Most popular boys’ names in Utah, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	515
2	Jason	448
3	David	436
4	Ryan	323
5	Robert	283
6	John	274
7	Christopher	270
8	Matthew	251
9	James	243
10	Brian	227
11	Brandon	210
12	Steven	198
13	Scott	197
14	Justin	193
15	Chad	182
16	Richard	181
17	Travis	174
18	Daniel	173
19	Jeremy	152
20	Jeffrey	148
20	Shane	148
22	Paul	147
23	Mark	142
24	William	132
25	Eric	131

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Jared	131
27	Kevin	126
28	Joseph	123
29	Nathan	114
30	Troy	106
31	Shawn	103
32	Thomas	102
33	Aaron	95
34	Todd	89
35	Kenneth	87
36	Brett	86
36	Stephen	86
38	Bryan	80
39	Gregory	79
40	Andrew	76
41	Timothy	74
42	Jonathan	72
43	Adam	70
44	Charles	69
45	Anthony	66
45	Gary	66
47	Benjamin	64
48	Brent	63
48	Sean	63
50	Russell	59
51	Kelly	58
52	Douglas	57
53	Jeffery	56
53	Joshua	56
55	Tyler	55
56	Bradley	54
57	Cory	53
58	Craig	52
58	Dustin	52
60	Lance	49
60	Patrick	49
62	Christian	47
63	Cody	46
63	Derek	46
65	Kyle	43
66	Curtis	42
66	Phillip	42
68	Dennis	40
68	Randy	40
70	Tony	39
71	Darren	38
72	Jon	37
72	Ronald	37
74	Darin	36
74	Samuel	36
76	Clinton	35
77	Jacob	34
78	Bret	33
78	Casey	33
78	Chris	33
78	Donald	33
78	Larry	33
78	Roger	33
84	Corey	32
85	Carl	31
85	Frank	31
85	Tracy	31
85	Trent	31
89	Alan	29
89	Edward	29
89	Jay	29
89	Jeff	29
89	Keith	29
89	Raymond	29
89	Shaun	29
89	Wade	29
89	Wayne	29
98	Cameron	28
98	Erik	28
98	George	28