Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,685
2	David	1,648
3	Michael	1,552
4	John	1,533
5	Robert	1,532
6	Thomas	1,400
7	Richard	1,223
8	Steven	982
9	Gary	933
10	William	823
11	Dennis	701
12	Ronald	696
13	Charles	622
14	Larry	620
15	Mark	600
16	Donald	589
17	Bruce	588
18	Daniel	551
19	Gregory	477
20	Douglas	476
21	Kenneth	458
22	Paul	457
23	Stephen	455
24	Roger	453
25	Gerald	336

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	329
27	Dale	328
28	Joseph	303
28	Patrick	303
30	Wayne	295
31	Jeffrey	264
32	Terry	245
33	George	237
34	Craig	214
35	Lawrence	210
36	Peter	203
37	Edward	199
38	Jerry	196
39	Alan	186
40	Keith	172
41	Duane	171
42	Raymond	170
43	Brian	163
44	Jerome	155
45	Eugene	147
46	Dean	144
47	Allen	137
48	Rodney	134
49	Gordon	130
50	Scott	129
51	Philip	128
52	Curtis	126
53	Frank	122
54	Bradley	117
55	Russell	112
56	Darrell	110
57	Kevin	108
58	Lee	107
59	Gene	106
60	Steve	105
61	Mike	100
62	Jon	95
63	Allan	92
63	Anthony	92
63	Leroy	92
66	Harold	91
66	Randall	91
66	Randy	91
69	Stanley	87
70	Ralph	85
70	Terrance	85
72	Glenn	83
73	Lyle	80
73	Marvin	80
73	Tom	80
76	Bernard	79
76	Frederick	79
76	Leonard	79
79	Arthur	78
79	Glen	78
81	Jack	77
82	Walter	76
83	Barry	75
84	Francis	72
84	Warren	72
86	Carl	70
86	Jay	70
88	Leslie	68
89	Terrence	67
90	Howard	64
91	Lynn	62
91	Micheal	62
93	Theodore	61
94	Arnold	60
94	Daryl	60
94	Joel	60
97	Danny	59
98	Lloyd	58
99	Fred	56
99	Loren	56