Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1959

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	1,855
2	Michael	1,831
3	Mark	1,692
4	James	1,442
5	John	1,434
6	Thomas	1,223
7	Steven	1,158
8	Robert	1,123
9	Scott	1,099
10	Timothy	1,015
11	Daniel	901
12	Jeffrey	890
13	Richard	889
14	Kevin	883
15	Paul	823
16	Brian	786
17	William	699
18	Randy	547
19	Gary	536
20	Gregory	516
21	Douglas	513
22	Bruce	490
23	Ronald	464
24	Joseph	459
25	Donald	383

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charles	382
27	Dale	373
28	Bradley	358
29	Todd	354
30	Craig	336
31	Patrick	335
32	Mike	330
33	Keith	329
34	Kenneth	328
34	Peter	328
36	Dennis	326
37	Terry	311
38	Jeff	292
39	Larry	282
39	Steve	282
41	Tim	280
42	Dean	278
43	Jon	234
43	Tom	234
45	Roger	226
46	Stephen	216
47	Jim	206
48	Joel	199
49	Wayne	194
50	Alan	187
51	Greg	186
52	Edward	185
52	Randall	185
54	Dan	182
55	Christopher	180
56	Jay	179
57	Jerry	171
58	Ricky	164
59	Gerald	163
60	Curtis	160
61	Rick	158
62	Duane	151
63	Russell	148
64	George	146
65	Dave	144
66	Eric	142
67	Anthony	138
67	Rodney	138
69	Jeffery	135
70	Bryan	130
71	Bill	124
72	Kent	116
73	Brad	114
73	Raymond	114
75	Allen	112
76	Danny	103
76	Joe	103
78	Kurt	101
79	Chris	100
79	Matthew	100
79	Philip	100
82	Jerome	95
83	Lee	93
84	Martin	90
85	Micheal	87
86	Gregg	86
87	Frank	85
88	Lawrence	81
89	Andrew	79
90	Bob	77
91	Glen	75
92	Brent	74
93	Jack	73
94	Brett	72
95	Gordon	71
96	Mitchell	70
96	Phillip	70
98	Eugene	68
98	Perry	68
100	Kelly	66