Popular baby names in Utah, 1971

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (548 babies) and Michael for boys (568). Social Security records list 23,301 babies born in Utah in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1971

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: 50 babies, 12× the national rate
Camille: 49 babies, 12× the national rate
Kimberlee: 32 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Nanette: 17 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Tamera: 16 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Deann: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Marnie: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Jenifer: 31 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Jana: 37 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Tamra: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Boys

Jared: 91 babies, 12× the national rate
Cody: 33 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Tyler: 48 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Bryce: 16 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Brady: 24 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Cameron: 24 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Bart: 22 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Lynn: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Clark: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Dustin: 66 babies, 6.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	548	–	1
2	Amy	254	↑4	5
3	Michelle	252	↓1	2
4	Lisa	224	↓1	3
5	Heather	196	↑3	12
6	Angela	192	↓2	6
7	Julie	191	–	10
8	Kimberly	170	↓3	4
9	Rebecca	144	↑3	23
10	Melissa	141	↑3	7
11	Heidi	140	–	77
12	Stephanie	138	↓3	11
13	Lori	117	↑1	25
14	Tiffany	98	↑3	62
15	Wendy	97	↓5	29
16	Melanie	95	↑10	66
17	Nicole	93	↑1	27
18	Laura	86	↑1	16
19	Holly	85	↑1	76
20	Cindy	84	↑4	70
21	Tina	83	↑1	20
22	Andrea	82	↑3	35
23	Brenda	82	↑6	43
24	Shannon	81	↑4	21
25	Susan	80	↑5	17
26	Stacy	78	↑5	32
27	Mary	77	↓11	9
28	Teresa	75	↑4	34
29	Tamara	71	↑6	80
30	Tammy	70	↑3	8
31	Cynthia	67	↑12	24
32	Jill	67	↑4	59
33	Kristin	67	↑8	71
34	Elizabeth	66	↑3	19
35	Shelly	66	new	>100
36	Pamela	64	↑4	28
37	Carrie	62	new	55
38	Stacey	62	–	41
39	Monica	61	↑8	48
40	Leslie	60	new	68
41	Tracy	59	↓26	13
42	Tonya	58	↑3	45
43	Karen	57	↓22	15
44	Natalie	57	↓17	>100
45	Deborah	56	new	33
46	Jodi	56	↓12	94
47	Jenny	52	new	>100
48	Sandra	52	–	31
49	Christine	51	↓26	18
50	Shauna	50	↓8	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	568	↑1	1
2	Jason	540	↑1	8
3	David	451	↓2	3
4	Robert	340	–	5
5	John	301	↑1	4
6	Christopher	265	↑2	6
7	Matthew	261	↑5	19
8	James	250	↓3	2
9	Ryan	238	↑19	51
10	Steven	213	↓3	16
11	Brian	212	↑3	9
12	Scott	211	↓1	10
13	Travis	207	↑4	61
14	Richard	194	↓5	11
15	Jeffrey	182	↓2	12
16	Chad	164	↑7	29
17	Jeremy	163	↑26	45
18	Shane	161	–	60
19	Mark	156	↓9	13
20	William	156	–	7
21	Paul	153	↓5	24
22	Daniel	146	–	20
23	Troy	137	↓8	46
24	Justin	133	–	>100
25	Kevin	132	↓4	14
26	Eric	129	↑1	18
27	Brandon	122	↑4	95
28	Aaron	112	↑6	41
29	Todd	103	↓10	30
30	Joseph	101	–	15
31	Shawn	96	↓6	28
32	Thomas	94	↓6	17
33	Jared	91	new	>100
34	Brett	90	↓1	90
35	Nathan	90	↑9	>100
36	Gregory	88	↓7	26
37	Adam	85	new	57
38	Douglas	83	↓1	39
39	Brent	82	↓4	73
40	Gary	82	↓1	38
41	Bradley	79	new	58
42	Jonathan	78	↑8	40
43	Stephen	76	↑6	27
44	Bryan	74	↓8	48
45	Jeffery	73	new	53
46	Andrew	71	↑2	33
47	Kelly	71	↓1	>100
48	Anthony	69	↓3	23
49	Lance	69	↓9	98
50	Sean	69	new	36

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