State roster

Top names in Utah

The names most likely to appear on 1942 Utah birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,988 Utah births in 1942 across 488 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
#29Kentoutside the national top 200
#35Colleenoutside the national top 200
#37Dixie#193 nationally
#56Myrna#190 nationally
#68Joleneoutside the national top 200
#69Boydoutside the national top 200
#55Gayle#184 nationally
#72Rexoutside the national top 200
#73Bethoutside the national top 200
#73Grantoutside the national top 200
#19Lynn#146 nationally

Girls

#1Linda302US #4
#2Mary189US #1
#3Karen183US #16
#4Sharon153US #11
#5Judy149US #15
#6Barbara146US #2
#7Carolyn142US #10
#8Carol138US #5
#9Patricia130US #3
#10Bonnie122US #34
#11Sandra106US #6
#12Marilyn104US #27
#13Kathleen102US #24
#14Janet90US #19
#15Susan82US #21
#16Nancy81US #8
#17Connie80US #70
#18Judith80US #7
#19Janice74US #25
#20Joan67US #18
#21Diane66US #28
#22Betty63US #9
#23Shirley61US #12
#24Joyce55US #13
#25Lynda55US #132
#26Elaine52US #45
#27Margaret52US #14
#28Donna50US #20
#29Carole47US #35
#30Ann46US #38
#31Gloria45US #31
#32Ruth45US #33
#33Jean44US #36
#34Virginia43US #23
#35Colleen39
#36Kathryn39US #82
#37Dixie38US #193
#38Helen38US #26
#39Kay38US #75
#40Patsy38US #57
#41Jo37US #65
#42Dorothy35US #17
#43Norma34US #52
#44Beverly32US #32
#45Darlene32US #78
#46Lois31US #44
#47Marjorie31US #74
#48Ellen30US #64
#49Kathy30US #159
#50Marie30US #43
#51Diana29US #68
#52Alice28US #39
#53Peggy28US #42
#54Charlotte27US #51
#55Gayle27US #184
#56Myrna27US #190
#57Pamela27US #106
#58Deanna26US #160
#59Sally26US #56
#60Frances25US #30
#61Joann25US #58
#62Pat25US #144
#63Louise24US #61
#64Sherry24US #145
#65Arlene23US #83
#66Charlene22US #117
#67Elizabeth22US #22
#68Jolene22
#69Julie22US #157
#70Lynne22US #180
#71Rebecca22US #85
#72Vicki22US #197
#73Beth21
#74Dianne21US #109
#75Sheila21US #94
#76Suzanne21US #103
#77Evelyn20US #53
#78Julia20US #95
#79Lorna20
#80Gail19US #60
#81Glenda19US #89
#82Jane19US #46
#83Marlene19US #84
#84Marsha19US #156
#85Claudia18US #172
#86Kaye18
#87Doris17US #41
#88Marian17US #141
#89Maxine17US #148
#90Phyllis17US #37
#91Rose17US #50
#92Saundra17
#93Anna16US #59
#94Geraldine16US #47
#95Irene16US #80
#96Joanne16US #48
#97Lana16
#98Martha16US #29
#99Anita15US #93
#100Annette15US #134

Boys

#1David303US #6
#2Robert299US #2
#3Richard283US #5
#4John226US #3
#5James222US #1
#6William186US #4
#7Larry177US #12
#8Michael172US #13
#9Gary170US #18
#10Dennis161US #20
#11Ronald132US #9
#12Douglas119US #23
#13Paul102US #19
#14Jerry96US #16
#15Thomas95US #8
#16Charles91US #7
#17Kenneth90US #15
#18Stephen90US #32
#19Lynn83US #146
#20Jack82US #34
#21Brent81
#22George77US #14
#23Steven75US #75
#24Dale72US #63
#25Donald66US #10
#26Roger65US #25
#27Jay60US #133
#28Joseph59US #11
#29Kent58
#30Frank57US #21
#31Bruce54US #50
#32Don53US #72
#33Gerald52US #22
#34Terry52US #52
#35Ralph46US #38
#36Wayne43US #41
#37Stanley42US #56
#38Harold41US #27
#39Raymond41US #24
#40Jim40US #74
#41Bill39US #65
#42Arthur38US #29
#43Gordon38US #92
#44Edward37US #17
#45Ray37US #84
#46Keith36US #123
#47Norman36US #53
#48Dean33US #151
#49Lee33US #87
#50Fred32US #46
#51Max32US #170
#52Mike31US #106
#53Carl29US #36
#54Duane29US #132
#55Glen29US #144
#56Allen28US #71
#57Daniel28US #28
#58Clyde27US #109
#59Earl27US #62
#60Roy27US #42
#61Barry26US #79
#62Howard26US #49
#63Joe26US #33
#64Mark25US #117
#65Melvin25US #60
#66Russell25US #70
#67Leonard24US #57
#68Leroy24US #69
#69Boyd23
#70Clifford22US #95
#71Leon22US #93
#72Rex22
#73Grant21
#74Lyle21US #176
#75Marvin21US #66
#76Ross21
#77Craig20US #175
#78Eugene20US #45
#79Tom20US #89
#80Alan19US #81
#81Blaine19
#82Bob19US #110
#83Calvin19US #136
#84Dan19US #147
#85Ernest19US #61
#86Steve19US #102
#87Val19
#88Byron18
#89Floyd18US #113
#90Garth18
#91Leland18
#92Albert17US #40
#93Jimmy17US #47
#94Karl17US #179
#95Lloyd17US #96
#96Philip17US #54
#97Phillip17US #77
#98Warren17US #97
#99Clark16
#100Darrell16US #135

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑47Ellen#48
↑42Jim#40
↑39Arthur#42
↑36Duane#54
↑35Jo#41
↑34Dixie#37
↑33Mike#52
↑30Stanley#37

Falling

↓66Annette#100
↓47Irene#95
↓47Darrell#100
↓38Karl#94
↓35Claudia#85
↓34Eugene#78
↓31Geraldine#94
↓28Julie#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.