Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1934

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,126
2	Richard	1,125
3	James	1,012
4	John	899
5	Donald	876
6	William	535
7	Gerald	453
8	Ronald	443
9	David	406
10	Charles	390
11	Roger	381
12	Kenneth	369
13	Thomas	343
14	George	258
15	Paul	235
16	Duane	230
17	Eugene	214
18	Harold	209
19	Raymond	207
20	Dennis	201
21	Jerome	191
22	Edward	183
23	Joseph	175
24	Dale	174
25	Marvin	173

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wayne	157
27	Lawrence	153
28	Leroy	145
29	Jack	135
30	Jerry	128
31	Douglas	124
32	Ralph	123
33	Leonard	121
34	Gary	117
35	Vernon	115
36	Frank	113
37	Gordon	112
38	Earl	111
39	Walter	109
40	Norman	106
41	Howard	105
42	Arthur	104
43	Larry	101
44	Stanley	99
45	Bernard	97
46	Lloyd	91
47	Bruce	88
47	Floyd	88
49	Lyle	87
49	Michael	87
51	Henry	86
51	Russell	86
53	Dean	85
54	Arnold	84
54	Carl	84
54	Francis	84
57	Melvin	78
58	Fred	77
58	Lowell	77
60	Roy	76
61	Curtis	75
62	Alvin	73
62	Clarence	73
64	Allen	72
65	Clifford	71
66	Daniel	70
66	Harvey	70
68	Theodore	69
69	Leo	67
69	Peter	67
71	Wallace	66
71	Warren	66
73	Edwin	64
73	Glenn	64
73	Harry	64
76	Albert	63
76	Patrick	63
78	Keith	62
79	Gene	59
79	Ray	59
81	Allan	57
81	Franklin	57
83	Rodney	55
84	Virgil	54
85	Roland	52
86	Philip	51
87	Louis	50
88	Alfred	49
89	Darrell	47
89	Don	47
89	Ernest	47
89	Glen	47
89	Harlan	47
89	Loren	47
89	Maynard	47
96	Leslie	44
96	Lester	44
98	Herbert	42
99	Tom	41
99	Wesley	41