State roster

Top names in Utah

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Utah birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,688 Utah births in 1948 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
#25Kent#194 nationally
#51Shaunaoutside the national top 200
#63Kristineoutside the national top 200
#70Dixieoutside the national top 200
#33Colleen#161 nationally
#73Joleneoutside the national top 200
#73Boydoutside the national top 200
#31Lynn#157 nationally
#78Rexoutside the national top 200
#85Sherrieoutside the national top 200
#85Kerryoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda456US #1
#2Susan308US #5
#3Mary256US #2
#4Kathleen184US #10
#5Karen173US #12
#6Barbara166US #3
#7Carol163US #8
#8Patricia162US #4
#9Sandra156US #6
#10Judy142US #16
#11Pamela117US #22
#12Connie116US #43
#13Nancy113US #7
#14Sharon111US #9
#15Janet107US #24
#16Diane97US #19
#17Carolyn93US #14
#18Kathryn91US #54
#19Christine85US #35
#20Bonnie82US #34
#21Kathy82US #55
#22Marilyn82US #33
#23Marsha81US #76
#24Cheryl80US #25
#25Vicki79US #81
#26Joyce72US #21
#27Sherry72US #61
#28Janice64US #23
#29Lynda64US #84
#30Margaret64US #13
#31Ruth64US #45
#32Ann62US #44
#33Colleen62US #161
#34Vickie59US #143
#35Peggy57US #38
#36Julie55US #117
#37Joan54US #37
#38Gloria51US #28
#39Shirley51US #20
#40Jo50US #56
#41Donna49US #11
#42Jane49US #39
#43Diana47US #48
#44Beverly46US #31
#45Elaine46US #53
#46Katherine45US #68
#47Paula45US #52
#48Helen44US #40
#49Terry44US #133
#50Judith42US #15
#51Shauna41
#52Suzanne41US #66
#53Claudia38US #122
#54Sally38US #72
#55Catherine36US #41
#56Evelyn36US #74
#57Jean36US #47
#58Marcia36US #79
#59Rebecca36US #50
#60Annette35US #146
#61Cynthia35US #27
#62Leslie35US #131
#63Kristine34
#64Virginia34US #36
#65Cathy33US #104
#66Elizabeth32US #26
#67Ellen32US #67
#68Betty31US #18
#69Dianne31US #86
#70Dixie31
#71Sue31US #78
#72Gayle30US #141
#73Jolene30
#74Teresa30US #82
#75Charlene29US #105
#76Alice28US #49
#77Margie28US #148
#78Darlene26US #77
#79Lorraine26US #96
#80Marie26US #60
#81Marjorie26US #110
#82Sheila26US #71
#83Brenda25US #17
#84Dorothy25US #29
#85Sherrie25
#86Patsy24US #98
#87Penny24US #153
#88Eileen23US #91
#89Frances23US #42
#90Jackie23US #187
#91Martha23US #32
#92Jeanne22US #95
#93Lana22US #188
#94Becky21
#95Deanna21
#96Georgia21US #130
#97Jacqueline21US #58
#98Jill21US #150
#99Norma20US #103
#100Phyllis20US #46

Boys

#1David384US #5
#2Robert384US #2
#3Michael336US #6
#4John321US #3
#5Richard290US #7
#6Steven248US #23
#7James243US #1
#8Larry195US #11
#9Dennis188US #17
#10Ronald181US #10
#11William180US #4
#12Paul169US #18
#13Gary151US #12
#14Stephen144US #20
#15Craig142US #82
#16Douglas139US #33
#17Brent135
#18Kenneth134US #15
#19Thomas122US #8
#20Bruce113US #28
#21Scott102US #122
#22Terry96US #26
#23Randy92US #99
#24Mark90US #29
#25Kent87US #194
#26Dale85US #56
#27Donald85US #14
#28Charles84US #9
#29Jerry80US #21
#30George79US #16
#31Lynn74US #157
#32Gregory73US #32
#33Alan72US #46
#34Wayne71US #34
#35Joseph66US #13
#36Don65US #91
#37Roger64US #24
#38Steve60US #60
#39Daniel56US #22
#40Mike56US #68
#41Danny55US #39
#42Rodney55US #92
#43Russell55US #67
#44Ralph54US #51
#45Jack52US #43
#46Keith52US #89
#47Frank47US #25
#48Edward46US #19
#49Gerald45US #30
#50Jay45US #123
#51Raymond42US #27
#52Lee41US #93
#53Tom41US #94
#54Randall40US #98
#55Dan39US #113
#56Ray38US #100
#57Dean37US #143
#58Glen37US #133
#59Gordon37US #112
#60Carl36US #42
#61Allen35US #72
#62Melvin35US #81
#63Bill34US #84
#64Harold34US #36
#65Phillip34US #69
#66Stanley34US #65
#67Norman33US #85
#68Arthur32US #44
#69Jim32US #86
#70Fred31US #66
#71Timothy31US #38
#72Jeffrey30US #58
#73Boyd29
#74Marvin29US #90
#75Brian27US #95
#76Earl27US #83
#77Lloyd26US #118
#78Rex26
#79Gene25US #111
#80Howard24US #63
#81Patrick24US #48
#82Barry23US #74
#83Curtis23US #101
#84Joe23US #47
#85Kerry23
#86Lawrence23US #31
#87Val23
#88Blaine22
#89Chris22US #172
#90Dee22
#91Eugene22US #61
#92Ross22
#93Calvin21US #117
#94Andrew20US #77
#95Bradley20US #192
#96Clark20
#97Clifford20US #105
#98Ernest20US #76
#99Martin20US #88
#100Philip20US #54

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑55Jane#42
↑43Terry#49
↑29Marcia#58
↑29Melvin#62
↑27Randy#23
↑25Tom#53
↑23Ruth#31
↑23Catherine#55

Falling

↓30Sue#71
↓30Patsy#86
↓29Dorothy#84
↓29Jeanne#92
↓27Fred#70
↓23Betty#68
↓22Jim#69
↓20Jeffrey#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.