Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	371
2	William	231
3	George	218
4	Robert	211
5	Harold	161
6	James	144
7	Arthur	143
8	Joseph	140
9	Edward	138
10	Donald	133
11	Raymond	132
12	Walter	131
13	Clarence	125
14	Henry	107
15	Charles	104
16	Frank	89
17	Carl	83
18	Richard	82
19	Clifford	81
19	Roy	81
21	Harry	75
21	Leonard	75
23	Paul	73
24	Albert	71
24	Lawrence	71

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kenneth	69
27	Earl	68
28	Arnold	67
29	Elmer	65
29	Howard	65
31	Ralph	64
32	Francis	62
32	Lloyd	62
34	Herbert	61
35	Alfred	55
36	Ernest	54
36	Fred	54
38	Edwin	51
39	Theodore	50
40	Gordon	49
40	Stanley	49
42	Alvin	48
43	Leo	47
43	Russell	47
43	Thomas	47
43	Vernon	47
47	Marvin	45
47	Melvin	45
49	Louis	43
50	Floyd	42
51	Milton	40
52	Bernard	39
52	Lester	39
54	Norman	38
55	Chester	37
56	Andrew	35
56	Martin	35
58	Harvey	34
59	Eugene	32
60	Anthony	29
60	Gerald	29
60	Jack	29
60	Orville	29
60	Peter	29
60	Philip	29
66	Oscar	28
67	David	27
68	Herman	25
68	Leroy	25
68	Willard	25
71	Lyle	24
72	Emil	23
72	Ray	23
74	Glenn	22
74	Oliver	22
74	Rudolph	22
77	Victor	21
78	Frederick	20
79	Ervin	19
79	Irving	19
79	Leslie	19
79	Wallace	19
79	Woodrow	19
84	Adolph	18
84	Daniel	18
84	Joe	18
84	Maurice	18
84	Reuben	18
84	Warren	18
90	Gilbert	17
90	Glen	17
90	Jerome	17
90	Michael	17
90	Wilbur	17
95	Clyde	16
95	Douglas	16
95	Everett	16
95	Samuel	16
99	Laurence	15
99	Vincent	15
99	Wayne	15