Popular baby names in Utah, 1955

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1955 were Debra for girls (408 babies) and David for boys (560). Debra ranked #4 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 21,899 babies born in Utah in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1955

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: 78 babies, 51.4× the national rate
Deann: 18 babies, 22.8× the national rate
Jolene: 33 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Robyn: 59 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Kristine: 49 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Kaye: 17 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Gay: 22 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Leann: 16 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Sherrie: 47 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Luann: 45 babies, 6.3× the national rate

Boys

Val: 24 babies, 28.3× the national rate
Chad: 27 babies, 20.3× the national rate
Cory: 21 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Brent: 131 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Garth: 16 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Boyd: 28 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Blair: 17 babies, 13× the national rate
Blaine: 23 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Kelly: 80 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Corey: 16 babies, 11.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Debra	408	–	4
2	Susan	328	–	5
3	Karen	204	↑1	8
4	Linda	195	↑1	3
5	Mary	181	↓2	1
6	Pamela	161	–	12
7	Patricia	161	–	6
8	Julie	155	↑3	67
9	Janet	149	↑3	20
10	Deborah	143	↓2	2
11	Barbara	134	↑2	7
12	Diane	130	↑2	14
13	Nancy	125	↓3	9
14	Kathleen	121	↓5	17
15	Cynthia	117	↑7	11
16	Carol	115	–	15
17	Sandra	113	↓2	13
18	Jill	110	new	>100
19	Christine	109	–	40
20	Connie	109	↓2	35
21	Cindy	103	↑2	79
22	Kathy	101	↓2	22
23	Rebecca	100	↓6	27
24	Cheryl	92	↓3	19
25	Lori	84	new	89
26	Denise	81	new	23
27	Vickie	81	↓1	68
28	Sharon	79	–	16
29	Shauna	78	↑1	>100
30	Bonnie	74	↑3	45
31	Peggy	73	↓7	51
32	Wendy	73	↑2	90
33	Brenda	70	↑12	18
34	Lisa	70	new	48
35	Marilyn	70	↓6	49
36	Teresa	70	↑3	26
37	Judy	68	↓12	32
38	Laurie	68	↑6	91
39	Paula	68	↑4	39
40	Debbie	63	new	63
41	Kathryn	61	↓6	59
42	Ann	60	↓15	43
43	Vicki	60	↓7	52
44	Robyn	59	↓13	>100
45	Jan	57	↓3	>100
46	Jo	57	↓14	58
47	Joyce	57	↑3	29
48	Leslie	57	new	99
49	Kim	56	new	75
50	Elizabeth	53	new	21

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	David	560	–	2
2	Michael	436	–	1
3	Robert	418	–	4
4	Steven	355	↑1	10
5	Richard	329	↑1	7
6	John	324	↓2	5
7	Mark	288	↑1	9
8	James	280	↓1	3
9	Scott	249	–	38
10	Kevin	246	–	27
11	Gary	227	–	12
12	William	197	–	6
13	Randy	194	–	30
14	Jeffrey	168	↑3	20
15	Paul	161	↓1	16
16	Kenneth	154	↑5	15
17	Douglas	151	↓2	29
18	Craig	148	↓2	50
19	Kim	146	↑3	98
20	Thomas	141	–	8
21	Ronald	137	↓3	18
22	Brent	131	↓3	>100
23	Larry	128	–	19
24	Terry	115	↑9	28
25	Dennis	109	↓1	23
26	Joseph	103	↓1	13
27	Kent	102	↑15	>100
28	Stephen	100	↓2	21
29	Bruce	99	↑1	32
30	Daniel	99	↑4	17
31	Alan	88	–	43
32	Charles	87	↓4	11
33	Gregory	86	↓1	24
34	Donald	80	↓7	14
35	Kelly	80	↑6	>100
36	Brad	77	↓7	>100
37	Roger	77	↓2	37
38	Russell	77	↑7	57
39	Jerry	74	↓2	33
40	Dale	73	↓1	52
41	Brian	71	↑5	40
42	Danny	67	new	45
43	Keith	67	↓5	39
44	Rodney	66	–	65
45	Edward	65	new	25
46	Timothy	61	new	22
47	Dan	60	new	>100
48	Don	60	↓8	>100
49	Wayne	60	↓1	44
50	George	54	↓1	26

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