Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,713
2	Robert	1,589
3	John	1,501
4	Richard	1,497
5	David	1,325
6	Michael	1,129
7	Thomas	1,080
8	Gary	991
9	Dennis	819
10	William	818
11	Ronald	699
12	Donald	580
13	Larry	562
14	Charles	528
15	Roger	518
16	Kenneth	478
17	Bruce	424
18	Steven	413
19	Paul	403
20	Gerald	379
21	Douglas	348
22	Daniel	334
23	Stephen	291
24	Dale	278
25	Joseph	250

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jerry	247
27	Terry	245
28	Wayne	241
29	George	225
30	Edward	207
30	Mark	207
32	Timothy	201
33	Patrick	183
34	Gregory	181
35	Raymond	167
36	Alan	164
37	Lawrence	162
38	Peter	160
39	Jerome	157
40	Duane	153
41	Eugene	150
42	Jeffrey	144
43	Keith	139
44	Harold	137
45	Dean	127
46	Russell	122
47	Frank	120
47	Tom	120
49	Allen	119
50	Jon	113
51	Leroy	111
52	Jack	106
53	Allan	104
54	Curtis	102
54	Gordon	102
54	Steve	102
57	Leonard	99
57	Rodney	99
59	Jim	98
60	Craig	97
61	Howard	96
61	Marvin	96
63	Ralph	93
64	Mike	92
64	Stanley	92
64	Walter	92
67	Lyle	89
68	Philip	88
69	Gene	86
70	Arthur	85
70	Lee	85
72	Brian	83
73	Norman	80
74	Francis	74
75	Warren	70
76	Darrell	69
76	Glenn	69
76	Roy	69
79	Barry	68
79	Bill	68
81	Phillip	66
82	Henry	65
83	Joel	64
83	Theodore	64
83	Vernon	64
86	Carl	63
87	Frederick	62
88	Anthony	61
89	Terrance	60
90	Earl	59
90	Leslie	59
92	Don	57
93	Fred	56
93	Randall	56
95	Clifford	53
95	Jay	53
95	Lloyd	53
98	Harvey	52
98	Loren	52
98	Lowell	52