Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1976

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,143
2	Jason	1,118
3	Matthew	916
4	Christopher	809
5	Ryan	733
6	Brian	685
7	Jeremy	681
8	Daniel	611
9	David	595
10	Chad	550
11	Eric	536
12	Joshua	485
12	Nathan	485
14	Scott	476
15	Jeffrey	468
16	Joseph	467
17	James	447
18	Andrew	442
19	John	434
20	Robert	427
21	Mark	390
22	Aaron	379
23	Benjamin	359
24	Timothy	325
25	Paul	309

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	301
27	Anthony	300
28	Justin	297
29	Adam	292
30	Thomas	284
31	Shawn	281
32	Kevin	271
33	Jesse	247
34	William	238
35	Jonathan	217
36	Bradley	197
37	Richard	194
37	Travis	194
39	Brent	185
39	Patrick	185
41	Brandon	178
42	Peter	176
43	Troy	167
44	Jacob	165
45	Gregory	162
46	Todd	159
47	Charles	156
48	Shane	153
49	Joel	148
50	Corey	144
51	Jamie	143
52	Cory	138
53	Bryan	131
54	Craig	130
55	Nicholas	128
56	Sean	119
57	Kyle	116
58	Derek	115
59	Keith	111
60	Erik	109
61	Jon	107
62	Stephen	98
63	Douglas	92
64	Dustin	91
65	Zachary	81
66	Jared	75
67	Tony	74
68	Gary	72
68	Jay	72
68	Randy	72
71	Jeremiah	71
71	Samuel	71
73	Donald	69
73	Wade	69
75	Kenneth	66
76	Brett	65
77	Philip	60
78	Kelly	59
79	Edward	58
80	Terry	55
81	Trevor	53
82	Nathaniel	52
83	Phillip	51
84	Wayne	50
85	Casey	49
85	Gabriel	49
85	Luke	49
85	Seth	49
89	Christian	48
89	Jeffery	48
89	Mathew	48
89	Neil	48
93	Curtis	47
93	Ronald	47
95	Carl	46
95	Lance	46
97	Alan	45
97	Dennis	45
99	Martin	43
100	Brad	41
100	Lee	41