Popular baby names in Utah, 1979

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (577 babies) and Michael for boys (651). Social Security records list 35,083 babies born in Utah in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1979

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: 16 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Janae: 25 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Brittney: 34 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Britney: 16 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Kami: 29 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Camille: 59 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Jenni: 15 babies, 9× the national rate
Maren: 18 babies, 8× the national rate
Brittany: 63 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Shantel: 18 babies, 7.2× the national rate

Boys

Brody: 15 babies, 17× the national rate
Spencer: 118 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Brady: 62 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Weston: 22 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Riley: 19 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Jed: 23 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Jedediah: 25 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Colby: 27 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Tyson: 70 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Quinn: 19 babies, 7.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	577	–	1
2	Melissa	367	↑2	2
3	Heather	350	↓1	7
4	Amanda	332	↑3	3
5	Amber	322	↑4	22
6	Amy	308	↓3	5
7	Angela	286	↓1	8
8	Jessica	261	–	4
9	Emily	244	↓4	34
10	Michelle	243	↑4	10
11	Jamie	230	↑4	19
12	Sarah	216	↓1	6
13	Rebecca	209	↓3	17
14	Lisa	202	↓1	13
15	Kimberly	195	↑3	12
16	Andrea	188	↑4	26
17	Nicole	182	–	9
18	Stephanie	178	↓6	15
19	Tiffany	170	↑5	28
20	Elizabeth	162	↓1	11
21	Rachel	159	–	27
22	Natalie	157	↑1	68
23	Heidi	148	↓7	83
24	Megan	144	↑6	31
25	Brooke	142	↑7	85
26	Melanie	139	↑8	53
27	Julie	136	↓5	29
28	Mindy	135	↑19	81
29	April	118	↓2	23
30	Erin	116	↓2	21
31	Crystal	113	↓5	18
32	Mary	113	↓1	24
33	Katie	112	↑3	63
34	Ashley	110	new	67
35	Holly	107	↓2	48
36	Laura	106	↓7	20
37	Misty	100	↑4	42
38	Jenny	98	↑6	>100
39	Sara	97	↓14	30
40	Shannon	97	↓5	25
41	Jill	88	↓2	52
42	Kathryn	85	↑7	50
43	Christina	80	↓1	14
44	Lindsay	79	↑2	88
45	Tara	79	–	38
46	Kelly	77	↓9	16
47	Wendy	75	↓7	64
48	Kristen	71	new	62
49	Monica	70	new	40
50	Katherine	67	new	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Michael	651	–	1
2	David	536	–	4
3	Joshua	500	↑4	9
4	Christopher	464	↑2	2
5	Matthew	454	–	6
6	Ryan	452	↓2	14
7	Jason	437	↓4	3
8	Justin	346	↑7	22
9	Daniel	345	↓1	12
10	Nathan	336	↑1	37
11	Robert	320	↑3	8
12	James	317	↓3	5
13	Brandon	309	↑5	35
14	John	305	↓2	7
15	Jeremy	291	↓5	16
16	Nicholas	283	↑5	15
17	Brian	273	↓1	10
18	Benjamin	264	↑2	33
19	Joseph	260	↓2	11
20	Jared	244	↓7	65
21	Steven	244	↑3	27
22	Scott	243	↓3	29
23	Jeffrey	240	↓1	24
24	Andrew	239	↑2	20
25	Adam	227	↑3	23
26	Jacob	220	↓3	45
27	Aaron	207	↓2	32
28	Richard	204	↓1	25
29	Travis	201	↑6	36
30	Jonathan	189	–	31
31	Chad	184	↑5	38
32	Eric	183	↓3	17
33	Dustin	177	↑6	62
34	Tyler	177	↓3	>100
35	William	177	↓2	13
36	Kevin	176	↓4	19
37	Mark	165	↓3	30
38	Thomas	156	↑2	26
39	Cody	143	↓1	>100
40	Paul	140	↑1	34
41	Timothy	135	↓4	18
42	Bryan	128	↑3	46
43	Anthony	123	↓1	21
44	Spencer	118	–	>100
45	Bradley	110	new	47
46	Casey	104	↑2	93
47	Brett	101	new	98
48	Gregory	101	↓1	42
49	Stephen	99	–	40
50	Zachary	95	–	74

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