State roster

Top names in Utah

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Utah birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,896 Utah births in 1941 across 444 distinct names.

Distinctively Utah

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

#21Brentoutside the national top 200
#25Kentoutside the national top 200
#47Colleenoutside the national top 200
#50Grantoutside the national top 200
#59Boydoutside the national top 200
#62Rexoutside the national top 200
#50Claudia#185 nationally
#66Kayeoutside the national top 200
#69Reedoutside the national top 200
#70Carmaoutside the national top 200
#41Julie#169 nationally
#60Gayle#187 nationally

Girls

#1Linda221US #5
#2Karen185US #19
#3Mary168US #1
#4Sharon139US #15
#5Judy133US #16
#6Barbara128US #2
#7Carolyn121US #11
#8Patricia117US #3
#9Carol116US #4
#10Judith99US #6
#11Bonnie83US #33
#12Nancy79US #8
#13Janet77US #18
#14Joan76US #17
#15Sandra76US #9
#16Janice64US #22
#17Betty60US #7
#18Connie60US #79
#19Marilyn59US #30
#20Kathleen58US #36
#21Joyce57US #13
#22Diane53US #40
#23Donna50US #20
#24Shirley50US #10
#25Helen49US #24
#26Ann48US #37
#27Elaine48US #44
#28Susan46US #27
#29Kay40US #70
#30Dorothy39US #14
#31Margaret39US #12
#32Kathryn37US #87
#33Lois37US #43
#34Annette35US #128
#35Alice34US #34
#36Jean34US #32
#37Ruth33US #28
#38Beverly29US #29
#39Lynda29US #153
#40Myrna29US #161
#41Julie28US #169
#42Darlene27US #76
#43Gloria27US #26
#44Patsy27US #52
#45Peggy27US #39
#46Sherry27US #172
#47Colleen26
#48Irene26US #74
#49Norma25US #47
#50Claudia24US #185
#51Pat24US #134
#52Virginia24US #23
#53Joann23US #58
#54Joy23US #150
#55Marjorie23US #71
#56Carole22US #48
#57Brenda21US #41
#58Deanna21US #137
#59Frances21US #31
#60Gayle21US #187
#61Sheila21US #110
#62Suzanne21US #97
#63Geraldine20US #45
#64Pamela20US #155
#65Arlene19US #77
#66Kaye19
#67Laura19US #115
#68Phyllis19US #35
#69Sylvia19US #65
#70Carma18
#71Dixie18US #181
#72Marie18US #42
#73Elizabeth17US #21
#74Evelyn17US #50
#75Jeanette17US #98
#76Jo17US #66
#77Penny17
#78Sue17US #75
#79Diana16US #100
#80Dianne16US #146
#81Jeanne16US #126
#82Rebecca16US #86
#83Rose16US #49
#84Sally16US #61
#85Charlene15US #125
#86Doris15US #38
#87Joanne15US #54
#88Lila15
#89Lorraine15US #93
#90Marcia15US #105
#91Anne14US #82
#92Beth14
#93Julia14US #88
#94Katherine14US #85
#95Ellen13US #67
#96Jolene13
#97Marian13US #142
#98Rosalie13US #152
#99Anita12US #91
#100Anna12US #56

Boys

#1Robert253US #2
#2Richard232US #5
#3John226US #3
#4David219US #7
#5James187US #1
#6Gary166US #19
#7Larry157US #11
#8William132US #4
#9Ronald130US #9
#10Michael128US #16
#11Dennis125US #23
#12Paul113US #18
#13Jerry88US #14
#14Kenneth76US #15
#15Thomas74US #8
#16Steven73US #90
#17Charles72US #6
#18Lynn70US #141
#19Stephen69US #41
#20Roger65US #25
#21Brent63
#22Douglas63US #53
#23Joseph63US #12
#24George57US #13
#25Kent56
#26Gerald55US #20
#27Jack53US #32
#28Wayne50US #37
#29Don48US #66
#30Frank47US #21
#31Jay47US #137
#32Donald45US #10
#33Bruce42US #51
#34Howard42US #47
#35Edward41US #17
#36Gordon39US #92
#37Dale38US #59
#38Ralph38US #38
#39Ray38US #83
#40Terry38US #64
#41Carl37US #29
#42Fred37US #43
#43Harold36US #24
#44Eugene33US #42
#45Raymond33US #22
#46Keith32US #119
#47Lee31US #81
#48Norman31US #49
#49Bill29US #68
#50Grant29
#51Glen28US #139
#52Alan26US #84
#53Darrell25US #130
#54Earl25US #58
#55Max25US #169
#56Karl24US #178
#57Lawrence24US #34
#58Allen22US #73
#59Boyd22
#60Dean22US #143
#61Marvin22US #63
#62Rex22
#63Walter22US #26
#64Barry21US #91
#65Gene21US #72
#66Mark21US #122
#67Stanley21US #57
#68Lloyd20US #96
#69Reed20
#70Leon19US #93
#71Melvin19US #56
#72Roy19US #39
#73Russell19US #75
#74Bob18US #103
#75Calvin18US #133
#76Craig18
#77Dan18US #152
#78Joe18US #30
#79Phillip18US #77
#80Steve18US #112
#81Arthur17US #33
#82Jim17US #80
#83Harry16US #48
#84Jimmy16US #45
#85Mike16US #111
#86Rodney16US #127
#87Clark15
#88Clyde15US #113
#89Dee15
#90Duane15US #129
#91Harvey15US #106
#92Henry15US #28
#93Merlin15
#94Merrill15
#95Neil15US #161
#96Rulon15
#97Val15
#98Albert14US #40
#99Blaine14
#100Edwin14US #97

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑43Sherry#46
↑42Howard#34
↑37Irene#48
↑36Karl#56
↑36Lawrence#57
↑31Julie#41
↑27Carma#70
↑26Eugene#44

Falling

↓44Anna#100
↓37Melvin#71
↓37Neil#95
↓35Arthur#81
↓32Evelyn#74
↓25Joe#78
↓24Clyde#88
↓22Doris#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.