Popular baby names in Utah, 1970

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1970 were Jennifer for girls (442 babies) and David for boys (542). David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 22,839 babies born in Utah in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1970

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: 56 babies, 12× the national rate
Kimberlee: 33 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Hollie: 17 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Camille: 38 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Marnie: 20 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Brooke: 33 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Marci: 27 babies, 7× the national rate
Mindy: 28 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Shellie: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Colette: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate

Boys

Jared: 52 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Lane: 15 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Cody: 24 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Tyler: 44 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Bryce: 15 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Bret: 44 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Kim: 16 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Justin: 119 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Brady: 26 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Lynn: 19 babies, 7.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Jennifer	442	–	1
2	Michelle	307	↑1	4
3	Lisa	269	↓1	2
4	Angela	201	↑4	6
5	Kimberly	200	–	3
6	Amy	198	↑1	5
7	Julie	186	↓3	11
8	Heather	170	↑1	19
9	Stephanie	160	↓3	17
10	Wendy	134	–	28
11	Heidi	118	↑1	81
12	Rebecca	115	↓1	29
13	Melissa	106	↑2	7
14	Lori	105	↓1	23
15	Tracy	99	↑8	10
16	Mary	97	↑4	9
17	Tiffany	92	↑9	99
18	Nicole	87	↑17	30
19	Laura	86	↓5	13
20	Holly	85	↑20	74
21	Karen	85	↓4	12
22	Tina	85	↑5	21
23	Christine	83	↓4	14
24	Cindy	81	–	72
25	Andrea	79	↑12	43
26	Melanie	79	↑3	91
27	Natalie	79	↑6	>100
28	Shannon	78	↑20	22
29	Brenda	75	↓7	40
30	Susan	74	↓9	15
31	Stacy	72	↑3	42
32	Teresa	72	↓16	34
33	Tammy	71	↓15	8
34	Jodi	66	↑4	95
35	Tamara	65	↑1	79
36	Jill	63	↓11	52
37	Elizabeth	61	↑7	18
38	Stacey	60	↓8	48
39	Debra	59	↑11	47
40	Pamela	59	↓9	26
41	Kristin	57	new	63
42	Shauna	56	↑5	>100
43	Cynthia	54	↓2	25
44	Gina	52	new	61
45	Tonya	52	new	49
46	Kristen	51	new	83
47	Monica	51	new	56
48	Sandra	50	↓6	27
49	Traci	49	new	100
50	Linda	48	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	David	542	↑1	3
2	Michael	522	↓1	1
3	Jason	448	↑2	13
4	Robert	338	↓1	5
5	James	286	↑2	2
6	John	268	↓2	4
7	Steven	240	↓1	15
8	Christopher	223	↑3	6
9	Richard	221	–	10
10	Mark	218	↑3	9
11	Scott	214	↓3	12
12	Matthew	201	↑3	24
13	Jeffrey	199	↓1	11
14	Brian	197	↓4	8
15	Troy	176	↑1	41
16	Paul	167	↓2	23
17	Travis	165	↑9	69
18	Shane	162	↑1	64
19	Todd	145	↓2	28
20	William	140	↓2	7
21	Kevin	131	↑1	14
22	Daniel	130	↓2	19
23	Chad	128	↑4	51
24	Justin	119	↑13	>100
25	Shawn	118	–	34
26	Thomas	116	↓3	17
27	Eric	115	↓6	18
28	Ryan	114	↑2	>100
29	Gregory	107	–	26
30	Joseph	106	↑3	16
31	Brandon	104	new	>100
32	Kenneth	101	↓1	25
33	Brett	98	↓1	99
34	Aaron	92	new	52
35	Brent	91	↑6	74
36	Bryan	88	↓2	53
37	Douglas	88	↓13	36
38	Craig	85	↑5	39
39	Gary	85	↓11	35
40	Lance	85	new	76
41	Charles	82	↑1	21
42	Timothy	77	new	20
43	Jeremy	76	new	70
44	Nathan	76	new	>100
45	Anthony	72	↓7	22
46	Kelly	72	↓2	>100
47	Russell	72	↓8	58
48	Andrew	71	new	32
49	Stephen	71	↓9	27
50	Jonathan	70	new	42

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