Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1996

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jacob	819
2	Nicholas	647
3	Matthew	642
4	Tyler	573
5	Michael	571
6	Andrew	511
6	Zachary	511
8	Joseph	494
9	Austin	482
10	Ryan	481
11	Samuel	479
12	Alexander	476
13	Joshua	450
14	Benjamin	442
15	Brandon	407
16	John	375
17	Daniel	350
18	Kyle	349
19	Anthony	332
20	Thomas	331
21	Jordan	315
22	Cody	313
23	Nathan	300
24	Christopher	296
25	William	287

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dylan	273
27	Justin	262
28	David	247
28	Jonathan	247
30	Aaron	240
31	Logan	239
32	Jack	237
32	James	237
34	Noah	232
35	Adam	230
36	Mitchell	226
37	Alex	209
38	Robert	199
39	Hunter	196
40	Cole	192
41	Eric	185
42	Connor	177
43	Lucas	173
44	Luke	172
45	Blake	166
46	Christian	164
47	Tanner	161
48	Kevin	157
49	Jesse	156
50	Brady	150
51	Derek	142
52	Patrick	139
53	Ethan	138
54	Peter	136
54	Taylor	136
56	Caleb	135
56	Charles	135
58	Isaac	131
59	Brian	128
59	Jason	128
61	Travis	124
62	Grant	123
63	Riley	122
64	Chase	121
64	Trevor	121
66	Jared	120
67	Timothy	119
68	Evan	118
69	Tristan	112
70	Ian	107
71	Isaiah	105
71	Spencer	105
71	Wyatt	105
74	Mason	103
74	Steven	103
76	Brett	101
76	Devin	101
78	Sean	100
79	Collin	99
80	Colton	98
81	Nathaniel	97
82	Mark	96
82	Maxwell	96
84	Alec	92
84	Garrett	92
86	Jeremy	87
86	Paul	87
88	Levi	85
89	Carter	83
89	Jake	83
91	Bradley	82
92	Bryce	80
92	Dalton	80
94	Dustin	79
94	Erik	79
96	Jackson	78
97	Cameron	75
98	Dakota	73
98	Richard	73
98	Seth	73