Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,659
2	David	1,532
3	John	1,519
4	Robert	1,495
5	Michael	1,411
6	Richard	1,388
7	Thomas	1,251
8	Gary	1,016
9	William	791
10	Steven	773
11	Ronald	748
12	Dennis	671
13	Larry	659
14	Donald	616
15	Charles	544
16	Daniel	506
17	Bruce	501
18	Roger	490
19	Mark	464
20	Kenneth	448
21	Gregory	416
22	Paul	415
23	Douglas	386
24	Stephen	372
25	Gerald	361

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dale	313
27	Timothy	306
28	Joseph	300
29	Terry	278
30	Wayne	272
31	Patrick	261
32	Jerry	222
33	George	221
34	Lawrence	220
35	Jeffrey	218
36	Alan	215
37	Craig	211
38	Edward	188
39	Duane	186
40	Keith	185
41	Peter	172
42	Raymond	168
43	Eugene	160
44	Jerome	146
45	Dean	143
45	Tom	143
47	Frank	127
48	Steve	125
49	Lee	124
50	Allen	123
51	Harold	118
51	Philip	118
51	Russell	118
54	Curtis	117
55	Jack	115
56	Jon	113
57	Gordon	110
58	Brian	105
59	Rodney	102
60	Scott	100
61	Allan	98
62	Stanley	94
63	Darrell	91
63	Mike	91
65	Arthur	90
66	Gene	89
67	Bradley	88
68	Glenn	85
69	Anthony	84
70	Randall	82
71	Jim	81
72	Marvin	78
73	Howard	77
73	Walter	77
75	Barry	76
75	Leroy	76
75	Warren	76
78	Leonard	75
79	Carl	74
79	Danny	74
81	Glen	73
81	Ralph	73
81	Roy	73
84	Loren	71
85	Daryl	70
85	Randy	70
85	Terrance	70
88	Greg	69
89	Clifford	68
89	Dan	68
89	Leslie	68
89	Theodore	68
93	Lyle	67
93	Martin	67
95	Jay	64
96	Fred	63
96	Norman	63
98	Joel	61
98	Micheal	61
98	Phillip	61