Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,305
2	John	918
3	Donald	736
4	William	634
5	James	536
6	George	530
7	Harold	468
8	Richard	461
9	Raymond	418
10	Kenneth	329
11	Edward	315
12	Joseph	314
13	Charles	309
14	Walter	262
15	Arthur	247
16	Clarence	241
17	Lawrence	227
18	Paul	225
19	Earl	215
19	Frank	215
21	Howard	214
21	Vernon	214
23	Warren	206
24	Gordon	202
25	Henry	199

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roy	198
27	Leonard	185
28	Ralph	184
29	Lloyd	179
30	Carl	174
30	Thomas	174
32	Harry	172
33	Eugene	169
34	Clifford	168
35	Albert	161
36	Stanley	156
37	Elmer	148
38	Leo	144
38	Russell	144
40	Francis	142
40	Melvin	142
42	Arnold	140
42	Marvin	140
44	Bernard	137
45	Norman	131
46	Herbert	119
46	Leroy	119
48	Edwin	117
49	David	115
49	Gerald	115
51	Harvey	111
52	Alfred	110
53	Jack	108
53	Orville	108
55	Willard	107
56	Chester	104
56	Lester	104
56	Wallace	104
59	Ernest	103
60	Alvin	102
60	Theodore	102
62	Fred	100
62	Louis	100
64	Floyd	99
65	Roger	92
66	Jerome	85
66	Lyle	85
68	Douglas	83
68	Glenn	83
70	Ervin	80
71	Philip	78
72	Peter	72
73	Ray	71
74	Wayne	67
75	Leslie	66
76	Victor	64
77	Maurice	63
78	Andrew	61
78	Frederick	61
78	Milton	61
81	Clayton	57
82	Wesley	55
83	Daniel	52
84	Martin	51
85	Virgil	50
86	Dale	49
86	Wilfred	49
88	Lowell	48
89	Herman	47
89	Roland	47
91	Glen	46
91	Vincent	46
93	Anthony	45
94	Morris	44
95	Allen	43
95	Joe	43
97	Norbert	41
97	Oliver	41
99	Archie	40
99	Ronald	40