Popular baby names in Utah, 1996

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1996 were Madison for girls (302 babies) and Jacob for boys (442). Madison ranked #15 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 34,166 babies born in Utah in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1996

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

Girls

Mckell: 17 babies, 85.1× the national rate
Mccall: 15 babies, 38.4× the national rate
Shaylee: 36 babies, 23.4× the national rate
Maren: 21 babies, 20.8× the national rate
Aubree: 22 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Brynn: 16 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Sydnee: 23 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Kylee: 80 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Bailee: 39 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Aspen: 27 babies, 8.7× the national rate

Boys

Mckay: 46 babies, 54.8× the national rate
Kayden: 31 babies, 47.7× the national rate
Dallin: 89 babies, 47.6× the national rate
Hyrum: 22 babies, 43.1× the national rate
Bridger: 32 babies, 34.4× the national rate
Porter: 23 babies, 32.4× the national rate
Ammon: 26 babies, 32.1× the national rate
Kaden: 105 babies, 28.2× the national rate
Braiden: 20 babies, 24.4× the national rate
Jaxon: 27 babies, 23.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Madison	302	↑1	15
2	Jessica	291	↓1	2
3	Emily	264	↑1	1
4	Megan	257	↑2	12
5	Ashley	242	–	3
6	Sarah	242	↓3	4
7	Rachel	235	↑1	9
8	Alexis	220	↑1	8
9	Samantha	213	↓2	5
10	Hannah	184	↑1	7
11	Taylor	179	↓1	6
12	Elizabeth	155	↑2	10
13	Amanda	145	↓1	13
14	Morgan	140	↑2	25
15	Courtney	131	↓2	21
16	Sierra	118	↑1	62
17	Alyssa	113	↑1	23
18	Shelby	113	↑17	35
19	Rebecca	110	↑5	24
20	Sydney	109	↑10	39
21	Nicole	108	↓6	22
22	Savannah	108	new	43
23	Brittany	107	↓1	14
24	Amber	105	↑13	27
25	Kylie	105	↓4	>100
26	Lauren	99	↓6	16
27	Mckenzie	99	↓2	>100
28	Brooke	96	↑3	45
29	Kelsey	94	–	36
30	Madeline	93	new	67
31	Hailey	92	↑8	93
32	Katelyn	89	↑4	64
33	Bailey	87	↑5	85
34	Brianna	87	↑13	17
35	Mckenna	87	↑13	>100
36	Abigail	85	↓10	32
37	Kaitlyn	84	↑5	40
38	Kaylee	84	new	>100
39	Jennifer	83	↑1	19
40	Kayla	83	↓21	11
41	Whitney	83	↓14	>100
42	Anna	82	new	33
43	Natalie	82	↓11	46
44	Cassidy	81	new	>100
45	Haley	81	–	30
46	Kylee	80	–	>100
47	Alexandra	79	↓24	26
48	Melissa	77	↓20	42
49	Stephanie	77	new	20
50	Victoria	76	new	18

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Jacob	442	↑1	3
2	Austin	407	↓1	9
3	Joshua	383	–	5
4	Tyler	340	–	7
5	Michael	299	–	1
6	Zachary	294	–	14
7	Matthew	271	↑1	2
8	Andrew	259	↑1	10
9	Nathan	255	↓2	37
10	Jordan	241	↑1	27
11	Ryan	215	↓1	16
12	Brandon	213	↑4	8
13	Nicholas	211	↑5	6
14	Samuel	206	↑11	30
15	Taylor	200	↑2	82
16	Tanner	197	↓1	90
17	Christopher	194	↓5	4
18	David	189	↓4	13
19	James	179	↑2	17
20	Daniel	177	↓7	11
21	Benjamin	176	↑6	29
22	William	171	↑7	18
23	Alexander	170	↓4	22
24	Christian	169	↑9	24
25	Justin	169	↓1	20
26	Cody	164	↓3	31
27	Joseph	161	↓7	12
28	Spencer	153	↓6	>100
29	Kyle	149	↓3	25
30	Colton	143	–	>100
31	John	137	–	15
32	Robert	133	↑3	23
33	Hunter	131	↓5	47
34	Trevor	131	↑3	63
35	Anthony	129	↑3	19
36	Jonathan	123	↓4	21
37	Connor	122	↑6	54
38	Parker	122	new	>100
39	Thomas	119	–	28
40	Cameron	116	↓4	49
41	Adam	115	↓7	39
42	Logan	115	↑2	42
43	Hayden	113	↑5	>100
44	Aaron	109	↓2	34
45	Jason	109	↑2	41
46	Caleb	105	new	48
47	Kaden	105	new	>100
48	Steven	105	new	38
49	Dylan	103	↓9	33
50	Jared	102	new	64

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