Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	891
2	Robert	625
3	William	504
4	George	451
5	Harold	390
6	Donald	364
7	James	347
8	Edward	336
9	Raymond	307
10	Joseph	306
11	Walter	272
12	Frank	262
13	Charles	244
14	Richard	239
15	Clarence	238
15	Kenneth	238
17	Arthur	237
18	Carl	219
19	Henry	209
20	Paul	192
21	Albert	186
22	Earl	185
23	Lawrence	173
24	Clifford	170
24	Elmer	170

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harry	168
27	Lloyd	164
28	Arnold	163
29	Howard	162
30	Ralph	160
31	Roy	148
32	Stanley	147
33	Francis	144
34	Leonard	141
35	Alfred	138
36	Melvin	132
37	Herbert	131
38	Thomas	124
38	Vernon	124
40	Edwin	119
41	Fred	117
41	Leo	117
43	Lester	114
43	Russell	114
45	Bernard	113
45	Ernest	113
45	Gordon	113
48	Louis	109
49	Marvin	106
50	Norman	104
51	Willard	99
52	Alvin	94
53	Victor	86
54	Eugene	82
55	David	80
55	Harvey	80
57	Chester	78
58	Peter	77
58	Ray	77
60	Floyd	74
61	Glenn	73
62	Gerald	70
63	Jack	68
63	Theodore	68
65	Anthony	67
65	Milton	67
67	Frederick	65
67	Orville	65
69	Herman	63
69	Leslie	63
71	Martin	62
72	Andrew	59
73	Leroy	58
74	Wallace	57
75	Ervin	55
75	Lyle	55
75	Philip	55
78	Joe	51
78	Michael	51
78	Roger	51
81	Allen	48
81	Everett	48
83	Oscar	46
84	Jerome	45
84	Rudolph	45
84	Warren	45
87	Daniel	44
88	Vincent	43
89	Maurice	40
89	Oliver	40
89	Virgil	40
92	Edgar	39
93	Emil	38
94	Clayton	37
94	Glen	37
96	Clyde	36
96	Sylvester	36
96	Wayne	36
96	Wesley	36
100	Gilbert	35
100	Morris	35
100	Norbert	35
100	Roland	35