Most popular boys’ names in Utah, 1986

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	555
2	Christopher	434
3	Matthew	379
4	Joshua	368
5	David	364
6	Ryan	335
7	Tyler	331
8	Andrew	328
9	Daniel	314
10	Jason	265
11	James	254
12	Justin	251
13	Brandon	250
14	Nicholas	236
15	Jacob	222
16	Robert	218
17	Nathan	205
18	Zachary	201
19	Cody	200
20	Kyle	196
20	Steven	196
22	John	181
23	Joseph	180
24	Adam	179
25	Benjamin	174

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eric	173
27	Jonathan	151
27	Jordan	151
29	Jeremy	150
30	Kevin	149
31	Scott	146
32	Brian	143
32	Dustin	143
34	Anthony	139
34	Jeffrey	139
36	Travis	134
37	William	130
38	Richard	128
39	Tyson	127
40	Aaron	126
41	Jared	120
41	Trevor	120
43	Austin	118
44	Alexander	116
45	Cameron	115
46	Alex	114
46	Thomas	114
48	Spencer	113
49	Stephen	110
50	Derek	108
50	Sean	108
52	Mark	107
53	Jesse	106
54	Casey	102
55	Timothy	100
56	Chad	96
57	Bryan	93
58	Paul	90
59	Bradley	88
60	Brady	84
61	Gregory	77
62	Chase	75
62	Samuel	75
64	Shawn	73
64	Taylor	73
66	Bryce	71
67	Brett	70
67	Shane	70
69	Cory	65
69	Patrick	65
71	Mitchell	62
72	Colby	61
73	Charles	60
73	Kenneth	60
75	Blake	57
76	Ian	52
77	Todd	51
78	Curtis	49
78	Landon	49
80	Russell	48
80	Seth	48
82	Craig	47
83	Lance	46
84	Jeffery	45
84	Peter	45
86	Douglas	44
86	Garrett	44
88	Devin	43
88	Skyler	43
90	Brent	42
90	Christian	42
90	Colton	42
93	Jake	41
93	Preston	41
95	Alan	36
95	Corey	36
97	Brock	35
97	Dallas	35
97	Levi	35
97	Logan	35
97	Trent	35