Most popular boys’ names in Utah, 1985

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	533
2	Christopher	462
3	Joshua	441
4	Matthew	405
5	Daniel	359
6	Tyler	346
7	David	339
8	Ryan	320
9	Andrew	284
10	Jason	277
11	James	267
12	Brandon	244
13	Jacob	243
14	Nathan	239
15	Nicholas	238
16	Robert	235
17	Adam	225
18	Justin	220
19	Benjamin	203
20	Steven	198
21	John	195
22	Eric	190
22	Jonathan	190
24	Cody	188
24	Zachary	188

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Brian	181
27	Joseph	177
28	Jeffrey	176
29	Kyle	175
30	Jeremy	165
30	Richard	165
32	Dustin	164
33	Scott	161
34	Kevin	160
35	Thomas	154
36	William	151
37	Travis	144
38	Aaron	138
39	Jordan	135
40	Anthony	129
40	Casey	129
40	Jared	129
43	Trevor	120
43	Tyson	120
45	Mark	119
46	Jesse	111
47	Sean	110
48	Paul	106
49	Timothy	105
50	Stephen	104
51	Bradley	98
51	Chase	98
53	Chad	92
53	Derek	92
55	Brady	84
56	Brett	82
56	Spencer	82
58	Bryan	81
58	Samuel	81
60	Gregory	79
61	Patrick	77
62	Shawn	75
63	Alexander	74
63	Cameron	74
63	Devin	74
66	Austin	70
67	Charles	69
68	Kenneth	68
69	Taylor	65
70	Bryce	64
71	Shane	62
72	Blake	61
73	Alex	58
73	Douglas	58
75	Cory	55
76	Craig	53
76	Ian	53
78	Colby	52
78	Lance	52
78	Russell	52
81	Todd	51
82	Clinton	49
82	Jeffery	49
82	Landon	49
85	Brent	48
86	Skyler	47
87	Jake	45
88	Curtis	44
88	Mitchell	44
90	Preston	41
91	Mathew	40
91	Peter	40
93	Drew	39
93	Troy	39
95	Christian	38
95	Cole	38
97	Clayton	36
97	Joel	36
97	Phillip	36
100	Nathaniel	35