State roster

Top names in Utah

The names most likely to appear on 1956 Utah birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,554 Utah births in 1956 across 676 distinct names.

Distinctively Utah

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

#19Brent#191 nationally
#41Robynoutside the national top 200
#31Kelly#190 nationally
#42Lynnoutside the national top 200
#56Shaunaoutside the national top 200
#59Sherrieoutside the national top 200
#65Valoutside the national top 200
#75Blaineoutside the national top 200
#77Coreyoutside the national top 200
#70Ted#192 nationally
#80Kristineoutside the national top 200
#66Kerry#183 nationally

Girls

#1Debra332US #2
#2Susan274US #5
#3Karen235US #7
#4Mary205US #1
#5Cindy194US #37
#6Julie185US #48
#7Linda181US #3
#8Patricia157US #6
#9Barbara142US #9
#10Pamela141US #12
#11Diane132US #15
#12Nancy126US #11
#13Sandra121US #14
#14Janet119US #21
#15Carol118US #16
#16Cynthia116US #8
#17Lori116US #66
#18Kathleen111US #17
#19Deborah110US #4
#20Kim106US #38
#21Kathy103US #20
#22Rebecca98US #27
#23Cheryl96US #18
#24Laurie96US #76
#25Jill93US #101
#26Christine92US #42
#27Connie90US #43
#28Debbie90US #39
#29Sharon88US #13
#30Annette83US #119
#31Laura81US #34
#32Lisa78US #31
#33Teresa77US #24
#34Peggy76US #63
#35Terri75US #81
#36Judy74US #35
#37Bonnie73US #51
#38Paula73US #47
#39Vickie71US #68
#40Jan70US #136
#41Robyn69
#42Wendy69US #95
#43Denise68US #23
#44Ann67US #46
#45Marilyn67US #70
#46Kathryn66US #60
#47Elizabeth64US #22
#48Becky62US #144
#49Jo60US #69
#50Brenda57US #19
#51Cathy57US #36
#52Janice55US #26
#53Valerie54US #80
#54Carolyn53US #33
#55Michelle53US #88
#56Shauna53
#57Colleen51US #113
#58Joyce51US #30
#59Sherrie51
#60Leslie50US #104
#61Margaret49US #25
#62Melanie48US #143
#63Catherine47US #28
#64Joan45US #52
#65Ruth44US #77
#66Donna42US #10
#67Jean40US #65
#68Sherry40US #54
#69Tina40US #87
#70Sheila39US #55
#71Katherine38US #67
#72Suzanne38US #94
#73Vicki38US #57
#74Elaine37US #89
#75Terry37US #91
#76Rose35US #64
#77Rhonda34US #62
#78Diana33US #56
#79Holly33US #162
#80Kristine33
#81Robin33US #29
#82Sally33US #105
#83Beverly32US #40
#84Carla32US #130
#85Carrie32
#86Jane32US #50
#87Shelly32
#88Jody31US #194
#89Sue31US #118
#90Jana30
#91Jolene30
#92Heidi29
#93Helen29US #90
#94Jackie29US #180
#95Stephanie29US #111
#96Sylvia28US #108
#97Patti27US #153
#98Shelley27US #196
#99Toni26US #151
#100Gayle25US #163

Boys

#1David535US #4
#2Michael463US #1
#3Mark368US #8
#4Robert364US #3
#5Steven349US #10
#6John328US #5
#7James289US #2
#8Richard281US #7
#9Kevin280US #22
#10Scott272US #34
#11Gary202US #13
#12Paul195US #17
#13William192US #6
#14Jeffrey178US #20
#15Randy174US #28
#16Ronald167US #15
#17Thomas160US #9
#18Douglas156US #29
#19Brent153US #191
#20Kenneth131US #16
#21Larry128US #21
#22Craig127US #51
#23Bruce110US #33
#24Alan102US #44
#25Jeffery101US #57
#26Terry100US #31
#27Brian98US #32
#28Daniel98US #18
#29Russell98US #52
#30Dennis96US #26
#31Kelly96US #190
#32Donald91US #14
#33Gregory91US #24
#34Kent90US #149
#35Kim88US #118
#36Joseph86US #12
#37Brad85US #142
#38Charles85US #11
#39Roger85US #41
#40Stephen83US #23
#41Jerry78US #35
#42Lynn73
#43Timothy66US #19
#44Ricky65US #43
#45Wayne65US #45
#46Dale60US #50
#47Keith60US #36
#48Rodney59US #65
#49Bradley58US #103
#50Chris56US #128
#51Don55US #123
#52Edward53US #25
#53George53US #27
#54Jay53US #92
#55Rick51US #100
#56Kirk50US #162
#57Raymond47US #39
#58Curtis46US #80
#59Jack46US #66
#60Frank45US #38
#61Randall45US #54
#62Danny43US #46
#63Gordon42US #130
#64Jon41US #116
#65Val41
#66Kerry40US #183
#67Allen39US #87
#68Dean37US #99
#69Martin37US #73
#70Ted36US #192
#71Bryan35US #132
#72Patrick35US #40
#73Ralph34US #67
#74Anthony33US #30
#75Blaine33
#76Carl33US #48
#77Corey33
#78Guy33US #146
#79Joe33US #63
#80Glen32US #125
#81Jeff32US #145
#82Barry31US #69
#83Micheal31US #83
#84Dan30US #133
#85Peter30US #37
#86Stanley30US #70
#87Karl29US #150
#88Phillip29US #76
#89Boyd28
#90Lee28US #104
#91Mike28US #97
#92Calvin27US #109
#93Cory27
#94Ray27US #113
#95Clark26
#96Howard26US #84
#97Steve26US #59
#98Todd26US #156
#99Duane25US #127
#100Eric25US #79

On the move since 1955

Rising

↑29Kim#20
↑29Melanie#62
↑29Bryan#71
↑27Jeffery#25
↑26Terri#35
↑26Ted#70
↑24Annette#30
↑24Chris#50

Falling

↓37Dan#84
↓30Vicki#73
↓28Shelley#98
↓28Stanley#86
↓27Shauna#56
↓24Kristine#80
↓20Danny#62
↓18Jane#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1955 rankings.