Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 2004

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jacob	522
2	Ethan	465
3	Samuel	448
4	Andrew	436
5	Benjamin	408
6	Tyler	407
7	Joseph	384
8	Alexander	378
9	Jack	363
10	William	361
11	Matthew	351
12	Nicholas	350
13	Logan	344
14	Michael	340
15	Zachary	337
16	Joshua	330
17	Ryan	312
18	Dylan	311
19	Noah	296
20	Mason	293
21	Isaac	289
22	Daniel	283
23	Nathan	280
24	Carter	274
25	Evan	269

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gavin	251
27	Caleb	238
28	John	233
28	Owen	233
30	Thomas	232
31	Anthony	230
32	Hunter	229
33	Austin	225
34	Charles	221
35	James	220
36	Connor	218
37	Jackson	217
38	Luke	208
39	Elijah	202
40	Cole	195
41	Riley	184
42	Jonathan	181
42	Wyatt	181
44	Adam	175
44	Christopher	175
46	Brandon	173
46	David	173
48	Lucas	169
49	Gabriel	164
50	Alex	163
51	Aidan	161
51	Blake	161
53	Aaron	160
53	Isaiah	160
55	Henry	156
56	Christian	153
56	Justin	153
58	Jordan	144
59	Brady	138
59	Carson	138
59	Ian	138
62	Aiden	134
62	Maxwell	134
64	Caden	133
65	Ashton	121
66	Kyle	120
67	Chase	119
68	Kevin	116
69	Cody	115
70	Cameron	112
71	Parker	111
72	Tanner	107
73	Nolan	104
74	Grant	103
75	Jason	101
75	Trevor	101
77	Dominic	100
77	Hayden	100
79	Colin	97
80	Collin	95
80	Devin	95
82	Levi	94
83	Bryce	93
83	Jayden	93
85	Kaden	92
86	Eric	91
87	Liam	90
88	Jose	89
88	Landon	89
88	Robert	89
91	Nathaniel	87
92	Seth	85
92	Timothy	85
94	Jake	82
95	Peter	80
96	Cooper	79
96	Mitchell	79
98	Jaden	78
99	Max	77
99	Sean	77