Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,348
2	Donald	1,111
3	Richard	912
4	John	911
5	James	800
6	William	635
7	Kenneth	373
8	Charles	344
9	George	302
9	Raymond	302
11	Gerald	292
12	Harold	286
13	Thomas	283
14	Eugene	263
15	Edward	257
16	David	254
17	Joseph	236
18	Roger	209
19	Marvin	196
20	Paul	195
21	Gordon	163
22	Vernon	160
23	Lloyd	158
23	Walter	158
25	Ronald	157

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Earl	156
27	Jack	154
28	Arthur	151
28	Leroy	151
28	Ralph	151
31	Lawrence	148
32	Dale	144
33	Frank	135
34	Howard	134
35	Melvin	127
36	Norman	123
37	Herbert	121
38	Jerome	119
39	Duane	117
40	Clarence	114
41	Leonard	112
42	Russell	110
43	Stanley	109
44	Francis	104
45	Wayne	103
46	Carl	102
46	Henry	102
48	Bernard	101
49	Arnold	100
50	Roy	96
51	Leo	94
52	Lyle	90
53	Alvin	88
53	Clifford	88
55	Harvey	86
55	Wallace	86
57	Glenn	85
58	Daniel	84
59	Alfred	83
59	Elmer	83
59	Harry	83
62	Albert	80
62	Douglas	80
64	Floyd	78
65	Gene	77
66	Virgil	72
67	Willard	71
68	Theodore	70
69	Dennis	68
69	Orville	68
71	Dean	66
71	Louis	66
71	Warren	66
74	Peter	65
75	Patrick	64
76	Fred	63
77	Edwin	62
78	Curtis	61
79	Glen	59
80	Roland	58
81	Michael	57
82	Keith	56
83	Allen	54
83	Jerry	54
83	Lowell	54
86	Ernest	53
87	Bruce	52
87	Philip	52
89	Lester	50
90	Ervin	49
91	Ray	48
92	Allan	47
93	Martin	46
94	Clayton	45
95	Chester	44
95	Victor	44
97	Milton	43
98	Maurice	42
99	Larry	40
99	Leslie	40
99	Wesley	40