Popular Minnesota Boy Baby Names From 1979

The Most Popular Minnesota Boy Baby Names in 1979

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1979.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Minnesota was Michael. In total there were 31,118 boys born sharing 400 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1979 . 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 26 (3.9%)	1,204
2	Matthew	1 in 28 (3.6%)	1,126
3	Jason	1 in 33 (3%)	947
4	Joshua	1 in 35 (2.9%)	892
5	Christopher	1 in 37 (2.7%)	832
6	Ryan	1 in 38 (2.7%)	828
7	Nicholas	1 in 41 (2.4%)	759
8	Andrew	1 in 42 (2.4%)	740
9	Daniel	1 in 44 (2.3%)	707
10	David	1 in 46 (2.2%)	671
11	Brian	1 in 48 (2.1%)	645
12	Joseph	1 in 50 (2%)	622
13	John	1 in 52 (1.9%)	597
14	Jeremy	1 in 54 (1.9%)	577
15	Adam	1 in 55 (1.8%)	567
16	Eric	1 in 58 (1.7%)	539
17	Nathan	1 in 59 (1.7%)	523
18	James	1 in 62 (1.6%)	499
19	Jeffrey	1 in 67 (1.5%)	467
20	Justin	1 in 68 (1.5%)	461
21	Benjamin	1 in 68 (1.5%)	459
22	Timothy	1 in 71 (1.4%)	440
23	Robert	1 in 71 (1.4%)	439
24	Aaron	1 in 72 (1.4%)	433
25	Scott	1 in 73 (1.4%)	426
26	Chad	1 in 74 (1.3%)	418
27	Mark	1 in 87 (1.1%)	357
28	Thomas	1 in 90 (1.1%)	347
29	Anthony	1 in 92 (1.1%)	338
30	Jesse	1 in 100 (1%)	310
31	Steven	1 in 103 (1%)	303
32	Travis	1 in 103 (1%)	302
33	Paul	1 in 104 (1%)	298
34	Kevin	1 in 105 (0.9%)	295
35	Jacob	1 in 107 (0.9%)	292
36	Brandon	1 in 111 (0.9%)	280
37	Patrick	1 in 122 (0.8%)	256
38	William	1 in 122 (0.8%)	256
39	Peter	1 in 131 (0.8%)	237
40	Jonathan	1 in 133 (0.8%)	234
41	Charles	1 in 146 (0.7%)	213
42	Bradley	1 in 151 (0.7%)	206
43	Richard	1 in 155 (0.6%)	201
44	Shawn	1 in 170 (0.6%)	183
45	Kyle	1 in 175 (0.6%)	178
46	Erik	1 in 191 (0.5%)	163
47	Bryan	1 in 206 (0.5%)	151
48	Brent	1 in 210 (0.5%)	148
49	Gregory	1 in 215 (0.5%)	145
50	Troy	1 in 216 (0.5%)	144
51	Shane	1 in 218 (0.5%)	143
52	Corey	1 in 219 (0.5%)	142
53	Dustin	1 in 221 (0.5%)	141
54	Cory	1 in 224 (0.4%)	139
55	Joel	1 in 231 (0.4%)	135
56	Luke	1 in 234 (0.4%)	133
57	Jared	1 in 249 (0.4%)	125
58	Derek	1 in 251 (0.4%)	124
59	Lucas	1 in 253 (0.4%)	123
60	Todd	1 in 253 (0.4%)	123
61	Jeremiah	1 in 278 (0.4%)	112
62	Douglas	1 in 283 (0.4%)	110
63	Zachary	1 in 283 (0.4%)	110
64	Stephen	1 in 288 (0.3%)	108
65	Kenneth	1 in 288 (0.3%)	108
66	Craig	1 in 296 (0.3%)	105
67	Sean	1 in 302 (0.3%)	103
68	Keith	1 in 311 (0.3%)	100
69	Jon	1 in 321 (0.3%)	97
70	Samuel	1 in 342 (0.3%)	91
71	Philip	1 in 342 (0.3%)	91
72	Casey	1 in 354 (0.3%)	88
73	Seth	1 in 366 (0.3%)	85
74	Brett	1 in 384 (0.3%)	81
75	Jamie	1 in 384 (0.3%)	81
76	Nathaniel	1 in 399 (0.3%)	78
77	Randy	1 in 409 (0.2%)	76
78	Donald	1 in 426 (0.2%)	73
79	Edward	1 in 426 (0.2%)	73
80	Jay	1 in 432 (0.2%)	72
81	Shaun	1 in 464 (0.2%)	67
82	Trevor	1 in 464 (0.2%)	67
83	Kristopher	1 in 471 (0.2%)	66
84	Lance	1 in 486 (0.2%)	64
85	Curtis	1 in 486 (0.2%)	64
86	Tony	1 in 510 (0.2%)	61
87	Phillip	1 in 527 (0.2%)	59
88	Ronald	1 in 556 (0.2%)	56
89	Lee	1 in 566 (0.2%)	55
90	Ross	1 in 576 (0.2%)	54
91	Neil	1 in 576 (0.2%)	54
92	Gary	1 in 576 (0.2%)	54
93	Tyler	1 in 587 (0.2%)	53
94	Alan	1 in 598 (0.2%)	52
95	Dennis	1 in 610 (0.2%)	51
96	Alexander	1 in 648 (0.2%)	48
97	Ian	1 in 662 (0.2%)	47
98	Carl	1 in 676 (0.1%)	46
99	Gabriel	1 in 676 (0.1%)	46
100	Mathew	1 in 676 (0.1%)	46