Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,273
2	James	1,193
3	Richard	1,021
4	John	1,016
5	David	808
6	Donald	773
7	William	629
8	Ronald	581
9	Gerald	577
10	Thomas	512
11	Roger	446
12	Kenneth	409
13	Charles	403
14	Gary	363
15	Dennis	362
16	George	261
17	Larry	254
18	Paul	251
19	Dale	245
20	Michael	243
21	Eugene	223
21	Wayne	223
23	Edward	211
24	Jerome	205
25	Joseph	202

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jerry	196
27	Duane	193
28	Raymond	190
29	Harold	177
30	Lawrence	169
31	Marvin	166
32	Douglas	157
33	Bruce	142
34	Norman	138
35	Leroy	135
36	Gordon	132
37	Daniel	122
38	Ralph	118
39	Frank	111
40	Patrick	107
40	Peter	107
42	Allen	106
43	Arthur	102
43	Jack	102
43	Walter	102
46	Melvin	99
47	Allan	98
47	Stanley	98
49	Francis	95
50	Russell	94
51	Howard	93
52	Dean	89
52	Gene	89
54	Bernard	88
55	Leonard	85
56	Arnold	81
56	Rodney	81
58	Carl	79
59	Harvey	77
59	Keith	77
59	Lyle	77
62	Lloyd	75
63	Curtis	69
64	Lowell	68
65	Darrell	67
65	Jon	67
65	Philip	67
68	Vernon	65
68	Warren	65
70	Theodore	64
71	Henry	63
72	Fred	62
73	Alan	61
73	Clarence	61
73	Leo	61
73	Roy	61
73	Virgil	61
73	Wallace	61
79	Jim	59
80	Earl	58
81	Alvin	57
81	Clifford	57
81	Glenn	57
81	Tom	57
85	Don	56
85	Lee	56
87	Louis	55
88	Loren	54
88	Terry	54
90	Albert	52
90	Frederick	52
92	Neil	51
93	Harry	48
94	Leon	47
95	Phillip	46
95	Stephen	46
97	Glen	45
97	Martin	45
99	Edwin	44
100	Harlan	43
100	Roland	43