Popular baby names in Utah, 1972

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (702 babies) and Michael for boys (515). Social Security records list 22,656 babies born in Utah in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1972

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

Girls

Brittany: 16 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Tamra: 24 babies, 10× the national rate
Shauna: 41 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Kami: 17 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Kimberlee: 24 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Brooke: 33 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Marci: 25 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Camille: 22 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Natalie: 83 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Jan: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Jed: 19 babies, 19.4× the national rate
Jared: 131 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Cody: 46 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Trenton: 15 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Tyler: 55 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Bryce: 25 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Bret: 33 babies, 7× the national rate
Blake: 24 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Cameron: 28 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Brandon: 210 babies, 6.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	702	–	1
2	Amy	253	–	5
3	Michelle	236	–	2
4	Heather	222	↑1	9
5	Lisa	214	↓1	3
6	Kimberly	204	↑2	4
7	Angela	187	↓1	6
8	Rebecca	184	↑1	14
9	Stephanie	168	↑3	8
10	Julie	167	↓3	12
11	Heidi	143	–	64
12	Melissa	132	↓2	7
13	Nicole	126	↑4	10
14	Wendy	112	↑1	29
15	Andrea	95	↑7	30
16	Tiffany	92	↓2	61
17	Lori	91	↓4	28
18	Natalie	83	↑26	>100
19	Karen	82	↑24	21
20	Melanie	79	↓4	42
21	Shannon	79	↑3	22
22	Mary	77	↑5	13
23	Laura	75	↓5	17
24	Tina	72	↓3	18
25	Brenda	71	↓2	44
26	Christine	69	↑23	16
27	Elizabeth	67	↑7	15
28	Stacy	65	↓2	33
29	Holly	64	↓10	71
30	Melinda	63	new	81
31	Susan	63	↓6	24
32	Tara	62	new	38
33	Jill	59	↓1	62
34	Teresa	59	↓6	39
35	Rachel	58	new	40
36	Jessica	57	new	46
37	Tamara	56	↓8	84
38	Carrie	55	↓1	53
39	Emily	55	new	>100
40	Kristen	55	new	85
41	Tracy	55	–	19
42	Denise	54	new	35
43	Sarah	51	new	49
44	Tammy	51	↓14	11
45	Jenny	50	↑2	>100
46	Kristin	50	↓13	67
47	Cindy	49	↓27	80
48	Cynthia	49	↓17	25
49	Amber	48	new	>100
50	Monica	48	↓11	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	515	–	1
2	Jason	448	–	7
3	David	436	–	4
4	Ryan	323	↑5	39
5	Robert	283	↓1	6
6	John	274	↓1	5
7	Christopher	270	↓1	2
8	Matthew	251	↓1	10
9	James	243	↓1	3
10	Brian	227	↑1	8
11	Brandon	210	↑16	63
12	Steven	198	↓2	19
13	Scott	197	↓1	11
14	Justin	193	↑10	60
15	Chad	182	↑1	25
16	Richard	181	↓2	14
17	Travis	174	↓4	57
18	Daniel	173	↑4	15
19	Jeremy	152	↓2	42
20	Jeffrey	148	↓5	17
21	Shane	148	↓3	55
22	Paul	147	↓1	24
23	Mark	142	↓4	18
24	William	132	↓4	9
25	Eric	131	↑1	16
26	Jared	131	↑7	>100
27	Kevin	126	↓2	13
28	Joseph	123	↑2	12
29	Nathan	114	↑6	79
30	Troy	106	↓7	49
31	Shawn	103	–	28
32	Thomas	102	–	20
33	Aaron	95	↓5	40
34	Todd	89	↓5	31
35	Kenneth	87	new	27
36	Brett	86	↓2	80
37	Stephen	86	↑6	29
38	Bryan	80	↑6	45
39	Gregory	79	↓3	26
40	Andrew	76	↑6	30
41	Timothy	74	new	21
42	Jonathan	72	–	37
43	Adam	70	↓6	51
44	Charles	69	new	23
45	Anthony	66	↑3	22
46	Gary	66	↓6	41
47	Benjamin	64	new	64
48	Brent	63	↓9	77
49	Sean	63	↑1	33
50	Russell	59	new	69

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