Popular baby names in Utah, 1986

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1986 were Jessica for girls (473 babies) and Michael for boys (555). Social Security records list 30,488 babies born in Utah in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1986

Names given at least 15 times in Utah that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Shaylee: 15 babies, 48.5× the national rate
Cami: 20 babies, 23× the national rate
Carli: 16 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Kami: 18 babies, 13× the national rate
Kelsie: 20 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Chelsie: 35 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Breann: 15 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Emilee: 15 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Kylee: 18 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Camille: 47 babies, 8.6× the national rate

Boys

Mckay: 15 babies, 59.7× the national rate
Dallin: 31 babies, 51.6× the national rate
Colton: 42 babies, 19.8× the national rate
Tyson: 127 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Skyler: 43 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Brody: 17 babies, 11× the national rate
Brady: 84 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Braden: 25 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Parker: 27 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Bryson: 21 babies, 8.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Jessica	473	–	1
2	Amanda	383	↑3	3
3	Ashley	373	↓1	2
4	Jennifer	285	↓1	4
5	Megan	264	↓1	11
6	Whitney	245	↑37	32
7	Sarah	241	↑2	5
8	Heather	229	↓2	9
9	Stephanie	221	↑1	6
10	Nicole	211	↓2	7
11	Melissa	203	↓4	12
12	Amber	191	↓1	13
13	Rachel	185	–	15
14	Brittany	183	↑1	8
15	Emily	177	↓3	24
16	Amy	168	↑1	22
17	Kimberly	147	↑3	18
18	Elizabeth	143	–	10
19	Katie	140	↑4	38
20	Michelle	140	↓4	23
21	Jamie	131	↓7	34
22	Rebecca	130	↓1	26
23	Tiffany	130	↓4	17
24	Danielle	129	↓2	16
25	Angela	127	↓1	33
26	Natalie	122	–	52
27	Lindsey	116	↑6	39
28	Erin	109	↓3	30
29	Brooke	108	↑5	>100
30	Samantha	104	↑15	21
31	Crystal	102	↓3	25
32	Andrea	99	↓3	36
33	Lindsay	99	↓3	46
34	Laura	97	↓7	20
35	Sara	96	↓3	27
36	Chelsea	89	↓1	73
37	Heidi	88	–	>100
38	Lisa	76	↓7	40
39	Brittney	75	↑8	65
40	Erica	75	new	31
41	Katherine	75	–	28
42	Ashlee	71	new	>100
43	Allison	69	↑7	42
44	Holly	69	–	63
45	Kathryn	67	new	48
46	Shannon	66	new	44
47	Alicia	65	↓8	45
48	April	63	new	53
49	Lauren	63	–	14
50	Melanie	62	↓8	97

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Michael	555	–	1
2	Christopher	434	–	2
3	Matthew	379	↑1	3
4	Joshua	368	↓1	4
5	David	364	↑2	5
6	Ryan	335	↑2	11
7	Tyler	331	↓1	40
8	Andrew	328	↑1	8
9	Daniel	314	↓4	6
10	Jason	265	–	18
11	James	254	–	7
12	Justin	251	↑6	14
13	Brandon	250	↓1	13
14	Nicholas	236	↑1	17
15	Jacob	222	↓2	31
16	Robert	218	–	9
17	Nathan	205	↓3	43
18	Zachary	201	↑7	38
19	Cody	200	↑5	56
20	Kyle	196	↑9	23
21	Steven	196	↓1	25
22	John	181	↓1	10
23	Joseph	180	↑4	12
24	Adam	179	↓7	24
25	Benjamin	174	↓6	30
26	Eric	173	↓4	22
27	Jonathan	151	↓4	16
28	Jordan	151	↑11	53
29	Jeremy	150	↑1	28
30	Kevin	149	↑4	21
31	Scott	146	↑2	44
32	Brian	143	↓6	20
33	Dustin	143	↓1	42
34	Anthony	139	↑6	19
35	Jeffrey	139	↓7	32
36	Travis	134	↑1	49
37	William	130	↓1	15
38	Richard	128	↓7	29
39	Tyson	127	↑5	>100
40	Aaron	126	↓2	33
41	Jared	120	↑1	58
42	Trevor	120	↑1	98
43	Austin	118	new	90
44	Alexander	116	new	41
45	Cameron	115	new	>100
46	Alex	114	new	64
47	Thomas	114	↓12	26
48	Spencer	113	new	>100
49	Stephen	110	↑1	36
50	Derek	108	new	57

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