Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,256
2	James	1,177
3	Richard	1,083
4	John	1,052
5	David	901
6	Donald	712
7	William	609
8	Ronald	557
9	Gerald	535
10	Thomas	525
11	Roger	524
12	Dennis	477
13	Charles	417
14	Gary	416
15	Kenneth	393
16	Larry	336
17	Michael	308
18	Paul	260
19	Jerome	244
20	Wayne	240
21	Edward	231
22	George	225
23	Joseph	223
24	Eugene	220
25	Jerry	219

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dale	204
27	Duane	200
27	Raymond	200
29	Lawrence	183
30	Douglas	170
31	Harold	163
32	Bruce	155
33	Gordon	154
34	Peter	139
35	Daniel	136
36	Marvin	135
37	Leroy	126
38	Jack	106
39	Ralph	105
40	Norman	103
41	Allen	102
42	Gene	99
43	Patrick	95
43	Rodney	95
45	Howard	92
45	Stanley	92
47	Curtis	91
48	Arthur	90
49	Frank	89
50	Leonard	87
51	Carl	86
52	Vernon	84
53	Dean	82
54	Francis	81
55	Lyle	79
56	Loren	78
57	Walter	76
58	Melvin	75
59	Earl	74
59	Philip	74
61	Arnold	73
62	Fred	72
63	Lloyd	71
63	Russell	71
65	Harvey	70
65	Henry	70
67	Bernard	69
67	Lowell	69
69	Jon	68
70	Darrell	67
71	Allan	65
71	Glenn	65
73	Albert	64
73	Jim	64
73	Warren	64
76	Keith	62
76	Roy	62
78	Lee	59
78	Stephen	59
80	Theodore	58
81	Herbert	57
82	Clarence	56
83	Alvin	55
84	Clifford	52
85	Terry	50
86	Alan	49
87	Edwin	48
88	Neil	46
89	Leon	45
90	Floyd	44
90	Leo	44
92	Anthony	43
93	Frederick	42
93	Harry	42
93	Tom	42
93	Wallace	42
97	Ernest	41
98	Myron	40
99	Daryl	39
99	Louis	39
99	Virgil	39
99	Wesley	39