Utah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YOO-tah
- Origin
- Native American
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Utah is a boys' name of Native American origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Utah mean?
Native American: US state name, from the Ute people via Spanish Yuta
The state of Utah takes its name from the Ute people, who lived across the region.
Is Utah a girl's or a boy's name?
Utah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Utah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Utah, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1921, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
2025 had more boys named Utah than any year since 2010.
Half of all the boys named Utah in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Utah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,093 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,522 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,088 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1923 | 19 | #1,815 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,142 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,703 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,601 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
Names like Utah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Leo Henry August Emmett Charlie Ellis Otto Wilson William Elijah Arthur Miller
More Native American names
Dakota Tallulah Nayeli Winona Kenai Cree Xochitl Xitlali Citlali Alaska Talulah Sequoia Denali Tennessee Dakoda Lakota
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Utah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/utah, updated 20 October 2026.