Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 2000

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jacob	752
2	Nicholas	536
3	Matthew	510
4	Andrew	501
5	Samuel	491
6	Benjamin	476
7	Tyler	452
8	Zachary	451
9	Michael	449
10	Joseph	440
11	Alexander	414
12	Joshua	403
13	Jack	384
14	Ethan	365
15	Ryan	364
16	Nathan	348
17	Dylan	347
18	Brandon	344
19	Noah	336
20	William	324
21	Austin	323
22	Hunter	314
22	John	314
24	Logan	298
25	Thomas	292

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	278
27	Cole	255
28	Kyle	253
29	Anthony	242
30	Christopher	231
30	Luke	231
32	Carter	221
33	Adam	219
34	Jordan	217
35	Justin	215
36	David	205
37	Isaac	204
38	James	196
39	Aaron	193
39	Jonathan	193
41	Connor	183
42	Alex	176
42	Evan	176
44	Caleb	175
45	Mason	174
46	Jackson	173
47	Cody	162
48	Mitchell	159
49	Blake	158
50	Cameron	157
51	Lucas	155
52	Kevin	152
53	Charles	151
54	Maxwell	150
55	Christian	145
56	Riley	136
57	Elijah	134
57	Wyatt	134
59	Isaiah	132
60	Eric	130
60	Gavin	130
60	Ian	130
63	Robert	129
64	Brady	128
64	Jared	128
66	Chase	127
67	Devin	125
68	Gabriel	122
68	Trevor	122
70	Grant	116
71	Tanner	115
72	Bryce	110
73	Jason	108
73	Peter	108
75	Timothy	107
76	Garrett	103
77	Seth	101
78	Spencer	98
79	Nathaniel	97
79	Patrick	97
81	Parker	96
82	Jake	92
83	Derek	91
84	Sean	89
85	Jose	86
86	Colton	82
87	Henry	80
88	Collin	79
89	Dominic	78
90	Taylor	76
91	Brian	74
91	Owen	74
93	Steven	72
93	Travis	72
95	Devon	71
95	Erik	71
95	Mark	71
98	Carson	67
98	Levi	67
100	Dakota	66