Popular baby names in Utah, 1963

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1963 were Lisa for girls (371 babies) and David for boys (478). David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 21,274 babies born in Utah in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1963

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: 78 babies, 47.8× the national rate
Deann: 21 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Tamra: 24 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Shellie: 16 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Jolene: 20 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Tamera: 20 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Leann: 21 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Shawna: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Kristy: 24 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Janette: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Layne: 22 babies, 38.2× the national rate
Reed: 16 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Cory: 35 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Blake: 40 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Chad: 40 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Boyd: 21 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Shane: 49 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Blair: 19 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Brent: 127 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Lynn: 31 babies, 7.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1963

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	371	–	1
2	Lori	226	↑1	8
3	Julie	204	↓1	22
4	Susan	201	–	3
5	Michelle	156	↑5	26
6	Karen	153	↓1	4
7	Mary	137	–	2
8	Linda	128	↓2	5
9	Cindy	125	–	37
10	Brenda	121	↓2	15
11	Wendy	107	–	60
12	Christine	103	↑16	29
13	Teresa	101	↑1	18
14	Tammy	100	↑18	12
15	Sandra	96	↓3	9
16	Laurie	91	↑1	47
17	Debbie	88	↓2	41
18	Diane	88	↑5	31
19	Annette	87	↑22	71
20	Jill	84	↑7	68
21	Barbara	82	↓3	17
22	Nancy	81	↓2	23
23	Kathy	80	↓10	34
24	Patricia	80	–	7
25	Cynthia	78	↑10	10
26	Pamela	78	↓1	14
27	Shauna	78	new	>100
28	Debra	77	↓9	21
29	Rebecca	76	↑15	44
30	Janet	75	↑3	40
31	Tracy	75	↑7	48
32	Kelly	74	↓16	32
33	Laura	74	↓4	16
34	Shelly	69	↑2	>100
35	Denise	68	↓9	27
36	Jennifer	66	↑1	36
37	Kim	66	↑6	39
38	Deborah	64	↑4	13
39	Heidi	64	new	>100
40	Suzanne	64	new	65
41	Holly	63	new	>100
42	Sharon	63	↓11	19
43	Leslie	62	↓21	72
44	Cheryl	60	↓14	24
45	Melanie	59	↓5	>100
46	Paula	58	new	42
47	Tina	58	–	35
48	Becky	57	↓14	>100
49	Kimberly	57	new	11
50	Kathleen	53	new	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	David	478	–	3
2	Michael	393	–	1
3	John	350	↑3	2
4	Robert	334	–	5
5	Mark	302	↓2	6
6	Scott	297	↓1	12
7	Steven	237	↑1	14
8	Richard	230	↓1	8
9	James	221	–	4
10	Kevin	203	↑2	11
11	Todd	192	↓1	30
12	Paul	160	↑3	17
13	Brian	156	↑6	20
14	Jeffrey	155	↓3	10
15	Douglas	149	↑2	28
16	Troy	146	↓2	66
17	Gary	142	↓4	24
18	Brent	127	↑3	>100
19	William	125	↓3	7
20	Mike	123	↓2	44
21	Daniel	114	↑2	19
22	Jeff	113	–	48
23	Ronald	113	↑4	23
24	Kenneth	104	↓4	18
25	Thomas	97	↓1	9
26	Gregory	95	↑7	21
27	Kelly	93	↓2	>100
28	Larry	92	↑6	36
29	Randy	92	↑1	37
30	Joseph	82	↑6	13
31	Craig	81	↓3	51
32	Alan	78	↑6	56
33	Roger	73	↓2	53
34	Russell	73	↓8	57
35	Curtis	72	↑8	72
36	Jeffery	72	↑10	46
37	Terry	71	↑7	32
38	Charles	67	↑1	16
39	Bryan	66	↑10	73
40	Stephen	65	↑7	29
41	Eric	63	↓1	31
42	Bruce	61	↓13	43
43	Steve	60	↓6	49
44	Bradley	59	new	82
45	Chris	59	↓13	59
46	Danny	57	new	55
47	Brett	56	new	>100
48	Keith	56	new	33
49	Tony	55	new	52
50	Jerry	54	↓5	38

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