Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,864
2	David	1,777
3	James	1,651
4	Steven	1,478
5	John	1,469
6	Thomas	1,400
7	Robert	1,399
8	Richard	1,338
9	Mark	1,091
10	Gary	1,005
11	William	933
12	Daniel	777
13	Bruce	665
14	Gregory	637
15	Dennis	628
16	Paul	581
17	Donald	557
18	Ronald	548
19	Charles	533
20	Timothy	521
21	Douglas	507
22	Larry	500
23	Kenneth	444
24	Jeffrey	416
25	Stephen	412

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roger	376
27	Joseph	355
28	Scott	352
29	Dale	351
30	Kevin	339
31	Gerald	319
32	Patrick	318
33	Craig	303
34	Wayne	292
35	Randy	242
36	Brian	238
37	Peter	237
38	Dean	232
39	Terry	221
40	Keith	216
41	Duane	203
42	Edward	199
43	Lawrence	191
44	Alan	190
45	Jerry	187
46	Bradley	181
47	George	160
48	Jerome	158
49	Raymond	146
50	Curtis	145
51	Randall	138
52	Rodney	132
53	Allen	127
54	Eugene	121
55	Russell	120
56	Anthony	113
57	Glenn	108
58	Philip	106
59	Stanley	103
60	Gordon	102
61	Kim	99
62	Lee	95
63	Jon	93
64	Frank	90
65	Kent	89
66	Glen	88
67	Darrell	87
68	Allan	86
68	Jack	86
70	Gene	84
71	Micheal	82
72	Christopher	80
72	Harold	80
74	Jay	79
74	Terrance	79
76	Joel	78
77	Steve	76
78	Barry	75
78	Danny	75
78	Martin	75
78	Ricky	75
82	Kurt	74
83	Daryl	73
84	Howard	72
85	Neil	70
86	Leonard	68
86	Marvin	68
86	Walter	68
89	Todd	66
90	Carl	65
90	Lyle	65
90	Warren	65
93	Loren	64
93	Roy	64
95	Arthur	63
96	Theodore	62
97	Bernard	61
97	Leslie	61
97	Wesley	61
100	Leroy	60
100	Ralph	60