Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1954

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,889
2	David	1,854
3	James	1,509
4	John	1,484
5	Steven	1,472
6	Robert	1,361
7	Mark	1,327
8	Thomas	1,294
9	Richard	1,292
10	Gary	899
11	Daniel	838
12	William	808
13	Paul	695
14	Jeffrey	664
15	Gregory	625
16	Timothy	608
17	Bruce	581
18	Kevin	566
19	Ronald	558
20	Donald	522
21	Douglas	514
22	Charles	505
23	Scott	481
24	Dennis	479
24	Joseph	479

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kenneth	429
27	Larry	400
28	Randy	382
29	Dale	374
30	Patrick	363
31	Craig	353
32	Stephen	352
33	Brian	313
34	Terry	303
35	Roger	302
36	Wayne	285
37	Keith	274
38	Gerald	268
39	Bradley	262
40	Peter	235
41	Alan	221
42	Duane	209
43	Edward	191
44	Dean	188
45	Rodney	184
46	Lawrence	166
47	George	158
48	Curtis	156
49	Jon	146
50	Jerome	137
51	Raymond	134
52	Randall	132
52	Ricky	132
54	Jerry	130
55	Allen	129
56	Kim	127
57	Joel	121
58	Russell	120
59	Anthony	111
59	Todd	111
61	Lee	107
62	Jeffery	101
63	Gordon	98
64	Jack	97
65	Eugene	94
66	Steve	93
67	Allan	92
67	Gene	92
67	Jay	92
67	Micheal	92
71	Martin	91
72	Terrance	90
73	Frank	89
73	Philip	89
75	Barry	85
76	Glenn	84
77	Christopher	83
78	Neil	77
78	Ralph	77
78	Rick	77
81	Glen	75
82	Stanley	74
83	Loren	72
84	Brad	71
84	Danny	71
84	Marvin	71
87	Leslie	69
87	Lyle	69
87	Theodore	69
90	Leonard	67
91	Harold	66
92	Dan	64
92	Frederick	64
94	Arthur	62
95	Howard	61
95	Kent	61
97	Carl	60
97	Walter	60
99	Kurt	59
99	Roy	59