Popular baby names in Utah, 1962

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1962 were Lisa for girls (324 babies) and David for boys (561). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 22,627 babies born in Utah in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1962

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: 48 babies, 38.7× the national rate
Shanna: 15 babies, 22.4× the national rate
Kaye: 19 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Shellie: 22 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Tamra: 27 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Shawna: 16 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Deann: 18 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Tamera: 20 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Jana: 43 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Kristy: 18 babies, 6× the national rate

Boys

Layne: 22 babies, 27.1× the national rate
Bryce: 20 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Reed: 17 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Cory: 36 babies, 14× the national rate
Boyd: 31 babies, 13× the national rate
Chad: 35 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Blake: 39 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Shane: 44 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Bart: 31 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Kim: 43 babies, 8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Lisa	324	–	1
2	Julie	249	–	22
3	Lori	221	↑1	11
4	Susan	201	↓1	3
5	Karen	191	↑2	4
6	Linda	180	–	5
7	Mary	171	↑2	2
8	Brenda	143	↑4	12
9	Cindy	141	↓4	34
10	Michelle	137	↓2	31
11	Wendy	130	↑5	64
12	Sandra	122	↑3	10
13	Kathy	119	↓2	27
14	Teresa	107	↑3	18
15	Debbie	97	↓5	32
16	Kelly	96	↑17	38
17	Laurie	96	↑7	42
18	Barbara	92	↑2	14
19	Debra	90	↓5	15
20	Nancy	89	↓7	19
21	Connie	88	↑9	51
22	Leslie	85	↑14	80
23	Diane	83	↓5	26
24	Patricia	82	↑2	6
25	Pamela	80	↑10	13
26	Denise	79	↑5	30
27	Jill	79	–	72
28	Christine	78	↓9	39
29	Laura	78	↓8	21
30	Cheryl	76	↓7	24
31	Sharon	75	↑8	17
32	Tammy	75	–	23
33	Janet	74	↓11	35
34	Becky	71	↓9	>100
35	Cynthia	71	↑12	8
36	Shelly	71	↓8	>100
37	Jennifer	69	new	41
38	Tracy	69	↑3	55
39	Carol	66	↓1	28
40	Melanie	66	new	>100
41	Annette	65	↓12	75
42	Deborah	64	new	9
43	Kim	64	↑7	37
44	Rebecca	64	↑1	47
45	Elizabeth	63	↓11	20
46	Tamara	62	↓6	>100
47	Tina	61	↓5	33
48	Michele	56	new	59
49	Bonnie	55	new	79
50	Carolyn	54	↓6	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	David	561	–	2
2	Michael	443	–	1
3	Mark	382	–	6
4	Robert	364	–	5
5	Scott	334	↑1	11
6	John	313	↓1	3
7	Richard	274	↑1	8
8	Steven	253	↓1	12
9	James	239	–	4
10	Todd	218	↑4	30
11	Jeffrey	213	–	10
12	Kevin	200	↓2	14
13	Gary	192	–	22
14	Troy	161	↑10	67
15	Paul	150	↓3	19
16	William	145	–	7
17	Douglas	143	↑3	27
18	Mike	136	↑5	39
19	Brian	129	↓1	20
20	Kenneth	124	↑7	18
21	Brent	115	↑1	>100
22	Jeff	114	↓7	44
23	Daniel	113	↑10	17
24	Thomas	106	↑1	9
25	Kelly	103	↓8	>100
26	Russell	101	↑2	57
27	Ronald	94	↓8	25
28	Craig	93	↓7	51
29	Bruce	92	↑2	41
30	Randy	88	↓4	35
31	Roger	87	↓2	47
32	Chris	85	↑7	60
33	Gregory	85	↓3	21
34	Larry	84	↓2	31
35	Donald	79	new	23
36	Joseph	76	↓1	13
37	Steve	72	–	46
38	Alan	71	↑4	53
39	Charles	69	↑2	15
40	Eric	68	↑5	33
41	Kent	68	↓1	>100
42	Brad	67	↓4	>100
43	Curtis	65	new	73
44	Terry	65	↑4	34
45	Jerry	64	new	38
46	Jeffery	63	↓12	45
47	Stephen	62	↓11	28
48	Tracy	62	↑2	>100
49	Bryan	60	↓2	82
50	Jay	60	↓4	80

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