Popular baby names in Utah, 1956

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1956 were Debra for girls (332 babies) and David for boys (534). Debra ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 22,553 babies born in Utah in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1956

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: 53 babies, 48.1× the national rate
Gaylene: 18 babies, 29.1× the national rate
Jolene: 30 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Robyn: 69 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Leann: 23 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Lorie: 19 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Kaye: 15 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Sherrie: 51 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Camille: 18 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Jana: 30 babies, 6.8× the national rate

Boys

Val: 41 babies, 43× the national rate
Cory: 27 babies, 25.8× the national rate
Clair: 16 babies, 24.5× the national rate
Corey: 33 babies, 19.8× the national rate
Chad: 24 babies, 19.1× the national rate
Brent: 153 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Blaine: 33 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Garth: 15 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Boyd: 28 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Blake: 21 babies, 13.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Debra	332	–	2
2	Susan	273	–	5
3	Karen	235	–	7
4	Mary	205	↑1	1
5	Cindy	194	↑16	37
6	Julie	185	↑2	48
7	Linda	181	↓3	3
8	Patricia	157	↓1	6
9	Barbara	142	↑2	9
10	Pamela	141	↓4	12
11	Diane	132	↑1	15
12	Nancy	126	↑1	11
13	Sandra	121	↑4	14
14	Janet	119	↓5	21
15	Carol	118	↑1	16
16	Cynthia	116	↓1	8
17	Lori	116	↑8	66
18	Kathleen	111	↓4	17
19	Deborah	110	↓9	4
20	Kim	106	↑29	38
21	Kathy	103	↑1	20
22	Rebecca	98	↑1	27
23	Cheryl	96	↑1	18
24	Laurie	96	↑14	76
25	Jill	93	↓7	>100
26	Christine	92	↓7	42
27	Connie	90	↓7	43
28	Debbie	90	↑12	39
29	Sharon	88	↓1	13
30	Annette	83	new	>100
31	Laura	81	new	34
32	Lisa	78	↑2	31
33	Teresa	77	↑3	24
34	Peggy	76	↓3	63
35	Terri	75	new	81
36	Judy	74	↑1	35
37	Bonnie	73	↓7	51
38	Paula	73	↑1	47
39	Vickie	71	↓12	68
40	Jan	70	↑5	>100
41	Robyn	69	↑3	>100
42	Wendy	69	↓10	95
43	Denise	68	↓17	23
44	Ann	67	↓2	46
45	Marilyn	67	↓10	70
46	Kathryn	66	↓5	60
47	Elizabeth	64	↑3	22
48	Becky	62	new	>100
49	Jo	60	↓3	69
50	Brenda	57	↓17	19

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	David	534	–	4
2	Michael	463	–	1
3	Mark	368	↑4	8
4	Robert	364	↓1	3
5	Steven	349	↓1	10
6	John	328	–	5
7	James	289	↑1	2
8	Richard	281	↓3	7
9	Kevin	280	↑1	22
10	Scott	272	↓1	34
11	Gary	202	–	13
12	Paul	195	↑3	17
13	William	192	↓1	6
14	Jeffrey	178	–	20
15	Randy	174	↓2	28
16	Ronald	167	↑5	15
17	Thomas	160	↑3	9
18	Douglas	156	↓1	29
19	Brent	153	↑3	>100
20	Kenneth	131	↓4	16
21	Larry	128	↑2	21
22	Craig	127	↓4	51
23	Bruce	110	↑6	33
24	Alan	103	↑7	44
25	Jeffery	101	new	57
26	Terry	100	↓2	31
27	Brian	98	↑14	32
28	Daniel	98	↑2	18
29	Russell	98	↑9	52
30	Dennis	96	↓5	26
31	Kelly	96	↑4	>100
32	Donald	91	↑2	14
33	Gregory	91	–	24
34	Kent	90	↓7	>100
35	Kim	88	↓16	>100
36	Joseph	86	↓10	12
37	Brad	85	↓1	>100
38	Charles	85	↓6	11
39	Roger	85	↓2	41
40	Stephen	83	↓12	23
41	Jerry	78	↓2	35
42	Lynn	73	new	>100
43	Timothy	66	↑3	19
44	Ricky	65	new	43
45	Wayne	65	↑4	45
46	Dale	60	↓6	50
47	Keith	60	↓4	36
48	Rodney	59	↓4	65
49	Bradley	58	new	>100
50	Chris	56	new	>100

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