Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	2,048
2	Michael	1,897
3	Mark	1,503
4	James	1,446
5	John	1,441
6	Steven	1,391
7	Robert	1,330
8	Thomas	1,310
9	Richard	1,117
10	Daniel	862
11	Jeffrey	795
12	Gary	793
13	William	772
14	Paul	728
15	Timothy	675
16	Kevin	649
17	Gregory	630
18	Scott	595
19	Douglas	545
20	Bruce	541
21	Ronald	509
22	Donald	490
23	Joseph	487
24	Randy	484
25	Charles	475

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dennis	400
27	Brian	397
28	Kenneth	373
29	Larry	366
30	Dale	359
31	Patrick	345
32	Craig	344
33	Stephen	323
34	Keith	315
35	Roger	303
36	Peter	285
37	Terry	284
38	Wayne	274
39	Bradley	270
40	Gerald	242
41	Alan	225
42	Dean	202
43	Edward	199
44	Randall	185
45	Rodney	177
46	George	175
47	Lawrence	174
48	Duane	167
49	Jon	153
50	Jerry	142
51	Curtis	137
51	Kim	137
53	Jerome	134
54	Russell	132
55	Joel	131
56	Anthony	129
57	Jeffery	123
58	Ricky	122
59	Lee	117
60	Todd	115
61	Allen	112
61	Micheal	112
61	Raymond	112
64	Frank	106
64	Philip	106
66	Eugene	102
67	Rick	99
68	Glenn	96
69	Brad	95
69	Jay	95
69	Steve	95
72	Allan	90
73	Gordon	88
73	Kurt	88
75	Martin	85
76	Christopher	82
76	Terrance	82
78	Jack	74
79	Glen	72
80	Andrew	70
81	Ralph	69
82	Danny	68
83	Gregg	66
84	Gene	65
85	Carl	64
86	Phillip	63
87	Howard	62
87	Loren	62
87	Terrence	62
90	Leroy	60
91	Stanley	59
92	Marvin	58
92	Roy	58
94	Harold	57
94	Kent	57
94	Kerry	57
94	Lyle	57
94	Walter	57
99	Greg	56
100	Daryl	54