Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1997

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jacob	823
2	Matthew	657
3	Nicholas	628
4	Andrew	569
5	Austin	523
6	Michael	508
7	Tyler	504
8	Samuel	480
9	Joseph	474
10	Zachary	471
11	Benjamin	462
12	Alexander	458
13	Joshua	452
14	Ryan	401
15	Brandon	377
16	John	349
17	Daniel	347
18	Dylan	320
19	Nathan	314
20	Kyle	311
21	Jordan	310
22	Christopher	306
23	Logan	289
24	William	284
25	Noah	281

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Cody	273
27	Jack	272
28	Thomas	268
29	Anthony	267
30	Cole	258
31	David	251
32	Aaron	244
33	Justin	241
34	Adam	224
35	Jonathan	221
36	Mitchell	218
37	James	215
38	Hunter	214
39	Connor	213
40	Alex	199
41	Ethan	196
42	Lucas	195
43	Tanner	194
44	Luke	188
45	Brady	170
46	Robert	164
47	Jared	155
48	Blake	146
49	Trevor	145
50	Charles	144
51	Isaac	140
51	Kevin	140
53	Christian	138
54	Eric	135
54	Evan	135
56	Caleb	134
57	Devin	132
58	Riley	130
59	Timothy	128
60	Taylor	127
61	Travis	124
62	Grant	121
63	Maxwell	120
64	Jason	119
64	Peter	119
64	Spencer	119
67	Jesse	115
68	Mason	114
69	Wyatt	113
70	Carter	111
70	Derek	111
72	Patrick	110
73	Nathaniel	106
74	Garrett	105
75	Isaiah	104
75	Jake	104
77	Brian	103
77	Sean	103
79	Steven	102
80	Jackson	100
81	Alec	99
81	Chase	99
83	Tristan	97
84	Cameron	95
85	Dakota	94
86	Gabriel	93
87	Mark	91
88	Erik	90
89	Colton	86
90	Collin	85
91	Bradley	84
92	Paul	83
93	Dustin	82
94	Ian	81
95	Elijah	79
95	Parker	79
97	Seth	78
98	Brett	77
99	Henry	71
99	Levi	71