Popular baby names in Utah, 1987

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1987 were Jessica for girls (489 babies) and Michael for boys (481). Social Security records list 29,244 babies born in Utah in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1987

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

Girls

Kami: 22 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Mckenzie: 28 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Kylee: 23 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Kelsie: 25 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Breanne: 26 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Aubrey: 51 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Lacie: 19 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Camille: 36 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Cassidy: 19 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Mandi: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Boys

Dallin: 29 babies, 54.2× the national rate
Skyler: 69 babies, 17.9× the national rate
Tyson: 123 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Tyrel: 17 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Colton: 32 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Braden: 27 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Brady: 82 babies, 11× the national rate
Jace: 19 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Chandler: 16 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Riley: 36 babies, 8.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Jessica	489	–	1
2	Ashley	423	↑1	2
3	Amanda	332	↓1	3
4	Sarah	277	↑3	5
5	Heather	243	↑3	9
6	Jennifer	219	↓2	4
7	Whitney	219	↓1	32
8	Megan	216	↓3	12
9	Stephanie	201	–	6
10	Nicole	194	–	8
11	Brittany	193	↑3	7
12	Melissa	192	↓1	13
13	Danielle	187	↑11	14
14	Amber	180	↓2	15
15	Rachel	174	↓2	17
16	Emily	164	↓1	19
17	Michelle	157	↑3	21
18	Amy	148	↓2	24
19	Tiffany	138	↑4	18
20	Rebecca	123	↑2	25
21	Chelsea	122	↑15	47
22	Kimberly	122	↓5	23
23	Elizabeth	121	↓5	10
24	Katie	121	↓5	38
25	Samantha	120	↑5	11
26	Lindsey	112	↑1	41
27	Natalie	109	↓1	56
28	Andrea	108	↑4	36
29	Angela	104	↓4	35
30	Jamie	101	↓9	39
31	Sara	99	↑4	29
32	Crystal	95	↓1	26
33	Laura	88	↑1	22
34	Brooke	85	↓5	94
35	Heidi	79	↑2	>100
36	Lindsay	75	↓3	49
37	Katherine	71	↑4	28
38	Ashlee	70	↑4	>100
39	Kayla	70	new	27
40	Courtney	69	new	33
41	Erin	69	↓13	34
42	Kelsey	69	new	67
43	Lauren	69	↑6	16
44	Lisa	69	↓6	40
45	Alicia	61	↑2	46
46	Allison	61	↓3	44
47	Holly	59	↓3	71
48	Julie	59	new	65
49	Erica	58	↓9	31
50	Lacey	58	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Michael	481	–	1
2	Matthew	391	↑1	3
3	Joshua	353	↑1	4
4	Christopher	348	↓2	2
5	Andrew	338	↑3	6
6	Tyler	314	↑1	39
7	Daniel	298	↑2	7
8	Ryan	294	↓2	13
9	David	287	↓4	5
10	Justin	272	↑2	9
11	Jacob	254	↑4	31
12	James	238	↓1	8
13	Robert	230	↑3	10
14	Jason	212	↓4	23
15	Brandon	211	↓2	14
16	Zachary	208	↑2	33
17	Kyle	207	↑3	22
18	Nathan	204	↓1	45
19	Nicholas	203	↓5	16
20	Benjamin	185	↑5	28
21	Jordan	184	↑7	52
22	John	183	–	11
23	Steven	181	↓2	25
24	Eric	179	↑2	21
25	Cody	178	↓6	49
26	Joseph	178	↓3	12
27	Scott	170	↑4	43
28	Kevin	163	↑2	19
29	Trevor	161	↑13	93
30	Adam	158	↓6	27
31	Jared	152	↑10	58
32	Aaron	141	↑8	34
33	Jeremy	135	↓4	29
34	Jeffrey	131	↑1	32
35	Travis	130	↑1	42
36	Richard	128	↑2	30
37	Brian	124	↓5	20
38	Anthony	123	↓4	17
39	Tyson	123	–	>100
40	Thomas	120	↑7	24
41	Dustin	119	↓8	44
42	Jonathan	117	↓15	18
43	William	116	↓6	15
44	Austin	115	↓1	76
45	Spencer	112	↑3	>100
46	Samuel	111	new	50
47	Derek	106	↑3	54
48	Alex	105	↓2	60
49	Stephen	105	–	38
50	Sean	97	new	40

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