Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1986

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	1,185
2	Michael	1,142
3	Andrew	1,097
4	Christopher	805
5	Ryan	795
6	Daniel	767
7	Nicholas	743
8	Joshua	706
9	Joseph	644
10	David	584
11	Adam	552
12	Jacob	546
13	Brandon	542
14	Kyle	500
15	Benjamin	488
16	John	463
17	Justin	460
18	Eric	456
19	Anthony	451
20	Jason	397
21	Robert	392
22	Thomas	386
23	Tyler	378
24	James	372
25	Brian	367

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Nathan	363
27	Aaron	361
28	Jonathan	354
29	Timothy	352
30	Kevin	307
31	Alexander	302
32	Steven	300
33	Jeremy	291
34	Jeffrey	285
35	Scott	282
36	Dustin	275
37	Jesse	272
38	William	267
39	Zachary	263
40	Travis	262
41	Patrick	260
42	Paul	252
43	Mark	240
44	Peter	226
45	Derek	215
46	Jordan	186
47	Bradley	178
47	Sean	178
49	Charles	177
50	Richard	176
51	Samuel	166
52	Jared	149
53	Cody	147
53	Stephen	147
55	Chad	145
56	Erik	144
57	Alex	142
58	Gregory	135
59	Luke	134
59	Mitchell	134
61	Bryan	131
61	Shawn	131
63	Lucas	127
64	Corey	125
65	Brett	124
66	Cory	114
67	Joel	103
68	Shane	100
69	Brent	94
70	Ross	93
71	Casey	86
72	Nathaniel	83
73	Trevor	81
74	Craig	77
75	Blake	75
75	Kenneth	75
77	Evan	71
78	Cole	70
78	Dylan	70
78	Seth	70
81	Ian	67
81	Phillip	67
83	Brady	66
84	Troy	64
85	Douglas	62
85	Keith	62
85	Philip	62
88	Grant	60
88	Todd	60
90	Drew	59
90	Jeremiah	59
90	Lee	59
93	Carl	58
94	Mathew	55
95	Alan	53
95	Jake	53
95	Jonathon	53
98	Caleb	52
98	Lance	52
98	Taylor	52