Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,303
2	Donald	1,066
3	Richard	977
4	John	884
5	James	870
6	William	565
7	Charles	387
8	Kenneth	382
9	Gerald	377
10	Roger	325
11	David	306
12	Eugene	301
13	George	295
14	Thomas	285
15	Raymond	268
16	Ronald	258
17	Harold	236
18	Edward	232
19	Paul	227
20	Duane	207
21	Dale	194
21	Joseph	194
23	Marvin	179
24	Jerome	167
25	Jack	147

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gordon	145
27	Leroy	143
28	Walter	136
29	Arthur	134
30	Stanley	131
31	Wayne	130
32	Lloyd	127
33	Lawrence	125
34	Norman	123
34	Vernon	123
36	Frank	120
36	Howard	120
38	Earl	107
39	Leonard	106
40	Bernard	104
40	Carl	104
42	Clarence	102
43	Melvin	101
44	Francis	98
45	Ralph	97
46	Douglas	94
47	Dennis	93
48	Glenn	92
49	Henry	91
50	Roy	88
51	Arnold	87
52	Clifford	86
52	Lowell	86
54	Jerry	84
55	Harvey	82
55	Wallace	82
57	Floyd	80
58	Lyle	79
58	Peter	79
60	Herbert	78
61	Leo	73
61	Myron	73
61	Russell	73
64	Harry	72
65	Patrick	71
66	Alfred	70
66	Daniel	70
66	Dean	70
69	Allen	69
69	Gene	69
71	Elmer	68
71	Fred	68
73	Albert	67
73	Theodore	67
75	Alvin	66
76	Virgil	65
77	Curtis	64
77	Ernest	64
79	Willard	63
80	Louis	61
80	Warren	61
82	Harlan	59
82	Roland	59
82	Wesley	59
85	Bruce	58
86	Philip	54
87	Allan	53
88	Glen	50
88	Keith	50
88	Leslie	50
88	Ray	50
92	Michael	49
93	Lester	46
94	Edwin	45
94	Larry	45
94	Loren	45
94	Rodney	45
98	Darrell	44
98	Don	44
98	Maurice	44
98	Milton	44