Popular baby names in Utah, 2012

The most popular baby names in Utah in 2012 were Emma for girls (270 babies) and William for boys (281). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 39,563 babies born in Utah in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 2012

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

Girls

Oaklee: 34 babies, 43.4× the national rate
Taylee: 34 babies, 31.9× the national rate
Navy: 16 babies, 30.3× the national rate
Oakley: 48 babies, 24.9× the national rate
Afton: 22 babies, 23.5× the national rate
Hadlee: 29 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Aspyn: 17 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Skylee: 17 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Scout: 15 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Holland: 18 babies, 10.1× the national rate

Boys

Mckay: 35 babies, 53.8× the national rate
Stockton: 27 babies, 41.5× the national rate
Krew: 31 babies, 37.2× the national rate
Dallin: 40 babies, 31× the national rate
Rockwell: 17 babies, 30.4× the national rate
Hyrum: 35 babies, 29.5× the national rate
Cache: 18 babies, 26.7× the national rate
Brigham: 37 babies, 24.9× the national rate
Ammon: 30 babies, 24.6× the national rate
Nixon: 81 babies, 19.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Emma	270	↑2	2
2	Olivia	244	↓1	4
3	Sophia	209	↓1	1
4	Ava	175	↑11	5
5	Lily	175	↓1	16
6	Elizabeth	172	↑1	10
7	Abigail	165	↓2	7
8	Lucy	160	–	66
9	Brooklyn	159	↓3	29
10	Harper	137	↑29	24
11	Claire	136	↑1	45
12	Charlotte	135	↑15	19
13	Amelia	133	↑8	23
14	Ella	133	↑6	12
15	Chloe	132	↓5	11
16	Ruby	127	↑9	>100
17	Emily	125	↓4	6
18	Avery	123	↓9	13
19	Evelyn	122	↑4	27
20	Paisley	122	↑15	>100
21	Sophie	121	↓10	52
22	Mia	120	↑4	8
23	Isabella	118	↓9	3
24	Ellie	116	↓7	85
25	Zoey	115	↓9	20
26	Hannah	111	↑4	22
27	Addison	105	↓5	14
28	Samantha	100	↓9	26
29	Madison	96	↓5	9
30	Lydia	95	↓1	95
31	Grace	94	↓13	21
32	Kate	89	↓1	>100
33	Kaylee	89	↑10	35
34	Lillian	86	↓1	25
35	Scarlett	81	↑11	61
36	Alice	80	↑11	>100
37	Alexis	79	↓9	40
38	Nora	77	new	>100
39	Hailey	76	↓2	32
40	Sadie	76	↓6	>100
41	Sarah	73	↓9	42
42	Eliza	72	new	>100
43	Zoe	72	↑7	30
44	Anna	70	↓3	34
45	Hazel	70	new	>100
46	Savannah	70	↓6	43
47	Katelyn	65	new	>100
48	Sofia	65	new	18
49	Brielle	64	↓13	>100
50	Elsie	63	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	William	281	↑1	5
2	Liam	264	↑6	6
3	Mason	228	↓2	2
4	Ethan	217	↑2	3
5	Jacob	217	↓1	1
6	Samuel	207	↓1	25
7	Jackson	193	–	21
8	James	189	↓5	14
9	Luke	178	↑2	37
10	Jack	174	↑4	46
11	Isaac	171	↓1	30
12	Ryker	170	↑7	>100
13	Carter	169	↑3	36
14	Logan	167	↑3	22
15	Alexander	161	↑8	9
16	Lincoln	160	↑11	>100
17	Benjamin	159	↓8	16
18	Owen	157	↑2	38
19	Henry	148	↑5	44
20	Wyatt	145	↑15	41
21	Andrew	144	↓6	18
22	Oliver	144	–	73
23	Joshua	134	↓11	17
24	Aiden	133	↓6	10
25	Gavin	133	↑7	40
26	Daniel	132	↓5	11
27	Noah	131	↓14	4
28	Thomas	130	↑12	63
29	Michael	129	↑7	7
30	Jaxon	128	↓1	66
31	Cooper	127	↓3	83
32	Eli	126	↑5	43
33	Gabriel	121	↑5	24
34	David	119	↓8	20
35	Austin	117	↑7	58
36	Easton	117	↓3	96
37	Matthew	117	↑9	12
38	Lucas	114	↓4	27
39	Dylan	112	new	31
40	Hudson	112	new	93
41	Parker	112	↓16	81
42	Caleb	111	new	32
43	Carson	109	new	87
44	Jayden	109	↓14	8
45	Asher	106	–	>100
46	Charles	106	↑4	62
47	Joseph	105	↓8	19
48	Hunter	101	new	45
49	Nathan	101	↓6	29
50	Tyler	100	↓19	50

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