Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	1,273
2	Michael	1,140
3	Christopher	803
4	Matthew	796
5	Brian	719
6	Chad	708
7	David	658
8	Ryan	571
9	Daniel	570
10	Jeremy	554
11	John	531
12	Scott	509
13	Jeffrey	505
14	Eric	494
15	James	467
16	Mark	466
17	Robert	413
18	Andrew	399
19	Aaron	386
20	Steven	368
21	Timothy	358
22	Joseph	337
23	Thomas	330
24	Joshua	329
25	Kevin	306

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Shawn	275
27	Paul	273
28	William	269
29	Benjamin	253
30	Nathan	249
31	Todd	241
32	Anthony	238
33	Troy	229
34	Peter	210
35	Richard	209
36	Jonathan	207
37	Justin	198
38	Bradley	196
39	Adam	193
40	Gregory	185
41	Patrick	179
42	Charles	175
43	Jesse	171
44	Travis	166
45	Shane	155
46	Brent	146
47	Joel	144
48	Brandon	141
48	Bryan	141
50	Corey	140
50	Cory	140
52	Jon	132
53	Keith	131
54	Craig	129
54	Sean	129
56	Jamie	126
57	Erik	125
58	Douglas	118
59	Stephen	114
60	Nicholas	106
61	Kenneth	100
62	Derek	97
63	Jacob	84
63	Jay	84
65	Kyle	83
66	Donald	82
67	Randy	81
68	Gary	80
69	Wade	75
70	Darin	74
70	Jeffery	74
72	Brett	72
73	Ronald	71
74	Edward	66
75	Dustin	65
76	Terry	64
77	Dennis	63
78	Kelly	60
79	Samuel	58
80	Dean	57
81	Alan	56
81	Lee	56
81	Tony	56
84	Chris	55
85	Marc	52
86	Curtis	51
86	Phillip	51
88	Bruce	50
89	Jared	49
89	Philip	49
91	Dale	48
91	Mathew	48
91	Ross	48
94	Kurt	47
94	Lance	47
96	Allen	46
96	Mitchell	46
96	Wayne	46
99	Darren	44
99	Shannon	44
99	Theodore	44