Most popular boys’ names in Utah, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	651
2	David	536
3	Joshua	500
4	Christopher	464
5	Matthew	454
6	Ryan	452
7	Jason	437
8	Justin	346
9	Daniel	345
10	Nathan	336
11	Robert	320
12	James	317
13	Brandon	309
14	John	305
15	Jeremy	291
16	Nicholas	283
17	Brian	273
18	Benjamin	264
19	Joseph	260
20	Jared	244
20	Steven	244
22	Scott	243
23	Jeffrey	240
24	Andrew	239
25	Adam	227

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jacob	220
27	Aaron	207
28	Richard	204
29	Travis	201
30	Jonathan	189
31	Chad	184
32	Eric	183
33	Dustin	177
33	Tyler	177
33	William	177
36	Kevin	176
37	Mark	165
38	Thomas	156
39	Cody	143
40	Paul	140
41	Timothy	135
42	Bryan	128
43	Anthony	123
44	Spencer	118
45	Bradley	110
46	Casey	104
47	Brett	101
47	Gregory	101
49	Stephen	99
50	Zachary	95
51	Shawn	92
52	Jesse	91
52	Shane	91
54	Charles	90
54	Kyle	90
54	Samuel	90
57	Cory	84
58	Jeffery	82
58	Kenneth	82
58	Russell	82
61	Patrick	81
62	Sean	78
62	Trevor	78
64	Douglas	75
65	Cameron	73
66	Tyson	70
67	Troy	67
68	Brady	62
68	Brent	62
68	Todd	62
71	Clinton	61
71	Derek	61
73	Craig	60
73	Randy	60
75	Kelly	59
76	Shaun	56
77	Jeremiah	53
78	Devin	51
78	Peter	51
80	Wesley	49
81	Clint	48
82	Gary	46
83	Brad	45
83	Corey	45
83	Lance	45
86	Donald	44
87	Bryce	43
88	Luke	42
89	Erik	41
89	Kristopher	41
91	Joel	40
91	Seth	40
93	Curtis	39
93	George	39
93	Jordan	39
93	Keith	39
97	Phillip	38
98	Alan	36
98	Austin	36
98	Blake	36
98	Isaac	36