Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 2006

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Ethan	463
2	Jacob	448
3	Logan	411
4	Benjamin	406
5	Jack	401
6	Noah	380
7	William	377
8	Andrew	370
9	Samuel	367
10	Joseph	355
11	Mason	337
12	Owen	328
13	Alexander	321
14	Gavin	320
15	Tyler	319
16	Matthew	304
17	Jackson	301
18	Carter	297
19	Nicholas	281
20	Isaac	269
21	Dylan	268
21	Joshua	268
23	Ryan	254
24	Michael	253
25	Nathan	248

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Zachary	244
27	Charles	241
28	John	239
29	Connor	231
30	Evan	229
31	James	228
32	Anthony	227
33	Daniel	224
34	Wyatt	219
35	Hunter	215
36	Caleb	209
36	Luke	209
38	Aiden	207
38	Landon	207
40	Elijah	206
41	Lucas	202
41	Thomas	202
43	Aidan	201
44	Austin	199
45	Henry	191
46	David	178
47	Jonathan	175
48	Cole	172
48	Isaiah	172
50	Gabriel	169
51	Alex	168
51	Riley	168
53	Carson	156
54	Brandon	154
55	Adam	150
55	Blake	150
57	Christopher	149
58	Ian	147
59	Aaron	142
59	Maxwell	142
61	Caden	136
61	Cameron	136
63	Jayden	134
64	Parker	133
65	Nolan	128
66	Christian	127
67	Kevin	125
68	Brady	124
69	Kyle	123
70	Brayden	122
71	Justin	120
72	Chase	117
73	Dominic	113
74	Grant	111
74	Hayden	111
76	Cooper	108
76	Jordan	108
76	Levi	108
79	Kaden	105
79	Liam	105
79	Tristan	105
82	Eli	103
83	Robert	101
84	Jose	91
84	Preston	91
86	Seth	90
86	Vincent	90
88	Brody	86
88	Cody	86
90	Sean	83
90	Tanner	83
92	Nathaniel	79
93	Devin	78
94	Jeremiah	77
95	Bryce	76
96	Colin	75
96	Jason	75
96	Max	75
99	Drew	73
99	Oliver	73