Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1980

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,351
2	Matthew	1,099
3	Joshua	981
4	Ryan	887
5	Jason	885
6	Christopher	837
7	Andrew	783
8	Nicholas	777
9	Daniel	762
10	Joseph	719
11	Justin	708
12	David	704
13	Adam	683
14	Brian	605
14	John	605
16	Eric	587
17	Benjamin	533
18	James	521
19	Nathan	498
20	Jeffrey	483
21	Jeremy	477
22	Robert	452
23	Aaron	435
24	Timothy	433
25	Jesse	400

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Thomas	390
27	Scott	386
28	Chad	362
29	Jacob	361
30	Anthony	352
31	Paul	335
32	Jonathan	334
33	Travis	333
34	Mark	324
35	Brandon	311
36	Steven	279
37	Dustin	277
38	Patrick	276
39	William	272
40	Kevin	261
41	Peter	249
42	Richard	212
43	Charles	210
44	Bradley	201
45	Derek	196
45	Shawn	196
47	Kyle	194
48	Luke	187
49	Erik	186
50	Gregory	162
51	Bryan	158
52	Brent	157
53	Joel	148
54	Lucas	143
55	Shane	136
56	Cory	131
57	Samuel	125
58	Sean	122
59	Craig	118
60	Jared	116
61	Corey	115
62	Jeremiah	109
63	Kenneth	105
64	Stephen	101
65	Zachary	99
66	Troy	94
67	Douglas	91
67	Jon	91
69	Todd	89
70	Phillip	88
71	Tyler	85
72	Jamie	84
72	Keith	84
74	Nathaniel	80
74	Seth	80
76	Philip	79
77	Mitchell	76
78	Casey	69
79	Donald	65
79	Shaun	65
81	Randy	64
82	Brett	63
82	Curtis	63
84	Alexander	58
84	Gary	58
86	Carl	56
86	Russell	56
88	Tony	54
88	Trevor	54
90	Jay	53
91	Derrick	52
92	Martin	51
93	Lee	49
94	Dennis	48
94	Ian	48
94	Kristopher	48
94	Lance	48
94	Neil	48
94	Ross	48
100	Edward	47