Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1958

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,788
2	David	1,761
3	Mark	1,675
4	James	1,346
5	John	1,334
6	Thomas	1,234
7	Robert	1,194
8	Steven	1,078
9	Scott	1,042
10	Richard	941
11	Timothy	931
12	Daniel	892
13	Jeffrey	859
14	Kevin	808
15	Paul	783
16	Brian	720
17	William	719
18	Gary	590
19	Gregory	547
20	Randy	489
21	Douglas	485
22	Ronald	483
23	Bruce	478
24	Joseph	461
25	Donald	454

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charles	380
27	Dale	374
28	Kenneth	357
29	Patrick	352
30	Larry	326
31	Terry	324
32	Dennis	323
33	Peter	320
34	Bradley	307
35	Craig	295
36	Mike	290
37	Todd	284
38	Dean	282
39	Keith	265
40	Stephen	255
41	Steve	254
42	Tim	234
43	Jeff	226
44	Roger	223
45	Alan	215
45	Jay	215
47	Jon	212
48	Tom	208
49	Wayne	206
50	Jerry	181
51	Gerald	173
52	Jeffery	167
53	Joel	166
54	Anthony	164
54	Edward	164
56	Rick	163
57	Jim	162
58	Duane	159
59	Greg	158
60	Ricky	156
61	Christopher	149
62	Curtis	141
63	Dan	140
63	Russell	140
65	Dave	137
66	George	131
67	Randall	121
68	Jerome	120
68	Rodney	120
70	Matthew	119
71	Bill	116
72	Raymond	115
73	Brad	111
74	Eric	110
74	Lee	110
76	Bryan	109
77	Allen	101
77	Kent	101
77	Lawrence	101
80	Kurt	100
80	Philip	100
82	Danny	98
83	Chris	92
84	Micheal	90
85	Martin	86
86	Frank	85
86	Tony	85
88	Andrew	84
89	Joe	82
90	Eugene	75
90	Glenn	75
92	Barry	71
92	Bob	71
92	Gregg	71
95	Darrell	70
96	Glen	69
96	Jack	69
98	Brett	67
98	Neil	67
100	Carl	66