Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1960

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	1,980
2	Mark	1,760
3	Michael	1,667
4	John	1,519
5	James	1,467
6	Thomas	1,230
7	Robert	1,225
8	Steven	1,166
9	Scott	1,157
10	Timothy	959
11	Daniel	899
12	Kevin	897
13	Jeffrey	870
14	Paul	838
14	Richard	838
16	Brian	741
17	William	618
18	Joseph	525
19	Gary	517
20	Gregory	504
21	Todd	488
22	Randy	485
23	Douglas	463
24	Ronald	396
25	Bruce	384

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charles	381
27	Craig	372
28	Donald	365
29	Bradley	358
30	Steve	350
31	Kenneth	348
32	Tim	338
33	Patrick	335
34	Mike	326
35	Dale	317
36	Peter	306
37	Dennis	305
38	Keith	302
39	Terry	290
40	Dean	276
41	Jeff	266
42	Larry	259
43	Tom	247
44	Jay	244
45	Christopher	239
46	Jon	236
47	Joel	226
48	Roger	223
49	Stephen	221
50	Greg	204
51	Jim	200
52	Alan	196
53	Wayne	195
54	Dan	193
55	Randall	183
56	Gerald	170
57	Ricky	167
58	Edward	164
59	Eric	163
60	Anthony	161
61	Duane	159
62	Rick	151
63	Curtis	149
64	Chris	147
64	Jerry	147
66	Bryan	144
67	Dave	134
68	Brad	132
69	Russell	131
70	Kurt	129
71	Joe	128
72	Jeffery	124
73	Kent	118
74	Matthew	116
75	Rodney	115
76	Bob	112
77	Allen	111
78	Philip	110
79	Andrew	109
80	Danny	105
80	George	105
82	Kelly	103
83	Lee	97
84	Bill	96
85	Mitchell	94
86	Raymond	93
87	Jerome	92
88	Martin	91
89	Frank	90
90	Lawrence	83
91	Tony	82
92	Micheal	79
93	Brett	77
93	Perry	77
95	Glen	72
95	Glenn	72
95	Karl	72
98	Allan	70
98	Eugene	70
100	Barry	69
100	Loren	69