Popular baby names in Utah, 1981

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (578 babies) and Michael for boys (651). Social Security records list 35,148 babies born in Utah in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1981

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: 26 babies, 26.6× the national rate
Emilee: 22 babies, 17× the national rate
Maren: 18 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Janae: 26 babies, 13× the national rate
Britney: 23 babies, 11× the national rate
Ashlee: 68 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Camille: 58 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Brittney: 45 babies, 9× the national rate
Marci: 34 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Darci: 17 babies, 8.7× the national rate

Boys

Kody: 17 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Jedediah: 21 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Shad: 15 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Jed: 29 babies, 12× the national rate
Kip: 16 babies, 12× the national rate
Brady: 64 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Spencer: 93 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Skyler: 19 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Rhett: 15 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Tyson: 88 babies, 9.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	578	–	1
2	Amanda	338	↑1	3
3	Jessica	336	↑5	2
4	Melissa	325	↓2	5
5	Amy	312	↑1	6
6	Sarah	284	↑1	4
7	Amber	276	↓3	20
8	Heather	261	↓3	10
9	Rebecca	254	↑3	12
10	Emily	241	↓1	29
11	Angela	237	↑2	15
12	Michelle	236	↓1	11
13	Tiffany	227	↓3	14
14	Stephanie	217	↑1	8
15	Nicole	212	↑1	7
16	Ashley	177	↑13	34
17	Elizabeth	171	↑2	9
18	Jamie	171	↓4	28
19	Andrea	166	↑1	24
20	Brooke	165	↑4	52
21	Rachel	162	↑2	22
22	Crystal	160	↑10	16
23	Natalie	154	↓1	60
24	Erin	151	↑7	19
25	Lisa	151	↓8	18
26	Heidi	146	↓5	84
27	Kimberly	143	↓9	13
28	Sara	133	↓2	26
29	April	131	↑5	25
30	Megan	131	↓3	33
31	Katie	128	↓6	44
32	Julie	126	↓4	37
33	Lindsay	120	↑7	47
34	Brittany	116	↑1	>100
35	Mary	112	↑1	27
36	Kristen	107	↑7	38
37	Laura	107	↓7	21
38	Holly	105	–	63
39	Kristin	96	new	31
40	Melanie	96	↓7	66
41	Shannon	95	↓4	32
42	Lindsey	92	↑8	58
43	Christina	81	↑3	17
44	Jill	79	↓2	78
45	Misty	78	↓4	61
46	Danielle	76	↑1	30
47	Anna	75	new	54
48	Jenny	75	↓3	>100
49	Mindy	73	↓10	>100
50	Candice	71	new	86

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	651	–	1
2	Joshua	537	–	6
3	David	473	–	5
4	Christopher	472	↑2	2
5	Matthew	443	–	3
6	Ryan	428	↑1	13
7	Daniel	390	↑3	10
8	Jason	381	↓4	4
9	Brandon	352	–	19
10	Robert	348	↑1	9
11	John	319	↑1	8
12	Nathan	307	↑2	36
13	James	304	–	7
14	Justin	298	↓6	12
15	Adam	295	↑8	20
16	Benjamin	283	↑4	32
17	Jacob	281	↓1	43
18	Jeremy	243	↓3	22
19	Nicholas	243	↑3	21
20	Joseph	242	↓3	11
21	Aaron	236	↑9	30
22	Brian	231	↓4	14
23	Jonathan	229	↑5	16
24	Tyler	229	↑5	96
25	Steven	225	↑2	28
26	Scott	215	↓1	34
27	Jared	214	↓8	57
28	Andrew	210	↓4	18
29	Jeffrey	205	↓3	29
30	Dustin	203	↓9	42
31	Eric	201	↑3	17
32	Richard	182	–	27
33	Travis	172	–	40
34	Cody	166	↑4	>100
35	Mark	166	↑1	33
36	William	161	↓5	15
37	Kevin	156	↑2	25
38	Chad	150	↓1	47
39	Jesse	142	↑2	37
40	Paul	139	–	35
41	Thomas	136	↓6	26
42	Timothy	124	–	24
43	Brett	117	↑5	79
44	Derek	112	↓1	53
45	Stephen	109	↑4	39
46	Anthony	105	↓2	23
47	Casey	105	new	85
48	Bradley	103	↑2	50
49	Zachary	103	↓2	63
50	Bryan	102	↓5	48

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