Popular baby names in Utah, 1960

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1960 were Julie for girls (261 babies) and David for boys (522). Julie ranked #28 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 22,811 babies born in Utah in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1960

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: 60 babies, 56× the national rate
Deann: 20 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Jolene: 30 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Leann: 23 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Robyn: 48 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Tamra: 22 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Deanne: 16 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Jana: 33 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Sherrie: 43 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Kristine: 35 babies, 6.1× the national rate

Boys

Layne: 19 babies, 22.2× the national rate
Jed: 16 babies, 20.1× the national rate
Cory: 38 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Chad: 26 babies, 17.9× the national rate
Boyd: 30 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Blake: 28 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Lane: 18 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Brent: 138 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Blaine: 23 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Corey: 17 babies, 9.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Julie	261	–	28
2	Lori	235	↑3	20
3	Susan	233	↓1	2
4	Cindy	224	↓1	30
5	Lisa	215	↑2	6
6	Linda	183	–	3
7	Karen	159	↓3	4
8	Mary	148	–	1
9	Debbie	142	↑1	24
10	Kathy	135	↑2	21
11	Debra	131	↓2	8
12	Sandra	131	↑2	11
13	Barbara	121	↓2	12
14	Brenda	120	↑13	13
15	Wendy	119	↑3	63
16	Michelle	111	↓1	39
17	Pamela	102	↑8	14
18	Teresa	101	↓1	19
19	Diane	100	↓6	22
20	Janet	100	↓4	32
21	Jill	100	↑1	76
22	Laurie	100	↑11	37
23	Patricia	97	↓2	7
24	Tammy	97	–	31
25	Nancy	96	↓6	15
26	Annette	94	–	62
27	Becky	88	↑7	>100
28	Carol	85	↓8	23
29	Kim	83	↑15	34
30	Cheryl	81	↑8	17
31	Elizabeth	80	↑14	18
32	Connie	79	↓9	47
33	Laura	78	↑13	25
34	Leslie	78	↑2	92
35	Christine	76	–	40
36	Cynthia	76	↓4	9
37	Denise	76	↑4	29
38	Kelly	76	↓8	52
39	Shelly	74	new	>100
40	Tracy	66	new	84
41	Deborah	65	↓2	10
42	Suzanne	64	↑5	78
43	Bonnie	62	new	71
44	Melanie	62	new	>100
45	Rebecca	62	↓14	38
46	Terri	62	↓4	49
47	Kathleen	60	↓18	27
48	Sharon	60	↓20	16
49	Shauna	60	↓12	>100
50	Carolyn	58	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	David	522	–	1
2	Michael	395	–	2
3	Mark	369	↑1	6
4	Robert	354	↓1	5
5	John	331	–	4
6	Scott	331	–	23
7	Steven	285	–	10
8	James	262	–	3
9	Richard	250	↑1	8
10	Kevin	228	↓1	15
11	Paul	157	↑1	18
12	Jeff	143	↑11	49
13	Kenneth	143	–	16
14	Gary	140	↓3	22
15	William	140	↑1	7
16	Brent	138	↓2	>100
17	Craig	135	↑2	41
18	Douglas	135	↓3	30
19	Jeffrey	135	↑2	14
20	Mike	135	↓3	36
21	Todd	133	↑17	71
22	Brian	129	–	20
23	Kelly	120	↓3	>100
24	Ronald	119	↑3	21
25	Daniel	112	↑9	17
26	Alan	106	↑5	50
27	Larry	101	↓2	28
28	Brad	99	↑2	>100
29	Randy	99	↓11	32
30	Bruce	98	↓6	39
31	Steve	93	↑5	43
32	Russell	91	↓4	56
33	Thomas	87	↓7	9
34	Gregory	85	↑10	24
35	Bradley	84	new	90
36	Kent	84	↓3	>100
37	Roger	77	↑4	47
38	Dale	72	↑8	54
39	Stephen	72	↑3	27
40	Jeffery	71	↑7	55
41	Terry	71	↑2	34
42	Donald	70	↓7	19
43	Eric	70	new	44
44	Joseph	70	↑6	12
45	Rick	67	↑4	>100
46	Charles	66	↓9	13
47	Jerry	66	↓8	37
48	Bryan	64	new	88
49	Curtis	63	new	79
50	Jay	63	new	78

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