Most popular boys’ names in Utah, 1971

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	568
2	Jason	540
3	David	451
4	Robert	340
5	John	301
6	Christopher	265
7	Matthew	261
8	James	250
9	Ryan	238
10	Steven	213
11	Brian	212
12	Scott	211
13	Travis	207
14	Richard	194
15	Jeffrey	182
16	Chad	164
17	Jeremy	163
18	Shane	161
19	Mark	156
19	William	156
21	Paul	153
22	Daniel	146
23	Troy	137
24	Justin	133
25	Kevin	132

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eric	129
27	Brandon	122
28	Aaron	112
29	Todd	103
30	Joseph	101
31	Shawn	96
32	Thomas	94
33	Jared	91
34	Brett	90
34	Nathan	90
36	Gregory	88
37	Adam	85
38	Douglas	83
39	Brent	82
39	Gary	82
41	Bradley	79
42	Jonathan	78
43	Stephen	76
44	Bryan	74
45	Jeffery	73
46	Andrew	71
46	Kelly	71
48	Anthony	69
48	Lance	69
48	Sean	69
51	Charles	68
52	Kenneth	67
52	Russell	67
52	Timothy	67
55	Dustin	66
56	Craig	64
57	Chris	63
58	Patrick	51
59	Tyler	48
60	Darren	47
60	Jon	47
62	Brad	46
62	Shaun	46
64	Cory	45
64	Darin	45
64	Derek	45
67	Benjamin	44
67	Ronald	44
69	Corey	41
69	Kyle	41
71	Curtis	40
71	Donald	40
73	Dennis	39
73	Samuel	39
75	Randy	38
75	Terry	38
77	Bruce	37
77	Jay	37
77	Trent	37
80	Jeff	36
80	Tony	36
82	Marc	35
83	Casey	33
83	Cody	33
85	Greg	32
85	Kirk	32
85	Randall	32
88	Alan	31
88	Joshua	31
90	Christian	30
90	Erik	30
90	George	30
90	Jerry	30
90	Keith	30
90	Peter	30
96	Bret	29
96	Danny	29
96	Kent	29
99	Dale	28
99	Roger	28