Given name
Utah
“people of the mountains; from the state of Utah”
Utah is used as a given name. One Native American interpretation is “people of the mountains; from the state of Utah.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Native American interpretation is “people of the mountains; from the state of Utah.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Native American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Utah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 392
- 392 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,857 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −21%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,857 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 21 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 256 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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