State roster

Top names in Utah

The names most likely to appear on 1972 Utah birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,663 Utah births in 1972 across 721 distinct names.

Distinctively Utah

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

#26Jared#187 nationally
#55Tyleroutside the national top 200
#63Shaunaoutside the national top 200
#63Codyoutside the national top 200
#74Darinoutside the national top 200
#18Natalie#143 nationally
#78Bretoutside the national top 200
#79Brookeoutside the national top 200
#83Mindyoutside the national top 200
#84Rachelleoutside the national top 200
#79Casey#195 nationally
#88Trentoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer702US #1
#2Amy253US #5
#3Michelle236US #2
#4Heather222US #9
#5Lisa214US #3
#6Kimberly204US #4
#7Angela187US #6
#8Rebecca184US #14
#9Stephanie168US #8
#10Julie167US #12
#11Heidi143US #64
#12Melissa132US #7
#13Nicole126US #10
#14Wendy113US #29
#15Andrea95US #30
#16Tiffany92US #61
#17Lori91US #28
#18Natalie83US #143
#19Karen82US #21
#20Melanie79US #42
#21Shannon79US #22
#22Mary77US #13
#23Laura75US #17
#24Tina72US #18
#25Brenda71US #44
#26Christine69US #16
#27Elizabeth67US #15
#28Stacy65US #33
#29Holly64US #71
#30Melinda63US #81
#31Susan63US #24
#32Tara62US #38
#33Jill59US #62
#34Teresa59US #39
#35Rachel58US #40
#36Jessica57US #46
#37Tamara56US #84
#38Carrie55US #53
#39Emily55US #131
#40Kristen55US #85
#41Tracy55US #19
#42Denise54US #35
#43Sarah51US #49
#44Tammy51US #11
#45Jenny50US #119
#46Kristin50US #67
#47Cindy49US #80
#48Cynthia49US #25
#49Amber48US #161
#50Monica48US #47
#51Christina47US #26
#52Dawn47US #20
#53Stacey47US #41
#54Tonya47US #37
#55Sandra45US #31
#56April44US #48
#57Deborah43US #43
#58Jamie43US #114
#59Shelly42US #94
#60Jodi41US #97
#61Kelly41US #23
#62Kristy41US #158
#63Shauna41
#64Suzanne41US #92
#65Aimee38US #154
#66Linda38US #51
#67Misty38US #125
#68Brandy37US #140
#69Sharon37US #50
#70Brandi36US #141
#71Gina36US #78
#72Michele36US #36
#73Allison35US #115
#74Debra35US #66
#75Valerie35US #100
#76Kristina34US #112
#77Alicia33US #96
#78Becky33US #165
#79Brooke33
#80Pamela33US #34
#81Patricia33US #27
#82Crystal32US #59
#83Mindy32
#84Rachelle31
#85Tricia31US #120
#86Christy30US #74
#87Jody30US #172
#88Leslie30US #75
#89Jenifer29
#90Kristine29US #127
#91Paula29US #72
#92Shelley29US #126
#93Catherine28US #65
#94Cheryl28US #56
#95Kristi28US #102
#96Nancy28US #63
#97Robyn28US #193
#98Annette27US #155
#99Kari27US #186
#100Katherine27US #69

Boys

#1Michael515US #1
#2Jason448US #7
#3David436US #4
#4Ryan323US #39
#5Robert284US #6
#6John274US #5
#7Christopher270US #2
#8Matthew251US #10
#9James243US #3
#10Brian227US #8
#11Brandon210US #63
#12Steven198US #19
#13Scott197US #11
#14Justin193US #60
#15Chad182US #25
#16Richard181US #14
#17Travis174US #57
#18Daniel173US #15
#19Jeremy152US #42
#20Jeffrey148US #17
#21Shane148US #55
#22Paul147US #24
#23Mark142US #18
#24William132US #9
#25Eric131US #16
#26Jared131US #187
#27Kevin126US #13
#28Joseph123US #12
#29Nathan114US #79
#30Troy106US #49
#31Shawn103US #28
#32Thomas102US #20
#33Aaron95US #40
#34Todd89US #31
#35Kenneth87US #27
#36Brett86US #80
#37Stephen86US #29
#38Bryan80US #45
#39Gregory79US #26
#40Andrew76US #30
#41Timothy74US #21
#42Jonathan72US #37
#43Adam70US #51
#44Charles69US #23
#45Anthony66US #22
#46Gary66US #41
#47Benjamin64US #64
#48Brent63US #77
#49Sean63US #33
#50Russell59US #69
#51Kelly58US #140
#52Douglas57US #43
#53Jeffery56US #58
#54Joshua56US #59
#55Tyler55
#56Bradley54US #61
#57Cory53US #136
#58Craig52US #46
#59Dustin52US #165
#60Lance49US #126
#61Patrick49US #35
#62Christian47US #96
#63Cody46
#64Derek46US #67
#65Kyle43US #113
#66Curtis42US #92
#67Phillip42US #75
#68Dennis40US #52
#69Randy40US #70
#70Tony39US #68
#71Darren38US #106
#72Jon37US #89
#73Ronald37US #32
#74Darin36
#75Samuel36US #66
#76Clinton35US #169
#77Jacob34US #155
#78Bret33
#79Casey33US #195
#80Chris33US #82
#81Donald33US #36
#82Larry33US #47
#83Roger33US #76
#84Corey32US #95
#85Carl31US #85
#86Frank31US #56
#87Tracy31US #111
#88Trent31
#89Wade30
#90Alan29US #110
#91Edward29US #34
#92Jay29US #115
#93Jeff29US #167
#94Keith29US #38
#95Raymond29US #54
#96Shaun29
#97Wayne29US #103
#98Cameron28
#99Erik28US #86
#100George28US #44

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑48Tara#32
↑45Emily#39
↑39Sarah#43
↑35Aimee#65
↑35Joshua#54
↑29Linda#66
↑28Christian#62
↑27Christina#51

Falling

↓48Leslie#88
↓44Pamela#80
↓36Kristine#90
↓33Shaun#96
↓29Christy#86
↓29Nancy#96
↓28Cheryl#94
↓27Cindy#47

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.