Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 2005

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Ethan	494
2	Jacob	477
3	Samuel	441
4	Jack	420
5	Andrew	415
6	Benjamin	394
7	Joseph	373
8	Alexander	372
9	Logan	358
10	William	356
11	Tyler	355
12	Matthew	333
13	Noah	324
14	Joshua	300
15	Nathan	297
16	Michael	290
16	Owen	290
18	Ryan	289
19	Gavin	286
19	Zachary	286
21	Nicholas	280
22	Mason	278
23	Carter	275
24	Evan	274
25	Dylan	272

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Hunter	254
27	Isaac	245
28	Thomas	241
29	Jackson	240
30	Connor	235
31	Charles	221
32	John	220
33	Caleb	219
33	James	219
35	Daniel	212
36	Anthony	211
36	Austin	211
38	Aidan	205
39	Luke	203
40	Gabriel	198
41	Elijah	194
42	David	192
43	Wyatt	190
44	Cole	178
45	Christopher	176
46	Adam	172
47	Henry	171
48	Lucas	167
49	Aiden	162
50	Justin	160
51	Blake	159
52	Brandon	158
53	Riley	157
54	Jonathan	154
55	Kyle	153
56	Isaiah	151
57	Chase	146
58	Landon	139
59	Maxwell	138
60	Carson	134
61	Brayden	133
61	Christian	133
63	Brady	131
63	Jordan	131
65	Alex	130
66	Cody	126
67	Ian	124
68	Cameron	123
69	Jayden	120
69	Parker	120
71	Caden	119
72	Tanner	118
73	Aaron	114
74	Nolan	111
75	Kevin	110
76	Hayden	107
76	Robert	107
78	Colin	99
78	Kaden	99
80	Grant	94
80	Liam	94
82	Jason	92
83	Ashton	91
83	Dominic	91
83	Vincent	91
86	Eric	90
87	Jose	89
88	Devin	87
88	Levi	87
88	Nathaniel	87
91	Cooper	83
92	Colton	82
93	Drew	81
93	Trevor	81
95	Jake	78
96	Seth	77
97	Jonah	76
98	Bryce	75
98	Sean	75
100	Eli	74