Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,193
2	James	1,104
3	Richard	1,019
4	John	977
5	Donald	835
6	David	746
7	William	568
8	Ronald	558
9	Roger	486
10	Gerald	484
11	Thomas	421
12	Charles	384
13	Kenneth	381
14	Dennis	302
15	Gary	275
16	George	246
17	Paul	239
18	Larry	234
19	Edward	232
20	Dale	230
21	Eugene	213
22	Wayne	212
23	Raymond	199
24	Duane	194
25	Jerome	193

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joseph	182
27	Harold	176
28	Jerry	173
29	Michael	172
30	Leroy	160
31	Marvin	159
32	Lawrence	148
33	Gordon	127
34	Bruce	126
35	Daniel	119
36	Jack	116
37	Douglas	115
38	Gene	104
39	Arthur	99
39	Norman	99
41	Vernon	98
42	Walter	96
43	Ralph	94
44	Howard	93
44	Russell	93
46	Frank	90
46	Stanley	90
48	Peter	89
49	Allan	88
49	Carl	88
51	Lyle	87
52	Melvin	83
53	Allen	82
54	Patrick	81
55	Earl	77
56	Francis	76
57	Philip	75
58	Arnold	73
58	Bernard	73
58	Rodney	73
61	Curtis	72
62	Leonard	71
63	Warren	70
64	Albert	69
65	Clarence	68
65	Fred	68
65	Keith	68
65	Lowell	68
69	Lloyd	66
70	Darrell	65
70	Theodore	65
72	Dean	64
72	Henry	64
74	Jon	62
75	Clifford	61
76	Floyd	59
76	Roy	59
76	Wallace	59
79	Harvey	57
80	Alvin	56
81	Leo	55
82	Harry	53
82	Virgil	53
84	Frederick	50
85	Alan	48
85	Leon	48
87	Edwin	47
87	Ernest	47
87	Leslie	47
90	Louis	46
90	Phillip	46
92	Herbert	45
92	Martin	45
94	Don	44
94	Ray	44
96	Glen	43
96	Glenn	43
96	Jim	43
96	Lee	43
100	Alfred	42
100	Loren	42
100	Myron	42
100	Terry	42