Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1935

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

RankNameBabies
1Robert1,112
2Richard1,050
3James1,031
4John933
5Donald821
6William534
7David507
8Ronald486
9Gerald467
10Roger411
11Charles388
12Thomas367
13Kenneth345
14George280
15Eugene243
16Paul223
17Dennis218
18Duane213
19Dale211
20Raymond193
21Edward192
22Harold190
23Jerome181
24Joseph170
25Wayne163
RankNameBabies
26Gary160
27Leroy154
28Jerry149
29Marvin146
30Gordon140
31Lawrence137
32Ralph129
33Larry122
34Jack121
35Leonard117
36Walter112
37Stanley111
38Michael106
39Carl105
39Dean105
41Douglas101
42Norman100
43Daniel98
43Frank98
45Vernon97
46Arthur96
47Russell94
48Bruce90
49Earl89
49Henry89
51Arnold88
52Lyle87
53Howard86
53Melvin86
55Francis85
56Lowell84
57Warren81
58Peter77
59Gene76
60Allen75
61Bernard74
62Rodney73
63Fred72
63Glenn72
65Clarence70
65Leo70
67Clifford69
67Lloyd69
69Floyd67
69Theodore67
71Albert63
72Harvey62
73Don60
73Harry60
75Roy58
76Curtis56
76Harlan56
76Virgil56
79Darrell55
79Myron55
81Keith54
81Wallace54
83Glen53
84Patrick52
84Philip52
86Alvin51
86Herbert51
86Louis51
89Edwin48
90Jim47
91Ernest45
91Loren45
91Milton45
94Alan44
95Bill43
96Alfred42
97Allan41
97Maurice41
97Orville41
97Willard41