Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1969

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,623
2	David	1,222
3	John	957
4	Scott	956
5	Mark	888
6	Robert	858
7	James	826
8	Jeffrey	790
9	Daniel	777
10	Brian	764
11	Steven	728
12	Christopher	723
13	Todd	663
14	Thomas	654
15	Jason	643
16	Timothy	633
17	Paul	596
18	Richard	464
19	Eric	455
20	Kevin	436
21	William	399
22	Troy	392
23	Matthew	390
24	Joseph	366
25	Gregory	344

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Patrick	341
27	Anthony	300
28	Bradley	298
29	Chad	296
30	Craig	281
31	Douglas	273
32	Peter	258
33	Andrew	237
34	Jon	229
35	Shawn	225
36	Dean	214
37	Kenneth	195
37	Stephen	195
39	Charles	193
40	Gary	188
41	Joel	182
42	Ronald	180
43	Sean	165
44	Donald	163
45	Keith	162
46	Brent	156
47	Corey	153
48	Jonathan	152
49	Dennis	144
50	Shane	137
51	Terry	127
52	Jay	125
53	Dale	124
54	Bryan	123
55	Randy	118
56	Kurt	113
57	Bruce	108
57	Erik	108
59	Jeffery	107
60	Darren	103
61	Aaron	100
61	Cory	100
63	Curtis	99
64	Chris	98
65	Darin	97
66	Edward	96
67	Brett	93
68	Roger	89
69	Tony	87
70	Jeff	86
70	Wayne	86
72	Lance	85
73	Duane	83
74	Lee	82
75	Alan	81
76	Russell	79
76	Wade	79
78	Steve	77
79	Marc	76
79	Randall	76
81	Larry	75
82	Jerry	74
82	Kyle	74
84	Jeremy	72
84	Rodney	72
86	Mike	71
87	Travis	70
88	Nathan	67
88	Ryan	67
90	Gerald	66
90	Nicholas	66
92	George	63
93	Allen	62
93	Benjamin	62
93	Theodore	62
96	Kelly	61
97	Brad	60
97	Mitchell	60
99	Barry	59
100	Kent	58