State roster

Top names in Utah

The names most likely to appear on 1940 Utah birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,543 Utah births in 1940 across 438 distinct names.

Distinctively Utah

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

#19Brentoutside the national top 200
#24Kentoutside the national top 200
#40Colleenoutside the national top 200
#49Grantoutside the national top 200
#16Lynn#160 nationally
#60Marshaoutside the national top 200
#62Kayeoutside the national top 200
#63Boydoutside the national top 200
#66Claudiaoutside the national top 200
#74Clarkoutside the national top 200
#78Lolaoutside the national top 200
#55Gayle#177 nationally

Girls

#1Linda207US #8
#2Mary168US #1
#3Karen141US #34
#4Carol140US #6
#5Barbara123US #2
#6Sharon123US #17
#7Judy115US #16
#8Patricia112US #3
#9Joyce96US #13
#10Carolyn89US #15
#11Nancy89US #7
#12Joan88US #14
#13Judith79US #4
#14Bonnie76US #39
#15Connie73US #88
#16Sandra66US #10
#17Betty64US #5
#18Janet62US #19
#19Marilyn58US #25
#20Janice56US #22
#21Diane53US #45
#22Kay52US #77
#23Kathleen50US #40
#24Jean48US #29
#25Margaret47US #11
#26Helen46US #18
#27Donna45US #23
#28Elaine45US #50
#29Gloria45US #30
#30Susan45US #36
#31Ann42US #35
#32Dorothy40US #12
#33Ruth40US #24
#34Beverly37US #27
#35Joann35US #63
#36Norma34US #43
#37Shirley34US #9
#38Virginia33US #21
#39Myrna32US #150
#40Colleen31
#41Deanna31US #136
#42Evelyn31US #48
#43Kathryn31US #103
#44Lynda31US #165
#45Annette29US #126
#46Geraldine29US #46
#47Lois29US #38
#48Darlene28US #79
#49Peggy28US #37
#50Dixie27US #171
#51Alice26US #32
#52Marie26US #41
#53Patsy26US #57
#54Carole25US #49
#55Gayle24US #177
#56Anna23US #51
#57Marlene23US #80
#58Frances22US #28
#59Jo22US #72
#60Marsha22
#61Glenda20US #107
#62Kaye20
#63Marjorie20US #64
#64Doris19US #31
#65Jane19US #47
#66Claudia18
#67Jeanette18US #90
#68Phyllis18US #33
#69Rose18US #44
#70Sylvia18US #62
#71Joanne17US #54
#72Julie17US #180
#73Martha17US #26
#74Pat17US #134
#75Suzanne17US #109
#76Arlene16US #75
#77Charlene16US #145
#78Lola16
#79Sally16US #61
#80Dianne15US #167
#81Jolene15
#82Sue15US #81
#83Charlotte14US #55
#84Elizabeth14US #20
#85Irene14US #73
#86Julia14US #91
#87June14US #82
#88Laura14US #108
#89Sherry14
#90Edna13US #86
#91Marcia13US #112
#92Margie13US #114
#93Marian13US #142
#94Rosalie13US #139
#95Rosemary13US #85
#96Audrey12US #99
#97Carma12
#98Deann12
#99Diana12US #117
#100Katherine12US #92

Boys

#1Richard240US #5
#2John220US #3
#3Robert218US #2
#4David216US #7
#5Gary172US #19
#6James169US #1
#7Larry154US #13
#8Ronald122US #10
#9William122US #4
#10Dennis99US #24
#11Paul97US #17
#12Kenneth92US #15
#13Jerry89US #14
#14Michael88US #18
#15Thomas81US #8
#16Lynn78US #160
#17George76US #11
#18Charles71US #6
#19Brent66
#20Donald63US #9
#21Douglas62US #56
#22Stephen61US #49
#23Roger57US #26
#24Kent52
#25Frank51US #20
#26Gerald51US #21
#27Steven51US #119
#28Don48US #62
#29Jack48US #29
#30Wayne45US #39
#31Ralph44US #37
#32Bruce42US #55
#33Jay40US #139
#34Melvin40US #53
#35Joseph39US #12
#36Terry38US #73
#37Lee36US #80
#38Norman36US #48
#39Ray35US #77
#40Raymond35US #22
#41Fred34US #40
#42Dale33US #57
#43Glen33US #130
#44Edward31US #16
#45Stanley31US #59
#46Arthur30US #33
#47Allen29US #71
#48Gordon29US #91
#49Grant28
#50Alan26US #88
#51Bill26US #67
#52Dean25US #143
#53Joe25US #28
#54Glenn24US #83
#55Carl23US #32
#56Earl23US #52
#57Marvin23US #63
#58Neil23US #156
#59Harold22US #23
#60Leon22US #89
#61Steve22US #121
#62Max21US #165
#63Boyd20
#64Clyde20US #102
#65Dan20US #155
#66Keith20US #125
#67Roy20US #42
#68Russell20US #72
#69Duane19US #134
#70Eugene19US #38
#71Gene19US #70
#72Mark19US #149
#73Phillip19US #79
#74Clark18
#75Daniel18US #34
#76Howard18US #45
#77Rodney18US #133
#78Tom18US #92
#79Darrell17US #131
#80Jon17US #123
#81Lloyd17US #100
#82Rex17
#83Scott17
#84Walter17US #25
#85Bob16US #99
#86Reed16
#87Edwin15US #96
#88Lyle15US #173
#89Val15
#90Craig14
#91Jim14US #78
#92Karl14US #174
#93Lawrence14US #36
#94Leo14US #112
#95Leonard14US #54
#96Leroy14US #66
#97Roland14US #141
#98Ross14
#99Sherman14
#100Ted14US #159

On the move since 1939

Rising

↑42Arthur#46
↑37Melvin#34
↑25Lynda#44
↑25Mark#72
↑22Marie#52
↑22Steven#27
↑21Gloria#29
↑21Susan#30

Falling

↓42Marcia#91
↓42Keith#66
↓33Jim#91
↓33Karl#92
↓31Elizabeth#84
↓28Leonard#95
↓23Lawrence#93
↓21Carl#55

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1939 rankings.