Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,482
2	John	1,043
3	Donald	898
4	William	712
5	James	642
6	Richard	570
7	George	483
8	Harold	401
9	Raymond	376
10	Edward	371
11	Charles	365
12	Kenneth	361
13	Joseph	327
14	Walter	261
15	Arthur	243
16	Paul	241
17	Clarence	240
18	Frank	233
19	Gordon	226
20	Howard	222
21	Lawrence	220
22	Eugene	214
22	Vernon	214
24	Leonard	207
25	Thomas	205

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ralph	197
27	Warren	192
28	Lloyd	190
29	Earl	179
29	Roy	179
31	Marvin	177
32	Gerald	175
33	Henry	168
34	Russell	167
35	Norman	166
36	David	163
37	Albert	161
38	Melvin	158
39	Clifford	157
40	Stanley	156
41	Francis	154
41	Harry	154
43	Carl	150
44	Bernard	148
45	Leo	147
46	Jack	145
47	Roger	144
47	Wallace	144
49	Elmer	141
50	Arnold	133
51	Lester	126
52	Herbert	113
53	Edwin	111
54	Alfred	108
54	Ernest	108
56	Leroy	105
57	Floyd	101
57	Lyle	101
59	Louis	99
60	Alvin	97
61	Fred	96
61	Harvey	96
61	Jerome	96
64	Milton	87
65	Douglas	86
66	Dale	85
67	Theodore	83
67	Willard	83
69	Wayne	80
70	Glenn	79
71	Daniel	76
72	Orville	73
72	Peter	73
74	Virgil	68
75	Ervin	62
76	Clayton	60
76	Ray	60
76	Victor	60
79	Curtis	59
79	Duane	59
81	Frederick	58
82	Andrew	57
82	Leslie	57
84	Glen	56
84	Vincent	56
86	Chester	55
86	Philip	55
88	Ronald	54
88	Wesley	54
90	Martin	53
91	Anthony	52
92	Loren	51
93	Maurice	49
94	Joe	48
94	Lowell	48
94	Roland	48
97	Allen	47
97	Herman	47
99	Norbert	45
100	Leon	44
100	Wilfred	44