Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,199
2	Jason	1,107
3	Matthew	931
4	Ryan	895
5	Christopher	767
6	Brian	732
7	Daniel	710
8	Jeremy	649
9	David	601
10	Joshua	594
11	John	578
12	Joseph	557
13	Eric	554
14	Andrew	548
15	James	492
16	Jeffrey	482
17	Chad	476
18	Nathan	468
19	Benjamin	423
20	Scott	396
20	Timothy	396
22	Aaron	389
23	Justin	386
24	Robert	381
25	Paul	346

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mark	334
27	Thomas	329
28	Anthony	325
29	Adam	322
30	Steven	301
31	Jesse	291
32	Kevin	287
33	William	266
34	Shawn	259
35	Nicholas	226
36	Patrick	220
37	Travis	217
38	Bradley	208
39	Jacob	206
40	Jonathan	203
41	Richard	202
42	Cory	198
43	Brandon	196
43	Peter	196
45	Gregory	171
46	Brent	169
47	Charles	160
48	Corey	158
48	Todd	158
50	Troy	152
51	Craig	147
52	Erik	146
53	Bryan	139
54	Kyle	137
55	Shane	135
56	Joel	132
57	Jamie	123
58	Jeremiah	119
58	Sean	119
60	Derek	118
60	Keith	118
62	Jared	106
63	Samuel	98
64	Dustin	96
65	Douglas	92
66	Stephen	91
67	Jon	87
68	Randy	85
69	Zachary	83
70	Donald	82
71	Kenneth	77
72	Seth	76
73	Jay	75
74	Brett	74
75	Luke	67
76	Mathew	64
77	Lucas	62
77	Trevor	62
79	Lance	61
80	Darren	60
81	Philip	59
81	Phillip	59
81	Tony	59
84	Wade	58
85	Dennis	56
85	Jeffery	56
85	Mitchell	56
85	Ross	56
89	Kristopher	55
90	Gary	53
91	Nathaniel	51
92	Lee	50
93	Edward	48
93	Ronald	48
93	Terry	48
96	Wesley	47
97	Darin	46
98	Christian	45
98	Neil	45
100	Alan	44
100	Casey	44
100	Kelly	44