Popular baby names in Utah, 1959

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1959 were Julie for girls (296 babies) and David for boys (510). Julie ranked #26 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 22,180 babies born in Utah in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1959

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

Girls

Kaylene: 17 babies, 62.9× the national rate
Shauna: 69 babies, 60.2× the national rate
Deann: 18 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Jolene: 30 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Dixie: 19 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Kristine: 38 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Robyn: 39 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Kellie: 20 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Leann: 17 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Sherrie: 43 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Boys

Val: 19 babies, 26.3× the national rate
Chad: 33 babies, 24× the national rate
Layne: 18 babies, 16.9× the national rate
Cory: 29 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Reed: 18 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Boyd: 30 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Bart: 77 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Brent: 146 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Blake: 23 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Shane: 25 babies, 9.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Julie	296	–	26
2	Susan	245	–	2
3	Cindy	205	–	25
4	Karen	190	–	4
5	Lori	181	↑4	27
6	Linda	178	–	3
7	Lisa	175	↑3	10
8	Mary	165	↓3	1
9	Debra	154	↓2	7
10	Debbie	151	↑1	20
11	Barbara	133	↑5	11
12	Kathy	133	↓4	15
13	Diane	120	↑2	19
14	Sandra	111	↑12	13
15	Michelle	103	↑2	47
16	Janet	102	↑4	28
17	Teresa	101	↑14	24
18	Wendy	101	↑9	83
19	Nancy	97	↓7	14
20	Carol	94	↓2	22
21	Patricia	94	↓7	6
22	Jill	93	↑11	86
23	Connie	92	↑7	48
24	Tammy	91	↓11	31
25	Pamela	88	↓3	12
26	Annette	86	↑9	64
27	Brenda	86	↓8	16
28	Sharon	84	↑17	17
29	Kathleen	83	↓4	23
30	Kelly	82	↑12	74
31	Rebecca	80	↑12	38
32	Cynthia	79	↓9	8
33	Laurie	79	↑7	56
34	Becky	76	–	>100
35	Christine	76	↓7	43
36	Leslie	73	↑12	84
37	Shauna	69	new	>100
38	Cheryl	68	↓17	18
39	Deborah	66	↓15	9
40	Judy	66	↓4	41
41	Denise	63	↓2	29
42	Terri	63	↓1	46
43	Ann	61	new	44
44	Kim	61	↓6	35
45	Elizabeth	60	↓8	21
46	Laura	59	↑1	30
47	Suzanne	59	new	96
48	Tamara	59	↓16	>100
49	Diana	58	new	49
50	Cathy	57	new	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	David	510	–	2
2	Michael	349	–	1
3	Robert	348	↑1	5
4	Mark	343	↓1	6
5	John	333	↑2	4
6	Scott	288	↓1	24
7	Steven	269	↓1	10
8	James	256	↑1	3
9	Kevin	230	↑1	14
10	Richard	227	↓2	8
11	Gary	188	–	20
12	Paul	176	↑1	17
13	Kenneth	150	↑6	15
14	Brent	146	–	>100
15	Douglas	144	↑2	30
16	William	133	↓4	7
17	Mike	132	↑5	37
18	Randy	127	↓3	31
19	Craig	124	↑7	44
20	Kelly	122	–	>100
21	Jeffrey	119	↓5	16
22	Brian	118	↑5	22
23	Jeff	115	↑14	52
24	Bruce	112	↓1	38
25	Larry	111	↓4	25
26	Thomas	111	↓2	9
27	Ronald	109	↓9	21
28	Russell	105	↑14	56
29	Dennis	97	↑16	29
30	Brad	92	–	>100
31	Alan	90	↓2	50
32	Bret	86	↓7	>100
33	Kent	84	↑3	>100
34	Daniel	83	↓6	18
35	Donald	83	↑15	19
36	Steve	83	↑8	41
37	Charles	80	↑2	11
38	Todd	80	–	99
39	Jerry	79	new	36
40	Bart	77	new	>100
41	Roger	76	↓8	47
42	Stephen	74	↑7	28
43	Terry	74	–	33
44	Gregory	73	↓9	23
45	Ricky	73	new	34
46	Dale	72	↓12	49
47	Jeffery	71	↓16	55
48	Brett	68	↓8	>100
49	Rick	68	↓17	89
50	Joseph	67	↓3	13

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