Popular baby names in Utah, 1997

The most popular baby names in Utah in 1997 were Madison for girls (289 babies) and Jacob for boys (470). Madison ranked #10 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 34,707 babies born in Utah in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 1997

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: 36 babies, 18.6× the national rate
Sariah: 16 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Jaycee: 25 babies, 15× the national rate
Aspen: 48 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Baylie: 21 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Madisen: 25 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Kylee: 98 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Aubree: 19 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Rylee: 52 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Mckayla: 51 babies, 8.6× the national rate

Boys

Stockton: 24 babies, 69.6× the national rate
Dallin: 103 babies, 54.6× the national rate
Mckay: 37 babies, 49.3× the national rate
Hyrum: 23 babies, 44.5× the national rate
Kayden: 32 babies, 41.5× the national rate
Daxton: 16 babies, 40.4× the national rate
Brigham: 23 babies, 36× the national rate
Bridger: 38 babies, 32.6× the national rate
Ammon: 23 babies, 24.6× the national rate
Kaden: 98 babies, 24.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Madison	289	–	10
2	Jessica	283	–	2
3	Emily	249	–	1
4	Hannah	235	↑6	5
5	Sarah	234	↑1	4
6	Samantha	230	↑3	6
7	Megan	228	↓3	11
8	Ashley	205	↓3	3
9	Alexis	189	↓1	8
10	Rachel	188	↓3	13
11	Taylor	188	–	7
12	Elizabeth	182	–	9
13	Alyssa	146	↑4	15
14	Morgan	137	–	22
15	Emma	133	new	36
16	Sydney	132	↑4	35
17	Savannah	128	↑5	47
18	Amanda	124	↓5	16
19	Bailey	123	↑14	65
20	Lauren	121	↑6	14
21	Abigail	111	↑15	26
22	Olivia	109	new	27
23	Mckenzie	108	↑4	>100
24	Courtney	107	↓9	28
25	Nicole	107	↓4	21
26	Sierra	107	↓10	56
27	Kayla	104	↑13	12
28	Rebecca	103	↓9	25
29	Whitney	103	↑12	>100
30	Hailey	100	↑1	80
31	Kylee	98	↑15	>100
32	Kylie	92	↓7	>100
33	Anna	90	↑9	33
34	Madeline	88	↓4	59
35	Mckenna	87	–	>100
36	Brittany	85	↓13	20
37	Jennifer	85	↑2	18
38	Kaylee	85	–	>100
39	Shelby	85	↓21	43
40	Stephanie	82	↑9	23
41	Victoria	81	↑9	19
42	Kaitlyn	80	↓5	41
43	Sabrina	80	new	53
44	Brooke	79	↓16	45
45	Makayla	77	new	>100
46	Katherine	74	new	32
47	Natalie	74	↓4	48
48	Haley	73	↓3	31
49	Sara	73	new	50
50	Allison	72	new	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Jacob	470	–	2
2	Joshua	353	↑1	5
3	Tyler	351	↑1	10
4	Austin	340	↓2	9
5	Michael	299	–	1
6	Zachary	286	–	13
7	Matthew	251	–	3
8	Andrew	243	–	7
9	Nathan	234	–	34
10	Jordan	218	–	26
11	Benjamin	208	↑10	29
12	Christopher	203	↑5	4
13	Nicholas	199	–	6
14	Brandon	196	↓2	8
15	Samuel	194	↓1	27
16	David	191	↑2	14
17	Tanner	188	↓1	82
18	Ethan	177	new	46
19	Christian	175	↑5	25
20	Daniel	173	–	11
21	Joseph	173	↑6	12
22	James	172	↓3	17
23	Justin	172	↑2	20
24	Alexander	170	↓1	22
25	Taylor	164	↓10	87
26	Spencer	162	↑2	>100
27	Kyle	154	↑2	24
28	Ryan	153	↓17	16
29	William	146	↓7	19
30	Robert	144	↑2	23
31	Parker	140	↑7	>100
32	Anthony	139	↑3	18
33	Colton	139	↓3	>100
34	Jared	137	↑16	56
35	Cameron	133	↑5	45
36	John	132	↓5	15
37	Connor	130	–	52
38	Logan	129	↑4	42
39	Cody	128	↓13	36
40	Hunter	126	↓7	44
41	Jonathan	126	↓5	21
42	Dylan	124	↑7	30
43	Thomas	122	↓4	31
44	Adam	120	↓3	39
45	Brayden	115	new	>100
46	Trevor	114	↓12	62
47	Chase	110	new	77
48	Isaac	110	new	73
49	Riley	106	new	>100
50	Hayden	105	↓7	>100

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