Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,497
2	Donald	975
3	John	963
4	William	714
5	James	661
6	Richard	657
7	George	434
8	Kenneth	417
9	Harold	399
10	Raymond	387
11	Charles	365
12	Edward	334
13	Joseph	299
14	Paul	256
15	Arthur	231
16	Vernon	226
16	Walter	226
18	Thomas	222
19	Gordon	216
20	Warren	214
21	Eugene	213
22	Earl	212
23	Lawrence	204
24	Clarence	199
25	Wallace	196

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Howard	194
27	Gerald	193
28	Frank	191
29	Ralph	180
30	Leonard	178
31	Lloyd	173
31	Stanley	173
33	David	171
34	Marvin	169
35	Henry	166
35	Melvin	166
37	Jack	160
38	Roy	157
39	Harry	150
40	Clifford	149
40	Francis	149
42	Russell	145
43	Albert	143
44	Norman	141
45	Carl	140
46	Leo	138
47	Arnold	131
48	Bernard	130
48	Leroy	130
50	Herbert	126
51	Elmer	124
52	Ernest	117
53	Alvin	110
53	Roger	110
55	Wayne	105
56	Edwin	103
57	Dale	101
58	Jerome	100
59	Floyd	97
60	Lester	93
61	Douglas	90
62	Harvey	89
63	Louis	88
64	Lyle	86
64	Willard	86
66	Fred	84
66	Glenn	84
66	Orville	84
69	Daniel	83
70	Alfred	81
71	Milton	78
72	Clayton	76
73	Philip	70
74	Roland	69
75	Theodore	68
75	Virgil	68
77	Ray	66
77	Victor	66
79	Peter	63
80	Maurice	62
81	Allen	60
82	Duane	58
82	Leslie	58
84	Chester	55
84	Glen	55
86	Martin	54
87	Frederick	53
88	Ronald	52
89	Anthony	50
89	Keith	50
89	Loren	50
92	Curtis	49
93	Willis	48
94	Myron	47
95	Dean	46
95	Lowell	46
97	Maynard	45
97	Norbert	45
99	Calvin	44
99	Reuben	44
99	Wilfred	44