Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1990

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,075
2	Andrew	943
3	Matthew	940
4	Nicholas	768
5	Jacob	738
6	Joshua	737
7	Daniel	662
8	Tyler	642
9	Joseph	640
10	Christopher	634
10	Ryan	634
12	David	546
13	Kyle	538
14	Zachary	507
15	Anthony	477
16	Benjamin	472
17	Alexander	448
18	Justin	443
19	Jordan	435
20	John	403
21	Brandon	392
22	Thomas	384
23	Adam	382
24	Cody	364
25	Eric	357

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Aaron	347
27	Samuel	346
28	James	344
29	Robert	334
30	Travis	330
31	Nathan	326
32	Timothy	293
33	Jonathan	287
34	William	281
35	Kevin	279
36	Steven	270
37	Brian	258
38	Derek	246
39	Jesse	243
40	Patrick	234
41	Alex	225
42	Jeffrey	211
43	Mitchell	198
44	Dustin	196
45	Jason	194
46	Jared	189
47	Paul	184
47	Scott	184
49	Charles	182
50	Jeremy	181
50	Peter	181
52	Taylor	176
53	Ethan	164
54	Cory	161
55	Mark	160
56	Lucas	153
56	Sean	153
58	Richard	150
59	Bradley	148
60	Luke	145
61	Erik	135
61	Trevor	135
63	Dylan	133
64	Blake	128
64	Shane	128
66	Stephen	115
67	Evan	113
68	Chad	110
69	Brett	107
70	Corey	106
71	Ian	103
72	Bryan	99
72	Casey	99
74	Spencer	97
75	Gregory	93
76	Nathaniel	88
77	Logan	87
77	Shawn	87
79	Austin	86
79	Cole	86
79	Joel	86
82	Jake	83
83	Garrett	80
84	Colin	79
85	Cameron	77
86	Grant	76
87	Brent	75
88	Caleb	70
89	Philip	69
89	Seth	69
91	Isaac	68
92	Devin	66
93	Phillip	65
94	Douglas	64
95	Jack	63
96	Troy	61
97	Jonathon	60
97	Maxwell	60
99	Tanner	59
100	Christian	58