Popular baby names in Utah, 1973

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (590 babies) and Jason for boys (489). Jason ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 23,596 babies born in Utah in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1973

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

Girls

Janae: 15 babies, 24.3× the national rate
Kami: 19 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Shauna: 33 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Camille: 32 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Brooke: 39 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Mindy: 47 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Jana: 35 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Marci: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Natalie: 76 babies, 5× the national rate
Rachelle: 32 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Boys

Jed: 20 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Jared: 189 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Branden: 16 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Cody: 64 babies, 12× the national rate
Tyler: 67 babies, 11× the national rate
Colby: 20 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Brady: 28 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Trent: 34 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Spencer: 32 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Brandon: 252 babies, 6.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	590	–	1
2	Amy	299	–	2
3	Heather	241	↑1	8
4	Rebecca	216	↑4	10
5	Michelle	214	↓2	3
6	Angela	183	↑1	7
7	Stephanie	181	↑2	9
8	Lisa	179	↓3	5
9	Kimberly	167	↓3	4
10	Melissa	158	↑2	6
11	Julie	141	↓1	12
12	Heidi	130	↓1	65
13	Wendy	111	↑1	29
14	Elizabeth	110	↑13	13
15	Tiffany	105	↑1	52
16	Nicole	100	↓3	11
17	Melanie	97	↑3	43
18	Andrea	90	↓3	30
19	Lori	87	↓2	28
20	Holly	84	↑9	54
21	Rachel	84	↑14	42
22	Mary	83	–	14
23	Sarah	81	↑20	35
24	Natalie	76	↓6	>100
25	Emily	75	↑14	99
26	Brenda	70	↓1	53
27	Jessica	68	↑9	34
28	Brandy	66	new	82
29	Christine	66	↓3	17
30	Karen	65	↓11	23
31	Kristen	65	↑9	58
32	Laura	65	↓9	19
33	Tara	64	↓1	37
34	Jamie	62	new	>100
35	Monica	62	↑15	40
36	Amber	61	↑13	>100
37	Teresa	60	↓3	45
38	Shannon	59	↓17	22
39	Stacy	59	↓11	32
40	Jodi	58	new	100
41	Tamara	56	↓4	66
42	Tina	56	↓18	24
43	Susan	55	↓12	25
44	April	54	new	33
45	Danielle	53	new	49
46	Misty	52	new	90
47	Tracy	51	↓6	20
48	Cynthia	50	–	26
49	Melinda	50	↓19	72
50	Carrie	49	↓12	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jason	489	↑1	3
2	Michael	450	↓1	1
3	David	392	–	5
4	Ryan	364	–	30
5	Christopher	294	↑2	2
6	Robert	283	↓1	7
7	Matthew	281	↑1	10
8	John	279	↓2	6
9	James	275	–	4
10	Brandon	252	↑1	58
11	Brian	249	↓1	8
12	Justin	222	↑2	51
13	Daniel	204	↑5	11
14	Jeremy	201	↑5	33
15	Steven	198	↓3	20
16	Richard	190	–	16
17	Jared	189	↑9	>100
18	Travis	183	↓1	53
19	Jeffrey	175	↑1	17
20	Scott	175	↓7	18
21	Chad	173	↓6	25
22	Mark	172	↑1	15
23	Nathan	160	↑6	63
24	Aaron	146	↑9	34
25	Shane	143	↓4	54
26	Eric	140	↓1	13
27	William	139	↓3	9
28	Joseph	127	–	12
29	Paul	114	↓7	24
30	Adam	108	↑13	45
31	Jonathan	104	↑11	31
32	Joshua	102	new	42
33	Thomas	100	↓1	19
34	Kevin	99	↓7	14
35	Benjamin	92	↑12	55
36	Shawn	91	↓5	27
37	Troy	90	↓7	59
38	Andrew	85	↑2	29
39	Bryan	85	↓1	43
40	Brett	83	↓4	88
41	Gregory	80	↓2	26
42	Timothy	79	↓1	22
43	Anthony	78	↑2	21
44	Todd	77	↓10	35
45	Jeffery	76	new	64
46	Brent	72	↑2	80
47	Stephen	69	↓10	32
48	Tyler	67	new	>100
49	Russell	65	↑1	77
50	Cody	64	new	>100

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