Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1971

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,345
2	Jason	1,234
3	David	911
4	Scott	887
5	Christopher	807
6	John	756
7	Chad	732
8	Robert	683
9	James	681
10	Brian	674
11	Daniel	658
12	Jeffrey	651
13	Mark	620
14	Steven	569
15	Matthew	559
16	Timothy	504
17	Eric	494
18	Thomas	486
19	Todd	472
20	Paul	406
21	Kevin	397
22	Troy	377
23	William	360
24	Joseph	350
25	Richard	344

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Patrick	282
27	Anthony	278
28	Shawn	276
29	Gregory	272
30	Bradley	265
31	Andrew	264
32	Jeremy	245
33	Craig	212
34	Charles	209
35	Aaron	204
36	Peter	198
37	Brent	181
38	Jonathan	180
39	Ryan	173
40	Douglas	169
40	Shane	169
42	Jon	163
43	Brett	150
43	Joel	150
45	Sean	145
45	Stephen	145
47	Adam	142
48	Keith	141
49	Cory	140
50	Derek	138
51	Travis	137
52	Corey	133
53	Erik	131
53	Gary	131
55	Bryan	129
56	Ronald	128
57	Kenneth	124
58	Jay	123
59	Nathan	122
60	Donald	119
61	Dennis	118
62	Edward	114
63	Kyle	111
64	Dean	108
65	Lance	105
66	Jamie	100
67	Chris	99
68	Terry	94
69	Benjamin	92
69	Jesse	92
71	Kelly	89
71	Randy	89
73	Alan	88
73	Dale	88
75	Joshua	81
75	Wade	81
77	Tony	80
78	Kurt	79
78	Wayne	79
80	Jeffery	77
81	Bruce	76
81	Darren	76
83	Roger	75
84	Marc	73
85	Justin	70
85	Lee	70
87	Russell	69
88	Curtis	67
88	Jerry	67
90	Larry	66
91	Nicholas	65
92	Darin	63
93	Brad	60
94	Jeff	59
94	Kirk	59
94	Shannon	59
97	Gerald	58
98	Martin	54
99	Brandon	53
99	Trevor	53