Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1968

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,575
2	David	1,271
3	John	1,021
4	Mark	943
5	Scott	938
6	James	877
7	Robert	831
8	Jeffrey	824
9	Brian	795
10	Daniel	759
11	Steven	746
12	Thomas	718
13	Todd	704
14	Timothy	697
15	Paul	644
16	Christopher	577
17	Richard	522
18	Kevin	461
19	Troy	417
20	Eric	385
21	Joseph	381
22	Matthew	358
23	William	356
24	Patrick	339
25	Gregory	328

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jason	309
27	Bradley	280
28	Douglas	261
29	Craig	249
30	Peter	231
31	Anthony	227
32	Dean	224
33	Charles	223
34	Ronald	212
35	Jon	209
36	Shawn	198
36	Stephen	198
38	Andrew	197
38	Donald	197
40	Kenneth	191
41	Chad	188
41	Gary	188
43	Joel	187
44	Keith	169
45	Dennis	163
46	Randy	155
47	Jay	148
48	Sean	144
49	Terry	138
50	Dale	134
51	Bruce	131
52	Chris	129
53	Brent	123
53	Kurt	123
55	Wayne	122
56	Jonathan	120
57	Jeffery	110
58	Roger	109
59	Darren	108
60	Bryan	104
61	Edward	100
62	Tony	98
63	Erik	97
64	Brett	96
65	Alan	95
65	Curtis	95
67	Russell	92
68	Gerald	91
69	Kelly	89
69	Mike	89
71	Darin	88
72	Kyle	86
73	Larry	84
73	Rodney	84
75	Jeff	82
76	Duane	81
77	Lee	80
78	Allen	78
78	Jerry	78
78	Randall	78
81	Martin	76
82	Marc	75
82	Shane	75
84	Tim	71
85	Aaron	70
86	Rick	67
87	George	63
87	Raymond	63
89	Nathan	62
89	Ricky	62
89	Steve	62
92	Philip	60
93	Greg	59
94	Corey	58
95	Lance	57
96	Wade	55
97	Cory	54
97	Ryan	54
99	Frank	52
99	Kirk	52