Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,381
2	John	970
3	Donald	811
4	William	685
5	James	637
6	George	516
7	Richard	459
8	Harold	452
9	Raymond	403
10	Kenneth	368
11	Edward	366
12	Charles	313
13	Warren	292
14	Joseph	281
15	Arthur	276
16	Walter	274
17	Frank	236
18	Howard	228
18	Lawrence	228
20	Eugene	224
21	Clarence	220
21	Vernon	220
23	Earl	215
24	Gordon	207
25	Paul	201

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Leonard	200
27	Ralph	195
28	Thomas	194
29	Roy	181
30	Lloyd	180
31	Clifford	178
32	Henry	173
33	Harry	166
33	Russell	166
35	Albert	161
35	Melvin	161
37	Stanley	157
38	Francis	156
39	Carl	146
39	Elmer	146
41	Gerald	145
42	Marvin	143
43	Leroy	142
44	Norman	138
45	Arnold	136
46	Bernard	135
47	Leo	133
48	Herbert	129
49	David	128
49	Edwin	128
49	Jack	128
52	Ernest	123
53	Wallace	118
54	Harvey	110
55	Lyle	109
56	Lester	107
57	Louis	102
58	Glenn	101
58	Roger	101
58	Willard	101
61	Alvin	100
61	Jerome	100
63	Milton	94
64	Wayne	93
65	Fred	89
66	Alfred	87
67	Victor	80
68	Orville	78
69	Floyd	77
70	Peter	73
71	Dale	71
72	Douglas	69
72	Theodore	69
74	Ervin	68
75	Chester	67
76	Clayton	66
76	Daniel	66
76	Glen	66
79	Frederick	65
80	Leslie	63
81	Andrew	62
82	Gilbert	60
83	Allen	57
83	Martin	57
83	Ray	57
86	Maurice	55
87	Roland	54
87	Virgil	54
89	Joe	51
89	Lowell	51
91	Anthony	50
91	Philip	50
93	Norbert	49
94	Bruce	46
94	Herman	46
94	Wesley	46
97	Leon	45
97	Myron	45
97	Vincent	45
100	Michael	44