Most popular boys’ names in Utah, 1953

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	549
2	Michael	453
3	Robert	436
4	Richard	335
5	Steven	326
6	John	309
7	James	280
8	Gary	250
9	Mark	228
10	William	217
11	Randy	216
12	Scott	214
13	Paul	204
14	Craig	166
15	Thomas	165
16	Ronald	158
17	Kevin	157
18	Kenneth	153
19	Douglas	147
20	Dennis	143
21	Brent	141
22	Jeffrey	140
23	Alan	118
24	Kim	116
25	Gregory	113

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Larry	111
27	Charles	108
27	Stephen	108
29	Joseph	107
30	Bruce	105
30	Terry	105
32	Donald	98
33	Daniel	88
34	Dale	87
35	Brad	84
36	Kent	83
36	Rodney	83
38	Roger	79
39	Keith	73
40	Lynn	72
41	George	68
41	Jerry	68
43	Jay	61
44	Wayne	58
45	Danny	56
46	Ricky	55
46	Timothy	55
48	Don	54
48	Randall	54
50	Ralph	53
50	Russell	53
52	Stanley	52
53	Allen	50
53	Kelly	50
55	Brian	49
55	Dan	49
57	Bradley	48
57	Edward	48
59	Gordon	47
60	Rick	43
61	Curtis	42
61	Lee	42
63	Glen	41
64	Raymond	40
65	Jack	39
66	Anthony	38
66	Carl	38
66	Jon	38
69	Jeffery	37
70	Steve	36
71	Dean	34
72	Kerry	33
72	Rex	33
74	Frank	32
74	Kirk	32
76	Gerald	31
77	Lawrence	30
77	Martin	30
79	Micheal	28
80	Howard	27
80	Neil	27
82	Boyd	26
82	Christopher	26
82	Ray	26
82	Warren	26
86	Karl	25
86	Ted	25
88	Bryan	24
88	Chris	24
88	Joe	24
88	Phillip	24
92	Calvin	23
92	Chad	23
92	Clark	23
92	Leslie	23
92	Norman	23
92	Roy	23
98	Garth	22
98	Marvin	22
98	Val	22