Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 2002

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jacob	620
2	Ethan	497
3	Benjamin	460
4	Samuel	458
5	Nicholas	452
6	Joseph	447
7	Zachary	421
8	Andrew	418
9	Joshua	409
10	Alexander	402
11	Jack	394
12	Logan	390
13	Tyler	382
14	Matthew	377
15	Michael	362
16	William	347
17	Noah	338
18	Ryan	325
19	Dylan	298
20	Austin	293
21	Hunter	292
22	Nathan	280
23	Daniel	272
24	John	264
25	Thomas	261

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Isaac	259
27	Carter	256
28	Anthony	242
29	Mason	233
30	Luke	227
31	Cole	220
32	Connor	218
33	Brandon	215
34	Jackson	214
35	Jordan	211
36	James	206
37	Riley	202
38	Caleb	201
39	Christopher	199
40	David	197
41	Blake	190
42	Adam	188
42	Gabriel	188
44	Lucas	184
45	Cody	183
46	Evan	182
47	Charles	177
48	Justin	168
49	Gavin	167
49	Owen	167
51	Alex	166
52	Kyle	162
53	Aaron	161
54	Jonathan	158
55	Elijah	156
56	Isaiah	150
57	Wyatt	143
58	Maxwell	138
59	Christian	137
60	Devin	130
61	Brady	125
62	Ian	124
63	Kevin	123
64	Cameron	122
65	Parker	121
66	Aidan	120
66	Nathaniel	120
68	Robert	119
69	Eric	118
70	Grant	113
70	Tanner	113
72	Dominic	112
73	Carson	111
73	Henry	111
75	Chase	108
76	Mitchell	97
77	Timothy	94
77	Trevor	94
79	Sean	92
80	Garrett	91
80	Peter	91
82	Jaden	90
82	Seth	90
84	Jason	89
85	Jake	88
86	Spencer	83
87	Nolan	81
88	Brian	80
89	Bryce	79
90	Tristan	78
91	Caden	77
91	Hayden	77
93	Jose	76
94	Jayden	75
95	Jonah	74
95	Levi	74
97	Colin	71
97	Derek	71
99	Calvin	66
100	Marcus	65