State roster

Top names in Utah

The names most likely to appear on 1950 Utah birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,126 Utah births in 1950 across 568 distinct names.

Distinctively Utah

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

#13Brentoutside the national top 200
#26Shaunaoutside the national top 200
#30Kent#180 nationally
#55Blaineoutside the national top 200
#56Kristineoutside the national top 200
#57Kimoutside the national top 200
#60Robynoutside the national top 200
#58Rex#196 nationally
#63Sherrieoutside the national top 200
#66Joleneoutside the national top 200
#72Valoutside the national top 200
#70Kerry#197 nationally

Girls

#1Susan323US #5
#2Linda320US #1
#3Mary241US #2
#4Kathleen206US #10
#5Karen163US #12
#6Patricia157US #3
#7Barbara141US #4
#8Sandra131US #8
#9Christine130US #28
#10Nancy130US #6
#11Carol123US #9
#12Connie121US #44
#13Janet121US #18
#14Diane112US #16
#15Pamela112US #17
#16Judy107US #25
#17Kathy102US #38
#18Sharon99US #11
#19Peggy94US #41
#20Bonnie92US #33
#21Kathryn91US #46
#22Marilyn91US #37
#23Deborah87US #7
#24Carolyn83US #20
#25Julie81US #111
#26Shauna79
#27Vickie76US #108
#28Janice75US #22
#29Rebecca75US #36
#30Colleen71US #124
#31Marsha69US #68
#32Ann68US #45
#33Shirley67US #19
#34Cheryl66US #29
#35Margaret64US #15
#36Vicki64US #61
#37Sherry61US #62
#38Joyce54US #27
#39Debra52US #59
#40Brenda51US #14
#41Gloria51US #30
#42Ruth51US #49
#43Paula50US #54
#44Donna49US #13
#45Elizabeth48US #24
#46Jo48US #64
#47Beverly47US #31
#48Wendy44US #114
#49Claudia43US #126
#50Diana43US #47
#51Elaine43US #60
#52Judith42US #21
#53Annette41US #144
#54Helen41US #50
#55Joan41US #40
#56Kristine40
#57Jean38US #48
#58Cynthia37US #23
#59Lynda37US #107
#60Robyn36
#61Catherine35US #34
#62Gayle35US #133
#63Sherrie35
#64Katherine34US #58
#65Marie34US #72
#66Jolene33
#67Suzanne33US #71
#68Cathy32US #75
#69Laura32US #63
#70Jane31US #39
#71Leslie31US #134
#72Betty30US #26
#73Gail30US #42
#74Valerie30US #116
#75Dianne29US #90
#76Teresa29US #81
#77Virginia29US #43
#78Marlene28US #112
#79Sheila28US #70
#80Dorothy27US #35
#81Joanne27US #67
#82Lana27
#83Charlene26US #103
#84Ellen26US #66
#85Irene26US #92
#86Jan26US #166
#87Kay25US #123
#88Martha24US #32
#89Terry24US #127
#90Eileen23US #91
#91Jill23US #142
#92Marcia23US #77
#93Sally23US #78
#94Darlene22US #79
#95Dixie22
#96Vicky22
#97Denise21US #82
#98Michele20US #128
#99Renee20US #168
#100Shelley20US #170

Boys

#1David421US #5
#2Robert409US #2
#3Michael381US #4
#4John316US #3
#5Steven292US #16
#6Richard291US #7
#7James279US #1
#8Gary209US #10
#9William203US #6
#10Dennis194US #17
#11Ronald176US #12
#12Craig170US #69
#13Brent155
#14Randy151US #80
#15Larry145US #11
#16Douglas143US #28
#17Kenneth138US #15
#18Mark137US #23
#19Paul136US #18
#20Scott130US #82
#21Thomas128US #8
#22Bruce110US #26
#23Stephen107US #19
#24Donald106US #14
#25Charles97US #9
#26Alan96US #41
#27Joseph96US #13
#28Terry89US #30
#29Gregory85US #25
#30Kent79US #180
#31Lynn71US #154
#32Jerry68US #24
#33Randall68US #70
#34Roger67US #27
#35Dale66US #49
#36Daniel65US #21
#37George65US #20
#38Frank64US #29
#39Wayne63US #35
#40Kevin58US #73
#41Russell56US #67
#42Jay55US #115
#43Jack52US #48
#44Ralph52US #52
#45Edward48US #22
#46Raymond48US #31
#47Glen46US #125
#48Jeffrey46US #43
#49Lee46US #91
#50Stanley46US #60
#51Don44US #107
#52Dan42US #129
#53Allen41US #71
#54Danny41US #39
#55Blaine38
#56Howard38US #63
#57Kim38
#58Rex37US #196
#59Rodney37US #88
#60Lawrence36US #33
#61Steve36US #83
#62Keith35US #78
#63Gordon34US #108
#64Harold33US #45
#65Carl32US #44
#66Joe32US #54
#67Ray32US #111
#68Norman31US #90
#69Fred30US #84
#70Kerry30US #197
#71Tom30US #145
#72Val30
#73Gerald29US #34
#74Kirk28US #199
#75Boyd27
#76Dean27US #120
#77Brian26US #79
#78Timothy26US #32
#79Kelly24
#80Neil24US #156
#81Rick24US #168
#82Clark23
#83Melvin23US #87
#84Ted23US #170
#85Darrell22US #116
#86Marvin22US #93
#87Walter22US #40
#88Bradley21US #152
#89Karl21US #172
#90Lloyd21US #127
#91Barry20US #74
#92Martin20US #85
#93Byron19
#94Calvin19US #105
#95Chris19US #178
#96Jim19US #139
#97Micheal19US #104
#98Phillip19US #64
#99Arthur18US #46
#100Clyde18US #136

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑41Rex#58
↑35Blaine#55
↑30Helen#54
↑29Marie#65
↑22Kim#57
↑21Valerie#74
↑20Shirley#33
↑20Elizabeth#45

Falling

↓34Calvin#94
↓30Terry#89
↓30Brian#77
↓28Lynda#59
↓26Keith#62
↓26Arthur#99
↓24Darlene#94
↓23Clyde#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.