Popular baby names in Utah, 1966

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1966 were Lisa for girls (347 babies) and David for boys (469). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 19,156 babies born in Utah in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1966

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: 57 babies, 23.1× the national rate
Deann: 16 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Camille: 17 babies, 7× the national rate
Rachelle: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Kimberlee: 17 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Marianne: 29 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Leann: 19 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Shawna: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Jana: 33 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Staci: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Cory: 30 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Tyler: 20 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Blaine: 18 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Shane: 73 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Shaun: 29 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Blake: 20 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Trent: 29 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Bret: 34 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Lynn: 19 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Chad: 83 babies, 6.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	347	–	1
2	Michelle	243	↑2	4
3	Julie	231	↓1	13
4	Wendy	162	↓1	41
5	Lori	148	–	21
6	Jennifer	136	↑5	10
7	Susan	136	↓1	6
8	Karen	112	↑1	5
9	Mary	110	↓2	3
10	Kimberly	109	–	2
11	Angela	96	↑11	9
12	Christine	96	↑1	20
13	Brenda	94	↓5	25
14	Cindy	93	↓2	56
15	Stephanie	93	↑1	38
16	Rebecca	89	↑2	40
17	Tammy	89	↑13	8
18	Jill	83	↓1	49
19	Laura	82	↑2	19
20	Teresa	81	↓6	29
21	Tina	80	↑29	23
22	Sandra	72	↑2	17
23	Heidi	70	↑11	87
24	Linda	70	↓9	18
25	Kim	67	↑2	43
26	Debra	66	↓6	35
27	Cynthia	64	↓8	11
28	Nancy	64	↑3	33
29	Amy	61	↑8	30
30	Holly	61	new	>100
31	Patricia	60	↓5	7
32	Paula	59	new	50
33	Shelly	59	↓4	89
34	Annette	58	new	79
35	Deborah	57	↑10	14
36	Melanie	57	↓8	>100
37	Shauna	57	new	>100
38	Tamara	56	↓15	98
39	Pamela	55	↑2	15
40	Suzanne	54	↓4	62
41	Denise	52	↑7	32
42	Tracy	51	↓9	31
43	Cheryl	50	↓4	34
44	Kelly	50	↓19	26
45	Andrea	48	↓2	52
46	Diane	48	new	45
47	Natalie	47	new	>100
48	Connie	46	↓4	70
49	Debbie	46	new	73
50	Elizabeth	46	↓18	16

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	David	469	–	2
2	Michael	454	–	1
3	John	330	↑1	4
4	Robert	319	↓1	5
5	James	244	↑4	3
6	Steven	239	↑2	13
7	Scott	231	↓1	16
8	Richard	227	↓3	8
9	Mark	208	↓2	7
10	Jeffrey	181	↑5	9
11	Troy	169	↑2	48
12	Brian	156	↑4	14
13	Paul	151	↓1	18
14	Todd	143	↓4	29
15	Kevin	126	↓4	17
16	Gary	120	↑2	28
17	Eric	110	↑4	25
18	William	109	↓4	6
19	Kenneth	108	↓2	21
20	Daniel	107	↑5	19
21	Christopher	98	↑12	12
22	Brent	89	↑4	>100
23	Douglas	88	↓4	33
24	Thomas	88	↓4	10
25	Bryan	87	↑23	52
26	Craig	86	↑1	46
27	Chad	83	↑14	>100
28	Gregory	83	↓5	23
29	Ronald	81	↓1	24
30	Kelly	80	↓1	>100
31	Joseph	79	↓1	15
32	Shawn	75	↑6	54
33	Shane	73	↑16	>100
34	Jeff	72	↓10	72
35	Jeffery	71	↑8	42
36	Timothy	70	new	11
37	Chris	69	↑7	55
38	Matthew	69	↑1	34
39	Stephen	69	↓4	26
40	Bradley	67	↑2	68
41	Jerry	64	new	41
42	Roger	64	new	51
43	Brett	62	↑2	>100
44	Darren	62	↓22	63
45	Alan	60	↓9	57
46	Charles	58	↓9	20
47	Randy	56	new	45
48	Larry	55	↓2	38
49	Mike	55	↓15	69
50	Ryan	54	new	>100

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