Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1966

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,593
2	David	1,349
3	John	1,168
4	James	1,011
5	Scott	987
6	Mark	918
7	Robert	907
8	Steven	848
9	Jeffrey	845
10	Thomas	817
11	Timothy	789
12	Daniel	782
13	Brian	728
14	Paul	716
15	Todd	704
16	Richard	575
17	Kevin	534
18	Christopher	459
19	William	432
20	Gregory	379
20	Patrick	379
22	Joseph	367
23	Douglas	317
24	Troy	286
25	Ronald	282

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bradley	281
27	Gary	268
28	Peter	266
29	Eric	265
30	Anthony	258
31	Craig	255
32	Dean	247
33	Jon	224
34	Kenneth	223
35	Charles	217
36	Donald	214
37	Randy	213
38	Matthew	211
39	Keith	199
40	Bruce	197
41	Stephen	184
42	Andrew	172
42	Joel	172
44	Jay	169
45	Dennis	166
46	Wayne	160
47	Dale	155
48	Chad	144
48	Jeffery	144
50	Kurt	137
51	Terry	136
52	Rodney	134
53	Alan	132
53	Chris	132
55	Bryan	130
56	Duane	128
57	Shawn	126
58	Curtis	120
59	Roger	119
60	Jason	116
61	Mike	115
62	Jeff	113
63	Larry	108
64	Brent	99
64	Edward	99
66	Jonathan	96
66	Steve	96
66	Tim	96
69	Jerry	94
70	Tony	93
71	Gerald	92
72	Tom	90
73	Darin	86
74	Darren	85
75	Randall	84
76	Allen	80
76	Kyle	80
78	Martin	78
79	Brett	77
79	Kelly	77
79	Kent	77
82	Russell	74
82	Sean	74
84	Wade	73
85	Erik	71
85	Greg	71
87	Philip	70
88	Raymond	67
89	Barry	64
89	Eugene	64
89	Jim	64
89	Lee	64
93	Lawrence	62
94	Dan	60
94	Lance	60
96	Rick	59
97	Ross	58
98	Darrin	57
99	Ricky	56
99	Ryan	56