Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 2001

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jacob	721
2	Samuel	509
3	Joseph	487
4	Benjamin	480
5	Andrew	478
6	Nicholas	452
7	Tyler	430
8	Matthew	428
9	Zachary	422
10	Joshua	411
11	Ethan	404
11	Michael	404
13	Alexander	395
14	Jack	375
15	Dylan	356
16	Logan	352
17	Noah	342
18	Ryan	341
19	William	338
20	Nathan	318
21	Austin	308
22	Thomas	297
23	Hunter	294
24	John	288
25	Carter	272

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Brandon	264
27	Daniel	262
28	Isaac	252
29	Anthony	247
30	Cole	227
31	Mason	225
32	Christopher	223
33	Luke	219
34	David	218
35	Jackson	211
36	Justin	210
37	Adam	204
37	James	204
39	Caleb	201
40	Connor	200
40	Kyle	200
42	Jonathan	195
43	Blake	178
44	Aaron	177
45	Cody	176
46	Charles	168
47	Jordan	167
48	Maxwell	166
49	Evan	159
50	Alex	155
51	Riley	154
52	Gabriel	153
52	Wyatt	153
54	Kevin	146
54	Parker	146
56	Isaiah	145
56	Lucas	145
58	Christian	144
59	Gavin	129
60	Elijah	128
61	Cameron	126
62	Ian	122
63	Devin	120
63	Tanner	120
65	Eric	118
66	Robert	117
67	Chase	114
67	Mitchell	114
69	Jared	113
70	Grant	109
70	Henry	109
72	Spencer	104
72	Trevor	104
74	Brady	103
75	Jake	99
75	Tristan	99
77	Seth	98
78	Nathaniel	93
79	Jason	91
80	Sean	90
81	Garrett	89
82	Jose	88
83	Timothy	84
84	Peter	83
85	Derek	81
86	Carson	78
86	Owen	78
88	Nolan	77
89	Brian	76
89	Dominic	76
89	Max	76
89	Patrick	76
93	Colton	75
94	Preston	72
95	Jaden	71
95	Levi	71
97	Mark	68
98	Bryce	67
98	Marcus	67
100	Travis	66