The Most Popular Minnesota Boy Baby Names in 1978
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| 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 |





