Most popular boys’ names in Utah, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	525
2	Jason	516
3	David	440
4	Ryan	406
5	Matthew	330
6	Christopher	320
7	Robert	295
8	Brian	277
9	Justin	265
10	John	257
11	Brandon	255
12	Jeremy	250
13	James	248
14	Daniel	219
14	Jared	219
16	Chad	205
17	Scott	197
18	Joshua	184
19	Travis	180
20	Steven	170
21	Nathan	169
22	Richard	159
23	Aaron	149
24	Jeffrey	147
25	Adam	145

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mark	142
27	Joseph	138
28	Eric	136
29	Paul	128
30	Benjamin	121
31	William	119
32	Jonathan	117
32	Shane	117
34	Andrew	109
35	Thomas	103
36	Troy	100
37	Shawn	99
38	Brett	96
38	Dustin	96
40	Anthony	94
41	Cody	93
41	Kevin	93
43	Bryan	89
44	Gregory	83
45	Tyler	81
46	Brent	75
47	Stephen	73
48	Cory	72
49	Douglas	70
49	Russell	70
51	Todd	69
52	Jacob	67
53	Timothy	66
54	Jeffery	65
55	Kelly	62
56	Kenneth	61
57	Bradley	58
58	Casey	55
59	Gary	54
60	Christian	53
61	Charles	52
61	Jesse	52
63	Kyle	47
63	Samuel	47
65	Jon	46
66	Randy	44
67	Spencer	42
68	Craig	41
68	Curtis	41
68	Lance	41
68	Patrick	41
72	Clinton	39
72	Jay	39
74	Ronald	37
74	Sean	37
76	Derek	35
77	Darren	34
78	Dennis	33
78	Keith	33
80	Corey	32
80	Joel	32
80	Larry	32
80	Peter	32
80	Randall	32
85	Greg	31
85	Roger	31
87	Erik	30
88	Jeremiah	29
88	Zachary	29
90	Cameron	28
90	Donald	28
90	George	28
90	Phillip	28
90	Trent	28
95	Brad	27
95	Brady	27
95	Chris	27
95	Clint	27
95	Wade	27
100	Shaun	26