Popular Minnesota Boy Baby Names From 1978

The Most Popular Minnesota Boy Baby Names in 1978

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1978.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Minnesota was Michael. In total there were 29,482 boys born sharing 401 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1978 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.

Rank	Name	How Unique?	Total births this year
1	Michael	1 in 23 (4.3%)	1,275
2	Jason	1 in 28 (3.5%)	1,038
3	Matthew	1 in 30 (3.3%)	983
4	Ryan	1 in 34 (2.9%)	866
5	Christopher	1 in 39 (2.6%)	763
6	David	1 in 42 (2.4%)	694
7	Joshua	1 in 43 (2.3%)	692
8	Andrew	1 in 44 (2.3%)	669
9	Daniel	1 in 46 (2.2%)	641
10	Brian	1 in 47 (2.1%)	633
11	Joseph	1 in 49 (2%)	600
12	Jeremy	1 in 51 (2%)	579
13	Nicholas	1 in 52 (1.9%)	562
14	Eric	1 in 56 (1.8%)	530
15	John	1 in 58 (1.7%)	512
16	James	1 in 60 (1.7%)	488
17	Jeffrey	1 in 61 (1.6%)	481
18	Nathan	1 in 63 (1.6%)	466
19	Chad	1 in 66 (1.5%)	445
20	Timothy	1 in 67 (1.5%)	442
21	Robert	1 in 68 (1.5%)	432
22	Aaron	1 in 71 (1.4%)	413
23	Adam	1 in 72 (1.4%)	411
24	Benjamin	1 in 72 (1.4%)	408
25	Justin	1 in 76 (1.3%)	388
26	Scott	1 in 77 (1.3%)	383
27	Mark	1 in 80 (1.3%)	370
28	Thomas	1 in 85 (1.2%)	345
29	Anthony	1 in 86 (1.2%)	343
30	Paul	1 in 90 (1.1%)	326
31	Jesse	1 in 92 (1.1%)	319
32	Steven	1 in 95 (1%)	309
33	Kevin	1 in 103 (1%)	286
34	Jacob	1 in 120 (0.8%)	246
35	William	1 in 123 (0.8%)	240
36	Brandon	1 in 125 (0.8%)	235
37	Shawn	1 in 131 (0.8%)	225
38	Travis	1 in 138 (0.7%)	214
39	Jonathan	1 in 138 (0.7%)	213
40	Patrick	1 in 139 (0.7%)	212
41	Peter	1 in 147 (0.7%)	200
42	Richard	1 in 149 (0.7%)	198
43	Bradley	1 in 157 (0.6%)	188
44	Charles	1 in 165 (0.6%)	179
45	Kyle	1 in 167 (0.6%)	177
46	Brent	1 in 179 (0.6%)	165
47	Todd	1 in 188 (0.5%)	157
48	Cory	1 in 195 (0.5%)	151
49	Gregory	1 in 198 (0.5%)	149
50	Bryan	1 in 199 (0.5%)	148
51	Corey	1 in 208 (0.5%)	142
52	Shane	1 in 211 (0.5%)	140
53	Sean	1 in 215 (0.5%)	137
54	Troy	1 in 215 (0.5%)	137
55	Erik	1 in 220 (0.5%)	134
56	Jeremiah	1 in 232 (0.4%)	127
57	Shaun	1 in 232 (0.4%)	127
58	Dustin	1 in 240 (0.4%)	123
59	Derek	1 in 240 (0.4%)	123
60	Stephen	1 in 242 (0.4%)	122
61	Craig	1 in 254 (0.4%)	116
62	Joel	1 in 259 (0.4%)	114
63	Samuel	1 in 270 (0.4%)	109
64	Luke	1 in 281 (0.4%)	105
65	Zachary	1 in 286 (0.3%)	103
66	Keith	1 in 292 (0.3%)	101
67	Jared	1 in 295 (0.3%)	100
68	Jamie	1 in 310 (0.3%)	95
69	Lucas	1 in 310 (0.3%)	95
70	Douglas	1 in 314 (0.3%)	94
71	Jay	1 in 339 (0.3%)	87
72	Jon	1 in 355 (0.3%)	83
73	Casey	1 in 373 (0.3%)	79
74	Kenneth	1 in 378 (0.3%)	78
75	Donald	1 in 388 (0.3%)	76
76	Nathaniel	1 in 398 (0.3%)	74
77	Seth	1 in 409 (0.2%)	72
78	Randy	1 in 440 (0.2%)	67
79	Brett	1 in 461 (0.2%)	64
80	Phillip	1 in 491 (0.2%)	60
81	Ronald	1 in 500 (0.2%)	59
82	Ross	1 in 500 (0.2%)	59
83	Trevor	1 in 508 (0.2%)	58
84	Dennis	1 in 508 (0.2%)	58
85	Curtis	1 in 508 (0.2%)	58
86	Edward	1 in 517 (0.2%)	57
87	Kristopher	1 in 517 (0.2%)	57
88	Russell	1 in 517 (0.2%)	57
89	Gary	1 in 526 (0.2%)	56
90	Philip	1 in 536 (0.2%)	55
91	Tony	1 in 546 (0.2%)	54
92	Tyler	1 in 556 (0.2%)	53
93	Alan	1 in 567 (0.2%)	52
94	Gabriel	1 in 567 (0.2%)	52
95	Lee	1 in 590 (0.2%)	50
96	Neil	1 in 602 (0.2%)	49
97	Mitchell	1 in 602 (0.2%)	49
98	Lance	1 in 602 (0.2%)	49
99	Alexander	1 in 614 (0.2%)	48
100	Mathew	1 in 614 (0.2%)	48