Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,314
2	James	1,276
3	Richard	1,152
4	John	1,129
5	David	989
6	William	654
7	Gary	637
8	Donald	630
9	Thomas	615
10	Ronald	608
11	Dennis	577
12	Gerald	548
13	Roger	547
14	Kenneth	446
15	Charles	435
16	Michael	404
17	Larry	387
18	Paul	284
19	Jerry	232
20	Dale	225
21	Wayne	223
22	George	214
23	Edward	212
24	Jerome	202
25	Eugene	197

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bruce	196
27	Raymond	192
28	Joseph	191
29	Duane	171
30	Douglas	170
31	Lawrence	157
32	Harold	156
33	Daniel	148
34	Gordon	145
35	Peter	133
36	Leroy	124
37	Patrick	123
38	Marvin	119
39	Gene	115
40	Arthur	112
41	Curtis	110
41	Ralph	110
43	Lyle	108
44	Norman	106
45	Frank	105
46	Jon	93
47	Darrell	91
47	Stanley	91
49	Rodney	90
50	Howard	89
51	Jack	86
51	Stephen	86
53	Leonard	85
54	Allan	84
55	Francis	82
56	Walter	81
56	Warren	81
58	Allen	80
59	Dean	79
60	Vernon	77
61	Philip	76
61	Russell	76
63	Fred	74
63	Terry	74
65	Carl	70
66	Bernard	68
66	Loren	68
66	Tom	68
69	Keith	67
69	Melvin	67
69	Theodore	67
72	Alan	66
72	Harvey	66
74	Glenn	65
75	Clifford	63
76	Henry	62
76	Jim	62
76	Lowell	62
79	Lloyd	60
80	Steven	59
81	Arnold	58
81	Earl	58
83	Anthony	56
84	Harry	54
84	Lee	54
84	Phillip	54
87	Darrel	53
88	Don	52
89	Clarence	48
89	Roy	48
91	Leon	47
92	Albert	46
92	Virgil	46
94	Louis	45
94	Wallace	45
96	Frederick	43
96	Myron	43
98	Glen	42
99	Brian	41
99	Martin	41
99	Timothy	41