Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,373
2	Matthew	1,233
3	Joshua	963
4	Ryan	944
5	Andrew	819
6	Christopher	800
7	Nicholas	772
8	Daniel	754
9	Joseph	738
10	Jason	735
11	David	713
12	Adam	687
13	Justin	643
14	John	622
15	Brian	571
16	Benjamin	560
17	James	515
18	Eric	490
19	Nathan	471
20	Aaron	452
21	Robert	448
22	Timothy	444
23	Brandon	436
23	Jesse	436
25	Scott	429

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jonathan	427
27	Jeremy	412
28	Jeffrey	400
29	Anthony	396
30	Thomas	368
31	Jacob	367
32	Mark	354
33	Steven	333
34	Chad	313
35	Dustin	306
36	Paul	299
37	Travis	294
38	Kevin	290
39	William	272
40	Derek	241
41	Patrick	225
42	Peter	224
43	Bradley	204
44	Kyle	199
45	Richard	190
46	Charles	187
47	Bryan	176
48	Luke	173
49	Lucas	170
50	Shawn	168
51	Erik	159
52	Brent	156
53	Gregory	139
54	Sean	135
55	Joel	134
56	Shane	132
57	Cory	130
58	Jared	125
58	Zachary	125
60	Samuel	120
61	Jeremiah	113
62	Douglas	110
62	Keith	110
62	Stephen	110
65	Mitchell	104
66	Craig	102
66	Todd	102
68	Seth	98
69	Corey	94
70	Casey	91
71	Troy	89
72	Alexander	87
73	Tyler	86
74	Brett	85
74	Jordan	85
74	Phillip	85
77	Nathaniel	76
77	Shaun	76
79	Jamie	73
80	Ross	72
81	Jon	71
81	Philip	71
81	Trevor	71
84	Jay	68
84	Randy	68
86	Kenneth	67
87	Lee	65
88	Donald	64
89	Edward	63
90	Mathew	62
91	Blake	61
92	Cody	52
93	Alan	51
93	Gary	51
93	Ian	51
93	Karl	51
93	Tony	51
98	Carl	50
98	Derrick	50
98	Jeffery	50
98	Lance	50