Popular baby names in Utah, 1982

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (555 babies) and Michael for boys (616). Social Security records list 35,601 babies born in Utah in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1982

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: 22 babies, 24.2× the national rate
Chelsie: 17 babies, 11× the national rate
Camille: 59 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Kami: 20 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Marci: 26 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Ashlie: 18 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Ashlee: 57 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Janae: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Brittney: 50 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Aubrey: 44 babies, 7.1× the national rate

Boys

Ammon: 20 babies, 39.4× the national rate
Brody: 17 babies, 20.9× the national rate
Skyler: 34 babies, 16× the national rate
Brady: 80 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Kody: 19 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Riley: 24 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Jed: 20 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Spencer: 101 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Tyson: 89 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Braden: 18 babies, 8.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	555	–	1
2	Jessica	400	↑1	2
3	Amanda	324	↓1	3
4	Melissa	315	–	5
5	Sarah	309	↑1	4
6	Amber	306	↑1	18
7	Ashley	268	↑9	17
8	Emily	266	↑2	24
9	Heather	232	↓1	12
10	Tiffany	232	↑3	13
11	Amy	224	↓6	10
12	Stephanie	223	↑2	7
13	Nicole	214	↑2	6
14	Rachel	212	↑7	21
15	Natalie	211	↑8	51
16	Angela	203	↓5	16
17	Rebecca	202	↓8	15
18	Michelle	196	↓6	11
19	Jamie	186	↓1	29
20	Megan	171	↑10	34
21	Elizabeth	169	↓4	8
22	Kimberly	166	↑5	14
23	Andrea	163	↓4	27
24	Lindsay	158	↑9	39
25	Crystal	155	↓3	9
26	Heidi	153	–	86
27	Brittany	152	↑7	94
28	Lindsey	149	↑14	40
29	Katie	141	↑2	45
30	Julie	137	↑2	41
31	Erin	133	↓7	20
32	Lisa	133	↓7	23
33	Sara	126	↓5	28
34	Brooke	121	↓14	92
35	Laura	107	↑2	22
36	Mary	104	↓1	30
37	April	97	↓8	32
38	Danielle	95	↑8	31
39	Melanie	95	↑1	65
40	Holly	93	↓2	61
41	Kristen	89	↓5	33
42	Shannon	84	↓1	38
43	Chelsea	82	new	>100
44	Kristin	80	↓5	37
45	Christina	77	↓2	19
46	Tara	76	new	47
47	Candice	74	↑3	78
48	Katherine	72	new	36
49	Melinda	71	new	>100
50	Kathryn	70	new	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Michael	616	–	1
2	Christopher	538	↑2	2
3	Joshua	481	↓1	7
4	Matthew	471	↑1	3
5	David	430	↓2	5
6	Ryan	398	–	13
7	Daniel	386	–	10
8	Jason	377	–	4
9	Brandon	355	–	18
10	Justin	327	↑4	12
11	Robert	319	↓1	9
12	James	318	↑1	6
13	John	285	↓2	8
14	Tyler	276	↑10	66
15	Andrew	269	↑13	17
16	Jacob	269	↑1	41
17	Adam	266	↓2	19
18	Nathan	261	↓6	36
19	Jonathan	258	↑4	16
20	Benjamin	256	↓4	33
21	Brian	253	↑1	14
22	Joseph	236	↓2	11
23	Jeremy	231	↓5	28
24	Jeffrey	223	↑5	29
25	Steven	222	–	26
26	Jared	219	↑1	54
27	Eric	216	↑4	20
28	Scott	216	↓2	34
29	Nicholas	212	↓10	22
30	Aaron	209	↓9	30
31	Dustin	204	↓1	42
32	Richard	180	–	27
33	Cody	178	↑1	95
34	Thomas	177	↑7	23
35	William	168	↑1	15
36	Chad	166	↑2	48
37	Mark	163	↓2	32
38	Kevin	162	↓1	25
39	Jesse	154	–	43
40	Travis	153	↓7	39
41	Kyle	148	new	47
42	Timothy	145	–	24
43	Casey	121	↑4	86
44	Anthony	120	↑2	21
45	Jordan	103	new	85
46	Spencer	101	new	>100
47	Bradley	99	↑1	51
48	Brett	99	↓5	72
49	Derek	99	↓5	50
50	Paul	99	↓10	35

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