Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1957

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	1,940
2	Michael	1,903
3	Mark	1,620
4	James	1,461
5	John	1,445
6	Steven	1,276
7	Thomas	1,247
8	Robert	1,222
9	Richard	1,065
10	Scott	919
11	Daniel	888
12	Jeffrey	843
13	Timothy	803
14	Paul	800
15	Kevin	793
16	William	730
17	Gregory	642
18	Gary	635
19	Brian	615
20	Bruce	590
21	Randy	539
22	Douglas	531
23	Ronald	481
24	Donald	464
25	Charles	436

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joseph	432
27	Kenneth	425
28	Patrick	385
29	Dale	356
30	Dennis	344
31	Peter	334
32	Larry	324
33	Keith	315
34	Bradley	314
35	Craig	311
36	Terry	293
37	Roger	287
38	Dean	276
39	Stephen	263
40	Steve	231
40	Wayne	231
42	Todd	222
43	Alan	205
44	Gerald	193
45	Duane	191
46	Edward	187
47	Joel	182
48	Mike	180
49	Jon	174
50	Jeffery	163
51	Anthony	158
52	Randall	155
53	Rick	153
54	Ricky	146
55	Curtis	142
55	Jerry	142
57	Jeff	141
57	Lawrence	141
59	Tim	140
60	Jay	138
61	Raymond	131
62	Lee	129
63	Tom	123
64	Allen	119
65	Christopher	118
66	Rodney	117
67	Greg	116
68	George	114
68	Kurt	114
70	Brad	113
71	Jerome	111
72	Russell	108
73	Micheal	107
74	Dan	105
74	Jim	105
76	Frank	103
76	Kent	103
78	Bryan	97
79	Jack	95
80	Eugene	94
81	Danny	93
82	Philip	91
83	Kim	89
84	Eric	82
85	Dave	81
85	Matthew	81
87	Barry	79
87	Martin	79
89	Andrew	78
89	Glen	78
91	Gordon	75
92	Chris	73
93	Bill	72
93	Glenn	72
95	Mitchell	70
95	Terrance	70
97	Darrell	67
98	Allan	64
99	Phillip	63
100	Gene	61
100	Lyle	61