Most popular boys’ names in Minnesota, 1956

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	1,899
2	Michael	1,851
3	Mark	1,559
4	James	1,475
5	John	1,411
6	Steven	1,355
7	Robert	1,329
8	Thomas	1,293
9	Richard	1,124
10	Daniel	885
11	Jeffrey	832
12	William	789
13	Paul	772
14	Timothy	769
15	Gary	761
16	Scott	740
17	Kevin	720
18	Gregory	666
19	Bruce	576
20	Ronald	545
21	Randy	530
22	Douglas	525
23	Brian	490
24	Donald	482
25	Charles	465

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joseph	442
27	Kenneth	406
28	Dale	348
29	Craig	344
29	Larry	344
31	Patrick	343
32	Bradley	339
33	Stephen	328
34	Peter	326
35	Dennis	325
36	Keith	311
37	Roger	278
38	Terry	274
39	Dean	255
40	Gerald	232
40	Wayne	232
42	Randall	227
43	Alan	216
44	Edward	173
45	Duane	172
46	Jon	165
47	Curtis	159
48	Joel	151
49	Jerry	149
50	Jeffery	148
51	Lawrence	138
52	Russell	137
53	Anthony	136
53	Todd	136
55	Steve	135
56	Kim	133
57	Jay	132
58	George	124
58	Rodney	124
60	Ricky	116
61	Raymond	114
62	Allen	112
62	Philip	112
64	Lee	108
65	Rick	106
66	Micheal	103
67	Brad	101
68	Jerome	99
69	Eugene	98
70	Christopher	96
71	Gordon	93
72	Kurt	90
73	Bryan	89
74	Martin	87
75	Mike	85
76	Kent	84
77	Danny	83
78	Glenn	82
79	Andrew	81
79	Dan	81
81	Jack	79
82	Frank	78
83	Darrell	76
83	Greg	76
85	Gregg	74
86	Barry	73
86	Glen	73
88	Eric	72
89	Jeff	70
90	Gene	69
90	Matthew	69
92	Terrance	68
93	Neil	65
94	Carl	63
94	Jonathan	63
96	Marvin	62
96	Terrence	62
98	Allan	61
98	Lyle	61
98	Stanley	61