Popular baby names in Utah, 1983
The most popular baby names in Utah in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (522 babies) and Michael for boys (623). Social Security records list 33,629 babies born in Utah in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Utah in 1983
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: 20 babies, 22.6× the national rate
- Kami: 24 babies, 12.5× the national rate
- Janae: 19 babies, 9.3× the national rate
- Camille: 50 babies, 8.7× the national rate
- Aubrey: 44 babies, 8.1× the national rate
- Marci: 19 babies, 7.9× the national rate
- Cassidy: 22 babies, 6.7× the national rate
- Brittney: 55 babies, 6.5× the national rate
- Ashlee: 87 babies, 6.3× the national rate
- Chelsey: 28 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Boys
- Devan: 16 babies, 14.2× the national rate
- Skyler: 32 babies, 12.9× the national rate
- Tyson: 105 babies, 12.5× the national rate
- Brady: 58 babies, 11.3× the national rate
- Kody: 18 babies, 11.1× the national rate
- Jed: 18 babies, 10.4× the national rate
- Riley: 22 babies, 9.6× the national rate
- Carson: 16 babies, 8.5× the national rate
- Weston: 25 babies, 8× the national rate
- Bryce: 54 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1983
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1982 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jennifer | 522 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Ashley | 455 | ↑5 | 4 |
| 3 | Jessica | 443 | ↓1 | 2 |
| 4 | Amanda | 304 | ↓1 | 3 |
| 5 | Heather | 301 | ↑4 | 9 |
| 6 | Melissa | 280 | ↓2 | 6 |
| 7 | Amber | 253 | ↓1 | 17 |
| 8 | Sarah | 246 | ↓3 | 5 |
| 9 | Emily | 244 | ↓1 | 25 |
| 10 | Stephanie | 229 | ↑2 | 8 |
| 11 | Megan | 225 | ↑9 | 21 |
| 12 | Nicole | 222 | ↑1 | 7 |
| 13 | Tiffany | 210 | ↓3 | 14 |
| 14 | Rachel | 208 | – | 20 |
| 15 | Michelle | 205 | ↑3 | 13 |
| 16 | Amy | 197 | ↓5 | 12 |
| 17 | Crystal | 185 | ↑8 | 11 |
| 18 | Natalie | 184 | ↓3 | 52 |
| 19 | Rebecca | 170 | ↓2 | 19 |
| 20 | Elizabeth | 169 | ↑1 | 10 |
| 21 | Kimberly | 168 | ↑1 | 15 |
| 22 | Angela | 163 | ↓6 | 22 |
| 23 | Brittany | 156 | ↑4 | 64 |
| 24 | Lindsey | 153 | ↑4 | 35 |
| 25 | Andrea | 151 | ↓2 | 30 |
| 26 | Erin | 151 | ↑5 | 18 |
| 27 | Jamie | 146 | ↓8 | 28 |
| 28 | Lisa | 135 | ↑4 | 27 |
| 29 | Laura | 118 | ↑6 | 23 |
| 30 | Holly | 117 | ↑10 | 48 |
| 31 | Katie | 112 | ↓2 | 45 |
| 32 | Lindsay | 109 | ↓8 | 36 |
| 33 | Brooke | 105 | ↑1 | 96 |
| 34 | Heidi | 95 | ↓8 | 95 |
| 35 | Julie | 95 | ↓5 | 46 |
| 36 | Danielle | 91 | ↑2 | 29 |
| 37 | Sara | 90 | ↓4 | 31 |
| 38 | Melanie | 89 | ↑1 | 79 |
| 39 | Ashlee | 87 | new | >100 |
| 40 | Katherine | 87 | ↑8 | 34 |
| 41 | Alicia | 84 | new | 41 |
| 42 | Christina | 84 | ↑3 | 16 |
| 43 | Tara | 82 | ↑3 | 51 |
| 44 | Mary | 79 | ↓8 | 32 |
| 45 | Kristen | 78 | ↓4 | 37 |
| 46 | Lacey | 75 | new | >100 |
| 47 | April | 73 | ↓10 | 39 |
| 48 | Kathryn | 73 | ↑2 | 50 |
| 49 | Chelsea | 70 | ↓6 | >100 |
| 50 | Kristin | 58 | ↓6 | 42 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1982 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 623 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Christopher | 533 | – | 2 |
| 3 | Matthew | 462 | ↑1 | 3 |
| 4 | David | 433 | ↑1 | 4 |
| 5 | Joshua | 405 | ↓2 | 5 |
| 6 | Daniel | 382 | ↑1 | 8 |
| 7 | Ryan | 381 | ↓1 | 13 |
| 8 | Brandon | 340 | ↑1 | 17 |
| 9 | Tyler | 331 | ↑5 | 57 |
| 10 | Adam | 306 | ↑7 | 18 |
| 11 | Jason | 299 | ↓3 | 7 |
| 12 | Jacob | 290 | ↑4 | 36 |
| 13 | Robert | 289 | ↓2 | 10 |
| 14 | James | 282 | ↓2 | 6 |
| 15 | Justin | 271 | ↓5 | 12 |
| 16 | John | 268 | ↓3 | 9 |
| 17 | Andrew | 261 | ↓2 | 15 |
| 18 | Brian | 254 | ↑3 | 14 |
| 19 | Nathan | 245 | ↓1 | 40 |
| 20 | Benjamin | 242 | – | 32 |
| 21 | Joseph | 230 | ↑1 | 11 |
| 22 | Jonathan | 218 | ↓3 | 19 |
| 23 | Steven | 214 | ↑2 | 23 |
| 24 | Jeffrey | 213 | – | 28 |
| 25 | Richard | 207 | ↑7 | 27 |
| 26 | Nicholas | 201 | ↑3 | 21 |
| 27 | Jared | 196 | ↓1 | 56 |
| 28 | Eric | 192 | ↓1 | 20 |
| 29 | Dustin | 188 | ↑2 | 43 |
| 30 | Aaron | 186 | – | 29 |
| 31 | William | 183 | ↑4 | 16 |
| 32 | Scott | 180 | ↓4 | 38 |
| 33 | Jeremy | 172 | ↓10 | 30 |
| 34 | Travis | 167 | ↑6 | 41 |
| 35 | Cody | 162 | ↓2 | 81 |
| 36 | Mark | 155 | ↑1 | 31 |
| 37 | Kyle | 154 | ↑4 | 34 |
| 38 | Thomas | 152 | ↓4 | 24 |
| 39 | Kevin | 150 | ↓1 | 25 |
| 40 | Jesse | 144 | ↓1 | 46 |
| 41 | Brett | 135 | ↑7 | 73 |
| 42 | Chad | 127 | ↓6 | 49 |
| 43 | Anthony | 125 | ↑1 | 22 |
| 44 | Zachary | 123 | new | 50 |
| 45 | Jordan | 114 | – | 72 |
| 46 | Timothy | 110 | ↓4 | 26 |
| 47 | Derek | 106 | ↑2 | 51 |
| 48 | Stephen | 106 | new | 35 |
| 49 | Bryan | 105 | new | 47 |
| 50 | Tyson | 105 | new | >100 |