Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1970

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,568
2	Jason	1,143
3	David	1,135
4	John	948
5	Scott	925
6	James	882
7	Jeffrey	819
8	Mark	809
9	Robert	808
10	Christopher	780
11	Daniel	775
12	Brian	744
13	Steven	623
14	Todd	603
15	Timothy	600
16	Thomas	598
17	Paul	573
18	Eric	519
19	Chad	489
20	Matthew	467
21	William	460
22	Kevin	448
23	Richard	437
24	Joseph	426
25	Troy	414

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bradley	354
27	Anthony	316
28	Gregory	297
28	Patrick	297
30	Craig	286
31	Andrew	282
32	Shawn	278
33	Peter	255
34	Douglas	223
35	Charles	220
36	Jon	205
37	Gary	189
38	Joel	184
39	Ronald	177
40	Stephen	176
41	Jonathan	174
42	Kenneth	170
43	Keith	169
44	Donald	168
45	Sean	167
46	Brent	163
47	Dean	161
48	Aaron	159
49	Corey	156
50	Shane	150
51	Jay	143
52	Dennis	140
53	Cory	133
54	Randy	128
55	Jeremy	126
56	Dale	125
57	Erik	118
58	Brett	117
59	Chris	115
59	Terry	115
61	Bryan	114
62	Darren	113
63	Lance	110
64	Kurt	107
65	Bruce	106
65	Kyle	106
67	Nathan	103
68	Tony	100
69	Marc	99
70	Curtis	97
70	Travis	97
72	Edward	96
73	Wayne	95
74	Jamie	92
74	Jeffery	92
76	Wade	91
77	Darin	89
78	Russell	87
79	Alan	84
79	Lee	84
81	Derek	82
82	Roger	79
83	Adam	78
83	Benjamin	78
85	Jesse	73
86	Gerald	72
87	Duane	71
87	Kelly	71
89	Jeff	67
89	Ryan	67
91	Kirk	65
91	Larry	65
91	Martin	65
94	Allen	64
95	Rodney	62
96	Justin	61
96	Kent	61
98	Nicholas	59
99	Brad	57
99	Jerry	57
99	Mike	57