Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1999

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jacob	755
2	Nicholas	549
3	Matthew	538
4	Benjamin	515
5	Andrew	501
6	Tyler	482
7	Austin	470
7	Zachary	470
9	Samuel	456
10	Michael	447
11	Joseph	436
12	Alexander	434
13	Ryan	420
14	Joshua	409
15	Dylan	404
16	Noah	402
17	Jack	383
18	Nathan	344
19	Brandon	339
20	Logan	321
21	Thomas	302
22	John	295
22	William	295
24	Hunter	293
25	Daniel	280

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	271
27	Ethan	267
28	Cole	257
29	Christopher	251
30	Jordan	249
31	James	243
32	Kyle	238
33	David	234
34	Justin	228
35	Luke	219
36	Adam	213
37	Blake	203
38	Connor	194
39	Cody	190
39	Jonathan	190
41	Evan	187
42	Mason	181
43	Maxwell	178
44	Alex	176
45	Mitchell	168
46	Aaron	167
47	Caleb	160
48	Jackson	156
49	Riley	153
50	Carter	150
50	Tanner	150
52	Eric	148
53	Christian	147
53	Isaac	147
55	Jared	146
56	Trevor	142
57	Kevin	140
58	Charles	137
59	Lucas	133
60	Cameron	132
61	Robert	129
62	Isaiah	125
63	Spencer	123
64	Chase	122
65	Devin	120
66	Brady	117
67	Jake	113
68	Grant	108
68	Ian	108
68	Jason	108
68	Wyatt	108
72	Peter	104
73	Seth	103
74	Elijah	100
74	Sean	100
76	Parker	99
76	Timothy	99
78	Gavin	97
79	Brian	96
80	Jesse	95
80	Nathaniel	95
80	Patrick	95
83	Gabriel	91
84	Derek	89
84	Garrett	89
86	Colton	87
87	Dawson	79
87	Owen	79
89	Erik	78
90	Henry	77
91	Alec	75
91	Bryce	75
91	Travis	75
94	Levi	74
94	Taylor	74
96	Dalton	73
96	Dominic	73
96	Steven	73
99	Jeremy	71
99	Paul	71
99	Richard	71