Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	1,268
2	Michael	1,118
3	Christopher	926
4	Chad	835
5	David	761
6	Brian	728
7	Scott	673
8	Daniel	615
8	John	615
10	James	573
11	Matthew	571
12	Jeffrey	548
13	Robert	519
14	Eric	516
15	Mark	504
16	Timothy	414
17	Steven	395
18	Thomas	388
19	Todd	354
20	Paul	353
21	Kevin	341
22	Joseph	332
23	Troy	324
24	William	308
25	Jeremy	302

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ryan	297
27	Shawn	270
28	Richard	262
29	Andrew	257
30	Patrick	244
31	Aaron	240
32	Gregory	238
33	Anthony	235
34	Bradley	212
35	Peter	200
36	Jonathan	176
37	Craig	173
38	Charles	169
39	Brent	166
40	Joel	158
41	Nathan	154
42	Derek	153
43	Jon	151
43	Sean	151
45	Douglas	150
46	Shane	148
47	Erik	144
48	Travis	142
49	Cory	139
50	Keith	137
51	Justin	131
52	Adam	130
53	Joshua	127
54	Brett	123
55	Stephen	115
56	Ronald	113
57	Kenneth	111
58	Corey	110
59	Benjamin	108
60	Gary	107
60	Jamie	107
60	Jesse	107
63	Bryan	102
64	Donald	98
65	Dennis	94
65	Randy	94
67	Jay	93
68	Dean	90
69	Darren	89
70	Chris	88
71	Kyle	87
72	Brandon	84
73	Dale	83
74	Lance	81
75	Terry	75
76	Edward	74
77	Jeffery	70
78	Christian	66
79	Marc	65
79	Nicholas	65
79	Wade	65
82	Wayne	64
83	Curtis	62
84	Kurt	61
84	Tony	61
86	Bruce	60
86	Kelly	60
88	Roger	59
89	Shannon	58
90	Darin	57
91	Alan	55
91	Brad	55
91	Lee	55
94	Neil	50
95	Jacob	49
96	Larry	48
97	Dustin	47
98	Duane	46
98	Ross	46
100	Kirk	44
100	Micheal	44
100	Philip	44
100	Rodney	44
100	Russell	44