Popular baby names in Utah, 1957

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1957 were Cindy for girls (306 babies) and David for boys (570). Cindy ranked #19 nationally for girls. David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 22,820 babies born in Utah in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1957

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: 54 babies, 53.8× the national rate
Deann: 20 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Tamra: 22 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Jolene: 45 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Tamera: 15 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Kristy: 17 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Robyn: 49 babies, 8× the national rate
Kristine: 34 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Leann: 17 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Tami: 27 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Boys

Val: 20 babies, 24.7× the national rate
Cory: 37 babies, 22.9× the national rate
Reed: 32 babies, 19.8× the national rate
Merrill: 16 babies, 18.8× the national rate
Chad: 26 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Garth: 15 babies, 18× the national rate
Corey: 24 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Blake: 24 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Brent: 135 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Blaine: 23 babies, 11.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Cindy	306	↑4	19
2	Susan	259	–	2
3	Debra	244	↓2	4
4	Julie	234	↑2	28
5	Karen	222	↓2	5
6	Mary	207	↓2	1
7	Linda	172	–	3
8	Diane	162	↑3	17
9	Patricia	136	↓1	8
10	Cynthia	135	↑6	7
11	Pamela	132	↓1	12
12	Kathy	131	↑9	20
13	Lori	121	↑4	45
14	Nancy	114	↓2	11
15	Janet	112	↓1	23
16	Lisa	112	↑16	26
17	Cheryl	110	↑6	16
18	Brenda	108	↑32	13
19	Carol	107	↓4	18
20	Kathleen	106	↓2	21
21	Debbie	104	↑7	27
22	Barbara	103	↓13	9
23	Deborah	101	↓4	6
24	Laurie	96	–	73
25	Kim	95	↓5	35
26	Jill	90	↓1	100
27	Leslie	90	new	77
28	Wendy	85	↑14	>100
29	Ann	83	↑15	44
30	Christine	82	↓4	41
31	Sharon	82	↓2	14
32	Sandra	81	↓19	15
33	Teresa	78	–	24
34	Annette	77	↓4	97
35	Tammy	72	new	>100
36	Rebecca	70	↓14	34
37	Connie	69	↓10	47
38	Carolyn	65	new	33
39	Denise	65	↑4	25
40	Vickie	64	↓1	70
41	Michelle	62	new	79
42	Becky	60	↑6	>100
43	Laura	60	↓12	31
44	Vicki	60	new	51
45	Elizabeth	59	↑2	22
46	Terri	59	↓11	68
47	Peggy	58	↓13	62
48	Tamara	58	new	>100
49	Bonnie	56	↓12	64
50	Valerie	56	new	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	David	570	–	3
2	Michael	467	–	1
3	Robert	361	↑1	4
4	Mark	344	↓1	7
5	Steven	329	–	10
6	John	313	–	5
7	Scott	272	↑3	32
8	Richard	262	–	8
9	James	260	↓2	2
10	Kevin	254	↓1	20
11	Gary	207	–	13
12	Douglas	186	↑6	30
13	Jeffrey	181	↑1	21
14	William	172	↓1	6
15	Randy	170	–	31
16	Paul	165	↓4	18
17	Ronald	164	↓1	17
18	Kenneth	147	↑2	14
19	Brent	135	–	>100
20	Craig	129	↑2	55
21	Thomas	128	↓4	9
22	Larry	119	↓1	22
23	Bruce	106	–	34
24	Kelly	106	↑7	>100
25	Dennis	103	↑5	28
26	Daniel	102	↑2	16
27	Terry	100	↓1	33
28	Brian	98	↓1	26
29	Gregory	95	↑4	23
30	Brad	93	↑7	>100
31	Donald	92	↑1	15
32	Jeffery	90	↓7	52
33	Joseph	90	↑3	12
34	Russell	88	↓5	54
35	Lynn	83	↑7	>100
36	Alan	82	↓12	48
37	Jerry	80	↑4	35
38	Kent	80	↓4	>100
39	Roger	79	–	42
40	Bryan	78	new	>100
41	Dale	76	↑5	50
42	Mike	75	new	53
43	Stephen	75	↓3	24
44	Kim	74	↓9	>100
45	Keith	72	↑2	36
46	Charles	69	↓8	11
47	Wayne	68	↓2	47
48	Jay	64	new	88
49	Jeff	63	new	96
50	George	62	new	29

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