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Thanks for your reply! I am sure that the search for "new" names in Utah during modern times does have something to do with the large families. However, the idea that two COUSINS couldn't have children named after the same ancestor is itself part of modern "consumer culture." Back in the 19th century there are plenty of instances of first cousins having the same first name, often because they were named after the same grandparent, and people thought nothing of it. So the idea that two second cousins (which is what children of first cousins are to each other) shouldn't have the same name and that one cousin can "steal your favorite name" by using it first would not have computed to people back then, and I think that probably went for the LDS as well as other Americans in the 19th century. :)