Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1983

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	1,261
2	Michael	1,225
3	Andrew	907
4	Christopher	900
5	Daniel	846
6	Ryan	831
7	Adam	809
8	Joshua	805
9	Joseph	739
10	Nicholas	707
11	David	620
12	Justin	590
13	Brian	583
14	Jason	574
15	Brandon	507
16	John	506
17	Eric	497
18	Jacob	474
19	Benjamin	473
20	Nathan	436
21	Aaron	431
22	Robert	420
23	James	413
24	Jonathan	400
25	Thomas	388

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	380
27	Jeffrey	377
28	Kyle	368
29	Timothy	344
30	Steven	326
31	Travis	325
32	Jeremy	318
33	Scott	308
34	Jesse	307
35	Mark	290
36	Dustin	282
37	William	279
38	Patrick	271
39	Kevin	268
40	Chad	255
41	Paul	251
42	Derek	229
43	Peter	200
44	Charles	199
44	Zachary	199
46	Richard	175
47	Luke	174
48	Tyler	171
49	Bradley	159
50	Erik	158
51	Jared	144
52	Samuel	141
53	Gregory	136
54	Lucas	134
55	Shawn	133
56	Brent	132
56	Bryan	132
58	Jordan	123
59	Cory	122
60	Sean	120
61	Corey	116
62	Brett	104
62	Joel	104
64	Stephen	102
65	Alexander	100
66	Craig	97
67	Shane	92
68	Nathaniel	89
68	Troy	89
70	Keith	86
71	Todd	85
72	Blake	81
72	Kenneth	81
72	Mitchell	81
75	Seth	76
76	Casey	75
77	Phillip	74
78	Douglas	68
79	Ross	67
80	Cody	66
80	Jeremiah	66
82	Noah	65
82	Trevor	65
84	Edward	64
84	Ian	64
86	Cole	63
86	Lee	63
88	Caleb	60
88	Grant	60
88	Jon	60
91	Carl	58
91	Evan	58
93	Mathew	57
94	Curtis	56
95	Philip	52
95	Theodore	52
97	Donald	51
98	Alex	50
98	Darren	50
98	Neil	50