Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,682
2	James	1,653
3	David	1,646
4	John	1,511
5	Robert	1,509
6	Thomas	1,389
7	Steven	1,208
8	Richard	1,204
9	Gary	977
10	William	907
11	Mark	760
12	Ronald	654
13	Dennis	647
14	Gregory	639
15	Charles	636
16	Donald	583
17	Daniel	540
18	Bruce	535
19	Stephen	515
20	Larry	514
21	Douglas	482
22	Paul	477
23	Roger	423
24	Kenneth	418
25	Timothy	406

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dale	385
27	Joseph	338
28	Gerald	328
29	Wayne	317
30	Patrick	284
31	Craig	271
32	Jeffrey	265
33	Terry	236
34	Edward	231
35	Lawrence	226
36	George	211
37	Brian	205
38	Peter	204
39	Kevin	197
40	Duane	185
41	Alan	177
42	Scott	176
43	Keith	171
44	Jerry	156
45	Bradley	155
46	Dean	145
47	Allen	139
47	Jerome	139
49	Curtis	137
50	Gordon	128
50	Randall	128
52	Eugene	124
53	Russell	118
54	Raymond	117
55	Lee	115
56	Philip	110
57	Randy	109
57	Rodney	109
59	Jack	106
60	Stanley	104
61	Frank	102
62	Harold	98
63	Glenn	97
63	Jon	97
65	Terrance	86
66	Gene	85
67	Allan	82
68	Darrell	81
69	Ralph	80
70	Terrence	79
70	Theodore	79
72	Roy	78
73	Carl	77
74	Marvin	76
74	Steve	76
76	Lyle	75
77	Howard	74
77	Martin	74
79	Frederick	73
80	Leroy	72
81	Barry	70
81	Walter	70
83	Jay	69
84	Joel	67
84	Neil	67
86	Arthur	66
86	Phillip	66
88	Anthony	65
88	Loren	65
90	Norman	63
91	Glen	62
91	Warren	62
93	Daryl	61
94	Francis	60
95	Leonard	59
96	Kent	58
96	Leslie	58
98	Micheal	56
99	Danny	55
100	Christopher	54