Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1965

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,652
2	David	1,367
3	John	1,300
4	James	1,140
5	Mark	1,005
6	Scott	981
7	Robert	910
8	Thomas	900
9	Jeffrey	870
10	Daniel	846
11	Steven	841
12	Paul	826
13	Todd	767
14	Timothy	759
15	Brian	737
16	Richard	614
17	Kevin	611
18	Joseph	449
19	William	445
20	Gregory	415
21	Christopher	400
22	Patrick	397
23	Douglas	337
24	Bradley	315
25	Peter	299

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kenneth	277
27	Ronald	271
28	Eric	264
29	Gary	262
30	Craig	261
31	Charles	254
32	Jon	251
33	Donald	246
34	Troy	232
35	Dean	231
36	Anthony	227
37	Randy	225
38	Keith	224
39	Matthew	208
40	Bruce	207
41	Dale	195
42	Stephen	193
43	Terry	178
44	Jay	176
45	Jeff	175
46	Dennis	164
47	Mike	148
48	Chris	147
49	Joel	145
50	Andrew	144
51	Larry	139
51	Roger	139
53	Jeffery	138
54	Curtis	134
55	Tom	133
56	Alan	132
56	Edward	132
58	Tim	131
58	Wayne	131
60	Steve	129
61	Kurt	128
62	Shawn	127
63	Jonathan	122
64	Rodney	120
65	Gerald	118
66	Greg	117
67	Randall	110
68	Tony	109
69	Allen	105
69	Jim	105
71	Duane	104
72	Russell	103
73	Bryan	99
74	Jerry	96
75	Brent	94
76	Darren	90
77	Dan	89
78	Martin	84
79	Jason	82
80	Philip	78
81	Chad	77
82	Lee	76
83	Kent	75
84	George	72
84	Rick	72
84	Ricky	72
87	Erik	69
88	Darin	67
89	Brett	66
90	Joe	65
91	Brad	64
91	Ross	64
93	Lance	62
93	Raymond	62
95	Lawrence	61
96	Carl	60
96	Frank	60
96	Glenn	60
99	Danny	59
99	Wade	59