Elizabeth24US #18
#54Marjorie24US #60
#55Myrna24US #144
#56Annette23US #121
#57Jeanette23US #82
#58Louise23US #59
#59Anna22US #43
#60Evelyn22US #40
#61Frances22US #26
#62Arlene21US #69
#63Joanne21US #53
#64Sally21US #52
#65Marlene20US #64
#66Claudia19US #198
#67Phyllis19US #30
#68Kaye18
#69Lynda18
#70Sue18US #92
#71Charlene17US #139
#72Irene17US #74
#73Jo17US #70
#74Marie17US #37
#75Maureen17US #146
#76Pat17US #142
#77Sheila17US #125
#78Beth16
#79Rose16US #42
#80Gail15US #73
#81Jane15US #46
#82Sondra15
#83Anne14US #85
#84Carma14
#85Doris14US #29
#86Ellen14US #80
#87Grace14US #108
#88Gwen14
#89Jeanne14US #147
#90Marian14US #130
#91Maxine14US #137
#92Pauline14US #105
#93Suzanne14US #122
#94Thelma14US #88
#95Edith13US #102
#96Emma13US #89
#97Eva13US #129
#98Joy13US #166
#99June13US #83
#100Lynne13

Boys

#1Robert227US #1
#2John214US #3
#3Richard197US #5
#4David181US #7
#5James175US #2
#6Larry163US #14
#7Gary145US #21
#8Ronald135US #10
#9William117US #4
#10Kenneth107US #13
#11Dennis101US #34
#12Michael89US #18
#13Jerry82US #16
#14Paul75US #17
#15Charles63US #6
#16Douglas61US #58
#17Roger61US #28
#18George60US #11
#19Donald56US #8
#20Ralph56US #35
#21Thomas50US #9
#22Wayne49US #39
#23Fred47US #40
#24Keith47US #117
#25Lynn47US #167
#26Frank46US #20
#27Jay45US #142
#28Don43US #56
#29Joseph43US #12
#30Kent43
#31Jack42US #26
#32Gerald41US #19
#33Gordon39US #82
#34Carl37US #30
#35Brent36
#36Stephen35US #65
#37Edward34US #15
#38Bruce33US #64
#39Dale33US #59
#40Glen33US #123
#41Max33US #162
#42Ray33US #74
#43Earl32US #50
#44Norman32US #44
#45Dean30US #134
#46Raymond30US #22
#47Terry30US #83
#48Harold29US #23
#49Steven29US #144
#50Lee28US #78
#51Russell26US #73
#52Alan25US #85
#53Bill25US #67
#54Allen24US #72
#55Howard24US #47
#56Marvin24US #52
#57Stanley24US #57
#58Jim22US #75
#59Karl22US #171
#60Grant21
#61Lloyd21US #95
#62Neil21US #152
#63Rex21
#64Blaine20
#65Darrell20US #130
#66Floyd20US #94
#67Leonard20US #54
#68Boyd19
#69Duane19US #118
#70Lawrence19US #36
#71Melvin19US #51
#72Clyde18US #101
#73Eugene18US #37
#74Joe18US #27
#75Roy18US #42
#76Tom18US #97
#77Albert16US #41
#78Allan16US #125
#79Leon16US #86
#80Reed16
#81Rodney16US #122
#82Steve16US #139
#83Walter16US #25
#84Clifford15US #88
#85Dick15US #169
#86Phillip15US #92
#87Ted15US #149
#88Arthur14US #32
#89Billy14US #24
#90Dee14
#91Francis14US #53
#92Gene14US #69
#93Henry14US #31
#94Jon14US #121
#95Kay14
#96Leland14
#97Mark14US #170
#98Craig13
#99Darwin13
#100Ernest13US #55

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑36Jeanette#57
↑36Marvin#56
↑32Jim#58
↑27Elizabeth#53
↑24Raymond#46
↑23Judy#6
↑21Linda#12
↑21Earl#43

Falling

↓29Marian#90
↓28Deanna#43
↓28Albert#77
↓26June#99
↓25Melvin#71
↓22Walter#83
↓22Mark#97
↓21Ellen#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.