Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,204
2	Matthew	1,126
3	Jason	948
4	Joshua	893
5	Christopher	832
6	Ryan	828
7	Nicholas	761
8	Andrew	741
9	Daniel	708
10	David	670
11	Brian	645
12	Joseph	623
13	John	597
14	Jeremy	577
15	Adam	566
16	Eric	540
17	Nathan	523
18	James	496
19	Jeffrey	467
20	Justin	462
21	Benjamin	460
22	Timothy	443
23	Robert	439
24	Aaron	433
25	Scott	426

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Chad	419
27	Mark	357
28	Thomas	348
29	Anthony	338
30	Jesse	310
31	Steven	303
32	Travis	302
33	Paul	298
34	Kevin	295
35	Jacob	291
36	Brandon	280
37	William	257
38	Patrick	256
39	Peter	237
40	Jonathan	234
41	Charles	213
42	Bradley	206
43	Richard	201
44	Shawn	183
45	Kyle	178
46	Erik	163
47	Bryan	151
48	Brent	148
49	Gregory	145
50	Shane	144
50	Troy	144
52	Corey	142
53	Dustin	141
54	Cory	139
55	Joel	135
56	Luke	133
57	Jared	125
58	Derek	124
59	Lucas	123
59	Todd	123
61	Jeremiah	112
62	Douglas	110
62	Zachary	110
64	Kenneth	108
64	Stephen	108
66	Craig	105
67	Sean	103
68	Keith	100
69	Jon	97
70	Philip	91
70	Samuel	91
72	Casey	88
73	Seth	85
74	Brett	81
74	Jamie	81
76	Nathaniel	78
77	Randy	76
78	Donald	73
78	Edward	73
80	Jay	72
81	Shaun	67
81	Trevor	67
83	Kristopher	66
84	Curtis	64
84	Lance	64
86	Tony	61
87	Phillip	59
88	Ronald	56
89	Lee	55
90	Gary	54
90	Neil	54
90	Ross	54
93	Tyler	53
94	Alan	52
95	Dennis	51
96	Alexander	48
97	Ian	47
98	Carl	46
98	Gabriel	46
98	Mathew	46