Popular baby names in Utah, 1989

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1989 were Jessica for girls (527 babies) and Michael for boys (482). Social Security records list 30,008 babies born in Utah in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1989

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: 22 babies, 45.7× the national rate
Cami: 16 babies, 22.9× the national rate
Karlee: 19 babies, 19× the national rate
Kami: 17 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Mckenzie: 42 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Aubree: 16 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Kylee: 63 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Janessa: 17 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Kiley: 19 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Kimberlee: 17 babies, 8.8× the national rate

Boys

Dallin: 49 babies, 67.3× the national rate
Brayden: 27 babies, 39.8× the national rate
Ammon: 15 babies, 38.5× the national rate
Tyson: 143 babies, 25.8× the national rate
Rhett: 24 babies, 18× the national rate
Tyrel: 18 babies, 16.9× the national rate
Braxton: 19 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Kyler: 23 babies, 14× the national rate
Jace: 30 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Skyler: 75 babies, 13.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Jessica	527	–	1
2	Ashley	344	–	2
3	Amanda	310	–	4
4	Sarah	236	↑1	5
5	Megan	227	↓1	11
6	Nicole	196	↑2	12
7	Brittany	185	↑6	3
8	Heather	184	↓1	15
9	Whitney	177	–	57
10	Stephanie	171	↑2	8
11	Rachel	169	↑6	18
12	Amber	160	↑4	14
13	Jennifer	156	↓7	7
14	Emily	151	↓3	13
15	Samantha	149	↑3	6
16	Danielle	146	↓6	17
17	Elizabeth	146	↑4	10
18	Melissa	143	↓3	19
19	Chelsea	135	↑5	27
20	Lauren	126	↑8	9
21	Kelsey	122	↑8	31
22	Michelle	120	↓8	22
23	Tiffany	118	↓4	16
24	Amy	114	↑1	35
25	Kimberly	114	↑7	28
26	Rebecca	112	↓6	24
27	Alyssa	106	↑20	33
28	Jamie	101	↑2	52
29	Natalie	99	↓7	62
30	Katie	97	↓7	45
31	Sara	95	↑6	29
32	Brooke	92	↓5	74
33	Courtney	92	↑2	21
34	Kylie	87	new	>100
35	Laura	79	↑7	25
36	Brittney	78	↑5	41
37	Kayla	77	↑2	20
38	Lindsey	77	↓12	48
39	Jordan	76	new	72
40	Crystal	73	↑3	32
41	Katherine	69	↓5	26
42	Lindsay	69	↓9	63
43	Angela	68	↓12	47
44	Alexandra	64	new	43
45	Erica	64	↑3	34
46	Kylee	63	new	>100
47	Chelsey	62	↓2	>100
48	Erin	62	↓10	40
49	Anna	60	new	51
50	Mary	60	↓1	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Michael	482	–	1
2	Joshua	418	–	4
3	Christopher	353	↑2	2
4	Tyler	331	↑2	30
5	Andrew	314	↓1	7
6	Matthew	311	↓3	3
7	Justin	275	↑1	8
8	Jordan	265	↑5	44
9	David	262	↓2	5
10	Daniel	259	–	6
11	Ryan	258	–	13
12	Zachary	240	↑4	25
13	Jacob	239	↓4	26
14	Nicholas	227	↓2	14
15	James	224	↑2	9
16	Nathan	220	↑4	43
17	Kyle	209	↑1	20
18	Austin	202	↑13	59
19	Steven	194	–	22
20	Brandon	184	↓5	18
21	Cody	176	–	45
22	Robert	176	↓8	10
23	Benjamin	174	↓1	29
24	Eric	172	–	21
25	Thomas	169	↑9	23
26	John	163	↑1	12
27	Joseph	158	↓2	11
28	Taylor	147	new	72
29	Trevor	146	↓3	83
30	Jason	143	↓7	35
31	Travis	143	↑4	41
32	Tyson	143	↑4	>100
33	Aaron	140	↓3	31
34	Cameron	139	↑7	64
35	Adam	138	↑4	27
36	Jonathan	137	↓8	17
37	Kevin	135	↑8	19
38	Spencer	135	↓9	>100
39	Alexander	132	↑7	32
40	Scott	129	↑3	51
41	Colton	128	new	>100
42	William	127	↓2	15
43	Jeffrey	126	↓11	37
44	Jared	123	–	57
45	Alex	117	new	60
46	Brian	116	↓8	24
47	Jeremy	115	↓5	34
48	Jesse	115	new	50
49	Anthony	113	↓16	16
50	Samuel	108	new	47

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