Popular baby names in Utah, 1961

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1961 were Lisa for girls (287 babies) and David for boys (566). Lisa ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 22,764 babies born in Utah in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1961

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: 66 babies, 53.7× the national rate
Shellie: 20 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Deann: 25 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Leisa: 16 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Tamra: 23 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Leann: 23 babies, 8× the national rate
Kristine: 47 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Deanne: 19 babies, 7× the national rate
Jolene: 23 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Camille: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate

Boys

Chad: 38 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Cory: 45 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Lane: 21 babies, 14× the national rate
Garth: 16 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Boyd: 22 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Shane: 35 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Blake: 29 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Brent: 121 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Mitch: 18 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Kelly: 134 babies, 7.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Lisa	287	↑4	2
2	Julie	248	↓1	23
3	Susan	240	–	3
4	Lori	205	↓2	14
5	Cindy	180	↓1	33
6	Linda	174	–	4
7	Karen	172	–	5
8	Michelle	158	↑8	34
9	Mary	145	↓1	1
10	Debbie	132	↓1	31
11	Kathy	131	↓1	25
12	Brenda	130	↑2	11
13	Nancy	113	↑12	16
14	Debra	110	↓3	13
15	Sandra	107	↓3	9
16	Wendy	107	↓1	61
17	Teresa	104	↑1	18
18	Diane	103	↑1	26
19	Christine	97	↑16	39
20	Barbara	90	↓7	12
21	Laura	90	↑12	21
22	Janet	88	↓2	32
23	Cheryl	84	↑7	20
24	Laurie	82	↓2	43
25	Becky	80	↑2	>100
26	Patricia	80	↓3	6
27	Jill	79	↓6	74
28	Shelly	76	↑11	>100
29	Annette	75	↓3	73
30	Connie	75	↑2	50
31	Denise	75	↑6	30
32	Tammy	73	↓8	28
33	Kelly	72	↑5	45
34	Elizabeth	71	↓3	19
35	Pamela	71	↓18	15
36	Leslie	70	↓2	84
37	Ann	68	new	54
38	Carol	68	↓10	24
39	Sharon	68	↑9	17
40	Tamara	68	new	>100
41	Tracy	68	↓1	64
42	Tina	67	new	41
43	Shauna	66	↑6	>100
44	Carolyn	65	↑6	42
45	Rebecca	65	–	44
46	Terri	65	–	51
47	Cynthia	63	↓11	8
48	Paula	63	new	60
49	Kathleen	62	↓2	29
50	Kim	57	↓21	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	David	566	–	2
2	Michael	447	–	1
3	Mark	383	–	6
4	Robert	355	–	5
5	John	303	–	3
6	Scott	293	–	19
7	Steven	275	–	10
8	Richard	218	↑1	8
9	James	202	↓1	4
10	Kevin	200	–	14
11	Jeffrey	174	↑8	11
12	Paul	174	↓1	18
13	Gary	172	↑1	21
14	Todd	164	↑7	46
15	Jeff	148	↓3	49
16	William	137	↓1	7
17	Kelly	134	↑6	>100
18	Brian	131	↑4	20
19	Ronald	129	↑5	24
20	Douglas	127	↓2	28
21	Craig	126	↓4	43
22	Brent	121	↓6	>100
23	Mike	119	↓3	36
24	Troy	116	new	100
25	Thomas	111	↑8	9
26	Randy	109	↑3	33
27	Kenneth	107	↓14	16
28	Russell	107	↑4	55
29	Roger	99	↑8	47
30	Gregory	97	↑4	23
31	Bruce	92	↓1	40
32	Larry	82	↓5	30
33	Daniel	81	↓8	17
34	Jeffery	80	↑6	50
35	Joseph	80	↑9	12
36	Stephen	80	↑3	27
37	Steve	80	↓6	45
38	Brad	79	↓10	>100
39	Chris	79	new	57
40	Kent	79	↓4	>100
41	Charles	78	↑5	13
42	Alan	74	↓16	51
43	Dale	73	↓5	58
44	Greg	73	new	77
45	Eric	72	↓2	38
46	Jay	65	↑4	81
47	Bryan	63	↑1	82
48	Terry	63	↓7	32
49	Bradley	61	↓14	87
50	Tracy	61	new	>100

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