Popular baby names in Utah, 1980

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (627 babies) and Michael for boys (657). Social Security records list 35,773 babies born in Utah in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1980

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: 18 babies, 21.1× the national rate
Emilee: 16 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Kami: 34 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Brittney: 49 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Mindi: 21 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Camille: 62 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Britney: 17 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Ashlee: 38 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Marci: 37 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Brittany: 110 babies, 7.9× the national rate

Boys

Hyrum: 17 babies, 47.6× the national rate
Ammon: 18 babies, 32.6× the national rate
Devan: 15 babies, 30.8× the national rate
Spencer: 90 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Brady: 64 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Weston: 22 babies, 10× the national rate
Jedediah: 20 babies, 9× the national rate
Bryce: 63 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Colby: 25 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Tyson: 85 babies, 8.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	627	–	1
2	Melissa	393	–	4
3	Amanda	376	↑1	2
4	Amber	323	↑1	22
5	Heather	317	↓2	6
6	Amy	300	–	8
7	Sarah	294	↑5	5
8	Jessica	289	–	3
9	Emily	273	–	31
10	Tiffany	249	↑9	14
11	Michelle	237	↓1	10
12	Rebecca	237	↑1	17
13	Angela	231	↓6	12
14	Jamie	215	↓3	24
15	Stephanie	210	↑3	13
16	Nicole	201	↑1	7
17	Lisa	190	↓3	16
18	Kimberly	183	↓3	11
19	Elizabeth	179	↑1	9
20	Andrea	176	↓4	28
21	Heidi	168	↑2	79
22	Natalie	166	–	65
23	Rachel	150	↓2	23
24	Brooke	147	↑1	57
25	Katie	140	↑8	44
26	Sara	140	↑13	27
27	Megan	133	↓3	30
28	Julie	131	↓1	32
29	Ashley	123	↑5	40
30	Laura	119	↑6	21
31	Erin	116	↓1	20
32	Crystal	113	↓1	18
33	Melanie	112	↓7	60
34	April	111	↓5	26
35	Brittany	110	new	>100
36	Mary	109	↓4	25
37	Shannon	100	↑3	29
38	Holly	98	↓3	52
39	Mindy	97	↓11	>100
40	Lindsay	93	↑4	71
41	Misty	89	↓4	49
42	Jill	82	↓1	66
43	Kristen	82	↑5	39
44	Tara	81	↑1	43
45	Jenny	80	↓7	>100
46	Christina	74	↓3	15
47	Danielle	70	new	33
48	Brandy	67	new	42
49	Kathryn	67	↓7	50
50	Lindsey	67	new	91

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	657	–	1
2	Joshua	507	↑1	7
3	David	455	↓1	4
4	Jason	450	↑3	3
5	Matthew	450	–	6
6	Christopher	419	↓2	2
7	Ryan	413	↓1	15
8	Justin	365	–	13
9	Brandon	350	↑4	31
10	Daniel	344	↓1	11
11	Robert	319	–	9
12	John	314	↑2	8
13	James	308	↓1	5
14	Nathan	300	↓4	36
15	Jeremy	286	–	18
16	Jacob	270	↑10	43
17	Joseph	267	↑2	10
18	Brian	264	↓1	12
19	Jared	258	↑1	61
20	Benjamin	257	↓2	32
21	Dustin	255	↑12	44
22	Nicholas	254	↓6	17
23	Adam	247	↑2	22
24	Andrew	242	–	19
25	Scott	223	↓3	33
26	Jeffrey	215	↓3	27
27	Steven	215	↓6	28
28	Jonathan	214	↑2	21
29	Tyler	211	↑5	>100
30	Aaron	197	↓3	34
31	William	189	↑4	14
32	Richard	185	↓4	26
33	Travis	185	↓4	37
34	Eric	182	↓2	16
35	Thomas	172	↑3	25
36	Mark	164	↑1	30
37	Chad	162	↓6	39
38	Cody	160	↑1	>100
39	Kevin	141	↓3	23
40	Paul	137	–	35
41	Jesse	130	new	45
42	Timothy	129	↓1	20
43	Derek	125	new	50
44	Anthony	123	↓1	24
45	Bryan	120	↓3	49
46	Kyle	104	new	57
47	Zachary	103	↑3	72
48	Brett	99	↓1	96
49	Stephen	99	–	40
50	Bradley	97	↓5	51

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