Popular baby names in Utah, 1958

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1958 were Julie for girls (332 babies) and David for boys (535). Julie ranked #23 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 22,019 babies born in Utah in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1958

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: 51 babies, 63.3× the national rate
Deann: 23 babies, 20.3× the national rate
Jolene: 39 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Tamra: 34 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Kaye: 16 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Leann: 20 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Dixie: 20 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Robyn: 47 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Kristine: 42 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Kristy: 19 babies, 7.3× the national rate

Boys

Val: 15 babies, 21.4× the national rate
Cory: 27 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Blake: 31 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Chad: 21 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Reed: 20 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Brent: 152 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Bret: 103 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Bart: 43 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Corey: 18 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Kelly: 134 babies, 10.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Julie	332	↑3	23
2	Susan	245	–	2
3	Cindy	220	↓2	25
4	Karen	202	↑1	4
5	Mary	182	↑1	1
6	Linda	175	↑1	3
7	Debra	166	↓4	6
8	Kathy	152	↑4	14
9	Lori	146	↑4	30
10	Lisa	136	↑6	19
11	Debbie	134	↑10	24
12	Nancy	127	↑2	12
13	Tammy	119	↑22	44
14	Patricia	115	↓5	5
15	Diane	112	↓7	18
16	Barbara	111	↑6	9
17	Michelle	109	↑24	56
18	Carol	103	↑1	20
19	Brenda	100	↓1	16
20	Janet	97	↓5	28
21	Cheryl	95	↓4	13
22	Pamela	90	↓11	11
23	Cynthia	88	↓13	8
24	Deborah	87	↓1	7
25	Kathleen	86	↓5	21
26	Sandra	85	↑6	15
27	Wendy	85	↑1	>100
28	Christine	83	↑2	43
29	Peggy	83	↑18	42
30	Connie	82	↑7	50
31	Teresa	82	↑2	26
32	Tamara	77	↑16	>100
33	Jill	76	↓7	98
34	Becky	75	↑8	>100
35	Annette	74	↓1	76
36	Judy	74	new	36
37	Elizabeth	73	↑8	22
38	Kim	69	↓13	40
39	Denise	68	–	27
40	Laurie	68	↓16	70
41	Terri	66	↑5	51
42	Kelly	65	new	>100
43	Rebecca	65	↓7	41
44	Kathryn	61	new	58
45	Sharon	61	↓14	17
46	Carolyn	59	↓8	37
47	Laura	59	↓4	29
48	Leslie	59	↓21	79
49	Vicki	58	↓5	57
50	Colleen	57	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	David	535	–	2
2	Michael	390	–	1
3	Mark	351	↑1	7
4	Robert	347	↓1	4
5	Scott	335	↑2	25
6	Steven	286	↓1	10
7	John	283	↓1	5
8	Richard	277	–	8
9	James	244	–	3
10	Kevin	206	–	20
11	Gary	188	–	17
12	William	177	↑2	6
13	Paul	159	↑3	15
14	Brent	152	↑5	>100
15	Randy	151	–	32
16	Jeffrey	145	↓3	21
17	Douglas	144	↓5	30
18	Ronald	144	↓1	19
19	Kenneth	136	↓1	14
20	Kelly	134	↑4	>100
21	Larry	116	↑1	22
22	Mike	106	↑20	40
23	Bruce	105	–	36
24	Thomas	105	↓3	9
25	Bret	103	new	>100
26	Craig	99	↓6	53
27	Brian	98	↑1	24
28	Daniel	97	↓2	16
29	Alan	90	↑7	49
30	Brad	90	–	>100
31	Jeffery	89	↑1	59
32	Rick	84	new	77
33	Roger	84	↑6	47
34	Dale	83	↑7	46
35	Gregory	81	↓6	23
36	Kent	80	↑2	>100
37	Jeff	78	↑12	68
38	Todd	76	new	>100
39	Charles	75	↑7	11
40	Brett	74	new	>100
41	Rodney	74	new	65
42	Russell	74	↓8	54
43	Terry	74	↓16	33
44	Steve	73	new	44
45	Dennis	72	↓20	29
46	Bryan	70	↓6	>100
47	Joseph	69	↓14	12
48	Wayne	69	↓1	48
49	Stephen	67	↓6	26
50	Donald	64	↓19	18

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