State roster

Top names in Utah

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Utah birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 15,424 Utah births in 1946 across 507 distinct names.

Distinctively Utah

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

#14Brentoutside the national top 200
#33Kent#195 nationally
#51Colleenoutside the national top 200
#63Dixieoutside the national top 200
#67Gregoutside the national top 200
#71Vickieoutside the national top 200
#28Lynn#154 nationally
#78Carlaoutside the national top 200
#36Scott#155 nationally
#83Rexoutside the national top 200
#85Maxoutside the national top 200
#86Joleneoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda329US #2
#2Susan285US #8
#3Mary220US #1
#4Patricia190US #3
#5Karen181US #15
#6Carol175US #5
#7Judy173US #11
#8Kathleen168US #16
#9Barbara153US #4
#10Sharon150US #9
#11Sandra147US #6
#12Janet108US #21
#13Nancy98US #7
#14Carolyn92US #12
#15Diane88US #19
#16Connie85US #45
#17Kathy83US #79
#18Pamela83US #34
#19Marilyn80US #29
#20Bonnie79US #33
#21Janice76US #22
#22Margaret75US #17
#23Cheryl70US #27
#24Joyce67US #20
#25Betty62US #14
#26Joan60US #28
#27Kathryn59US #63
#28Donna57US #13
#29Elaine57US #47
#30Ann56US #40
#31Peggy54US #43
#32Vicki54US #108
#33Judith53US #10
#34Ruth51US #38
#35Shirley51US #18
#36Jo48US #53
#37Suzanne47US #52
#38Beverly46US #30
#39Claudia46US #124
#40Sue46US #61
#41Jean45US #37
#42Sherry45US #73
#43Helen44US #36
#44Gloria43US #26
#45Christine42US #50
#46Marsha42US #98
#47Julie40US #128
#48Lynda39US #109
#49Virginia39US #31
#50Diana38US #42
#51Colleen37
#52Leslie37US #130
#53Sally36US #67
#54Sheila36US #70
#55Dorothy34US #23
#56Jeanne34US #83
#57Kay34US #101
#58Paula32US #69
#59Annette31US #142
#60Elizabeth30US #25
#61Jane30US #35
#62Pat30US #147
#63Dixie29
#64Geraldine29US #66
#65Laura28US #75
#66Dianne27US #76
#67Katherine27US #78
#68Lois27US #55
#69Marie27US #54
#70Patsy27US #85
#71Vickie26
#72Anita25US #84
#73Frances25US #39
#74Rebecca25US #68
#75Sylvia25US #82
#76Catherine24US #48
#77Alice23US #44
#78Carla23
#79Gayle23US #141
#80Norma23US #77
#81Phyllis23US #41
#82Charlotte22US #64
#83Darlene22US #71
#84Terry22US #143
#85Eileen21US #80
#86Jolene21
#87Marcia21US #89
#88Marjorie21US #106
#89Marlene20US #112
#90Deanna19US #193
#91Joanne19US #57
#92Lorraine19US #93
#93Louise19US #91
#94Margie19US #138
#95Margo19
#96Shauna19
#97Sherrie19
#98Brenda18US #24
#99Evelyn18US #65
#100Joann18US #90

Boys

#1Robert341US #2
#2David334US #6
#3Richard333US #5
#4John306US #3
#5Michael263US #7
#6James262US #1
#7Steven189US #28
#8Ronald185US #10
#9Dennis171US #17
#10Gary169US #12
#11Larry161US #11
#12William160US #4
#13Paul146US #18
#14Brent123
#15Thomas111US #8
#16Kenneth99US #15
#17Craig98US #108
#18Stephen98US #24
#19Terry95US #26
#20Bruce89US #32
#21Charles89US #9
#22Douglas88US #34
#23Jerry87US #20
#24Donald86US #13
#25Wayne82US #29
#26George79US #16
#27Roger79US #23
#28Lynn71US #154
#29Don67US #79
#30Joseph67US #14
#31Dale60US #62
#32Jack60US #35
#33Kent60US #195
#34Steve58US #69
#35Jim57US #73
#36Scott57US #155
#37Jay55US #115
#38Alan54US #49
#39Mark51US #58
#40Edward49US #19
#41Keith47US #96
#42Fred46US #51
#43Frank45US #22
#44Gerald43US #27
#45Carl42US #39
#46Ray41US #95
#47Raymond41US #25
#48Harold40US #33
#49Mike40US #64
#50Danny38US #46
#51Stanley38US #65
#52Russell36US #66
#53Allen35US #74
#54Dan35US #116
#55Gordon35US #111
#56Bill31US #72
#57Glen31US #143
#58Lee31US #91
#59Dean30US #132
#60Howard30US #55
#61Jeffrey30US #78
#62Roy30US #43
#63Joe29US #37
#64Ralph29US #48
#65Jimmy28US #42
#66Rodney28US #93
#67Greg27
#68Randy27US #148
#69Ted27US #158
#70Bob26US #107
#71Earl26US #82
#72Gregory26US #56
#73Phillip26US #83
#74Arthur25US #36
#75Daniel25US #21
#76Eugene25US #57
#77Leslie25US #119
#78Tom25US #87
#79Clyde23US #122
#80Glenn23US #81
#81Melvin23US #86
#82Norman23US #76
#83Rex23
#84Allan22US #124
#85Max22
#86Patrick22US #59
#87Albert21US #52
#88Darrell21US #131
#89Lloyd21US #106
#90Ronnie21US #54
#91Walter21US #30
#92Dee20
#93Duane20US #142
#94Gene20US #98
#95Jon20US #117
#96Lawrence20US #31
#97Tommy20US #77
#98Val20
#99Floyd19US #121
#100Louis19US #63

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑47Sally#53
↑45Sue#40
↑41Christine#45
↑37Pat#62
↑35Jeanne#56
↑35Jeffrey#61
↑30Lee#58
↑26Scott#36

Falling

↓41Marcia#87
↓39Max#85
↓30Tom#78
↓28Gayle#79
↓26Evelyn#99
↓25Lorraine#92
↓22Dorothy#55
↓21Gordon#55

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.