Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,508
2	Robert	1,365
3	John	1,297
4	Richard	1,197
5	David	1,135
6	Thomas	828
7	William	759
8	Gary	730
9	Ronald	711
10	Dennis	708
11	Michael	658
12	Donald	654
13	Roger	519
14	Larry	475
15	Gerald	472
16	Charles	465
17	Kenneth	436
18	Paul	313
19	Douglas	305
20	Bruce	274
21	Wayne	256
22	Jerry	244
23	Joseph	241
24	Dale	232
25	Daniel	225

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	209
26	George	209
28	Jerome	188
29	Eugene	186
30	Duane	175
30	Raymond	175
32	Steven	161
33	Lawrence	159
33	Stephen	159
35	Harold	151
36	Patrick	144
37	Terry	133
38	Gordon	129
39	Leroy	126
39	Peter	126
41	Marvin	119
42	Allen	115
43	Frank	110
44	Stanley	109
45	Keith	106
45	Mark	106
47	Ralph	105
48	Dean	102
49	Rodney	100
50	Walter	99
51	Howard	97
52	Arthur	96
53	Russell	94
54	Jack	92
54	Norman	92
56	Curtis	88
57	Jeffrey	86
58	Timothy	85
59	Lyle	84
59	Tom	84
61	Jim	83
62	Leonard	81
63	Glenn	78
64	Carl	75
65	Bernard	74
65	Jon	74
65	Philip	74
68	Allan	73
68	Arnold	73
70	Warren	72
71	Mike	71
72	Alan	69
73	Loren	67
74	Albert	64
75	Gene	63
76	Fred	62
76	Lloyd	62
76	Melvin	62
79	Theodore	61
80	Roy	60
81	Earl	58
81	Leslie	58
81	Lowell	58
84	Don	57
85	Darrell	56
86	Francis	55
86	Henry	55
86	Vernon	55
89	Bill	54
89	Clifford	54
91	Anthony	52
92	Dwight	51
93	Glen	48
94	Brian	47
94	Clarence	47
94	Frederick	47
94	Harry	47
98	Gregory	46
98	Harvey	46
100	Lee	45
100	Leo	45