Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1989

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,090
2	Andrew	1,031
3	Matthew	1,028
4	Nicholas	773
5	Jacob	735
6	Joshua	726
7	Daniel	685
8	Christopher	661
9	Ryan	651
10	Joseph	642
11	David	549
12	Benjamin	543
12	Tyler	543
14	Justin	517
15	Kyle	505
16	John	502
17	Anthony	471
18	Adam	443
19	Alexander	421
20	Brandon	413
21	Zachary	408
22	Thomas	405
23	James	388
24	Nathan	383
25	Aaron	373

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eric	360
26	Robert	360
28	Brian	319
29	Jonathan	305
30	Kevin	292
31	Samuel	291
32	Jordan	283
33	Travis	280
34	William	279
35	Timothy	277
36	Steven	276
37	Cody	266
38	Derek	254
39	Dustin	251
40	Jesse	240
41	Jason	236
42	Jeffrey	227
43	Scott	212
44	Jeremy	210
45	Alex	204
46	Patrick	200
47	Peter	176
48	Mark	174
49	Cory	173
50	Charles	171
51	Paul	170
51	Sean	170
53	Jared	166
53	Mitchell	166
55	Lucas	153
55	Luke	153
57	Bradley	147
58	Richard	146
59	Blake	129
60	Erik	127
61	Gregory	122
62	Taylor	120
63	Brett	119
63	Trevor	119
65	Stephen	118
66	Bryan	116
67	Corey	109
68	Evan	105
68	Nathaniel	105
70	Chad	104
71	Ethan	101
71	Shane	101
73	Ian	96
74	Dylan	91
75	Brent	86
75	Garrett	86
75	Logan	86
78	Shawn	82
79	Casey	79
80	Grant	78
81	Spencer	77
82	Austin	75
83	Caleb	74
84	Seth	73
85	Cameron	72
86	Cole	71
87	Brady	70
87	Kenneth	70
89	Marcus	69
90	Joel	68
90	Philip	68
92	Drew	67
93	Bryce	65
93	Ross	65
95	Colin	64
96	Donald	62
97	Keith	61
98	Douglas	58
98	Phillip	58
100	Edward	57