Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	558
2	William	361
3	Robert	357
4	George	317
5	Joseph	261
6	Harold	246
7	Edward	242
8	Donald	236
9	James	221
10	Walter	210
11	Arthur	196
12	Frank	193
12	Raymond	193
14	Charles	190
15	Clarence	189
16	Carl	166
16	Kenneth	166
18	Richard	164
19	Leonard	141
20	Lawrence	136
21	Henry	133
22	Albert	131
23	Paul	125
24	Harry	121
24	Roy	121

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lloyd	115
27	Ralph	113
28	Howard	112
29	Elmer	111
30	Melvin	107
31	Earl	98
32	Herbert	97
32	Stanley	97
32	Vernon	97
35	Gordon	92
36	Thomas	89
37	Arnold	88
37	Clifford	88
39	Marvin	85
40	Bernard	81
40	Louis	81
42	Alfred	80
42	Ernest	80
42	Leo	80
45	Russell	79
46	Norman	78
47	Francis	77
48	Edwin	74
48	Fred	74
50	Lester	70
51	Alvin	67
51	Chester	67
53	Floyd	55
53	Victor	55
55	Peter	54
56	Harvey	53
57	Joe	50
57	Theodore	50
59	Leslie	49
59	Martin	49
59	Orville	49
62	David	48
62	Willard	48
64	Oscar	46
65	Andrew	45
65	Eugene	45
67	Frederick	44
68	Glenn	43
68	Lyle	43
68	Warren	43
71	Ervin	42
72	Milton	41
72	Rudolph	41
74	Michael	40
74	Ray	40
76	Leroy	39
76	Maurice	39
78	Everett	38
79	Jack	37
79	Wallace	37
81	Gerald	36
81	Jerome	36
83	Philip	35
84	Herman	34
84	Vincent	34
86	Otto	33
86	Roland	33
88	Kermit	32
89	Daniel	30
89	Edmund	30
89	Wilbur	30
92	Wesley	29
93	Anthony	28
93	Gilbert	28
95	Emil	27
95	Samuel	27
97	Norbert	26
97	Oliver	26
99	Mike	25
99	Myron	25
99	Wayne	25