Most popular boys’ names in Utah, 1976

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	622
2	Jason	478
3	Ryan	475
4	David	467
5	Matthew	429
6	Jeremy	321
7	Brandon	317
8	Christopher	316
9	Jared	308
10	James	307
11	Daniel	298
12	Justin	294
12	Robert	294
14	John	291
15	Joshua	285
16	Nathan	277
17	Brian	270
18	Benjamin	230
19	Jeffrey	211
20	Steven	201
21	Scott	197
22	Eric	193
23	Travis	192
24	Aaron	184
25	Richard	179

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joseph	177
27	Chad	176
28	Mark	167
29	Jacob	159
30	Adam	157
30	William	157
32	Jonathan	153
33	Andrew	145
34	Paul	140
35	Tyler	138
36	Thomas	128
37	Kevin	127
38	Dustin	124
39	Bryan	122
40	Gregory	110
41	Anthony	109
42	Timothy	108
43	Cody	103
44	Brett	99
45	Shane	97
46	Bradley	91
47	Troy	89
48	Kenneth	84
48	Kyle	84
50	Shawn	82
51	Samuel	81
51	Stephen	81
53	Jesse	79
54	Douglas	78
55	Todd	75
56	Cameron	74
56	Casey	74
56	Jeffery	74
59	Cory	73
59	Russell	73
61	Spencer	70
62	Sean	67
63	Charles	65
64	Brent	64
64	Zachary	64
66	Craig	63
67	Randy	62
68	Gary	57
68	Jeremiah	57
70	Lance	56
70	Patrick	56
72	Kelly	54
73	Peter	52
74	Derek	51
75	Christian	48
75	Ronald	48
77	Jon	46
77	Trevor	46
79	Corey	44
79	Seth	44
81	Brad	42
82	Clinton	41
83	Curtis	39
84	Jay	38
84	Jerry	38
84	Joel	38
87	Phillip	37
87	Randall	37
89	Erik	36
90	Donald	35
91	Brady	34
91	Dennis	34
93	Alan	33
93	Jamie	33
93	Trent	33
96	Bryce	32
96	Tyson	32
98	Jeff	31
98	Keith	31
100	Carl	30
100	Larry	30
100	Tony	30