Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1984

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	1,245
2	Michael	1,209
3	Daniel	897
4	Ryan	872
5	Christopher	868
6	Andrew	863
7	Adam	839
8	Joshua	837
9	Joseph	797
10	David	707
11	Nicholas	689
12	John	526
13	Jacob	525
14	Brian	522
15	Jason	514
16	Eric	513
17	Benjamin	498
18	Brandon	494
19	Justin	482
20	Anthony	449
21	Nathan	433
22	James	426
23	Thomas	421
24	Robert	404
25	Aaron	385

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Timothy	385
27	Jonathan	379
28	Kyle	364
29	Jeffrey	336
30	Mark	326
31	Steven	305
32	Tyler	299
33	Dustin	294
34	Scott	282
35	Travis	278
36	Jeremy	276
37	Kevin	275
38	Paul	272
39	William	270
40	Patrick	263
41	Peter	239
42	Jesse	237
43	Chad	228
44	Derek	223
45	Zachary	220
46	Richard	188
47	Bradley	184
48	Charles	183
49	Alexander	152
50	Bryan	145
51	Brent	140
52	Erik	139
53	Samuel	137
54	Gregory	135
54	Luke	135
56	Jared	134
57	Cory	132
58	Shawn	128
59	Jordan	126
59	Stephen	126
61	Cody	125
62	Lucas	124
63	Sean	117
64	Mitchell	114
65	Joel	107
66	Corey	103
67	Brett	94
68	Keith	90
69	Craig	89
69	Nathaniel	89
69	Philip	89
72	Blake	84
73	Douglas	80
73	Ross	80
75	Troy	79
76	Jeremiah	77
77	Mathew	75
78	Kenneth	74
79	Seth	72
80	Casey	71
81	Cole	68
81	Evan	68
81	Lee	68
81	Marcus	68
85	Ian	65
85	Todd	65
87	Donald	63
88	Alex	62
89	Grant	60
90	Jon	57
90	Phillip	57
90	Randy	57
93	Darren	56
94	Lance	55
95	Curtis	54
95	Shane	54
95	Trevor	54
98	Brady	52
98	Carl	52
100	Drew	50