Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1962

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	1,862
2	Michael	1,704
3	Mark	1,530
4	John	1,515
5	Scott	1,379
6	James	1,295
7	Thomas	1,109
8	Robert	1,071
9	Jeffrey	980
9	Steven	980
11	Daniel	956
12	Brian	812
13	Timothy	804
14	Todd	795
15	Paul	778
16	Kevin	761
17	Richard	728
18	Gregory	545
19	William	540
20	Joseph	493
21	Douglas	465
22	Gary	413
23	Patrick	374
23	Ronald	374
25	Bruce	368

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Randy	353
27	Charles	345
28	Donald	341
29	Bradley	330
30	Craig	305
31	Kenneth	297
32	Jeff	295
33	Jon	282
34	Peter	280
35	Mike	266
36	Dean	262
37	Dale	261
38	Christopher	255
39	Dennis	254
40	Keith	249
41	Steve	242
42	Terry	236
43	Stephen	227
44	Tim	223
45	Tom	209
46	Eric	201
47	Alan	198
48	Jay	197
49	Larry	196
50	Anthony	195
51	Greg	192
52	Roger	188
53	Troy	184
54	Randall	176
55	Joel	172
55	Wayne	172
57	Jim	153
58	Matthew	146
59	Edward	145
60	Dan	144
61	Andrew	142
61	Chris	142
61	Curtis	142
61	Jeffery	142
65	Russell	141
66	Duane	140
67	Jerry	136
68	Gerald	135
69	Rick	134
70	Bryan	132
70	Ricky	132
72	Kurt	125
73	Tony	123
74	Brent	117
74	Dave	117
74	Rodney	117
77	Raymond	110
78	Kent	109
79	Barry	107
79	Glenn	107
81	Bill	105
82	Allen	102
83	Martin	100
84	Lee	99
85	Joe	98
86	Bob	93
87	George	91
88	Jerome	90
89	Jonathan	89
90	Brad	86
90	Danny	86
92	Frank	83
93	Glen	82
93	Shawn	82
95	Philip	81
96	Lawrence	79
97	Kelly	74
98	Brett	71
98	Mitchell	71
100	Gregg	69