Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,334
2	Robert	1,299
3	Richard	1,180
4	John	1,156
5	David	1,067
6	Thomas	712
7	Ronald	683
8	William	673
9	Gary	639
10	Dennis	632
11	Donald	627
12	Gerald	536
13	Roger	504
14	Michael	449
15	Charles	434
16	Kenneth	425
17	Larry	401
18	Paul	320
19	Bruce	264
20	Wayne	246
21	George	235
22	Jerry	234
23	Dale	233
24	Joseph	216
25	Duane	207

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eugene	205
27	Edward	195
28	Jerome	186
29	Douglas	180
30	Daniel	176
31	Raymond	175
32	Lawrence	172
33	Harold	148
34	Leroy	138
35	Marvin	137
36	Gordon	122
37	Patrick	121
38	Peter	120
39	Stephen	118
40	Allen	113
41	Gene	111
42	Frank	101
43	Curtis	98
43	Ralph	98
43	Stanley	98
46	Dean	97
47	Arthur	96
48	Terry	94
49	Jack	92
50	Carl	91
50	Lyle	91
52	Vernon	90
53	Rodney	89
53	Steven	89
55	Walter	87
56	Keith	86
56	Russell	86
58	Norman	84
59	Philip	78
60	Howard	77
61	Alan	75
62	Francis	73
62	Jim	73
64	Bernard	72
65	Glenn	70
65	Leonard	70
67	Clifford	67
67	Lowell	67
67	Tom	67
70	Darrell	66
70	Jon	66
70	Roy	66
73	Fred	65
73	Lloyd	65
73	Melvin	65
76	Lee	64
77	Arnold	63
78	Warren	61
79	Albert	60
80	Neil	59
81	Earl	58
81	Leslie	58
83	Phillip	57
83	Timothy	57
85	Allan	56
85	Mark	56
85	Theodore	56
88	Henry	54
89	Darrel	51
89	Mike	51
91	Harvey	49
92	Alvin	48
92	Louis	48
94	Barry	47
94	Clarence	47
94	Martin	47
97	Gregory	46
98	Herbert	45
98	Leon	45
98	Myron	45