Popular baby names in Utah, 1976

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (601 babies) and Michael for boys (622). Social Security records list 30,213 babies born in Utah in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1976

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

Girls

Cami: 19 babies, 24× the national rate
Mindi: 25 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Kami: 29 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Aubrey: 25 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Janae: 19 babies, 10× the national rate
Marci: 28 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Camille: 38 babies, 8× the national rate
Tamra: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Brittany: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Shauna: 30 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Boys

Weston: 19 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Quinn: 17 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Tyler: 138 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Jared: 308 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Cody: 103 babies, 9× the national rate
Spencer: 70 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Jed: 19 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Brady: 34 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Trenton: 21 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Jefferson: 16 babies, 7.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	601	–	1
2	Amy	408	–	2
3	Heather	347	–	4
4	Angela	293	↑1	5
5	Jamie	292	↑21	18
6	Melissa	271	↓2	3
7	Rebecca	229	↓1	12
8	Amanda	207	↑5	10
9	Emily	205	–	50
10	Jessica	205	↑9	8
11	Kimberly	197	↓3	7
12	Michelle	196	↓5	6
13	Stephanie	196	↓3	11
14	Sarah	184	↑3	15
15	Amber	171	↑3	49
16	Lisa	166	↓5	9
17	Andrea	155	↑4	25
18	Natalie	154	↑6	80
19	Julie	141	↓4	21
20	Rachel	141	–	23
21	Heidi	139	↓9	70
22	Nicole	137	↓8	13
23	Elizabeth	120	↓1	16
24	Tiffany	117	↓8	32
25	Melanie	110	↓2	53
26	Laura	109	↑3	20
27	Sara	106	new	27
28	Shannon	104	↑8	17
29	Holly	103	↓4	56
30	Erin	93	new	24
31	Mary	88	↓3	22
32	Jaime	84	new	29
33	April	77	↓1	30
34	Carrie	77	↓1	28
35	Jenny	77	↑4	>100
36	Lori	77	↓6	47
37	Misty	76	↓6	46
38	Jill	75	↓4	52
39	Brandy	74	↑10	55
40	Wendy	74	↓13	39
41	Karen	71	↑1	31
42	Melinda	71	↓2	95
43	Christina	70	↓5	14
44	Monica	70	new	45
45	Megan	69	↓10	62
46	Kelly	66	new	19
47	Tara	66	↓6	42
48	Brooke	65	new	>100
49	Danielle	62	new	33
50	Mandy	61	↓4	100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	622	–	1
2	Jason	478	–	2
3	Ryan	475	–	16
4	David	467	–	4
5	Matthew	429	–	9
6	Jeremy	321	↑5	14
7	Brandon	317	↑1	40
8	Christopher	316	↓2	3
9	Jared	308	↑3	90
10	James	307	↑3	5
11	Daniel	298	↑4	10
12	Justin	294	↓3	33
13	Robert	294	↓6	7
14	John	291	↓4	6
15	Joshua	285	↑2	18
16	Nathan	277	–	39
17	Brian	270	↓3	8
18	Benjamin	230	↑1	32
19	Jeffrey	211	↓1	17
20	Steven	201	↑1	20
21	Scott	197	↑1	24
22	Eric	193	↑4	13
23	Travis	192	↓3	46
24	Aaron	184	–	30
25	Richard	179	–	19
26	Joseph	177	↑2	12
27	Chad	176	↓4	29
28	Mark	167	↓1	25
29	Jacob	159	↑12	63
30	Adam	157	↑1	36
31	William	157	↑1	11
32	Jonathan	153	↓2	31
33	Andrew	145	↓4	27
34	Paul	140	↑5	28
35	Tyler	138	↓2	>100
36	Thomas	128	↓2	23
37	Kevin	127	↓1	15
38	Dustin	124	↑2	82
39	Bryan	122	↓1	43
40	Gregory	110	↑4	35
41	Anthony	109	↓6	22
42	Timothy	108	–	21
43	Cody	103	↑2	>100
44	Brett	99	↑5	>100
45	Shane	97	↓8	57
46	Bradley	91	new	51
47	Troy	89	new	73
48	Kenneth	84	↓2	38
49	Kyle	84	new	80
50	Shawn	82	↓7	34

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