Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,375
2	Robert	1,281
3	Richard	1,242
4	John	1,186
5	David	1,091
6	Gary	874
7	Thomas	787
8	Michael	735
9	Dennis	636
10	William	596
11	Ronald	582
12	Donald	574
13	Larry	533
14	Kenneth	433
15	Charles	408
16	Roger	396
17	Gerald	351
18	Paul	337
19	Daniel	285
20	Douglas	261
21	Bruce	255
22	Steven	238
23	Dale	232
24	Joseph	203
25	George	202

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wayne	201
27	Jerry	193
28	Stephen	183
29	Edward	170
30	Raymond	169
30	Terry	169
32	Lawrence	164
33	Duane	163
34	Eugene	147
35	Peter	128
36	Patrick	123
37	Alan	122
37	Timothy	122
39	Jerome	121
40	Dean	118
41	Keith	114
42	Mark	108
43	Jack	107
44	Harold	106
45	Leroy	105
46	Jon	100
47	Stanley	97
48	Allen	95
49	Gregory	93
49	Philip	93
51	Russell	92
52	Curtis	91
53	Frank	90
53	Gordon	90
55	Jeffrey	89
56	Rodney	88
57	Jim	85
58	Marvin	84
58	Ralph	84
60	Gene	79
61	Arthur	76
62	Lyle	75
62	Norman	75
62	Tom	75
65	Howard	73
65	Leonard	73
65	Walter	73
68	Carl	72
69	Brian	71
70	Francis	70
70	Lloyd	70
72	Anthony	67
73	Allan	65
73	Glenn	65
73	Mike	65
76	Vernon	64
76	Warren	64
78	Loren	63
79	Fred	60
80	Lee	59
80	Leslie	59
82	Bernard	58
82	Bill	58
82	Lowell	58
85	Arnold	57
86	Craig	56
86	Darrell	56
88	Joel	54
88	Roy	54
88	Steve	54
91	Frederick	53
92	Earl	52
93	Leon	51
93	Theodore	51
95	Glen	49
96	Henry	48
97	Randall	47
98	Leo	45
99	Dwight	44
100	Albert	43