State roster

Top names in Utah

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Utah birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,907 Utah births in 1951 across 611 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
#36Shaunaoutside the national top 200
#33Kent#182 nationally
#28Kim#172 nationally
#34Kristine#172 nationally
#63Kellyoutside the national top 200
#64Sherrieoutside the national top 200
#74Joleneoutside the national top 200
#76Robynoutside the national top 200
#76Blaineoutside the national top 200
#68Kerry#191 nationally
#78Beckyoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda307US #1
#2Susan307US #6
#3Mary233US #2
#4Karen210US #8
#5Debra201US #18
#6Patricia187US #3
#7Kathleen170US #10
#8Barbara158US #5
#9Nancy146US #7
#10Janet143US #19
#11Carol137US #11
#12Connie131US #44
#13Sandra127US #9
#14Pamela119US #16
#15Diane117US #15
#16Deborah115US #4
#17Judy114US #26
#18Christine107US #24
#19Peggy106US #40
#20Marilyn101US #41
#21Ann97US #46
#22Kathryn97US #45
#23Vickie96US #87
#24Kathy92US #35
#25Sharon91US #13
#26Janice85US #21
#27Colleen81US #114
#28Julie81US #99
#29Bonnie79US #37
#30Rebecca77US #32
#31Vicki77US #58
#32Cheryl73US #30
#33Carolyn68US #22
#34Kristine65US #172
#35Marsha61US #76
#36Shauna57
#37Sherry57US #70
#38Joyce54US #28
#39Paula54US #51
#40Margaret53US #17
#41Brenda50US #14
#42Gayle49US #124
#43Joan49US #39
#44Wendy49US #110
#45Betty48US #29
#46Ruth48US #53
#47Gloria47US #31
#48Elizabeth46US #23
#49Suzanne46US #83
#50Cynthia45US #20
#51Shirley44US #27
#52Catherine43US #34
#53Cathy43US #71
#54Claudia43US #123
#55Lynda43US #116
#56Leslie42US #133
#57Jill41US #130
#58Elaine40US #66
#59Jane40US #43
#60Jo40US #67
#61Jean39US #49
#62Beverly38US #33
#63Shelley37US #166
#64Sherrie37
#65Terry37US #115
#66Diana36US #50
#67Katherine36US #55
#68Valerie36US #100
#69Denise35US #48
#70Laura35US #60
#71Teresa35US #63
#72Alice34US #62
#73Dorothy34US #42
#74Jolene34
#75Jan33US #145
#76Robyn33
#77Sheila33US #69
#78Becky32
#79Donna32US #12
#80Gail32US #36
#81Laurie32US #139
#82Judith31US #25
#83Vicky31
#84Annette30US #143
#85Kay29US #120
#86Lana29
#87Marie29US #78
#88Charlene28US #103
#89Terri28US #185
#90Helen27US #54
#91Carla25US #147
#92Darlene25US #79
#93Dianne25US #90
#94Louise25US #117
#95Marcia25US #74
#96Virginia25US #47
#97Anita24US #96
#98Cindy24US #154
#99Eileen24US #95
#100Sherri24

Boys

#1David441US #5
#2Michael413US #4
#3Robert406US #2
#4John361US #3
#5Richard326US #7
#6Steven321US #13
#7James289US #1
#8Gary214US #10
#9William196US #6
#10Mark194US #20
#11Dennis181US #17
#12Craig178US #63
#13Scott169US #68
#14Thomas168US #8
#15Ronald164US #12
#16Larry162US #11
#17Brent158
#18Douglas155US #27
#19Randy155US #56
#20Paul138US #18
#21Kenneth135US #16
#22Terry110US #30
#23Bruce109US #26
#24Charles109US #9
#25Stephen108US #19
#26Alan106US #40
#27Donald91US #15
#28Kim90US #172
#29Gregory88US #25
#30Roger88US #29
#31Joseph87US #14
#32Jeffrey83US #35
#33Kent82US #182
#34Dale80US #49
#35Lynn80US #155
#36Randall79US #66
#37Kevin77US #53
#38Daniel75US #21
#39Jerry74US #24
#40George70US #22
#41Jay66US #116
#42Edward65US #23
#43Keith62US #59
#44Stanley60US #54
#45Russell57US #73
#46Wayne56US #37
#47Dean51US #105
#48Don51US #117
#49Raymond50US #32
#50Allen49US #72
#51Gerald49US #36
#52Rodney49US #84
#53Gordon46US #108
#54Danny45US #41
#55Jack44US #48
#56Ralph43US #51
#57Rex43US #170
#58Dan40US #136
#59Darrell40US #109
#60Frank40US #31
#61Glen38US #127
#62Harold38US #46
#63Kelly38
#64Timothy38US #28
#65Rick37US #143
#66Carl35US #43
#67Fred35US #87
#68Kerry35US #191
#69Ricky34US #102
#70Norman33US #90
#71Roy33US #52
#72Ray32US #114
#73Lawrence30US #33
#74Leslie30US #124
#75Arthur29US #44
#76Blaine29
#77Brian29US #75
#78Bradley28US #146
#79Philip28US #55
#80Lee27US #92
#81Patrick27US #39
#82Jon26US #138
#83Calvin25US #106
#84Reed25
#85Ross25
#86Andrew24US #69
#87Curtis24US #91
#88Duane24US #130
#89Grant24
#90Howard24US #74
#91Micheal24US #97
#92Neil24US #149
#93Steve24US #86
#94Boyd23
#95Gene23US #126
#96Joe23US #57
#97Lyle23
#98Allan22US #137
#99Chris22US #173
#100Eugene22US #65

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑37Shelley#63
↑34Debra#5
↑34Jill#57
↑29Kim#28
↑29Dean#47
↑28Denise#69
↑27Betty#45
↑26Darrell#59

Falling

↓36Helen#90
↓35Donna#79
↓34Howard#90
↓32Steve#93
↓31Annette#84
↓31Lee#80
↓30Judith#82
↓30Joe#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.