Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	903
2	Robert	813
3	William	586
4	Donald	526
5	George	491
6	James	384
7	Harold	382
8	Raymond	377
9	Joseph	340
10	Edward	337
11	Charles	297
12	Kenneth	289
13	Richard	283
14	Walter	279
15	Arthur	265
16	Clarence	234
16	Frank	234
18	Lloyd	199
19	Henry	197
20	Lawrence	193
21	Leonard	191
22	Paul	190
23	Carl	185
24	Ralph	178
25	Albert	176

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Earl	174
26	Harry	174
28	Stanley	173
29	Clifford	171
30	Arnold	161
31	Thomas	153
32	Howard	152
33	Roy	151
34	Elmer	148
35	Melvin	147
36	Herbert	145
37	Vernon	144
38	Francis	140
38	Gordon	140
40	Bernard	138
41	Marvin	137
42	Norman	134
43	Ernest	132
44	Edwin	125
44	Russell	125
46	Leo	123
47	Alfred	120
48	Fred	116
49	Lester	110
50	Louis	109
51	Eugene	103
52	Willard	96
53	David	94
54	Floyd	92
55	Chester	88
55	Gerald	88
57	Alvin	87
58	Victor	84
59	Jack	81
59	Leroy	81
61	Harvey	77
61	Martin	77
63	Philip	75
63	Wallace	75
65	Glenn	73
66	Ray	71
67	Milton	69
68	Andrew	67
69	Leslie	66
69	Theodore	66
69	Warren	66
72	Vincent	64
73	Frederick	63
74	Ervin	62
74	Herman	62
74	Orville	62
74	Peter	62
74	Roger	62
79	Everett	60
80	Anthony	59
81	Lyle	56
82	Daniel	55
82	Emil	55
84	Oscar	54
85	Gilbert	53
85	Wayne	53
87	Jerome	52
88	Oliver	49
89	Allen	48
89	Joe	48
89	Wilfred	48
92	Maurice	47
93	Michael	46
94	Roland	45
95	Morris	43
96	Clayton	42
96	Sylvester	42
96	Wilbur	42
99	Norbert	41
100	Virgil	40