Popular baby names in Utah, 1953

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1953 were Debra for girls (376 babies) and David for boys (549). Debra ranked #7 nationally for girls. David ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 21,189 babies born in Utah in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1953

Names given at least 15 times in Utah that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Shauna: 71 babies, 74.4× the national rate
Deann: 15 babies, 24× the national rate
Robyn: 52 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Jolene: 24 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Sherrie: 45 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Kristine: 53 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Cherie: 18 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Tamara: 19 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Sheri: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Becky: 41 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Chad: 23 babies, 26.2× the national rate
Dee: 17 babies, 25× the national rate
Val: 22 babies, 24.5× the national rate
Garth: 22 babies, 24.1× the national rate
Brent: 141 babies, 20.3× the national rate
Reed: 21 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Boyd: 26 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Blaine: 20 babies, 11× the national rate
Evan: 17 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Kelly: 50 babies, 10.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Debra	376	↑1	7
2	Susan	301	↓1	5
3	Linda	249	–	2
4	Mary	230	–	1
5	Karen	189	–	9
6	Barbara	164	↑1	6
7	Patricia	155	↓1	4
8	Nancy	149	↑2	8
9	Pamela	146	↑3	10
10	Diane	145	↑3	17
11	Kathleen	140	↓3	14
12	Deborah	139	↑2	3
13	Julie	137	↑6	74
14	Rebecca	136	↑10	24
15	Christine	132	↓6	32
16	Sandra	121	↑1	11
17	Carol	116	↓1	16
18	Connie	113	↓3	47
19	Janet	112	↓8	19
20	Judy	101	↑3	27
21	Marilyn	99	↓3	36
22	Cynthia	98	↑13	12
23	Kathy	92	↓1	23
24	Sharon	86	↑3	15
25	Peggy	84	↓4	44
26	Vickie	80	↓6	79
27	Kathryn	76	↓2	48
28	Colleen	74	↑5	>100
29	Paula	72	↑1	40
30	Janice	71	↑1	22
31	Shauna	71	↑1	>100
32	Joyce	69	↑13	26
33	Bonnie	66	↓7	45
34	Wendy	64	↓5	>100
35	Ann	62	↓1	46
36	Elizabeth	62	↑3	21
37	Cheryl	61	↑9	28
38	Jo	61	↓1	54
39	Carolyn	58	↓1	25
40	Jill	58	new	>100
41	Laurie	56	new	>100
42	Brenda	55	new	18
43	Cindy	55	new	99
44	Jan	55	↓3	>100
45	Annette	54	new	>100
46	Gloria	54	new	38
47	Kristine	53	↓19	>100
48	Robyn	52	new	>100
49	Laura	51	new	51
50	Margaret	51	↓14	20

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	David	549	–	5
2	Michael	453	–	3
3	Robert	436	–	1
4	Richard	335	↑2	7
5	Steven	326	↓1	11
6	John	309	↓1	4
7	James	280	–	2
8	Gary	250	–	10
9	Mark	228	↑2	12
10	William	217	↑2	6
11	Randy	216	↓1	35
12	Scott	214	↓3	46
13	Paul	204	–	16
14	Craig	166	↑1	60
15	Thomas	165	↑1	8
16	Ronald	158	↑5	15
17	Kevin	157	↑5	36
18	Kenneth	153	↑2	17
19	Douglas	147	↓1	27
20	Dennis	143	↓6	19
21	Brent	141	↓4	>100
22	Jeffrey	140	↑5	25
23	Alan	118	↑9	43
24	Kim	116	↓1	>100
25	Gregory	113	↑1	24
26	Larry	111	↓7	18
27	Charles	108	↑6	9
28	Stephen	108	↓3	21
29	Joseph	107	↑6	13
30	Bruce	105	↓6	28
31	Terry	105	↓1	30
32	Donald	98	↓3	14
33	Daniel	88	↓2	20
34	Dale	87	–	48
35	Brad	84	↑13	>100
36	Kent	83	↑2	>100
37	Rodney	83	↑4	58
38	Roger	79	↓10	31
39	Keith	73	↑5	47
40	Lynn	72	↓3	>100
41	George	68	↓5	22
42	Jerry	68	↓2	29
43	Jay	61	new	99
44	Wayne	58	new	40
45	Danny	56	–	41
46	Ricky	55	new	51
47	Timothy	55	new	26
48	Don	54	↓1	>100
49	Randall	54	↓10	64
50	Ralph	53	new	59

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