Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,785
2	Robert	1,680
3	John	1,650
4	David	1,592
5	Richard	1,462
6	Michael	1,295
7	Thomas	1,209
8	Gary	1,127
9	Dennis	828
10	William	825
11	Ronald	788
12	Larry	723
13	Donald	649
14	Steven	633
15	Bruce	544
16	Kenneth	513
17	Charles	497
18	Roger	495
19	Paul	494
20	Douglas	436
21	Gregory	419
22	Gerald	407
23	Daniel	388
24	Wayne	323
25	Dale	317

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mark	314
27	Stephen	304
28	Jerry	289
29	Terry	263
30	Patrick	252
31	Joseph	251
32	Edward	243
32	Timothy	243
34	George	239
35	Duane	208
36	Peter	199
37	Raymond	198
38	Alan	193
39	Jeffrey	189
40	Eugene	185
41	Allen	179
41	Lawrence	179
43	Jerome	178
44	Keith	156
45	Craig	145
45	Steve	145
47	Curtis	138
48	Harold	132
48	Tom	132
50	Frank	127
51	Russell	125
52	Philip	122
53	Dean	118
54	Jon	117
55	Rodney	116
56	Stanley	114
57	Brian	113
58	Gene	109
59	Jack	101
59	Leroy	101
59	Ralph	101
62	Mike	100
63	Gordon	99
63	Jim	99
63	Lee	99
66	Leonard	98
66	Marvin	98
68	Allan	95
68	Scott	95
70	Norman	94
71	Howard	91
72	Glenn	88
73	Arthur	83
73	Barry	83
75	Carl	82
75	Terrance	82
77	Fred	81
77	Lyle	81
79	Darrell	78
80	Anthony	75
80	Randall	75
82	Walter	72
83	Warren	71
84	Lynn	70
84	Randy	70
86	Glen	68
87	Clifford	66
88	Bill	65
88	Bradley	65
90	Danny	64
90	Jay	64
90	Leslie	64
93	Francis	63
93	Joel	63
93	Lloyd	63
96	Dan	61
96	Earl	61
98	Bernard	60
98	Frederick	60
98	Roy	60
98	Terrence	60
98	Vernon	60