State roster

Top names in Utah

The names most likely to appear on 1955 Utah birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 21,897 Utah births in 1955 across 658 distinct names.

Distinctively Utah

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

#29Shaunaoutside the national top 200
#22Brent#193 nationally
#35Kellyoutside the national top 200
#44Robynoutside the national top 200
#56Kristineoutside the national top 200
#54Lynn#196 nationally
#60Sherrieoutside the national top 200
#63Luannoutside the national top 200
#27Kent#156 nationally
#70Shelley#192 nationally
#81Joleneoutside the national top 200
#36Brad#153 nationally

Girls

#1Debra408US #4
#2Susan328US #5
#3Karen204US #8
#4Linda195US #3
#5Mary181US #1
#6Pamela161US #12
#7Patricia161US #6
#8Julie155US #67
#9Janet149US #20
#10Deborah143US #2
#11Barbara134US #7
#12Diane130US #14
#13Nancy125US #9
#14Kathleen121US #17
#15Cynthia117US #11
#16Carol115US #15
#17Sandra113US #13
#18Jill110US #102
#19Christine109US #40
#20Connie109US #35
#21Cindy103US #79
#22Kathy101US #22
#23Rebecca100US #27
#24Cheryl92US #19
#25Lori84US #89
#26Denise81US #23
#27Vickie81US #68
#28Sharon79US #16
#29Shauna78
#30Bonnie74US #45
#31Peggy73US #51
#32Wendy73US #90
#33Brenda70US #18
#34Lisa70US #48
#35Marilyn70US #49
#36Teresa70US #26
#37Judy68US #32
#38Laurie68US #91
#39Paula68US #39
#40Debbie63US #63
#41Kathryn61US #59
#42Ann60US #43
#43Vicki60US #52
#44Robyn59
#45Jan57US #138
#46Jo57US #58
#47Joyce57US #29
#48Leslie57US #99
#49Kim56US #75
#50Elizabeth53US #21
#51Laura53US #41
#52Margaret53US #24
#53Carolyn51US #30
#54Annette50US #156
#55Janice49US #25
#56Kristine49
#57Colleen48US #110
#58Sherry48US #56
#59Donna47US #10
#60Sherrie47
#61Terri47US #85
#62Valerie47US #80
#63Luann45
#64Suzanne45US #86
#65Catherine44US #28
#66Terry44US #83
#67Elaine43US #77
#68Jane42US #50
#69Katherine42US #65
#70Shelley42US #192
#71Becky40US #174
#72Michelle40US #97
#73Ruth40US #70
#74Cathy39US #44
#75Robin39US #33
#76Joan37US #46
#77Diana36US #55
#78Dorothy34US #64
#79Shirley34US #37
#80Sue34US #116
#81Jolene33
#82Sheila33US #57
#83Jackie32US #187
#84Marie32US #92
#85Rose32US #54
#86Jean31US #60
#87Beverly30US #34
#88Carla29US #135
#89Claudia29US #151
#90Jana28
#91Melanie28US #141
#92Teri28
#93Gayle27US #146
#94Jody27
#95Sally27US #95
#96Toni27US #158
#97Anne26US #84
#98Betty26US #36
#99Charlene26US #130
#100Joy26US #152

Boys

#1David560US #2
#2Michael436US #1
#3Robert418US #4
#4Steven355US #10
#5Richard329US #7
#6John324US #5
#7Mark288US #9
#8James280US #3
#9Scott249US #38
#10Kevin246US #27
#11Gary227US #12
#12William197US #6
#13Randy194US #30
#14Jeffrey168US #20
#15Paul161US #16
#16Kenneth154US #15
#17Douglas151US #29
#18Craig148US #50
#19Kim146US #98
#20Thomas141US #8
#21Ronald137US #18
#22Brent131US #193
#23Larry128US #19
#24Terry115US #28
#25Dennis109US #23
#26Joseph103US #13
#27Kent102US #156
#28Stephen100US #21
#29Bruce99US #32
#30Daniel99US #17
#31Alan88US #43
#32Charles87US #11
#33Gregory86US #24
#34Donald80US #14
#35Kelly80
#36Brad77US #153
#37Roger77US #37
#38Russell77US #57
#39Jerry74US #33
#40Dale73US #52
#41Brian71US #40
#42Danny67US #45
#43Keith67US #39
#44Rodney66US #65
#45Edward65US #25
#46Timothy61US #22
#47Dan60US #136
#48Don60US #125
#49Wayne60US #44
#50George53US #26
#51Frank52US #34
#52Jeffery52US #73
#53Curtis51US #79
#54Lynn51US #196
#55Jay49US #103
#56Kirk49US #172
#57Ricky48US #46
#58Stanley47US #64
#59Carl46US #47
#60Gordon46US #128
#61Allen45US #84
#62Jack41US #60
#63Rick41US #109
#64Dean40US #111
#65Kerry40US #174
#66Ralph39US #67
#67Raymond39US #36
#68Gerald35US #48
#69Glen34US #131
#70Patrick34US #41
#71Bradley32US #107
#72Matthew32US #105
#73Peter32US #35
#74Chris31US #139
#75Phillip31US #74
#76Randall31US #53
#77Lee30US #96
#78Micheal30US #87
#79Mike30US #123
#80Steve30US #72
#81Todd30US #173
#82Fred29US #97
#83Jon29US #115
#84Neil29US #159
#85Boyd28
#86Christopher28US #49
#87Harold28US #63
#88Martin28US #77
#89Norman28US #102
#90Rex28US #191
#91Roy28US #58
#92Chad27
#93Glenn27US #59
#94Grant27
#95Ray27US #113
#96Ted27US #188
#97Howard26US #83
#98Kurt26US #150
#99Ross26
#100Bryan25US #177

On the move since 1954

Rising

↑35Jill#18
↑34Denise#26
↑33Lisa#34
↑30Lori#25
↑28Michelle#72
↑24Edward#45
↑23Kirk#56
↑20Dan#47

Falling

↓33Ruth#73
↓33Jolene#81
↓22Kerry#65
↓22Rex#90
↓20Colleen#57
↓20Joan#76
↓19Steve#80
↓19Howard#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1954 rankings.