Utah Marriage Statistics

A year of weddings, one square per day

A calendar of the whole year, one month per block. Darker means more couples married that day: Friday and Saturday show up as two dark stripes, and the pale bottom row is Sunday, the day couples avoid. Hover any day for the exact count. A calendar of the whole year, one month per block. Brighter means more couples married that day: Friday and Saturday show up as two bright stripes, and the dim bottom row is Sunday, the day couples avoid. Hover any day for the exact count.

Faded cells are the current month: those counts are provisional and still filling in as the county publishes records. Empty cells are days that haven't happened yet.

Three things the calendar didn't tell us

Marriages by month

Monthly ceremony counts across Utah County in 2025.

Which day do couples pick?

Friday and Saturday are the runaway favorites. Sunday is the quietest day of the week for Utah County weddings.

The busiest wedding dates

The single busiest date of 2025 was Saturday, August 23, 2025, with 206 weddings, about 2.5× a typical day.

Do holidays move the needle?

How marriages on each fixed-date holiday compare to a typical day. Above 1× means couples flock to it; below 1× means they tend to avoid it.

The days couples avoid

The quietest dates on the calendar for Utah County weddings.

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about marriage in Utah County, answered from the latest data on this page.

How many people get married in Utah County each year?

Utah County recorded 30,665 marriages in 2025, the most recent full year in this dataset. That is an average of about 84 a day, every day of the year.

What is the most popular month to get married in Utah County?

August is the busiest month for weddings. In 2025 it recorded 3,274 marriages, more than any other month.

What day of the week do most weddings happen in Utah County?

Saturday and Friday are the most popular, together about 44% of all Utah County weddings. Saturday is the single most common day, at about 23%. Even so, roughly 70% of couples marry on a weekday. Sunday is the quietest, at roughly 7%.

What is the single busiest wedding date in Utah County?

The busiest single date of 2025 was Saturday, August 23, 2025, with 206 marriages, about 2.5× a typical day.

Do more people get married on Valentine’s Day in Utah County?

Yes. Valentine’s Day draws about 2.1× as many marriages as a typical day. In 2025, 174 couples married on February 14.

Are long holiday weekends popular for weddings in Utah County?

No, the opposite. Federal Monday holidays rank among the quietest wedding days of the year: MLK Day saw 15 (0.23× a normal Monday), Labor Day saw 22 (0.34× a normal Monday), Memorial Day saw 27 (0.41× a normal Monday), Thanksgiving saw 37 (0.46× a normal Thursday), Presidents Day saw 33 (0.51× a normal Monday).

Is Friday the 13th an unlucky day for weddings?

Apparently not. Utah County couples are more likely to marry on Friday the 13th than on a typical day, running about 1.52× the daily average.

When is the quietest time to get married in Utah County?

February is the slowest month of the year, and Sunday is the quietest day of the week.

Where does this Utah marriage data come from?

It comes from public marriage data published by Utah County. The counts include every marriage recorded in the county, whether the ceremony took place in person or online. Only aggregate figures are shown here, with no names or personal information. This page covers calendar year 2025 in full and is no longer updated: the collection method it relied on is no longer available, so we publish the last complete year rather than a partial one.

Can I cite or link to these statistics?

Yes. The figures are free to use with attribution under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 license. A ready-made citation and a permanent link are provided on this page.