Popular baby names in Utah, 1978

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (567 babies) and Michael for boys (655). Social Security records list 33,033 babies born in Utah in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1978

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: 21 babies, 22.8× the national rate
Janae: 24 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Kami: 31 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Brittany: 67 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Mindi: 22 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Ashlee: 18 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Brittney: 17 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Camille: 48 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Marianne: 25 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Aubrey: 23 babies, 6× the national rate

Boys

Kody: 15 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Weston: 24 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Spencer: 106 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Shad: 19 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Tyler: 176 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Brady: 44 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Bryce: 47 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Jed: 25 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Cody: 141 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Jared: 292 babies, 7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	567	–	1
2	Heather	356	–	5
3	Amy	334	–	4
4	Melissa	309	–	2
5	Emily	272	↑6	33
6	Angela	271	↓1	7
7	Amanda	251	↑2	6
8	Jessica	244	↓1	3
9	Amber	231	↑6	30
10	Rebecca	208	↓2	17
11	Sarah	208	↓1	8
12	Stephanie	206	–	16
13	Lisa	202	↑3	11
14	Michelle	202	↓1	9
15	Jamie	199	↓9	20
16	Heidi	186	↑6	83
17	Nicole	186	↑1	10
18	Kimberly	182	↓4	13
19	Elizabeth	171	↑1	14
20	Andrea	164	↑1	23
21	Rachel	159	↑2	25
22	Julie	155	↑2	26
23	Natalie	144	↓6	66
24	Tiffany	125	↓5	32
25	Sara	121	↑16	28
26	Crystal	115	↑13	18
27	April	114	↑18	27
28	Erin	110	↑4	21
29	Laura	107	↓1	19
30	Megan	107	↑7	41
31	Mary	101	↑2	24
32	Brooke	98	↑14	>100
33	Holly	96	↓4	55
34	Melanie	95	↓4	54
35	Shannon	95	↓9	22
36	Katie	94	↑7	90
37	Kelly	92	↓10	12
38	Carrie	88	↓3	35
39	Jill	88	↓3	46
40	Wendy	87	↓15	56
41	Misty	86	↓10	43
42	Christina	79	↑2	15
43	Mandy	76	↓3	96
44	Jenny	73	↓6	>100
45	Tara	73	↓11	40
46	Lindsay	72	new	95
47	Mindy	70	↓5	>100
48	Brittany	67	new	>100
49	Kathryn	67	↑1	57
50	Melinda	67	new	84

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Michael	655	–	1
2	David	521	↑2	4
3	Jason	511	–	2
4	Ryan	457	↓2	14
5	Matthew	432	–	6
6	Christopher	415	↑2	3
7	Joshua	399	↓1	12
8	Daniel	349	↑4	11
9	James	319	↑2	5
10	Jeremy	318	↓3	18
11	Nathan	312	↓1	36
12	John	306	↑5	7
13	Jared	292	–	72
14	Robert	286	↓5	8
15	Justin	275	↓1	28
16	Brian	267	–	9
17	Joseph	260	↑5	10
18	Brandon	255	↓3	40
19	Scott	245	↑5	30
20	Benjamin	241	↓2	34
21	Nicholas	229	new	25
22	Jeffrey	216	↓2	19
23	Jacob	212	–	50
24	Steven	206	↓5	24
25	Aaron	203	↓4	32
26	Andrew	202	↑8	22
27	Richard	201	↓2	21
28	Adam	198	–	29
29	Eric	196	↑4	16
30	Jonathan	177	–	31
31	Tyler	176	↑5	>100
32	Kevin	168	–	15
33	William	168	↓2	13
34	Mark	161	↓8	26
35	Travis	157	↓6	46
36	Chad	150	↓9	35
37	Timothy	146	–	17
38	Cody	141	↑1	>100
39	Dustin	139	↑1	68
40	Thomas	138	↓5	23
41	Paul	131	↓3	33
42	Anthony	126	↑3	20
43	Charles	107	new	27
44	Spencer	106	new	>100
45	Bryan	102	↓4	43
46	Shawn	101	↑2	39
47	Gregory	93	new	38
48	Casey	92	new	92
49	Stephen	91	new	37
50	Zachary	87	new	89

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