What baby names are unique to Utah?

Mckell is the name most distinctive to Utah, given about 80 times more often there than in the United States as a whole. Garn, Rulon and Stockton follow.

How is a distinctive name measured?

Each name's share of births in Utah is compared with its share nationally. The multiplier shown is the conservative low end of that ratio, so a name carried by a handful of births cannot outrank one carried by hundreds.

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Names unique to Utah

The most distinctive Utah baby names, 1910–2025

These are the names given far more often in Utah than anywhere else in the country, across the whole record from 1910 to 2025. Mckell leads: it is given about 80× more often here than across the United States as a whole.

The multiplier compares each name's share of Utah births with its share nationally, and reports the conservative low end of that comparison — so a name carried by a handful of births cannot outrank one carried by hundreds.

Across the whole record, 1910–2025

#	Name	Births	vs national
1	Mckell	295	80×
2	Garn	34	60×
3	Rulon	492	58×
4	Stockton	642	58×
5	Mckay	1,183	56×
6	Korver	111	56×
7	Dallin	2,139	52×
8	Mckelle	34	52×
9	Hyrum	1,295	49×
10	Glade	300	43×
11	Jarom	411	39×
12	Rolayne	20	33×
13	Ammon	1,120	33×
14	Bridger	1,734	32×
15	Parley	177	31×
16	Brigham	828	30×
17	Mccall	310	29×
18	Bracken	154	28×
19	Cache	345	28×
20	Mckade	88	27×
21	Sione	332	26×
22	Tayson	245	26×
23	Afton	1,221	26×
24	Geniel	20	25×
25	Taylee	420	24×
26	Dallen	249	24×
27	Neldon	40	23×
28	Rockwell	342	23×
29	Dallan	143	21×
30	Deloy	81	21×
31	Moroni	83	21×
32	Taysom	147	21×
33	Tevita	158	20×
34	Utahna	10	20×
35	Oaks	54	19×
36	Oaklie	124	18×
37	Boston	1,691	18×
38	Taylie	67	18×
39	Dallon	109	17×
40	Kaladin	125	17×

Right now, in 2025

A different list from the one above, and not a contradiction: these are the names distinctive to Utah in a single recent year rather than across the whole record.

Name	Births	vs national
Stockton	13	34×
Afton	18	32×
Covey	18	32×
Mckay	17	31×
Ammon	16	27×
Dallin	9	26×
Viliami	9	26×
Hyrum	14	24×
Oaks	11	21×
Alta	7	20×

Decade by decade

The single most distinctive name of each decade.

Decade	Name	vs national
1910s	Afton	107×
1920s	Rulon	134×
1930s	Glade	103×
1940s	Shauna	113×
1950s	Shauna	60×
1960s	Glade	40×
1970s	Janalee	27×
1980s	Mckell	61×
1990s	Mckell	71×
2000s	Korver	65×
2010s	Mckay	37×
2020s	Hyrum	34×

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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