Popular baby names in Utah, 1974

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (619 babies) and Michael for boys (525). Social Security records list 25,386 babies born in Utah in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1974

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: 28 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Camille: 46 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Mindi: 22 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Kami: 18 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Marci: 32 babies, 8× the national rate
Shauna: 39 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Tamra: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
Brooke: 50 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Mindy: 63 babies, 6× the national rate
Rachelle: 37 babies, 6× the national rate

Boys

Cody: 93 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Boyd: 17 babies, 13× the national rate
Jared: 219 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Tyler: 81 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Colby: 25 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Spencer: 42 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Jed: 16 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Shad: 21 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Trenton: 15 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Brady: 27 babies, 6.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	619	–	1
2	Amy	379	–	2
3	Heather	296	–	4
4	Angela	270	↑2	5
5	Michelle	246	–	3
6	Rebecca	220	↓2	10
7	Melissa	194	↑3	7
8	Lisa	190	–	8
9	Stephanie	185	↓2	9
10	Kimberly	178	↓1	6
11	Julie	160	–	14
12	Heidi	140	–	60
13	Nicole	129	↑3	11
14	Wendy	111	↓1	32
15	Natalie	108	↑9	>100
16	Emily	104	↑9	69
17	Melanie	104	–	51
18	Elizabeth	98	↓4	12
19	Holly	98	↑1	56
20	Amber	97	↑16	92
21	Tiffany	97	↓6	41
22	Andrea	95	↓4	35
23	Lori	95	↓4	30
24	Sarah	93	↓1	20
25	Jessica	90	↑2	17
26	Rachel	87	↓5	36
27	April	81	↑17	28
28	Laura	81	↑4	21
29	Teresa	77	↑8	52
30	Shannon	72	↑8	18
31	Tamara	71	↑10	64
32	Mary	70	↓10	13
33	Christine	68	↓4	19
34	Jamie	68	–	97
35	Tina	67	↑7	25
36	Tara	65	↓3	39
37	Tracy	64	↑10	23
38	Carrie	63	↑12	42
39	Mindy	63	new	>100
40	Monica	62	↓5	43
41	Amanda	61	new	34
42	Melinda	61	↑7	81
43	Susan	61	–	27
44	Brenda	60	↓18	59
45	Jill	59	new	58
46	Brandy	58	↓18	80
47	Misty	58	↓1	66
48	Kristin	57	new	72
49	Stacy	57	↓10	38
50	Jodi	56	↓10	91

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	525	↑1	1
2	Jason	516	↓1	2
3	David	440	–	4
4	Ryan	406	–	25
5	Matthew	330	↑2	9
6	Christopher	320	↓1	3
7	Robert	295	↓1	7
8	Brian	277	↑3	8
9	Justin	265	↑3	43
10	John	257	↓2	6
11	Brandon	255	↓1	51
12	Jeremy	250	↑2	24
13	James	248	↓4	5
14	Daniel	219	↓1	11
15	Jared	219	↑2	>100
16	Chad	205	↑5	26
17	Scott	197	↑3	18
18	Joshua	184	↑14	29
19	Travis	180	↓1	54
20	Steven	170	↓5	19
21	Nathan	169	↑2	52
22	Richard	159	↓6	17
23	Aaron	149	↑1	32
24	Jeffrey	147	↓5	15
25	Adam	145	↑5	36
26	Mark	142	↓4	16
27	Joseph	138	↑1	12
28	Eric	136	↓2	13
29	Paul	128	–	27
30	Benjamin	121	↑5	46
31	William	119	↓4	10
32	Jonathan	117	↓1	33
33	Shane	117	↓8	56
34	Andrew	109	↑4	28
35	Thomas	103	↓2	20
36	Troy	100	↑1	63
37	Shawn	99	↓1	30
38	Brett	96	↑2	95
39	Dustin	96	new	>100
40	Anthony	94	↑3	21
41	Cody	93	↑9	>100
42	Kevin	93	↓8	14
43	Bryan	89	↓4	45
44	Gregory	83	↓3	31
45	Tyler	81	↑3	>100
46	Brent	75	–	76
47	Stephen	73	–	35
48	Cory	72	new	>100
49	Douglas	70	new	53
50	Russell	70	↓1	84

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