Popular baby names in Utah, 1977

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (615 babies) and Michael for boys (616). Social Security records list 32,246 babies born in Utah in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1977

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

Girls

Emilee: 16 babies, 20.4× the national rate
Cami: 20 babies, 20.1× the national rate
Janae: 22 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Brittany: 55 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Camille: 55 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Brittney: 15 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Mindi: 17 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Aubrey: 25 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Kami: 19 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Mindy: 78 babies, 6.6× the national rate

Boys

Weston: 21 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Spencer: 85 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Jed: 25 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Colby: 31 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Cody: 130 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Tyler: 136 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Jared: 300 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Landon: 20 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Brady: 30 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Bryce: 38 babies, 6.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	615	–	1
2	Heather	359	↑1	5
3	Amy	349	↓1	3
4	Melissa	322	↑2	2
5	Angela	309	↓1	6
6	Jamie	254	↓1	18
7	Jessica	240	↑3	4
8	Rebecca	236	↓1	17
9	Amanda	227	↓1	9
10	Sarah	214	↑4	11
11	Emily	212	↓2	37
12	Stephanie	195	↑1	14
13	Michelle	193	↓1	7
14	Kimberly	192	↓3	8
15	Amber	190	–	33
16	Lisa	171	–	12
17	Natalie	164	↑1	69
18	Nicole	163	↑4	15
19	Tiffany	161	↑5	34
20	Elizabeth	159	↑3	13
21	Andrea	157	↓4	24
22	Heidi	157	↓1	81
23	Rachel	146	↓3	26
24	Julie	129	↓5	22
25	Wendy	112	↑15	49
26	Shannon	108	↑2	19
27	Kelly	107	↑19	10
28	Laura	107	↓2	20
29	Holly	103	–	52
30	Melanie	103	↓5	53
31	Misty	100	↑6	40
32	Erin	98	↓2	23
33	Mary	98	↓2	21
34	Tara	97	↑13	35
35	Carrie	95	↓1	28
36	Jill	87	↑2	41
37	Megan	83	↑8	54
38	Jenny	82	↓3	>100
39	Crystal	81	new	25
40	Mandy	81	↑10	94
41	Sara	81	↓14	27
42	Mindy	78	new	>100
43	Katie	77	new	>100
44	Christina	76	↓1	16
45	April	75	↓12	29
46	Brooke	73	↑2	>100
47	Jaime	68	↓15	46
48	Lori	68	↓12	57
49	Monica	68	↓5	39
50	Kathryn	65	new	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Michael	616	–	1
2	Ryan	489	↑1	16
3	Jason	487	↓1	2
4	David	470	–	4
5	Matthew	457	–	9
6	Joshua	368	↑9	14
7	Jeremy	366	↓1	15
8	Christopher	364	–	3
9	Robert	353	↑4	6
10	Nathan	322	↑6	36
11	James	315	↓1	5
12	Daniel	307	↓1	11
13	Jared	300	↓4	76
14	Justin	299	↓2	30
15	Brandon	296	↓8	41
16	Brian	276	↑1	8
17	John	276	↓3	7
18	Benjamin	268	–	29
19	Steven	245	↑1	23
20	Jeffrey	244	↓1	19
21	Aaron	226	↑3	32
22	Joseph	217	↑4	10
23	Jacob	214	↑6	56
24	Scott	204	↓3	27
25	Richard	197	–	20
26	Mark	188	↑2	25
27	Chad	187	–	34
28	Adam	180	↑2	33
29	Travis	180	↓6	44
30	Jonathan	168	↑2	28
31	William	168	–	12
32	Kevin	166	↑5	13
33	Eric	157	↓11	17
34	Andrew	156	↓1	24
35	Thomas	144	↑1	22
36	Tyler	136	↓1	>100
37	Timothy	135	↑5	18
38	Paul	133	↓4	31
39	Cody	130	↑4	>100
40	Dustin	120	↓2	81
41	Bryan	119	↓2	42
42	Brett	101	↑2	>100
43	Samuel	101	new	60
44	Shane	100	↑1	61
45	Anthony	96	↓4	21
46	Bradley	95	–	49
47	Kenneth	90	↑1	39
48	Shawn	89	↑2	37
49	Todd	89	new	50
50	Troy	87	↓3	88

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