Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1987

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,144
2	Andrew	1,095
3	Matthew	991
4	Daniel	800
5	Nicholas	740
6	Joshua	727
7	Christopher	694
8	Joseph	659
9	Ryan	658
10	David	611
11	Jacob	595
12	Adam	525
13	Justin	517
14	Kyle	508
15	Benjamin	472
16	Brandon	465
17	John	458
18	Anthony	443
19	Thomas	441
20	Eric	419
21	Tyler	410
22	Brian	394
23	Jason	367
24	Nathan	353
25	Robert	350

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alexander	345
27	James	342
28	Zachary	332
29	Kevin	326
30	Travis	320
31	Jonathan	307
32	Timothy	305
33	Jeffrey	297
34	Aaron	295
35	Steven	288
36	Derek	284
37	Scott	273
38	Dustin	260
39	William	257
40	Mark	229
41	Jordan	228
42	Jeremy	225
43	Samuel	224
44	Patrick	222
45	Paul	218
46	Cody	213
47	Peter	203
48	Jesse	187
49	Charles	182
50	Bryan	168
51	Chad	162
52	Alex	161
53	Sean	149
54	Cory	147
55	Richard	143
56	Bradley	142
57	Mitchell	141
58	Jared	139
59	Shawn	136
60	Luke	131
61	Corey	130
62	Shane	127
63	Lucas	120
64	Brett	115
64	Erik	115
66	Stephen	113
67	Gregory	108
68	Brent	102
69	Nathaniel	99
70	Brady	93
71	Joel	87
72	Casey	84
73	Blake	81
74	Evan	76
75	Grant	75
75	Keith	75
75	Troy	75
78	Seth	73
78	Trevor	73
80	Philip	71
80	Ross	71
82	Dylan	68
82	Phillip	68
84	Craig	66
85	Kenneth	62
86	Lance	60
87	Caleb	58
87	Spencer	58
89	Ian	57
89	Jake	57
89	Taylor	57
89	Tony	57
93	Douglas	56
93	Lee	56
95	Curtis	55
96	Cole	53
97	Jay	52
97	Jon	52
99	Edward	50
100	Bryce	49
100	Donald	49