Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1961

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	1,929
2	Michael	1,711
3	Mark	1,606
4	John	1,511
5	James	1,340
6	Scott	1,179
7	Robert	1,159
8	Steven	1,082
9	Thomas	1,080
10	Jeffrey	936
11	Daniel	935
12	Timothy	877
13	Kevin	852
14	Paul	846
15	Brian	780
16	Richard	734
17	Todd	649
18	William	594
19	Gregory	569
20	Gary	474
21	Douglas	466
22	Joseph	446
23	Bruce	416
24	Randy	401
25	Craig	387

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Patrick	387
27	Ronald	373
28	Charles	367
29	Kenneth	364
30	Donald	354
31	Mike	326
32	Bradley	323
33	Peter	322
34	Dale	318
34	Keith	318
36	Jeff	305
37	Dean	292
38	Jon	269
39	Christopher	264
40	Terry	261
41	Steve	259
42	Stephen	254
43	Tim	250
44	Dennis	243
45	Tom	237
46	Larry	223
47	Roger	219
48	Alan	213
49	Joel	199
50	Jay	193
51	Greg	192
52	Dan	189
53	Jim	185
54	Eric	182
55	Wayne	180
56	Anthony	174
57	Curtis	163
58	Randall	160
59	Jerry	159
60	Chris	158
61	Gerald	154
62	Edward	153
63	Russell	148
64	Duane	145
64	Jeffery	145
66	Ricky	131
67	Tony	130
68	Rick	129
69	Matthew	128
70	Bill	124
70	Bryan	124
72	Dave	120
73	Kurt	113
74	Raymond	110
75	Kelly	109
75	Kent	109
77	Andrew	106
78	Allen	102
79	Brad	99
79	Joe	99
81	Bob	92
81	Lee	92
81	Rodney	92
84	Philip	91
85	Lawrence	89
85	Martin	89
85	Troy	89
88	George	87
89	Brent	85
89	Jerome	85
91	Micheal	83
92	Mitchell	81
93	Danny	80
94	Shawn	79
95	Barry	76
96	Frank	75
97	Phillip	70
98	Dana	69
99	Jonathan	68
100	Karl	64
100	Kirk	64