Name Legacy

Baby names in Utah, 1970s

1970–1979 · 275,151 recorded births

Jennifer was the most common name given in Utah across the 1970s, with 5,828 births in the decade. The state recorded 275,151 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Utah in the 1970s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Janalee4627×
Jarom4321×
Jaren4820×
Hyrum3820×
Dallin2320×
Mckay1920×
Jennilyn2519×
Camie6916×

Top 25 in the 1970s

RankNameBirths
#1Jennifer5,828
#2Michael5,681
#3Jason4,848
#4David4,708
#5Ryan3,773
#6Matthew3,500
#7Christopher3,230
#8Amy3,139
#9Robert3,095
#10Heather2,856
#11John2,837
#12James2,832
#13Brian2,496
#14Angela2,439
#15Justin2,430
#16Brandon2,415
#17Daniel2,413
#18Jeremy2,410
#19Michelle2,305
#20Melissa2,274
#21Joshua2,158
#22Steven2,106
#23Nathan2,088
#24Jared2,085
#25Scott2,067

Other decades in Utah

All Utah names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org