Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1963

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,750
2	David	1,716
3	John	1,512
4	Mark	1,386
5	Scott	1,214
6	James	1,166
7	Robert	1,030
8	Thomas	1,006
9	Steven	935
10	Jeffrey	927
11	Daniel	883
12	Paul	855
13	Todd	811
14	Timothy	797
15	Brian	757
16	Kevin	754
17	Richard	731
18	William	554
19	Joseph	495
20	Gregory	469
21	Douglas	454
22	Gary	420
23	Patrick	384
24	Ronald	340
25	Bruce	326

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Charles	326
27	Bradley	315
28	Donald	308
29	Kenneth	307
30	Randy	303
31	Peter	300
32	Craig	289
33	Keith	283
34	Jon	280
35	Dale	278
36	Christopher	272
37	Dean	270
38	Jeff	264
39	Mike	255
40	Dennis	225
41	Steve	220
42	Eric	218
43	Troy	214
44	Terry	213
45	Stephen	210
46	Anthony	208
47	Jay	190
47	Tom	190
49	Tim	187
50	Joel	181
51	Alan	178
52	Greg	166
52	Roger	166
54	Dan	162
54	Matthew	162
56	Wayne	158
57	Kurt	155
58	Curtis	154
59	Chris	148
60	Duane	142
61	Larry	137
62	Gerald	136
63	Jeffery	133
64	Andrew	128
65	Jim	126
66	Tony	125
67	Edward	124
68	Bryan	119
69	Randall	115
70	Russell	113
71	Rick	107
72	Kent	106
73	Brent	105
73	Jerry	105
75	Ricky	103
76	Martin	100
77	Allen	99
77	Lee	99
79	Danny	98
80	Jonathan	97
80	Philip	97
82	Joe	95
83	George	90
83	Shawn	90
85	Bill	89
86	Jerome	88
87	Dave	86
87	Kelly	86
89	Brett	84
90	Rodney	83
91	Brad	79
91	Glenn	79
93	Barry	75
94	Lawrence	73
95	Mitchell	71
95	Raymond	71
97	Bob	68
97	Ross	68
99	Frank	67
99	Loren	67