State roster

Top names in Utah

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Utah birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 21,359 Utah births in 1954 across 622 distinct names.

Distinctively Utah

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

#19Brentoutside the national top 200
#30Shaunaoutside the national top 200
#31Robynoutside the national top 200
#41Kellyoutside the national top 200
#48Joleneoutside the national top 200
#36Lynn#187 nationally
#66Sherrieoutside the national top 200
#73Blaineoutside the national top 200
#43Kerry#170 nationally
#75Kristineoutside the national top 200
#29Brad#154 nationally
#42Kent#167 nationally

Girls

#1Debra432US #6
#2Susan338US #5
#3Mary230US #1
#4Karen225US #8
#5Linda219US #2
#6Pamela180US #12
#7Patricia171US #4
#8Deborah153US #3
#9Kathleen145US #14
#10Nancy141US #9
#11Julie139US #70
#12Janet134US #19
#13Barbara133US #7
#14Diane132US #17
#15Sandra120US #13
#16Carol118US #15
#17Rebecca112US #26
#18Connie111US #39
#19Christine109US #43
#20Kathy98US #23
#21Cheryl95US #22
#22Cynthia93US #10
#23Cindy92US #91
#24Peggy91US #48
#25Judy85US #29
#26Vickie84US #69
#27Ann81US #44
#28Sharon81US #16
#29Marilyn77US #35
#30Shauna76
#31Robyn74
#32Jo71US #53
#33Bonnie68US #52
#34Wendy67US #95
#35Kathryn65US #51
#36Vicki65US #50
#37Colleen63US #119
#38Janice62US #25
#39Teresa62US #34
#40Ruth60US #66
#41Carolyn58US #27
#42Jan58US #131
#43Paula58US #38
#44Laurie57US #98
#45Brenda56US #18
#46Annette55US #154
#47Suzanne54US #82
#48Jolene53
#49Terri53US #100
#50Joyce51US #28
#51Debbie50US #92
#52Laura50US #45
#53Jill49US #107
#54Elizabeth48US #20
#55Lori48US #121
#56Joan47US #40
#57Kim47US #134
#58Leslie47US #99
#59Marsha47US #86
#60Denise46US #24
#61Margaret46US #21
#62Elaine45US #74
#63Donna44US #11
#64Sherry42US #62
#65Catherine41US #32
#66Sherrie41
#67Lisa39US #73
#68Diana38US #57
#69Katherine38US #64
#70Rose37US #54
#71Terry37US #88
#72Becky36US #179
#73Robin36US #41
#74Jane35US #49
#75Kristine35
#76Jean34US #56
#77Lynette34
#78Valerie34US #87
#79Luann33US #192
#80Sally32US #84
#81Carla31US #135
#82Dianne31US #116
#83Gail31US #37
#84Holly31US #166
#85Beverly30US #31
#86Gloria30US #42
#87Helen30US #72
#88Cathy29US #59
#89Jackie29US #185
#90Stephanie29US #123
#91Virginia29US #61
#92Dixie28
#93Kay28US #146
#94Melanie28US #178
#95Sheila28US #60
#96Dorothy27US #55
#97Shirley27US #33
#98Jana26
#99Lynda26US #173
#100Michelle26US #94

Boys

#1David545US #5
#2Michael460US #1
#3Robert413US #2
#4John349US #4
#5Steven348US #11
#6Richard314US #7
#7James309US #3
#8Mark279US #12
#9Scott236US #40
#10Kevin235US #28
#11Gary233US #9
#12William216US #6
#13Randy185US #33
#14Paul174US #16
#15Douglas161US #29
#16Craig150US #51
#17Jeffrey144US #23
#18Ronald140US #15
#19Brent133
#20Thomas132US #8
#21Kenneth129US #17
#22Kim127US #109
#23Larry119US #19
#24Dennis112US #21
#25Joseph107US #13
#26Stephen99US #20
#27Donald98US #14
#28Charles92US #10
#29Brad90US #154
#30Bruce90US #30
#31Alan89US #43
#32Gregory88US #25
#33Terry84US #27
#34Daniel83US #18
#35Roger82US #34
#36Lynn81US #187
#37Jerry78US #31
#38Keith73US #45
#39Dale72US #50
#40Don67US #120
#41Kelly65
#42Kent65US #167
#43Kerry61US #170
#44Rodney61US #66
#45Russell61US #69
#46Brian60US #48
#47George60US #24
#48Jay60US #101
#49Wayne60US #41
#50Jeffery54US #90
#51Ricky53US #46
#52Timothy53US #26
#53Stanley51US #58
#54Bradley50US #106
#55Danny50US #42
#56Frank50US #36
#57Ralph47US #61
#58Rick47US #102
#59Dean45US #110
#60Raymond44US #35
#61Steve44US #76
#62Jack43US #57
#63Carl41US #47
#64Glen41US #131
#65Jon41US #111
#66Randall41US #55
#67Dan38US #139
#68Rex37US #189
#69Edward36US #22
#70Harold36US #60
#71Allen35US #82
#72Chris34US #159
#73Blaine32
#74Gerald32US #44
#75Lee32US #96
#76Micheal30US #88
#77Gordon29US #122
#78Howard29US #80
#79Kirk29US #190
#80Phillip28US #75
#81Bryan27
#82Duane27US #136
#83Fred27US #93
#84Glenn27US #63
#85Roy27US #56
#86Val27
#87Darrell26US #95
#88Martin26US #79
#89Anthony25US #32
#90Grant25
#91Lawrence25US #39
#92Louis25US #81
#93Calvin24US #117
#94Leonard24US #85
#95Marvin24US #97
#96Ray24US #118
#97Joe23US #67
#98Melvin23US #92
#99Ted23US #191
#100Clark22

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑36Ruth#40
↑30Kim#57
↑29Lori#55
↑29Kerry#43
↑28Teresa#39
↑26Debbie#51
↑25Terri#49
↑23Catherine#65

Falling

↓40Gloria#86
↓39Shirley#97
↓35Michelle#100
↓29Sheila#95
↓28Kristine#75
↓25Beverly#85
↓23Anthony#89
↓18Joyce#50

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.