Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	962
2	Robert	934
3	Donald	618
4	William	578
5	George	511
6	James	416
7	Harold	405
8	Raymond	392
9	Edward	378
10	Joseph	372
11	Walter	322
12	Charles	318
13	Richard	311
14	Kenneth	295
15	Arthur	270
16	Frank	255
17	Clarence	242
18	Paul	219
19	Vernon	214
20	Ralph	210
21	Henry	205
22	Lawrence	200
23	Lloyd	198
24	Roy	195
25	Carl	190

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Leonard	189
27	Earl	188
28	Howard	185
29	Gordon	182
30	Harry	178
31	Clifford	177
31	Elmer	177
33	Albert	173
34	Leo	168
35	Francis	165
36	Arnold	160
37	Melvin	153
37	Thomas	153
39	Stanley	145
40	Herbert	135
41	Norman	134
42	Lester	133
43	Eugene	132
44	Bernard	129
45	Russell	127
46	Ernest	126
46	Marvin	126
48	Edwin	124
49	Alfred	122
50	Louis	119
51	Fred	118
52	Leroy	116
53	Alvin	114
54	David	109
55	Gerald	108
55	Willard	108
57	Jack	100
58	Floyd	96
59	Orville	93
59	Victor	93
61	Glenn	90
62	Lyle	84
62	Wallace	84
64	Harvey	83
65	Jerome	79
66	Chester	78
66	Peter	78
68	Theodore	76
69	Andrew	75
70	Roger	73
71	Daniel	67
72	Milton	66
73	Joe	65
74	Ervin	64
74	Martin	64
74	Vincent	64
77	Douglas	63
77	Virgil	63
79	Ray	62
80	Rudolph	59
81	Herman	58
81	Oscar	58
81	Warren	58
84	Everett	56
85	Wayne	55
86	Leslie	54
87	Michael	53
88	Frederick	51
88	Maurice	51
88	Philip	51
91	Anthony	50
91	Woodrow	50
93	Roland	49
94	Lowell	45
95	Curtis	44
95	Ronald	44
97	Emil	43
98	Clayton	42
99	Leon	41
99	Reuben	41
99	Sylvester	41