Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1913

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	501
2	William	275
3	Robert	274
4	George	266
5	Donald	191
6	James	189
7	Harold	187
8	Joseph	186
9	Raymond	183
10	Walter	179
11	Edward	173
12	Arthur	155
13	Charles	153
14	Frank	149
15	Clarence	146
16	Carl	124
17	Paul	114
18	Henry	110
19	Leonard	108
20	Richard	106
21	Kenneth	105
22	Harry	103
23	Arnold	98
23	Elmer	98
25	Albert	97

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roy	93
27	Ralph	89
28	Earl	88
29	Clifford	85
30	Howard	83
31	Alfred	81
32	Herbert	80
33	Thomas	79
34	Lawrence	78
34	Lloyd	78
36	Vernon	75
37	Gordon	73
37	Stanley	73
39	Francis	70
40	Russell	65
41	Melvin	64
42	Leo	63
43	Fred	62
44	Bernard	56
44	Ernest	56
46	Frederick	55
46	Lester	55
46	Louis	55
49	Edwin	54
50	Alvin	50
51	Chester	49
51	Marvin	49
53	Martin	47
53	Norman	47
55	Peter	46
56	Floyd	45
57	David	44
58	Eugene	43
58	Herman	43
60	Orville	38
60	Theodore	38
62	Willard	37
63	Anthony	35
63	Oscar	35
63	Philip	35
66	Andrew	34
66	Michael	34
68	Lyle	33
68	Victor	33
70	Woodrow	32
71	Milton	31
71	Vincent	31
73	Emil	30
74	Jack	29
74	Jerome	29
74	Ray	29
77	Glenn	28
77	Harvey	28
79	Everett	27
79	Gerald	27
79	Wilbur	27
82	Joe	25
83	Leroy	24
83	Leslie	24
83	Roger	24
83	Wallace	24
87	Benjamin	23
88	Daniel	21
88	Ervin	21
88	Erwin	21
88	Otto	21
88	Roland	21
88	Sylvester	21
94	Gilbert	20
94	Rudolph	20
96	Laurence	19
96	Maurice	19
96	Virgil	19
96	Wilfred	19
100	Ronald	18
100	Wayne	18