Name Legacy

Baby names in Utah, 2000s

2000–2009 · 407,442 recorded births

Ethan was the most common name given in Utah across the 2000s, with 3,518 births in the decade. The state recorded 407,442 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Utah in the 2000s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Korver4065×
Oaklee11648×
Mckell7647×
Stockton20743×
Rulon5039×
Oaklie3838×
Mckay32937×
Talmage11135×

Top 25 in the 2000s

RankNameBirths
#1Ethan3,518
#2Jacob3,416
#3Joshua2,988
#4Emma2,861
#5Samuel2,578
#6Emily2,408
#7Tyler2,353
#8Benjamin2,287
#9Madison2,284
#10Abigail2,259
#11Andrew2,254
#12Isaac2,252
#13William2,247
#14Olivia2,243
#15Hannah2,027
#16Nathan2,001
#17Michael1,959
#18Zachary1,939
#19Elizabeth1,917
#20Logan1,914
#21Matthew1,907
#22James1,876
#23Jackson1,874
#24Samantha1,873
#25Alexander1,862

Other decades in Utah

All Utah names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org