Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,462
2	Donald	1,076
3	John	969
4	Richard	827
5	James	721
6	William	695
7	George	414
8	Kenneth	372
9	Harold	370
10	Charles	345
11	Raymond	340
12	Edward	306
13	Eugene	274
14	Gerald	261
15	Paul	251
16	Joseph	243
17	Thomas	238
18	Walter	225
19	Arthur	206
20	Vernon	192
21	Ralph	191
22	Clarence	189
23	Gordon	188
24	Earl	186
25	Marvin	183

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Leonard	177
27	Norman	171
28	Lawrence	168
28	Roger	168
30	Howard	167
31	David	164
32	Lloyd	160
33	Stanley	155
34	Jack	149
35	Russell	142
36	Leroy	138
37	Warren	136
38	Francis	134
39	Carl	132
40	Harry	130
41	Frank	129
42	Melvin	128
43	Jerome	127
44	Henry	126
45	Wayne	125
46	Arnold	124
47	Dale	121
47	Wallace	121
49	Roy	119
50	Clifford	117
51	Bernard	114
52	Leo	113
52	Lyle	113
54	Ronald	110
55	Albert	109
56	Herbert	107
57	Alvin	94
58	Elmer	92
59	Willard	90
60	Ernest	89
60	Glenn	89
62	Louis	88
63	Theodore	87
64	Floyd	85
65	Edwin	81
66	Douglas	79
66	Duane	79
66	Peter	79
69	Lester	78
70	Allen	75
70	Daniel	75
70	Milton	75
73	Glen	72
73	Harvey	72
75	Fred	69
75	Virgil	69
77	Curtis	68
78	Alfred	67
79	Dean	64
80	Gene	62
81	Philip	60
82	Frederick	57
82	Roland	57
84	Loren	56
85	Lowell	55
86	Dennis	54
86	Ray	54
88	Jerry	53
88	Patrick	53
90	Clayton	52
91	Ervin	51
91	Merle	51
93	Leslie	49
93	Orville	49
93	Wesley	49
96	Martin	48
96	Victor	48
98	Joe	46
99	Michael	45
100	Calvin	44