Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,275
2	Jason	1,038
3	Matthew	982
4	Ryan	865
5	Christopher	763
6	David	694
7	Joshua	693
8	Andrew	667
9	Daniel	640
10	Brian	633
11	Joseph	600
12	Jeremy	579
13	Nicholas	562
14	Eric	530
15	John	512
16	James	489
17	Jeffrey	481
18	Nathan	466
19	Chad	444
20	Timothy	440
21	Robert	432
22	Aaron	413
23	Adam	412
24	Benjamin	407
25	Justin	387

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Scott	383
27	Mark	370
28	Thomas	345
29	Anthony	343
30	Paul	326
31	Jesse	317
32	Steven	309
33	Kevin	286
34	Jacob	244
35	William	240
36	Brandon	235
37	Shawn	225
38	Jonathan	214
38	Travis	214
40	Patrick	211
41	Peter	200
42	Richard	198
43	Bradley	188
44	Charles	179
45	Kyle	177
46	Brent	165
47	Todd	157
48	Cory	151
49	Gregory	149
50	Bryan	148
51	Corey	142
52	Shane	140
53	Sean	137
53	Troy	137
55	Erik	134
56	Shaun	127
57	Jeremiah	126
58	Derek	123
58	Dustin	123
60	Stephen	122
61	Craig	116
62	Joel	114
63	Samuel	109
64	Luke	105
65	Zachary	103
66	Keith	101
67	Jared	100
68	Lucas	96
69	Jamie	95
70	Douglas	94
71	Jay	87
72	Jon	83
73	Casey	79
73	Kenneth	79
75	Donald	76
76	Nathaniel	74
77	Seth	72
78	Randy	67
79	Brett	65
80	Phillip	60
81	Ronald	59
81	Ross	59
83	Curtis	58
83	Dennis	58
85	Edward	57
85	Kristopher	57
85	Russell	57
85	Trevor	57
89	Gary	56
90	Philip	55
91	Tony	54
92	Tyler	53
93	Gabriel	52
94	Alan	51
95	Lee	50
96	Lance	49
96	Mitchell	49
96	Neil	49
99	Alexander	48
99	Mathew	48