Popular baby names in Utah, 1988

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1988 were Jessica for girls (546 babies) and Michael for boys (433). Social Security records list 29,841 babies born in Utah in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1988

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

Girls

Mccall: 17 babies, 54.4× the national rate
Cami: 31 babies, 32.8× the national rate
Mckenzie: 40 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Carli: 17 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Kami: 16 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Karli: 15 babies, 10× the national rate
Camille: 59 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Kylee: 21 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Kassie: 17 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Aubrey: 48 babies, 7.5× the national rate

Boys

Dallin: 43 babies, 57.5× the national rate
Brayden: 24 babies, 46.3× the national rate
Ammon: 16 babies, 34.9× the national rate
Kade: 22 babies, 27.3× the national rate
Skyler: 100 babies, 21.4× the national rate
Colten: 21 babies, 18.4× the national rate
Tyson: 141 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Trever: 17 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Brody: 16 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Skylar: 22 babies, 11.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Jessica	546	–	1
2	Ashley	382	–	2
3	Amanda	296	–	3
4	Megan	260	↑4	12
5	Sarah	226	↓1	4
6	Jennifer	213	–	5
7	Heather	200	↓2	14
8	Nicole	193	↑2	9
9	Whitney	193	↓2	39
10	Danielle	183	↑3	17
11	Emily	178	↑5	18
12	Stephanie	173	↓3	7
13	Brittany	167	↓2	6
14	Michelle	165	↑3	21
15	Melissa	164	↓3	16
16	Amber	161	↓2	15
17	Rachel	159	↓2	19
18	Samantha	144	↑7	8
19	Tiffany	125	–	13
20	Rebecca	124	–	26
21	Elizabeth	123	↑2	10
22	Natalie	117	↑5	63
23	Katie	114	↑1	40
24	Chelsea	112	↓3	33
25	Amy	108	↓7	29
26	Lindsey	105	–	48
27	Brooke	101	↑7	87
28	Lauren	100	↑15	11
29	Kelsey	99	↑13	64
30	Jamie	92	–	45
31	Angela	91	↓2	38
32	Kimberly	89	↓10	25
33	Lindsay	89	↑3	57
34	Andrea	88	↓6	35
35	Courtney	88	↑5	24
36	Katherine	88	↑1	27
37	Sara	86	↓6	30
38	Erin	81	↑3	37
39	Kayla	79	–	20
40	Lisa	78	↑4	43
41	Brittney	73	new	52
42	Laura	70	↓9	23
43	Crystal	66	↓11	28
44	Ashlee	65	↓6	>100
45	Chelsey	65	new	>100
46	Kathryn	64	new	55
47	Alyssa	62	new	47
48	Erica	62	↑1	31
49	Mary	61	new	34
50	Caitlin	59	new	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	433	–	1
2	Joshua	378	↑1	4
3	Matthew	351	↓1	3
4	Andrew	340	↑1	5
5	Christopher	339	↓1	2
6	Tyler	309	–	33
7	David	298	↑2	6
8	Justin	275	↑2	7
9	Jacob	274	↑2	28
10	Daniel	268	↓3	8
11	Ryan	242	↓3	13
12	Nicholas	232	↑7	14
13	Jordan	229	↑8	52
14	Robert	225	↓1	10
15	Brandon	219	–	17
16	Zachary	218	–	29
17	James	212	↓5	9
18	Kyle	211	↓1	21
19	Steven	197	↑4	24
20	Nathan	195	↓2	44
21	Cody	187	↑4	43
22	Benjamin	173	↓2	30
23	Jason	173	↓9	27
24	Eric	172	–	19
25	Joseph	167	↑1	12
26	Trevor	161	↑3	87
27	John	160	↓5	11
28	Jonathan	153	↑14	15
29	Spencer	153	↑16	>100
30	Aaron	147	↑2	31
31	Austin	143	↑13	63
32	Jeffrey	143	↑2	36
33	Anthony	142	↑5	18
34	Thomas	142	↑6	23
35	Travis	142	–	41
36	Tyson	141	↑3	>100
37	Richard	139	↓1	32
38	Brian	138	↓1	22
39	Adam	134	↓9	26
40	William	133	↑3	16
41	Cameron	132	new	69
42	Jeremy	130	↓9	35
43	Scott	128	↓16	47
44	Jared	127	↓13	60
45	Kevin	127	↓17	20
46	Alexander	122	new	34
47	Stephen	118	↑2	40
48	Derek	114	↓1	53
49	Chase	111	new	>100
50	Sean	107	–	38

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