State roster

Top names in Utah

The names most likely to appear on 1953 Utah birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 21,188 Utah births in 1953 across 623 distinct names.

Distinctively Utah

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

#21Brentoutside the national top 200
#31Shaunaoutside the national top 200
#47Kristineoutside the national top 200
#48Robynoutside the national top 200
#54Kellyoutside the national top 200
#59Sherrieoutside the national top 200
#36Kent#166 nationally
#40Lynn#170 nationally
#35Brad#164 nationally
#62Becky#189 nationally
#72Kerry#194 nationally
#75Kirk#197 nationally

Girls

#1Debra376US #7
#2Susan301US #5
#3Linda248US #2
#4Mary230US #1
#5Karen189US #9
#6Barbara164US #6
#7Patricia155US #4
#8Nancy149US #8
#9Pamela146US #10
#10Diane145US #17
#11Kathleen140US #14
#12Deborah139US #3
#13Julie137US #74
#14Rebecca136US #24
#15Christine132US #32
#16Sandra121US #11
#17Carol116US #16
#18Connie113US #47
#19Janet112US #19
#20Judy101US #27
#21Marilyn99US #36
#22Cynthia98US #12
#23Kathy92US #23
#24Sharon86US #15
#25Peggy84US #44
#26Vickie80US #79
#27Kathryn76US #48
#28Colleen74US #115
#29Paula72US #40
#30Janice71US #22
#31Shauna71
#32Joyce69US #26
#33Bonnie66US #45
#34Wendy64US #110
#35Ann62US #46
#36Elizabeth62US #21
#37Cheryl61US #28
#38Jo61US #54
#39Carolyn58US #25
#40Jill58US #114
#41Laurie56US #103
#42Brenda55US #18
#43Cindy55US #99
#44Jan55US #140
#45Annette54US #145
#46Gloria54US #38
#47Kristine53
#48Robyn52
#49Laura51US #51
#50Margaret51US #20
#51Leslie50US #96
#52Denise49US #31
#53Diana49US #55
#54Joan49US #37
#55Marsha49US #83
#56Suzanne48US #78
#57Vicki48US #61
#58Shirley46US #29
#59Sherrie45
#60Beverly43US #34
#61Sherry43US #70
#62Becky41US #189
#63Elaine41US #77
#64Jane41US #43
#65Michelle41US #107
#66Sheila41US #60
#67Teresa41US #42
#68Marie40US #86
#69Terry40US #117
#70Claudia39US #126
#71Donna39US #13
#72Jean38US #52
#73Rose37US #59
#74Terri37US #130
#75Cathy35US #56
#76Ruth35US #62
#77Debbie34US #119
#78Katherine34US #63
#79Robin34US #66
#80Valerie34US #88
#81Shelley33US #168
#82Darlene32US #75
#83Helen30US #65
#84Lori30US #173
#85Alice29US #73
#86Betty29US #33
#87Kim29US #182
#88Catherine28US #35
#89Lisa28US #111
#90Louise28US #125
#91Luann28
#92Stephanie27US #123
#93Anne26US #80
#94Gail26US #39
#95Gayle26US #136
#96Irene26US #127
#97Sherri26US #196
#98Virginia26US #53
#99Lynette25
#100Toni25US #162

Boys

#1David549US #5
#2Michael453US #3
#3Robert436US #1
#4Richard335US #7
#5Steven326US #11
#6John309US #4
#7James280US #2
#8Gary250US #10
#9Mark228US #12
#10William217US #6
#11Randy216US #35
#12Scott214US #46
#13Paul204US #16
#14Craig166US #60
#15Thomas165US #8
#16Ronald158US #15
#17Kevin157US #36
#18Kenneth153US #17
#19Douglas147US #27
#20Dennis143US #19
#21Brent141
#22Jeffrey140US #25
#23Alan118US #43
#24Kim116US #127
#25Gregory113US #24
#26Larry111US #18
#27Charles108US #9
#28Stephen108US #21
#29Joseph107US #13
#30Bruce105US #28
#31Terry105US #30
#32Donald98US #14
#33Daniel88US #20
#34Dale87US #48
#35Brad84US #164
#36Kent83US #166
#37Rodney83US #58
#38Roger79US #31
#39Keith73US #47
#40Lynn72US #170
#41George68US #22
#42Jerry68US #29
#43Jay61US #99
#44Wayne58US #40
#45Danny56US #41
#46Ricky55US #51
#47Timothy55US #26
#48Don54US #121
#49Randall54US #64
#50Ralph53US #59
#51Russell53US #71
#52Stanley52US #62
#53Allen50US #81
#54Kelly50
#55Brian49US #53
#56Dan49US #139
#57Bradley48US #118
#58Edward48US #23
#59Gordon47US #116
#60Rick43US #101
#61Curtis42US #86
#62Lee42US #93
#63Glen41US #129
#64Raymond40US #34
#65Jack39US #57
#66Anthony38US #32
#67Carl38US #44
#68Jon38US #120
#69Jeffery37US #109
#70Steve36US #84
#71Dean34US #105
#72Kerry33US #194
#73Rex33US #188
#74Frank32US #33
#75Kirk32US #197
#76Gerald31US #42
#77Lawrence30US #37
#78Martin30US #82
#79Micheal28US #88
#80Howard27US #77
#81Neil27US #146
#82Boyd26
#83Christopher26US #63
#84Ray26US #115
#85Warren26US #124
#86Karl25US #163
#87Ted25US #190
#88Bryan24
#89Chris24US #168
#90Joe24US #66
#91Phillip24US #76
#92Calvin23US #111
#93Chad23
#94Clark23
#95Leslie23US #135
#96Norman23US #98
#97Roy23US #55
#98Garth22
#99Marvin22US #94
#100Val22

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑34Laurie#41
↑31Cindy#43
↑29Bradley#57
↑24Beverly#60
↑24Timothy#47
↑21Gloria#46
↑21Suzanne#56
↑20Robyn#48

Falling

↓36Catherine#88
↓31Gayle#95
↓26Betty#86
↓26Lynette#99
↓24Teresa#67
↓24Donna#71
↓21Ruth#76
↓20Claudia#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.