Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,214
2	Richard	1,125
3	James	1,053
4	John	884
5	Donald	838
6	David	578
7	Ronald	543
8	William	539
9	Gerald	509
10	Roger	476
11	Thomas	404
12	Kenneth	386
13	Charles	380
14	George	270
15	Dennis	261
16	Dale	253
17	Paul	228
18	Duane	224
19	Raymond	216
20	Gary	211
21	Larry	208
22	Eugene	205
23	Edward	196
24	Jerome	175
24	Joseph	175

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harold	169
27	Leroy	163
27	Wayne	163
29	Jerry	162
30	Lawrence	151
31	Michael	148
32	Marvin	138
33	Gordon	137
34	Jack	123
35	Walter	122
36	Ralph	117
37	Bruce	114
38	Douglas	111
39	Leonard	108
40	Daniel	103
41	Norman	102
42	Howard	100
43	Arthur	99
44	Stanley	98
45	Russell	92
45	Warren	92
47	Frank	91
47	Vernon	91
49	Gene	88
50	Bernard	87
51	Peter	86
52	Carl	84
53	Clarence	83
53	Floyd	83
55	Melvin	82
56	Fred	81
57	Francis	79
57	Henry	79
59	Arnold	78
60	Earl	77
61	Dean	76
61	Lloyd	76
61	Lyle	76
64	Allen	75
65	Patrick	73
65	Philip	73
67	Harvey	70
68	Wallace	68
69	Darrell	66
69	Keith	66
71	Roy	65
72	Glen	63
73	Lowell	62
74	Harry	61
75	Theodore	60
76	Curtis	59
76	Glenn	59
78	Allan	58
79	Herbert	57
80	Albert	55
80	Ernest	55
80	Loren	55
83	Edwin	53
84	Alvin	52
84	Leo	52
86	Lee	51
87	Harlan	48
88	Louis	47
89	Frederick	46
89	Roland	46
91	Elmer	45
91	Rodney	45
93	Phillip	44
93	Willard	44
95	Anthony	43
95	Clifford	43
95	Virgil	43
98	Alan	42
98	Alfred	42
98	Franklin	42