Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1985

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	1,235
2	Michael	1,146
3	Andrew	989
4	Daniel	901
5	Joshua	866
6	Ryan	806
7	Christopher	794
8	Joseph	726
9	Nicholas	713
10	David	652
11	Adam	629
12	Jacob	566
13	John	541
14	Brandon	532
15	Eric	500
16	Anthony	486
17	Justin	475
18	Robert	454
19	Benjamin	452
20	Jason	449
21	Kyle	444
22	James	441
23	Brian	407
23	Thomas	407
25	Nathan	396

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	387
27	Jonathan	365
28	Tyler	355
29	Jeffrey	353
30	Aaron	340
31	Steven	331
32	Scott	313
33	Dustin	309
34	Kevin	308
35	William	290
36	Mark	279
37	Jesse	270
38	Zachary	262
39	Jeremy	256
39	Travis	256
41	Patrick	242
42	Paul	240
43	Derek	236
44	Peter	234
45	Alexander	211
46	Chad	187
47	Bradley	181
48	Samuel	177
49	Charles	175
50	Richard	163
51	Cody	159
52	Luke	151
53	Bryan	146
54	Sean	142
55	Cory	141
56	Erik	138
57	Shawn	133
58	Mitchell	124
59	Gregory	119
59	Jordan	119
61	Stephen	116
62	Brent	115
62	Corey	115
62	Lucas	115
62	Shane	115
66	Jared	113
67	Brett	100
68	Alex	98
69	Nathaniel	95
70	Kenneth	94
70	Ross	94
72	Joel	87
73	Blake	85
73	Craig	85
75	Grant	84
76	Ian	76
77	Philip	73
78	Keith	71
78	Marcus	71
78	Seth	71
78	Trevor	71
82	Cole	70
83	Troy	69
84	Mathew	67
85	Phillip	66
86	Brady	65
87	Evan	64
87	Jeremiah	64
89	Casey	63
90	Alan	62
90	Todd	62
92	Drew	61
92	Jon	61
92	Lee	61
95	Colin	60
96	Douglas	58
96	Edward	58
98	Donald	54
99	Derrick	52
99	Garrett	52
99	Randy	52