Most popular boys’ names in Utah, 1980
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 657 |
| 2 | Joshua | 507 |
| 3 | David | 455 |
| 4 | Jason | 450 |
| 4 | Matthew | 450 |
| 6 | Christopher | 419 |
| 7 | Ryan | 413 |
| 8 | Justin | 365 |
| 9 | Brandon | 350 |
| 10 | Daniel | 344 |
| 11 | Robert | 319 |
| 12 | John | 314 |
| 13 | James | 308 |
| 14 | Nathan | 300 |
| 15 | Jeremy | 286 |
| 16 | Jacob | 270 |
| 17 | Joseph | 267 |
| 18 | Brian | 264 |
| 19 | Jared | 258 |
| 20 | Benjamin | 257 |
| 21 | Dustin | 255 |
| 22 | Nicholas | 254 |
| 23 | Adam | 247 |
| 24 | Andrew | 242 |
| 25 | Scott | 223 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Jeffrey | 215 |
| 26 | Steven | 215 |
| 28 | Jonathan | 214 |
| 29 | Tyler | 211 |
| 30 | Aaron | 197 |
| 31 | William | 189 |
| 32 | Richard | 185 |
| 32 | Travis | 185 |
| 34 | Eric | 182 |
| 35 | Thomas | 172 |
| 36 | Mark | 164 |
| 37 | Chad | 162 |
| 38 | Cody | 160 |
| 39 | Kevin | 141 |
| 40 | Paul | 137 |
| 41 | Jesse | 130 |
| 42 | Timothy | 129 |
| 43 | Derek | 125 |
| 44 | Anthony | 123 |
| 45 | Bryan | 120 |
| 46 | Kyle | 104 |
| 47 | Zachary | 103 |
| 48 | Brett | 99 |
| 48 | Stephen | 99 |
| 50 | Bradley | 97 |
| 51 | Cory | 91 |
| 51 | Samuel | 91 |
| 53 | Charles | 90 |
| 53 | Spencer | 90 |
| 55 | Kenneth | 89 |
| 56 | Casey | 88 |
| 57 | Tyson | 85 |
| 58 | Shawn | 82 |
| 59 | Shane | 81 |
| 60 | Gregory | 76 |
| 61 | Patrick | 74 |
| 62 | Trevor | 72 |
| 63 | Russell | 70 |
| 64 | Douglas | 66 |
| 65 | Curtis | 65 |
| 66 | Brady | 64 |
| 66 | Sean | 64 |
| 68 | Bryce | 63 |
| 68 | Jeremiah | 63 |
| 68 | Shaun | 63 |
| 71 | Jeffery | 62 |
| 72 | Kelly | 60 |
| 72 | Troy | 60 |
| 74 | Cameron | 59 |
| 75 | Brent | 58 |
| 76 | Seth | 55 |
| 76 | Todd | 55 |
| 78 | Alan | 53 |
| 78 | Lance | 53 |
| 78 | Marc | 53 |
| 81 | Joel | 52 |
| 81 | Randy | 52 |
| 83 | Clint | 51 |
| 84 | Gary | 50 |
| 85 | Craig | 48 |
| 86 | Phillip | 47 |
| 87 | Brad | 46 |
| 87 | Christian | 46 |
| 87 | Erik | 46 |
| 90 | Corey | 45 |
| 90 | Peter | 45 |
| 92 | Jordan | 44 |
| 93 | Clinton | 43 |
| 93 | Luke | 43 |
| 95 | Trent | 42 |
| 96 | Devin | 40 |
| 97 | Austin | 38 |
| 98 | Ian | 37 |
| 98 | Isaac | 37 |
| 98 | Levi | 37 |
| 98 | Ronald | 37 |