Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,279
2	Donald	1,108
3	John	890
4	Richard	883
5	James	814
6	William	639
7	Kenneth	377
8	George	374
9	Charles	338
10	Gerald	314
11	Eugene	311
12	Harold	301
13	Edward	283
14	Raymond	275
15	Joseph	237
16	Thomas	233
17	Paul	210
18	David	207
19	Roger	204
20	Marvin	191
21	Arthur	184
22	Gordon	183
23	Vernon	177
24	Lawrence	171
25	Ralph	166

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lloyd	164
27	Walter	162
28	Ronald	161
29	Earl	156
30	Dale	155
31	Norman	150
32	Jack	146
32	Jerome	146
34	Clarence	144
35	Herbert	133
36	Howard	130
36	Melvin	130
38	Frank	128
39	Leonard	126
40	Duane	124
40	Leroy	124
42	Bernard	121
43	Roy	120
43	Stanley	120
45	Arnold	118
46	Lyle	115
47	Alfred	112
48	Francis	110
49	Russell	108
49	Wallace	108
51	Carl	105
52	Wayne	104
53	Harry	103
54	Douglas	100
55	Albert	99
55	Elmer	99
57	Clifford	97
58	Henry	96
59	Leo	86
60	Floyd	84
61	Gene	83
62	Curtis	82
63	Alvin	80
63	Glenn	80
65	Daniel	79
65	Harvey	79
67	Louis	76
68	Theodore	75
68	Warren	75
70	Ernest	73
71	Willard	70
72	Lester	66
72	Lowell	66
72	Roland	66
75	Orville	61
76	Fred	59
77	Dennis	58
77	Edwin	58
77	Michael	58
77	Milton	58
81	Bruce	56
81	Leslie	56
83	Dean	54
83	Peter	54
85	Keith	53
86	Allen	52
87	Clayton	50
87	Glen	50
87	Virgil	50
90	Philip	49
91	Frederick	47
92	Ervin	46
93	Allan	45
93	Patrick	45
95	Loren	44
96	Rodney	43
96	Wesley	43
98	Myron	42
98	Victor	42
100	Merle	41