State roster

Top names in Utah

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Utah birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,526 Utah births in 1947 across 565 distinct names.

Distinctively Utah

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

#17Brentoutside the national top 200
#26Kent#182 nationally
#52Colleenoutside the national top 200
#61Dixieoutside the national top 200
#38Vickie#169 nationally
#71Boydoutside the national top 200
#75Kristineoutside the national top 200
#76Joleneoutside the national top 200
#76Kimoutside the national top 200
#77Rexoutside the national top 200
#29Lynn#151 nationally
#79Deannaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda575US #1
#2Susan275US #8
#3Mary240US #2
#4Patricia197US #3
#5Karen188US #13
#6Kathleen188US #11
#7Sandra181US #5
#8Carol180US #6
#9Barbara158US #4
#10Judy156US #14
#11Nancy141US #7
#12Sharon136US #9
#13Connie129US #43
#14Janet119US #23
#15Carolyn109US #15
#16Diane109US #18
#17Marilyn94US #29
#18Pamela94US #28
#19Cheryl87US #24
#20Kathy85US #64
#21Bonnie84US #35
#22Lynda84US #77
#23Margaret82US #16
#24Janice80US #22
#25Shirley76US #19
#26Kathryn75US #55
#27Peggy73US #42
#28Ann70US #41
#29Sherry69US #67
#30Donna68US #10
#31Marsha67US #88
#32Joyce66US #20
#33Joan64US #30
#34Christine62US #45
#35Claudia57US #122
#36Vicki57US #101
#37Julie55US #124
#38Vickie55US #169
#39Gloria53US #27
#40Judith53US #12
#41Sue51US #69
#42Elaine50US #50
#43Jo50US #51
#44Paula50US #54
#45Betty49US #17
#46Jean48US #40
#47Annette46US #140
#48Beverly46US #31
#49Helen46US #38
#50Suzanne45US #53
#51Diana44US #48
#52Colleen42
#53Leslie41US #132
#54Ruth39US #44
#55Dorothy35US #26
#56Patsy35US #87
#57Rebecca35US #52
#58Cynthia34US #33
#59Ellen34US #61
#60Virginia33US #34
#61Dixie32
#62Katherine32US #76
#63Jeanne31US #86
#64Lorraine31US #84
#65Sally31US #70
#66Sheila31US #73
#67Darlene30US #71
#68Elizabeth30US #25
#69Gayle30US #127
#70Laura30US #74
#71Joy29US #166
#72Alice28US #47
#73Kay28US #104
#74Charlotte27US #68
#75Kristine27
#76Jolene26
#77Brenda25US #21
#78Catherine25US #46
#79Deanna25
#80Frances25US #39
#81Kaye25
#82Marie25US #57
#83Sylvia25US #97
#84Cathy24US #119
#85Glenda24US #96
#86Louise24US #99
#87Marcia24US #81
#88Norma24US #82
#89Penny24US #142
#90Charlene23US #105
#91Lois23US #63
#92Terry23US #135
#93Anita22US #94
#94Anna22US #92
#95Geraldine22US #78
#96Jacqueline22US #59
#97Jane22US #36
#98Janis22US #108
#99Martha22US #32
#100Irene21US #107

Boys

#1David430US #6
#2Robert413US #2
#3Richard363US #5
#4John353US #3
#5Michael314US #7
#6James294US #1
#7Steven255US #24
#8Gary222US #12
#9Dennis212US #17
#10Larry211US #10
#11William202US #4
#12Ronald182US #11
#13Paul180US #18
#14Thomas148US #8
#15Douglas147US #31
#16Craig137US #93
#17Brent130
#18Stephen124US #21
#19Terry124US #26
#20Kenneth106US #15
#21Bruce105US #29
#22Roger99US #25
#23Scott99US #139
#24Jerry98US #20
#25Gregory91US #33
#26Kent90US #182
#27Charles87US #9
#28George87US #16
#29Lynn85US #151
#30Alan84US #45
#31Donald83US #13
#32Dale80US #63
#33Wayne79US #30
#34Mark77US #47
#35Jack74US #37
#36Joseph74US #14
#37Don66US #86
#38Steve64US #58
#39Keith62US #91
#40Edward57US #19
#41Glen57US #138
#42Danny56US #39
#43Fred53US #56
#44Frank51US #23
#45Mike51US #65
#46Daniel50US #22
#47Jim49US #77
#48Stanley48US #67
#49Jay47US #119
#50Randy47US #116
#51Carl46US #40
#52Jeffrey46US #66
#53Ray45US #97
#54Bill44US #76
#55Dan44US #109
#56Russell44US #69
#57Gerald43US #28
#58Ralph43US #50
#59Rodney43US #94
#60Allen41US #73
#61Gordon38US #111
#62Lee38US #92
#63Harold36US #35
#64Joe36US #43
#65Raymond35US #27
#66Earl34US #83
#67Barry33US #68
#68Darrell32US #125
#69Dean32US #140
#70Roy32US #48
#71Boyd31
#72Marvin31US #89
#73Norman31US #81
#74Phillip31US #74
#75Randall31US #106
#76Kim29
#77Rex29
#78Tom29US #87
#79Duane28US #135
#80Bob27US #115
#81Howard27US #62
#82Arthur26US #38
#83Max26
#84Billy25US #51
#85Lawrence25US #32
#86Dave23US #155
#87Grant23
#88Blaine22
#89Jimmy22US #44
#90Jon22US #123
#91Melvin22US #85
#92Reed21
#93Ted21US #157
#94Tommy21US #79
#95Brian20US #95
#96Clyde20US #128
#97Johnny20US #49
#98Leslie20US #124
#99Neil20US #162
#100Val20

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑47Gregory#25
↑33Vickie#38
↑29Daniel#46
↑28Lorraine#64
↑26Lynda#22
↑21Brenda#77
↑20Darrell#68
↑18Randy#50

Falling

↓36Jane#97
↓31Geraldine#95
↓24Jimmy#89
↓24Ted#93
↓23Lois#91
↓21Anita#93
↓21Howard#81
↓21Leslie#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.