Popular baby names in Utah, 1954

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1954 were Debra for girls (432 babies) and David for boys (544). Debra ranked #6 nationally for girls. David ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 21,355 babies born in Utah in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1954

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

Girls

Shanna: 17 babies, 57× the national rate
Shauna: 76 babies, 52.2× the national rate
Jolene: 53 babies, 21× the national rate
Robyn: 74 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Kaye: 25 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Leann: 16 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Kristine: 35 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Sherrie: 41 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Dixie: 28 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Lynette: 34 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Boys

Val: 27 babies, 32.7× the national rate
Cory: 21 babies, 27.1× the national rate
Brent: 133 babies, 19.4× the national rate
Blaine: 32 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Garth: 21 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Bart: 15 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Reed: 18 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Kelly: 65 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Shane: 22 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Blake: 17 babies, 10.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Debra	432	–	6
2	Susan	338	–	5
3	Mary	230	↑1	1
4	Karen	225	↑1	8
5	Linda	219	↓2	2
6	Pamela	180	↑3	12
7	Patricia	171	–	4
8	Deborah	153	↑4	3
9	Kathleen	145	↑2	14
10	Nancy	141	↓2	9
11	Julie	139	↑2	70
12	Janet	134	↑7	19
13	Barbara	133	↓7	7
14	Diane	132	↓4	17
15	Sandra	120	↑1	13
16	Carol	118	↑1	15
17	Rebecca	112	↓3	26
18	Connie	111	–	39
19	Christine	109	↓4	43
20	Kathy	98	↑3	23
21	Cheryl	95	↑16	22
22	Cynthia	93	–	10
23	Cindy	92	↑20	91
24	Peggy	91	↑1	48
25	Judy	85	↓5	29
26	Vickie	84	–	69
27	Ann	81	↑8	44
28	Sharon	81	↓4	16
29	Marilyn	77	↓8	35
30	Shauna	76	↑1	>100
31	Robyn	74	↑17	>100
32	Jo	71	↑6	53
33	Bonnie	68	–	52
34	Wendy	67	–	95
35	Kathryn	65	↓8	51
36	Vicki	65	new	50
37	Colleen	63	↓9	>100
38	Janice	62	↓8	25
39	Teresa	62	new	34
40	Ruth	60	new	66
41	Carolyn	58	↓2	27
42	Jan	58	↑2	>100
43	Paula	58	↓14	38
44	Laurie	57	↓3	98
45	Brenda	56	↓3	18
46	Annette	55	↓1	>100
47	Suzanne	54	new	82
48	Jolene	53	new	>100
49	Terri	53	new	100
50	Joyce	51	↓18	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	David	544	–	5
2	Michael	460	–	1
3	Robert	413	–	2
4	John	349	↑2	4
5	Steven	348	–	11
6	Richard	314	↓2	7
7	James	309	–	3
8	Mark	279	↑1	12
9	Scott	236	↑3	40
10	Kevin	235	↑7	28
11	Gary	233	↓3	9
12	William	216	↓2	6
13	Randy	185	↓2	33
14	Paul	174	↓1	16
15	Douglas	161	↑4	29
16	Craig	150	↓2	51
17	Jeffrey	144	↑5	23
18	Ronald	140	↓2	15
19	Brent	133	↑2	>100
20	Thomas	132	↓5	8
21	Kenneth	129	↓3	17
22	Kim	127	↑2	>100
23	Larry	119	↑3	19
24	Dennis	112	↓4	21
25	Joseph	107	↑4	13
26	Stephen	99	↑2	20
27	Donald	98	↑5	14
28	Charles	92	↓1	10
29	Brad	90	↑6	>100
30	Bruce	90	–	30
31	Alan	89	↓8	43
32	Gregory	88	↓7	25
33	Terry	84	↓2	27
34	Daniel	83	↓1	18
35	Roger	82	↑3	34
36	Lynn	81	↑4	>100
37	Jerry	78	↑5	31
38	Keith	73	↑1	45
39	Dale	72	↓5	50
40	Don	67	↑8	>100
41	Kelly	65	new	>100
42	Kent	65	↓6	>100
43	Kerry	61	new	>100
44	Rodney	61	↓7	66
45	Russell	61	new	69
46	Brian	60	new	48
47	Jay	60	↓4	>100
48	Wayne	60	↓4	41
49	George	59	↓8	24
50	Jeffery	54	new	90

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