Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,298
2	Donald	1,078
3	Richard	1,008
4	John	873
5	James	862
6	William	634
7	Charles	376
8	Kenneth	362
9	Thomas	323
10	Gerald	322
11	George	320
12	Harold	290
13	Eugene	275
14	David	269
14	Raymond	269
16	Roger	263
17	Edward	246
18	Ronald	229
19	Joseph	218
20	Dale	191
21	Paul	185
22	Marvin	179
23	Gordon	175
24	Duane	171
25	Arthur	167

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lawrence	160
27	Leroy	146
28	Howard	145
29	Jerome	143
30	Ralph	142
31	Jack	141
32	Vernon	140
33	Earl	132
34	Lloyd	129
35	Norman	128
36	Melvin	124
37	Carl	123
37	Frank	123
39	Walter	122
40	Stanley	120
41	Wayne	119
42	Leonard	115
43	Clarence	110
44	Russell	106
45	Francis	105
46	Lyle	103
47	Bernard	101
48	Roy	100
49	Arnold	98
50	Douglas	97
51	Albert	96
52	Henry	95
52	Wallace	95
54	Herbert	90
55	Clifford	89
56	Floyd	86
57	Harry	84
58	Gene	83
59	Harvey	81
60	Leo	79
60	Theodore	79
62	Dennis	77
62	Glenn	77
64	Daniel	75
64	Warren	75
66	Jerry	72
67	Alvin	70
68	Allen	68
68	Willard	68
70	Louis	67
70	Virgil	67
72	Dean	66
72	Fred	66
74	Elmer	63
75	Keith	62
75	Patrick	62
77	Edwin	61
77	Lester	61
79	Ernest	60
80	Philip	59
81	Bruce	58
81	Frederick	58
83	Michael	57
83	Peter	57
83	Wesley	57
86	Myron	56
86	Roland	56
88	Curtis	54
89	Lowell	52
89	Milton	52
91	Loren	51
92	Alfred	50
92	Larry	50
94	Glen	49
94	Harlan	49
96	Leslie	44
97	Darrell	43
98	Orville	42
99	Ervin	41
100	Martin	40
100	Maurice	40
100	Rodney	40