Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1975

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	1,240
2	Michael	1,182
3	Matthew	913
4	Christopher	822
5	Ryan	675
6	Brian	669
7	Chad	654
8	David	612
9	Jeremy	582
10	Daniel	569
11	Jeffrey	512
12	Scott	499
13	John	481
14	Eric	473
15	James	461
16	Andrew	455
17	Robert	448
18	Joshua	426
19	Mark	375
20	Joseph	365
21	Nathan	364
22	Timothy	354
23	Steven	332
24	Shawn	329
25	Benjamin	326

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Aaron	325
27	Anthony	285
28	Thomas	283
29	Paul	281
30	Kevin	268
31	William	266
32	Adam	253
33	Justin	225
34	Richard	221
35	Bradley	211
36	Jonathan	208
37	Peter	199
38	Troy	198
39	Jesse	197
39	Todd	197
41	Travis	179
42	Gregory	178
43	Brandon	173
44	Patrick	168
45	Brent	163
46	Craig	159
47	Shane	158
48	Charles	156
48	Cory	156
50	Jamie	144
51	Sean	139
52	Joel	133
53	Corey	131
54	Bryan	129
55	Erik	121
56	Jacob	120
57	Jon	116
58	Kyle	108
59	Keith	107
60	Derek	104
61	Stephen	96
62	Douglas	95
63	Nicholas	93
64	Jay	91
65	Donald	85
65	Kenneth	85
67	Brett	84
67	Gary	84
69	Trevor	75
70	Randy	73
71	Jared	71
71	Jeffery	71
73	Wade	69
74	Dennis	66
75	Tony	65
76	Dustin	62
76	Samuel	62
78	Ross	60
79	Terry	59
80	Darren	56
80	Kelly	56
80	Luke	56
80	Ronald	56
84	Edward	54
85	Seth	53
86	Alan	52
86	Philip	52
88	Chris	50
88	Dean	50
88	Jeremiah	50
91	Lance	49
92	Curtis	48
92	Darin	48
94	Kurt	46
94	Nathaniel	46
96	Lee	45
96	Marc	45
98	Casey	44
98	Dale	44
98	Mitchell	44
98	Phillip	44