Popular baby names in Utah, 1985

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1985 were Jessica for girls (457 babies) and Michael for boys (533). Social Security records list 31,363 babies born in Utah in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1985

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, 18.9× the national rate
Kami: 25 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Mckenzie: 19 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Chelsie: 29 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Emilee: 15 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Camille: 49 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Aubrey: 48 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Hailey: 22 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Lacie: 20 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Angie: 22 babies, 6× the national rate

Boys

Dallin: 31 babies, 51.8× the national rate
Ammon: 15 babies, 37× the national rate
Tyson: 120 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Skyler: 47 babies, 13× the national rate
Rhett: 18 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Brody: 22 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Colton: 18 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Jace: 18 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Riley: 32 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Brady: 84 babies, 10× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Jessica	457	↑1	1
2	Ashley	429	↑1	2
3	Jennifer	348	↓2	3
4	Megan	336	–	10
5	Amanda	296	–	4
6	Heather	282	–	8
7	Melissa	228	–	11
8	Nicole	218	↑2	7
9	Sarah	209	↑3	5
10	Stephanie	201	↓2	6
11	Amber	197	↓2	16
12	Emily	191	↓1	24
13	Rachel	187	–	13
14	Jamie	185	↑4	27
15	Brittany	182	↑5	17
16	Michelle	178	↓1	22
17	Amy	176	↓3	20
18	Elizabeth	165	↑1	9
19	Tiffany	152	↓3	23
20	Kimberly	141	↑3	19
21	Rebecca	138	↓4	25
22	Danielle	136	↑5	18
23	Katie	134	↑3	39
24	Angela	133	↓2	31
25	Erin	127	–	26
26	Natalie	124	↑4	58
27	Laura	119	↑1	14
28	Crystal	118	↓7	21
29	Andrea	117	↓5	33
30	Lindsay	117	↓1	40
31	Lisa	112	↑1	36
32	Sara	112	↑4	30
33	Lindsey	110	↓2	37
34	Brooke	100	↑3	>100
35	Chelsea	92	↓2	75
36	Kristen	86	↑12	38
37	Heidi	84	↓3	>100
38	Mary	83	–	35
39	Alicia	82	↑5	45
40	Julie	80	↓5	55
41	Katherine	76	↑5	32
42	Melanie	76	↑7	88
43	Whitney	76	new	73
44	Holly	72	↓4	56
45	Samantha	69	↓3	29
46	Lacey	68	↓1	>100
47	Brittney	67	↑3	84
48	Christina	67	↓7	12
49	Lauren	62	new	15
50	Allison	61	new	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Michael	533	–	1
2	Christopher	462	↑1	2
3	Joshua	441	↑1	4
4	Matthew	405	↓2	3
5	Daniel	359	↑1	5
6	Tyler	346	↑3	43
7	David	339	↓2	6
8	Ryan	320	↓1	12
9	Andrew	284	↑7	11
10	Jason	277	↑2	14
11	James	267	↓1	7
12	Brandon	244	↓4	13
13	Jacob	243	↓2	35
14	Nathan	239	↑1	40
15	Nicholas	238	↓1	19
16	Robert	235	↑2	8
17	Adam	225	–	22
18	Justin	220	↓5	15
19	Benjamin	203	↑4	31
20	Steven	198	–	24
21	John	195	↓2	9
22	Eric	190	↑6	21
23	Jonathan	190	↓1	17
24	Cody	188	↑2	52
25	Zachary	188	↑12	39
26	Brian	181	↓2	18
27	Joseph	177	↓2	10
28	Jeffrey	176	↓7	29
29	Kyle	175	↑4	27
30	Jeremy	165	↑1	30
31	Richard	165	↓1	28
32	Dustin	164	↑2	41
33	Scott	161	↓6	44
34	Kevin	160	↑1	23
35	Thomas	154	↑9	25
36	William	151	↓4	16
37	Travis	144	↓1	46
38	Aaron	138	–	33
39	Jordan	135	↑3	62
40	Anthony	129	↑1	20
41	Casey	129	↑7	86
42	Jared	129	↓13	58
43	Trevor	120	new	>100
44	Tyson	120	↓1	>100
45	Mark	119	↓5	32
46	Jesse	111	↑1	51
47	Sean	110	new	38
48	Paul	106	new	42
49	Timothy	105	↓3	26
50	Stephen	104	new	36

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