State roster

Top names in Utah

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Utah birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,854 Utah births in 1949 across 560 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
#22Shaunaoutside the national top 200
#32Kent#194 nationally
#48Kristineoutside the national top 200
#64Sherrieoutside the national top 200
#69Maxoutside the national top 200
#74Robynoutside the national top 200
#33Lynn#159 nationally
#79Kimoutside the national top 200
#83Joleneoutside the national top 200
#85Kerryoutside the national top 200
#33Colleen#146 nationally

Girls

#1Linda367US #1
#2Susan342US #5
#3Mary233US #2
#4Kathleen183US #9
#5Karen162US #11
#6Carol151US #8
#7Barbara142US #4
#8Sandra142US #6
#9Patricia141US #3
#10Connie130US #43
#11Nancy125US #7
#12Judy122US #20
#13Sharon115US #10
#14Pamela113US #21
#15Diane112US #19
#16Marilyn107US #33
#17Janet102US #23
#18Christine97US #30
#19Peggy94US #38
#20Carolyn93US #17
#21Kathryn88US #52
#22Shauna84
#23Bonnie83US #35
#24Vicki82US #70
#25Ann77US #44
#26Kathy77US #42
#27Cheryl76US #28
#28Julie72US #113
#29Vickie72US #124
#30Janice68US #24
#31Lynda57US #93
#32Paula57US #55
#33Colleen56US #146
#34Margaret56US #14
#35Rebecca55US #40
#36Brenda52US #13
#37Sherry52US #68
#38Gloria50US #29
#39Joyce50US #26
#40Jo47US #60
#41Deborah46US #15
#42Judith46US #16
#43Marsha46US #79
#44Beverly44US #31
#45Donna44US #12
#46Elaine42US #57
#47Joan42US #36
#48Kristine42
#49Diana41US #48
#50Suzanne41US #62
#51Betty40US #22
#52Ruth40US #47
#53Shirley40US #18
#54Jane38US #41
#55Cynthia37US #27
#56Jean37US #45
#57Katherine37US #59
#58Claudia36US #127
#59Terry36US #115
#60Virginia36US #39
#61Laura35US #65
#62Wendy34US #122
#63Sheila33US #76
#64Sherrie32
#65Elizabeth31US #25
#66Ellen31US #64
#67Catherine30US #37
#68Leslie30US #132
#69Annette29US #151
#70Darlene29US #75
#71Cathy28US #81
#72Dianne28US #85
#73Jeanne28US #92
#74Robyn28
#75Dorothy27US #32
#76Evelyn27US #80
#77Joy27US #171
#78Phyllis27US #50
#79Charlene26US #100
#80Gayle26US #137
#81Janis26US #131
#82Jill26US #152
#83Jolene26
#84Helen25US #46
#85Kay25US #119
#86Anne24US #86
#87Lorraine24US #102
#88Rosemary24US #98
#89Teresa24US #82
#90Alice23US #53
#91Becky23
#92Charlotte23US #71
#93Jacqueline23US #58
#94Marie23US #67
#95Valerie23US #108
#96Dixie22
#97Penny22US #158
#98Renee22US #166
#99Sally22US #77
#100Sharlene22

Boys

#1Robert417US #2
#2David404US #6
#3Michael330US #5
#4John313US #3
#5Steven278US #20
#6Richard273US #7
#7James258US #1
#8William232US #4
#9Ronald187US #11
#10Gary179US #12
#11Larry179US #10
#12Dennis169US #16
#13Craig151US #77
#14Brent149
#15Douglas145US #29
#16Stephen141US #19
#17Paul139US #17
#18Randy138US #92
#19Kenneth137US #15
#20Scott122US #99
#21Thomas117US #8
#22Bruce113US #26
#23Charles112US #9
#24Terry108US #28
#25Mark101US #24
#26Roger97US #25
#27Gregory87US #31
#28Wayne83US #35
#29George82US #18
#30Alan81US #45
#31Jerry81US #23
#32Kent79US #194
#33Lynn79US #159
#34Donald74US #13
#35Joseph71US #14
#36Keith70US #85
#37Don66US #98
#38Randall66US #79
#39Daniel63US #22
#40Jay62US #118
#41Dale58US #54
#42Lee57US #93
#43Edward56US #21
#44Russell55US #69
#45Danny54US #40
#46Frank49US #27
#47Brian48US #86
#48Jeffrey47US #48
#49Ralph46US #50
#50Stanley46US #60
#51Allen45US #71
#52Rodney44US #87
#53Jack43US #47
#54Gerald40US #33
#55Steve40US #68
#56Lawrence38US #32
#57Raymond38US #30
#58Glen37US #127
#59Gordon37US #113
#60Calvin35US #112
#61Dean35US #129
#62Fred35US #72
#63Patrick35US #39
#64Dan34US #125
#65Carl33US #43
#66Darrell33US #117
#67Harold33US #42
#68Mike33US #88
#69Max32
#70Howard31US #63
#71Marvin31US #89
#72Ray30US #109
#73Arthur29US #44
#74Jon29US #144
#75Earl28US #91
#76Leslie28US #126
#77Clyde26US #131
#78Joe26US #52
#79Kim26
#80Norman26US #90
#81Walter25US #37
#82Bradley24US #174
#83Melvin24US #82
#84Curtis23US #97
#85Kerry23
#86Roy23US #51
#87Timothy23US #34
#88Tom23US #114
#89Val23
#90Blaine22
#91Gene22US #119
#92Grant22
#93Phillip22US #66
#94Boyd21
#95Chris21US #168
#96Edwin21US #123
#97Eugene21US #58
#98Kelly21
#99Rex21
#100Rick21US #170

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑47Brenda#36
↑33Calvin#60
↑30Lawrence#56
↑29Shauna#22
↑28Brian#47
↑24Rebecca#35
↑24Jeffrey#48
↑22Phyllis#78

Falling

↓45Sally#99
↓36Helen#84
↓35Tom#88
↓28Mike#68
↓28Phillip#93
↓26Dixie#96
↓21Ruth#52
↓21Melvin#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.