Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1982

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	1,317
2	Michael	1,302
3	Christopher	965
4	Joshua	927
5	Andrew	865
6	Ryan	850
7	Daniel	811
8	Joseph	745
9	Adam	739
10	Jason	719
11	Nicholas	679
12	David	670
13	Justin	665
14	Brian	577
15	John	564
16	Benjamin	539
17	James	486
18	Eric	483
19	Jacob	474
20	Robert	463
21	Nathan	460
22	Aaron	455
23	Anthony	434
24	Thomas	432
25	Timothy	428

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Brandon	403
27	Jeffrey	401
27	Jonathan	401
29	Jeremy	370
30	Jesse	345
31	Scott	337
32	Mark	332
33	Dustin	327
34	Travis	315
35	Steven	309
36	Paul	306
37	William	289
38	Derek	280
39	Kevin	267
40	Kyle	264
41	Chad	257
42	Patrick	245
43	Richard	237
44	Peter	228
45	Charles	193
46	Bradley	180
47	Zachary	177
48	Sean	172
49	Luke	165
50	Erik	161
51	Brent	149
52	Gregory	148
53	Tyler	139
54	Lucas	133
55	Bryan	129
56	Shawn	127
57	Stephen	121
58	Samuel	115
59	Jared	114
60	Craig	113
61	Joel	110
61	Keith	110
63	Cory	107
64	Brett	106
65	Troy	105
66	Corey	102
67	Todd	95
68	Kenneth	94
68	Mitchell	94
70	Casey	93
70	Nathaniel	93
72	Jeremiah	92
72	Shane	92
74	Jordan	88
75	Philip	87
76	Alexander	80
77	Phillip	77
78	Ross	72
79	Trevor	71
80	Blake	70
81	Douglas	69
81	Seth	69
83	Cody	68
83	Jon	68
85	Lee	67
86	Donald	65
87	Curtis	64
88	Jamie	61
88	Jay	61
90	Randy	60
91	Ian	59
92	Carl	57
92	Mathew	57
94	Edward	56
95	Evan	55
96	Noah	54
97	Cole	50
97	Lance	50
99	Isaac	49
99	Ronald	49