Most popular boys’ names in Utah, 1981

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	Joshua	537
3	David	473
4	Christopher	472
5	Matthew	443
6	Ryan	428
7	Daniel	390
8	Jason	381
9	Brandon	352
10	Robert	348
11	John	319
12	Nathan	307
13	James	304
14	Justin	298
15	Adam	295
16	Benjamin	283
17	Jacob	281
18	Jeremy	243
18	Nicholas	243
20	Joseph	242
21	Aaron	236
22	Brian	231
23	Jonathan	229
23	Tyler	229
25	Steven	225

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Scott	215
27	Jared	214
28	Andrew	210
29	Jeffrey	205
30	Dustin	203
31	Eric	201
32	Richard	182
33	Travis	172
34	Cody	166
34	Mark	166
36	William	161
37	Kevin	156
38	Chad	150
39	Jesse	142
40	Paul	139
41	Thomas	136
42	Timothy	124
43	Brett	117
44	Derek	112
45	Stephen	109
46	Anthony	105
46	Casey	105
48	Bradley	103
48	Zachary	103
50	Bryan	102
51	Kyle	99
52	Charles	94
53	Spencer	93
54	Kenneth	92
55	Samuel	88
55	Tyson	88
57	Cory	85
58	Cameron	84
59	Jordan	83
60	Patrick	78
60	Sean	78
62	Shawn	77
63	Shane	76
64	Russell	75
65	Gregory	74
66	Todd	71
67	Trevor	70
68	Brady	64
69	Craig	61
70	Bryce	60
71	Shaun	59
72	Peter	57
73	Curtis	55
73	Douglas	55
75	Randy	54
76	Jeremiah	52
76	Seth	52
78	Brent	51
78	Corey	51
80	Jeffery	50
81	Blake	48
81	Clinton	48
83	Phillip	46
84	Austin	45
85	Levi	44
85	Luke	44
87	Devin	43
88	Alan	41
88	Derrick	41
88	Gary	41
88	Kelly	41
88	Lucas	41
88	Taylor	41
94	Keith	40
94	Troy	40
96	Erik	39
97	Brad	37
97	Garrett	37
99	Mathew	36
99	Ronald	36