Popular baby names in Utah, 1968

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1968 were Lisa for girls (294 babies) and Michael for boys (514). Social Security records list 19,486 babies born in Utah in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1968

Names given at least 15 times in Utah that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Kimberli: 19 babies, 21.2× the national rate
Shauna: 45 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Shellie: 19 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Brooke: 15 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Kimberlee: 23 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Jolene: 17 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Janette: 19 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Tamera: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Jana: 33 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Natalie: 60 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Boys

Jared: 36 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Blaine: 17 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Cory: 39 babies, 9× the national rate
Bret: 45 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Tyler: 22 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Shaun: 40 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Blake: 19 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Shane: 116 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Bart: 23 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Daren: 20 babies, 6.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	294	–	1
2	Michelle	285	–	2
3	Jennifer	237	↑2	4
4	Julie	174	↓1	16
5	Kimberly	160	↑2	3
6	Stephanie	157	–	23
7	Wendy	144	↓3	31
8	Lori	120	↑2	22
9	Angela	111	↑2	7
10	Rebecca	108	↑11	33
11	Amy	106	↑3	13
12	Brenda	94	↑8	34
13	Christine	92	↑5	14
14	Tina	89	↑11	18
15	Melissa	88	↑22	5
16	Laura	83	↑3	11
17	Heather	81	↑7	62
18	Mary	81	↓1	6
19	Susan	81	↓11	10
20	Cindy	80	↓5	67
21	Heidi	79	↓8	89
22	Karen	78	↓6	9
23	Teresa	75	↓14	30
24	Jill	72	↓12	46
25	Kristine	68	new	>100
26	Deborah	67	↑1	27
27	Tammy	67	↓5	8
28	Melanie	65	↑10	94
29	Patricia	63	↑18	15
30	Pamela	62	–	20
31	Natalie	60	↑10	>100
32	Paula	60	new	45
33	Cynthia	59	↓7	19
34	Tamara	57	↓2	80
35	Elizabeth	56	↑9	17
36	Holly	56	↑4	>100
37	Kristin	56	new	84
38	Leslie	56	new	66
39	Stacey	55	↑10	55
40	Tiffany	55	new	>100
41	Linda	54	↓5	28
42	Shelly	54	↓13	98
43	Stacy	52	new	64
44	Tracy	52	↓10	25
45	Suzanne	51	↓17	69
46	Christina	50	new	44
47	Debra	50	↓14	38
48	Diane	49	new	51
49	Jodi	47	↓4	97
50	Kelly	47	new	12

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	514	–	1
2	David	433	–	2
3	Robert	341	↑1	5
4	John	287	↓1	3
5	Mark	243	↑3	7
6	Steven	227	↑1	15
7	Scott	226	↑2	14
8	James	219	↓2	4
9	Richard	216	↓4	8
10	Troy	186	–	40
11	Brian	181	–	10
12	Paul	177	↑2	19
13	Jeffrey	166	↓1	11
14	Matthew	140	↑15	24
15	Todd	139	↓2	28
16	Christopher	137	↑11	9
17	Thomas	118	↑7	12
18	Shawn	117	↑8	43
19	Kevin	116	↓4	17
20	Shane	116	↑1	>100
21	William	114	↓5	6
22	Douglas	111	↑15	33
23	Jason	111	↑18	47
24	Eric	103	↓7	22
25	Daniel	102	↓2	18
26	Brent	97	↓6	>100
27	Gary	95	↓8	32
28	Kenneth	93	↓6	23
29	Joseph	90	↓1	16
30	Ronald	90	↓5	25
31	Chad	79	↓13	>100
32	Gregory	79	↓1	26
33	Brett	77	↓3	>100
34	Ryan	77	↑10	>100
35	Bryan	75	↑4	51
36	Sean	75	↑6	37
37	Kelly	74	↑6	97
38	Stephen	74	↓3	27
39	Timothy	74	↓3	13
40	Anthony	72	↑6	21
41	Craig	71	↓9	41
42	Jeffery	71	↑3	46
43	Larry	63	new	38
44	Darren	59	↓10	60
45	Travis	59	new	>100
46	Russell	58	↓6	56
47	Bradley	55	↑2	57
48	Charles	55	↓1	20
49	Chris	52	↓1	64
50	Darin	52	new	>100

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