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Baby names in Utah

What parents in Utah actually named their children in 2025, and which names the state uses far more than the country does.

Top 20 girls' names in Utah, 2025

#NameBirths
1 Emma 193
2 Charlotte 191
3 Lucy 189
4 Olivia 184
5 Evelyn 179
6 Amelia 155
7 Hazel 148
8 Eleanor 138
9 Lainey 137
10 Lily 129
11 Ivy 124
12 Mia 119
13 Violet 118
14 Millie 116
15 Nora 114
16 Scottie 113
17 Ellie 111
18 Harper 110
19 Chloe 107
20 Sophia 104

Top 20 boys' names in Utah, 2025

#NameBirths
1 Oliver 274
2 Liam 227
3 Theodore 221
4 Jack 209
5 Noah 206
6 Henry 203
7 Hudson 189
8 William 178
9 James 171
10 Brooks 162
11 Miles 156
12 Thomas 155
13 Wesley 154
14 Cooper 142
15 Levi 133
16 Beau 131
17 Leo 129
18 Owen 126
19 Maverick 125
20 Benjamin 122

The most distinctive names in Utah

These are the names Utah uses most out of proportion to the rest of the country. The location quotient is the state's share of births going to a name divided by the national share, over 2016–2025. A quotient of 3.0 means the name is three times as common here as it is nationally.

NameBirths in UtahLocation quotient
Mckay 212 42.5×
Hyrum 289 40.7×
Stockton 191 38.6×
Talmage 54 38.1×
Cache 99 27.9×
Ammon 154 27.8×
Dallin 122 26.3×
Rockwell 228 24.6×
Sione 87 23.7×
Afton 183 21.3×
Alta 64 20.7×
Brigham 187 19.7×
Kaladin 120 14.7×
Taysom 96 13.3×
Bridger 411 12.9×
Ivie 103 11.5×
Bostyn 69 11.0×
Boston 560 10.9×
Cosette 124 10.9×
Nixon 464 10.2×

The number one name in Utah, year by year

Twenty years of first-place names.
YearGirlsBirthsBoysBirths
2025 Emma 193 Oliver 274
2024 Olivia 216 Oliver 287
2023 Charlotte 202 Liam 284
2022 Olivia 230 Oliver 292
2021 Olivia 257 Oliver 298
2020 Olivia 255 Oliver 268
2019 Olivia 265 Oliver 282
2018 Olivia 272 Oliver 298
2017 Olivia 248 Oliver 300
2016 Olivia 285 Oliver 314
2015 Emma 286 William 314
2014 Olivia 320 William 286
2013 Olivia 265 William 278
2012 Emma 270 William 281
2011 Olivia 238 Mason 275
2010 Olivia 269 William 264
2009 Olivia 269 William 289
2008 Olivia 260 Ethan 306
2007 Olivia 256 Ethan 349
2006 Emma 313 Ethan 352

State files start in 1910 and use the same five-birth reporting floor as the national data, applied per state, year and sex — so small states show fewer distinct names, not fewer names in use.