Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,407
2	Donald	1,133
3	John	936
4	Richard	883
5	James	768
6	William	677
7	George	433
8	Kenneth	388
9	Charles	373
10	Harold	354
11	Raymond	345
12	Eugene	303
13	Thomas	276
14	Edward	270
15	Paul	242
16	Gerald	241
17	Joseph	238
18	Arthur	192
18	Lawrence	192
20	Walter	191
21	Gordon	182
22	David	179
22	Roger	179
24	Leonard	174
25	Marvin	172

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lloyd	171
27	Earl	169
28	Howard	161
28	Ralph	161
30	Vernon	159
31	Norman	152
32	Clarence	143
33	Jack	139
34	Leroy	134
35	Ronald	132
35	Wayne	132
37	Lyle	130
37	Roy	130
39	Melvin	129
40	Arnold	119
40	Frank	119
42	Stanley	118
43	Jerome	116
44	Russell	114
45	Carl	112
46	Duane	111
47	Francis	110
47	Leo	110
49	Albert	106
49	Henry	106
51	Bernard	105
51	Dale	105
51	Warren	105
54	Clifford	102
55	Harry	100
56	Wallace	99
57	Elmer	95
58	Louis	93
59	Daniel	90
60	Alvin	88
61	Glenn	85
62	Ernest	84
62	Harvey	84
64	Herbert	83
65	Theodore	79
66	Edwin	78
67	Douglas	77
68	Floyd	75
68	Fred	75
68	Milton	75
71	Willard	72
72	Allen	71
73	Lester	67
74	Virgil	66
75	Dean	65
75	Gene	65
75	Philip	65
78	Clayton	63
79	Lowell	62
79	Martin	62
79	Peter	62
82	Orville	61
83	Glen	59
84	Alfred	57
84	Roland	57
86	Curtis	56
86	Wesley	56
88	Dennis	54
89	Frederick	53
90	Ervin	52
90	Loren	52
92	Keith	51
93	Andrew	49
93	Michael	49
95	Ray	48
95	Wilfred	48
97	Anthony	47
97	Jerry	47
97	Leslie	47
100	Harlan	45