Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	915
2	Robert	721
3	William	556
4	George	525
5	Donald	455
6	Harold	428
7	James	385
8	Edward	346
8	Raymond	346
10	Joseph	323
11	Charles	303
12	Walter	295
13	Arthur	284
14	Kenneth	274
14	Richard	274
16	Frank	264
17	Clarence	245
18	Leonard	213
19	Carl	209
20	Henry	199
21	Lawrence	195
22	Roy	192
23	Albert	185
24	Harry	183
25	Paul	181

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Ralph	181
27	Howard	179
28	Lloyd	178
29	Earl	169
30	Vernon	167
31	Arnold	166
31	Stanley	166
33	Elmer	161
34	Edwin	159
35	Thomas	150
36	Clifford	149
36	Melvin	149
38	Gordon	145
39	Francis	140
40	Herbert	134
41	Leo	131
42	Norman	129
43	Russell	128
44	Bernard	121
45	Louis	120
46	Marvin	119
47	Ernest	116
48	Lester	112
49	Eugene	110
50	Alvin	108
50	Fred	108
52	Alfred	106
53	David	102
54	Willard	98
55	Peter	88
56	Jack	84
57	Floyd	82
57	Victor	82
59	Martin	80
60	Theodore	79
61	Chester	75
62	Harvey	74
63	Joe	71
64	Glenn	70
65	Leroy	69
66	Lyle	68
66	Wallace	68
68	Gerald	67
69	Emil	64
70	Everett	63
70	Frederick	63
70	Milton	63
70	Orville	63
70	Ray	63
75	Herman	62
75	Vincent	62
77	Ervin	61
77	Oscar	61
79	Warren	60
80	Andrew	55
81	Jerome	54
81	Leslie	54
83	Philip	51
84	Maurice	49
84	Michael	49
84	Rudolph	49
87	Glen	48
87	Roland	48
89	Anthony	47
89	Roger	47
91	Otto	45
91	Wilfred	45
93	Wayne	43
94	Daniel	42
94	Wilbur	42
96	Douglas	40
96	Edmund	40
96	Gilbert	40
99	Oliver	38
99	Sylvester	38