Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,530
2	John	1,012
3	Donald	971
4	William	740
5	Richard	688
6	James	676
7	George	474
8	Harold	426
9	Kenneth	420
10	Raymond	395
11	Charles	356
12	Edward	317
13	Joseph	254
14	Thomas	248
15	Eugene	245
16	Gordon	244
17	Walter	235
18	Arthur	224
19	Paul	215
20	Howard	204
21	Frank	197
21	Marvin	197
23	Ralph	185
24	Vernon	174
25	Leonard	173

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clarence	170
26	Earl	170
26	Gerald	170
29	Roy	169
30	Henry	162
31	David	160
31	Lawrence	160
31	Norman	160
34	Stanley	156
35	Russell	154
36	Lloyd	153
37	Jack	152
37	Leroy	152
39	Melvin	147
40	Harry	146
41	Carl	143
42	Wallace	139
43	Arnold	137
44	Clifford	135
45	Leo	133
46	Bernard	132
46	Warren	132
48	Albert	131
48	Roger	131
50	Elmer	121
50	Wayne	121
52	Francis	115
53	Dale	108
53	Jerome	108
55	Calvin	106
56	Floyd	100
57	Ernest	97
58	Edwin	95
58	Louis	95
60	Harvey	94
60	Herbert	94
60	Lyle	94
63	Orville	92
64	Lester	88
65	Glenn	86
66	Alfred	84
67	Fred	82
68	Virgil	81
69	Alvin	80
69	Duane	80
71	Willard	79
72	Theodore	75
73	Milton	74
74	Douglas	71
75	Roland	68
76	Peter	66
77	Leslie	64
78	Chester	62
78	Daniel	62
80	Curtis	60
80	Ray	60
80	Victor	60
83	Wesley	59
84	Frederick	58
85	Andrew	57
85	Maurice	57
85	Philip	57
88	Martin	56
89	Allen	55
90	Dean	54
90	Ervin	54
92	Clayton	53
92	Harlan	53
94	Glen	51
94	Lowell	51
96	Michael	50
97	Wilfred	49
98	Anthony	48
98	Norbert	48
100	Herman	47
100	Ronald	47