Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,511
2	Robert	1,395
3	John	1,259
4	Richard	1,251
5	David	1,210
6	Thomas	802
7	Gary	728
8	Dennis	722
9	William	699
10	Donald	628
11	Ronald	620
12	Michael	599
13	Gerald	527
14	Roger	506
15	Larry	505
16	Charles	455
17	Kenneth	431
18	Douglas	339
19	Bruce	332
20	Paul	311
21	Jerry	261
22	George	251
23	Edward	229
24	Wayne	222
25	Joseph	217

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dale	214
27	Eugene	206
28	Duane	192
29	Raymond	190
30	Jerome	186
31	Daniel	179
32	Patrick	170
33	Harold	164
34	Lawrence	161
35	Leroy	158
36	Stephen	138
37	Peter	132
38	Allen	125
39	Steven	123
40	Gordon	120
40	Marvin	120
42	Frank	119
43	Curtis	114
43	Dean	114
45	Arthur	113
46	Leonard	112
47	Walter	108
48	Russell	106
49	Keith	105
50	Stanley	101
50	Terry	101
52	Rodney	99
53	Gene	98
53	Tom	98
55	Jack	95
55	Mark	95
57	Lyle	89
58	Howard	88
59	Norman	84
60	Philip	83
61	Darrell	78
61	Ralph	78
63	Bernard	77
63	Carl	77
65	Loren	75
66	Earl	73
66	Jon	73
68	Melvin	71
68	Timothy	71
70	Lloyd	70
70	Warren	70
72	Fred	69
72	Glenn	69
72	Harvey	69
75	Henry	68
75	Vernon	68
77	Lee	67
77	Leo	67
79	Allan	65
79	Arnold	65
79	Francis	65
79	Jeffrey	65
83	Albert	64
83	Clifford	64
85	Anthony	63
86	Jim	62
87	Edwin	61
88	Roy	60
89	Theodore	59
90	Bill	58
91	Lowell	57
92	Alan	56
93	Brian	55
93	Don	55
95	Phillip	54
96	Darrel	52
96	Neil	52
98	Leon	51
99	Lynn	50
100	Louis	48
100	Mike	48