Most popular boys’ names in Utah, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	655
2	David	521
3	Jason	511
4	Ryan	457
5	Matthew	432
6	Christopher	415
7	Joshua	399
8	Daniel	349
9	James	319
10	Jeremy	318
11	Nathan	312
12	John	306
13	Jared	292
14	Robert	286
15	Justin	275
16	Brian	267
17	Joseph	260
18	Brandon	255
19	Scott	245
20	Benjamin	241
21	Nicholas	229
22	Jeffrey	216
23	Jacob	212
24	Steven	206
25	Aaron	203

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Andrew	202
27	Richard	201
28	Adam	198
29	Eric	196
30	Jonathan	177
31	Tyler	176
32	Kevin	168
32	William	168
34	Mark	161
35	Travis	157
36	Chad	150
37	Timothy	146
38	Cody	141
39	Dustin	139
40	Thomas	138
41	Paul	131
42	Anthony	126
43	Charles	107
44	Spencer	106
45	Bryan	102
46	Shawn	101
47	Gregory	93
48	Casey	92
49	Stephen	91
50	Zachary	87
51	Samuel	86
52	Jesse	83
52	Kenneth	83
54	Patrick	82
54	Todd	82
56	Shane	81
57	Brent	80
58	Brett	79
59	Bradley	78
59	Cory	78
61	Shaun	75
62	Cameron	72
63	Russell	70
64	Peter	65
65	Craig	64
66	Kelly	61
67	Derek	60
68	Jeffery	59
69	Troy	57
70	Jeremiah	56
70	Kyle	56
72	Christian	55
73	Seth	54
74	Wesley	52
75	Douglas	51
75	Sean	51
75	Tyson	51
78	Phillip	50
79	Curtis	49
80	Bryce	47
80	Lance	47
80	Randy	47
80	Ronald	47
84	Brad	46
85	Corey	45
86	Brady	44
86	Gary	44
86	Joel	44
86	Trevor	44
90	Clint	43
90	Clinton	43
92	Kristopher	42
93	Jon	41
94	Trent	40
95	Jay	39
95	Jordan	39
95	Mathew	39
98	Blake	37
99	Erik	36
99	Nathaniel	36