Popular baby names in Utah, 2016

The most popular baby names in Utah in 2016 were Olivia for girls (285 babies) and Oliver for boys (314). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #12 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 39,022 babies born in Utah in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Utah in 2016

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

Girls

Navy: 42 babies, 26.4× the national rate
Afton: 21 babies, 24.3× the national rate
Oaklee: 40 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Indie: 36 babies, 17× the national rate
Oakley: 89 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Quincy: 25 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Bentley: 19 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Cosette: 15 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Holland: 39 babies, 12× the national rate
Gwen: 29 babies, 7.6× the national rate

Boys

Mckay: 26 babies, 42× the national rate
Hyrum: 50 babies, 39.3× the national rate
Stockton: 25 babies, 37.7× the national rate
Ammon: 22 babies, 30.2× the national rate
Dallin: 19 babies, 27.7× the national rate
Rockwell: 27 babies, 24.9× the national rate
Brigham: 31 babies, 23.4× the national rate
Krew: 26 babies, 21.4× the national rate
Bridger: 57 babies, 19.6× the national rate
Ledger: 25 babies, 14× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Utah, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Olivia	285	↑1	2
2	Emma	271	↓1	1
3	Charlotte	196	–	7
4	Evelyn	184	–	12
5	Harper	181	–	11
6	Lucy	177	↑7	55
7	Amelia	171	↑2	10
8	Hazel	168	↓1	52
9	Ava	144	↓3	3
10	Claire	142	↑15	40
11	Abigail	139	↑4	8
12	Elizabeth	134	–	13
13	Lily	133	↓3	24
14	Mia	133	↑4	6
15	Sophia	125	↓7	4
16	Ellie	124	↓2	43
17	Grace	120	↑5	19
18	Ruby	120	↑2	71
19	Brooklyn	114	↓2	34
20	Scarlett	112	↓9	18
21	Ella	107	↑5	17
22	Emily	107	↓1	9
23	Chloe	106	↓4	20
24	Avery	104	↓8	16
25	Isabella	103	↑4	5
26	Nora	100	↑1	36
27	Clara	96	↑17	100
28	Addison	94	↑3	29
29	Hannah	93	↑1	33
30	Lydia	93	↓6	80
31	Alice	91	↑12	76
32	Eleanor	91	↓4	41
33	Ivy	91	↑13	>100
34	Lillian	91	↑11	28
35	Aria	90	↓12	23
36	Oakley	89	↑5	>100
37	Kate	88	↓4	>100
38	Violet	88	↓4	47
39	Jane	85	↑10	>100
40	Sophie	85	new	>100
41	Zoey	84	↓6	26
42	Quinn	83	new	79
43	Emery	79	↓3	>100
44	Madison	79	↓7	15
45	Sadie	79	↓13	60
46	Stella	79	new	45
47	Paisley	78	↓11	46
48	Adeline	77	new	63
49	Samantha	77	↓7	44
50	Victoria	74	new	21

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Oliver	314	↑1	12
2	William	273	↓1	3
3	Liam	254	↑1	2
4	James	235	↓1	5
5	Henry	204	↑1	22
6	Lincoln	199	↓1	51
7	Benjamin	191	↑2	6
8	Owen	186	↑2	24
9	Samuel	177	↑2	21
10	Jack	176	↓2	38
11	Jackson	172	↑10	17
12	Noah	166	↑10	1
13	Luke	158	–	29
14	Lucas	154	↑1	14
15	Daniel	153	↑8	13
16	Mason	153	↓9	4
17	Alexander	147	–	11
18	Grayson	146	↑16	37
19	Wyatt	141	↑7	33
20	Michael	140	↑10	8
21	Hudson	137	↓1	61
22	Ryker	137	↑6	>100
23	Cooper	136	↑2	79
24	Ethan	135	↓12	10
25	Logan	133	↓11	18
26	Ezra	132	↑14	85
27	Isaac	130	↓9	31
28	David	127	↑5	19
29	Aiden	126	–	16
30	Jaxon	125	↑5	41
31	Jacob	123	↓15	7
32	Carter	121	↓13	26
33	Thomas	118	↓6	48
34	Charles	114	↑2	52
35	Matthew	112	↑10	15
36	Andrew	109	↓12	34
37	Asher	109	↓6	71
38	Elijah	109	↓6	9
39	Eli	100	new	50
40	Levi	100	↑7	42
41	Calvin	98	new	>100
42	Easton	98	↓5	66
43	Leo	98	new	74
44	Connor	97	new	54
45	Miles	95	↓3	>100
46	Sawyer	95	↓7	97
47	Gabriel	93	↓9	25
48	Joshua	93	↓5	35
49	Jace	92	new	76
50	Theodore	91	new	83

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