Popular baby names in Utah, 1965

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1965 were Lisa for girls (306 babies) and David for boys (470). David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 18,745 babies born in Utah in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1965

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, 31.2× the national rate
Jolene: 19 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Camille: 18 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Trudy: 21 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Wendi: 16 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Jana: 37 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Leann: 20 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Sherrie: 37 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Tiffany: 17 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Shawna: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Boys

Reed: 15 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Cory: 35 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Shaun: 36 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Chad: 59 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Lynn: 26 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Shane: 51 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Bart: 22 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Clark: 25 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Blake: 18 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Bret: 27 babies, 6.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	306	–	1
2	Julie	231	–	14
3	Wendy	185	↑6	39
4	Michelle	162	↓1	18
5	Lori	135	↓1	19
6	Susan	134	↓1	5
7	Mary	125	–	2
8	Brenda	121	↑5	23
9	Karen	111	↓3	3
10	Kimberly	106	↑24	4
11	Jennifer	103	↑10	20
12	Cindy	98	↓4	53
13	Christine	93	↑1	21
14	Teresa	91	↓3	24
15	Linda	89	↓3	8
16	Stephanie	80	↑8	44
17	Jill	79	↓7	51
18	Rebecca	79	↑1	41
19	Cynthia	72	↑6	9
20	Debra	70	↓2	27
21	Laura	69	↑14	17
22	Angela	68	↑8	10
23	Tamara	68	↑21	>100
24	Sandra	66	↓8	15
25	Kelly	65	↓3	30
26	Patricia	65	↓11	6
27	Kim	64	new	43
28	Melanie	64	new	>100
29	Shelly	63	↑19	98
30	Tammy	63	↓10	11
31	Nancy	60	↑6	32
32	Elizabeth	59	↑8	16
33	Tracy	59	new	36
34	Heidi	58	↓6	>100
35	Carol	57	↓3	42
36	Suzanne	57	↑13	65
37	Amy	55	new	35
38	Ann	54	new	59
39	Cheryl	53	new	31
40	Janet	53	↑7	55
41	Pamela	52	↓24	12
42	Stacey	51	new	84
43	Andrea	50	new	63
44	Connie	50	↓1	61
45	Deborah	50	↓16	13
46	Jodi	50	new	>100
47	Laurie	50	↓5	60
48	Denise	49	↓21	28
49	Leslie	49	↓13	75
50	Tina	49	↓4	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	David	470	–	3
2	Michael	417	–	1
3	Robert	326	↑1	5
4	John	312	↓1	2
5	Richard	236	↑3	8
6	Scott	233	↑1	15
7	Mark	231	↓1	7
8	Steven	231	↑1	14
9	James	222	↓4	4
10	Todd	175	↑1	30
11	Kevin	157	↑2	13
12	Paul	144	↑2	16
13	Troy	140	↓3	53
14	William	135	↑2	6
15	Jeffrey	133	↓3	10
16	Brian	132	↓1	19
17	Kenneth	121	↑3	21
18	Gary	118	–	27
19	Douglas	96	↓2	32
20	Thomas	95	↑3	9
21	Eric	92	↑7	25
22	Darren	89	new	52
23	Gregory	89	↑4	23
24	Jeff	87	↑2	62
25	Daniel	82	–	17
26	Brent	80	↓5	>100
27	Craig	80	↓8	46
28	Ronald	79	↓6	24
29	Kelly	78	↓5	>100
30	Joseph	77	–	11
31	Darin	72	new	>100
32	Russell	72	–	58
33	Christopher	69	new	18
34	Mike	68	↓1	51
35	Stephen	68	new	28
36	Alan	64	↓7	59
37	Charles	63	new	20
38	Shawn	63	↑5	69
39	Matthew	60	↓2	36
40	Rodney	60	new	33
41	Chad	59	new	>100
42	Bradley	58	new	72
43	Jeffery	56	↓12	47
44	Chris	55	↓3	60
45	Brett	53	↓1	>100
46	Larry	53	↓12	38
47	Brad	52	–	>100
48	Bryan	51	↓12	63
49	Shane	51	new	>100
50	Terry	51	↓5	40

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