Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1988

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,096
2	Matthew	1,078
3	Andrew	1,053
4	Joshua	761
5	Daniel	711
6	Nicholas	682
7	Jacob	667
8	Ryan	665
9	Joseph	648
10	Christopher	639
11	Justin	579
12	David	533
13	Benjamin	529
14	Kyle	521
15	Tyler	504
16	Adam	488
17	Anthony	474
18	Brandon	472
19	Eric	451
20	John	438
21	Thomas	419
22	Zachary	404
23	Alexander	382
24	Aaron	377
25	James	375

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Robert	354
27	Brian	351
28	Nathan	346
29	Timothy	338
30	Jonathan	336
31	Travis	320
32	Samuel	307
33	Kevin	281
34	Steven	277
35	Jason	260
36	William	259
37	Derek	250
38	Cody	247
39	Jeffrey	245
40	Dustin	243
41	Patrick	229
42	Jordan	225
43	Jeremy	214
44	Scott	201
45	Alex	200
46	Paul	195
47	Jesse	192
48	Peter	181
49	Mark	176
50	Mitchell	170
51	Charles	169
51	Cory	169
53	Sean	164
54	Jared	153
55	Richard	152
56	Bradley	151
57	Luke	141
58	Corey	138
59	Erik	128
60	Lucas	127
61	Chad	121
62	Stephen	117
63	Brett	115
63	Shane	115
65	Bryan	111
66	Gregory	105
67	Blake	98
67	Casey	98
69	Shawn	95
70	Taylor	91
70	Trevor	91
72	Evan	88
73	Dylan	86
74	Nathaniel	82
75	Brent	77
76	Ross	76
77	Seth	75
78	Cameron	74
79	Brady	72
80	Colin	71
81	Philip	68
82	Austin	66
82	Kenneth	66
82	Marcus	66
85	Cole	64
85	Garrett	64
85	Ian	64
88	Grant	62
89	Caleb	61
89	Joel	61
91	Isaac	60
91	Spencer	60
93	Keith	57
94	Drew	55
94	Phillip	55
96	Logan	54
97	Craig	53
97	Curtis	53
97	Douglas	53
100	Carl	52