Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,405
2	Robert	1,299
3	John	1,259
3	Richard	1,259
5	David	1,109
6	Thomas	834
7	Gary	815
8	Michael	721
9	Dennis	675
10	William	664
11	Donald	622
12	Ronald	608
13	Larry	467
14	Roger	463
15	Charles	435
16	Gerald	412
17	Kenneth	411
18	Paul	318
19	Douglas	304
20	Bruce	264
21	Joseph	261
22	Dale	254
23	Daniel	237
24	Jerry	225
25	George	216

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	208
27	Wayne	199
28	Edward	186
29	Raymond	180
30	Duane	175
31	Lawrence	163
32	Stephen	157
33	Eugene	156
34	Leroy	147
35	Terry	146
36	Peter	136
37	Jerome	131
38	Harold	129
38	Patrick	129
40	Keith	123
41	Dean	115
41	Frank	115
43	Russell	114
44	Curtis	110
45	Jeffrey	105
46	Allen	103
47	Jack	100
48	Arthur	97
49	Marvin	96
50	Timothy	91
50	Tom	91
52	Gordon	90
52	Jon	90
54	Ralph	89
55	Stanley	88
56	Howard	87
56	Mark	87
58	Leonard	86
58	Philip	86
60	Alan	84
61	Norman	82
62	Lyle	81
63	Jim	78
64	Walter	77
65	Rodney	75
66	Gene	72
67	Glenn	71
67	Warren	71
69	Carl	70
69	Earl	70
71	Brian	67
71	Vernon	67
73	Allan	66
74	Mike	65
75	Lloyd	60
76	Loren	59
77	Fred	57
77	Harvey	57
79	Bill	56
79	Craig	56
79	Frederick	56
79	Henry	56
79	Lowell	56
84	Bernard	55
84	Darrell	55
84	Leslie	55
84	Melvin	55
88	Gregory	54
88	Lee	54
90	Lynn	52
91	Harry	51
92	Clifford	49
92	Theodore	49
94	Anthony	48
95	Don	47
95	Francis	47
95	Steve	47
95	Terrance	47
99	Roy	46
100	Glen	44
100	Ray	44