Most popular boys’ names in Utah, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	616
2	Ryan	489
3	Jason	487
4	David	470
5	Matthew	457
6	Joshua	368
7	Jeremy	366
8	Christopher	364
9	Robert	353
10	Nathan	322
11	James	315
12	Daniel	307
13	Jared	300
14	Justin	299
15	Brandon	296
16	Brian	276
16	John	276
18	Benjamin	268
19	Steven	245
20	Jeffrey	244
21	Aaron	226
22	Joseph	217
23	Jacob	214
24	Scott	204
25	Richard	197

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mark	188
27	Chad	187
28	Adam	180
28	Travis	180
30	Jonathan	168
30	William	168
32	Kevin	166
33	Eric	157
34	Andrew	156
35	Thomas	144
36	Tyler	136
37	Timothy	135
38	Paul	133
39	Cody	130
40	Dustin	120
41	Bryan	119
42	Brett	101
42	Samuel	101
44	Shane	100
45	Anthony	96
46	Bradley	95
47	Kenneth	90
48	Shawn	89
48	Todd	89
50	Troy	87
51	Cory	86
52	Casey	85
52	Spencer	85
54	Douglas	82
55	Charles	80
56	Sean	78
57	Gregory	77
57	Jeffery	77
59	Stephen	76
60	Kyle	75
60	Russell	75
62	Brent	74
63	Jesse	73
63	Kelly	73
65	Nicholas	71
66	Craig	66
67	Zachary	64
68	Trevor	60
69	Clinton	58
70	Corey	57
70	Peter	57
72	Patrick	56
73	Cameron	52
73	Lance	52
75	Jeremiah	51
76	Seth	49
76	Tyson	49
78	Christian	48
78	Donald	48
78	Gary	48
81	Curtis	46
81	Wesley	46
83	Randy	45
84	Derek	43
84	Phillip	43
84	Shaun	43
87	Brad	41
87	Trent	41
89	Blake	40
89	Joel	40
89	Ronald	40
92	Clint	39
93	Bryce	38
93	Jon	38
95	Erik	37
96	Tony	34
97	Alan	32
97	Larry	32
99	Colby	31
99	Ian	31
99	Kristopher	31
99	Mathew	31