Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,759
2	David	1,736
3	Michael	1,697
4	John	1,540
5	Robert	1,464
6	Thomas	1,460
7	Steven	1,347
8	Richard	1,277
9	Mark	1,059
10	Gary	1,040
11	William	914
12	Dennis	660
13	Ronald	650
14	Daniel	630
15	Gregory	624
16	Bruce	592
17	Charles	591
18	Donald	562
19	Paul	557
20	Larry	526
21	Douglas	523
22	Stephen	513
23	Kenneth	482
24	Timothy	481
25	Roger	430

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeffrey	404
27	Joseph	368
28	Gerald	354
29	Patrick	328
30	Dale	322
31	Kevin	308
32	Wayne	293
33	Craig	292
34	Scott	274
35	Terry	260
36	Edward	214
36	Keith	214
36	Lawrence	214
39	Alan	209
40	Bradley	206
41	Duane	205
42	Brian	197
43	Dean	192
44	Peter	191
45	George	188
46	Jerry	175
47	Allen	167
48	Randy	164
49	Jerome	162
50	Raymond	148
51	Eugene	143
52	Rodney	136
53	Lee	128
54	Russell	119
55	Randall	117
56	Frank	112
57	Curtis	108
57	Jack	108
59	Jon	104
60	Allan	97
61	Anthony	96
61	Philip	96
63	Gordon	95
64	Glenn	93
64	Harold	93
66	Stanley	90
67	Terrance	89
68	Darrell	86
68	Joel	86
70	Barry	85
70	Marvin	85
70	Theodore	85
73	Ralph	81
74	Martin	80
75	Frederick	79
76	Gene	78
77	Carl	72
77	Christopher	72
77	Danny	72
77	Lynn	72
81	Daryl	71
81	Warren	71
83	Jay	70
83	Micheal	70
85	Howard	69
85	Leonard	69
85	Walter	69
88	Glen	67
88	Terrence	67
90	Loren	66
91	Kim	64
91	Lyle	64
93	Arthur	63
94	Leslie	62
95	Bernard	61
95	Neil	61
95	Todd	61
98	Roy	60
98	Vernon	60
100	Norman	58