Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1973

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	1,321
2	Michael	1,125
3	Christopher	837
4	Chad	738
5	Brian	731
6	Matthew	675
7	David	673
8	Daniel	635
9	Scott	568
10	John	524
11	James	520
12	Jeffrey	470
13	Eric	464
14	Mark	453
15	Robert	418
16	Ryan	389
17	Timothy	364
18	Jeremy	354
18	Steven	354
20	Thomas	343
21	Joseph	312
22	Andrew	298
23	Kevin	294
24	Troy	292
25	Paul	291

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Aaron	282
27	Todd	276
28	Shawn	275
29	William	265
30	Anthony	231
31	Patrick	229
32	Joshua	228
33	Richard	214
34	Jonathan	211
35	Nathan	210
36	Bradley	193
37	Justin	185
37	Peter	185
39	Gregory	179
40	Charles	170
41	Shane	165
42	Joel	156
43	Craig	154
44	Brent	152
45	Adam	147
45	Jamie	147
47	Benjamin	146
48	Travis	141
49	Cory	139
50	Keith	138
51	Douglas	133
52	Erik	130
53	Jesse	124
54	Jon	122
54	Kyle	122
56	Sean	121
57	Bryan	120
58	Derek	113
58	Nicholas	113
60	Corey	109
61	Kenneth	106
62	Stephen	101
63	Brandon	100
64	Donald	99
65	Brett	93
65	Gary	93
67	Dennis	85
68	Jay	82
69	Wade	79
70	Ronald	76
71	Terry	75
72	Jacob	73
73	Dean	69
74	Tony	65
75	Darren	64
75	Edward	64
77	Kelly	57
77	Randy	57
79	Darin	55
79	Russell	55
81	Dustin	54
82	Bruce	53
82	Christian	53
82	Jeffery	53
82	Neil	53
86	Chris	52
87	Jared	51
87	Lee	51
89	Brad	50
89	Wayne	50
91	Dale	49
91	Kurt	49
91	Marc	49
91	Roger	49
95	Jeff	46
96	Lance	45
97	Trevor	44
98	Curtis	43
98	Jerry	43
100	Allen	42
100	Ross	42