Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	1,868
2	Michael	1,866
3	James	1,553
4	John	1,435
5	Steven	1,378
6	Robert	1,364
7	Thomas	1,306
8	Richard	1,292
9	Mark	1,179
10	Gary	936
11	William	804
12	Daniel	742
13	Paul	673
14	Gregory	662
15	Bruce	626
16	Jeffrey	580
17	Charles	577
18	Ronald	575
19	Timothy	559
20	Donald	530
21	Dennis	511
22	Douglas	495
23	Kevin	423
24	Scott	421
25	Kenneth	413

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Larry	404
27	Roger	403
28	Joseph	396
29	Stephen	373
30	Dale	357
31	Craig	340
32	Patrick	331
33	Gerald	279
34	Wayne	270
35	Randy	264
36	Terry	261
37	Bradley	250
38	Brian	241
38	Keith	241
40	Alan	227
41	Peter	226
42	Dean	188
42	Edward	188
44	George	187
45	Duane	178
46	Lawrence	177
47	Rodney	169
48	Randall	149
49	Jerome	147
49	Jerry	147
51	Curtis	141
52	Raymond	136
53	Allen	133
54	Jon	131
55	Eugene	126
56	Anthony	117
57	Ricky	113
58	Gordon	112
59	Frank	110
60	Kim	109
61	Lee	108
62	Philip	107
63	Glenn	99
64	Russell	98
65	Joel	96
65	Todd	96
67	Jay	95
68	Allan	89
68	Jeffery	89
70	Stanley	87
71	Kent	81
71	Neil	81
73	Christopher	79
73	Martin	79
73	Micheal	79
76	Jack	77
76	Terrance	77
78	Steve	76
79	Ralph	74
80	Loren	72
81	Danny	71
82	Lyle	70
83	Carl	69
83	Leonard	69
85	Brad	68
85	Eric	68
85	Walter	68
88	Darrell	67
89	Daryl	66
89	Marvin	66
91	Leroy	65
91	Rick	65
93	Barry	64
94	Glen	63
95	Howard	62
95	Roy	62
95	Warren	62
98	Dan	61
98	Leslie	61
100	Arthur	60
100	Kurt	60