Top 100 Minnesota Boy Baby Names in 1917

// These were the most popular boy baby names in Minnesota, in 1917.

The Most Popular Minnesota Boy Baby Names in 1917


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Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Minnesota was John. In total there were 18,911 boys born sharing 390 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1917 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.


Rank Name How Unique? Total births this year
1John1 in 21 (4.8%)903
2Robert1 in 23 (4.3%)813
3William1 in 32 (3.1%)586
4Donald1 in 36 (2.8%)526
5George1 in 39 (2.6%)491
6James1 in 49 (2%)384
7Harold1 in 50 (2%)382
8Raymond1 in 50 (2%)377
9Joseph1 in 56 (1.8%)340
10Edward1 in 56 (1.8%)337
11Charles1 in 64 (1.6%)297
12Kenneth1 in 65 (1.5%)289
13Richard1 in 67 (1.5%)283
14Walter1 in 68 (1.5%)279
15Arthur1 in 71 (1.4%)265
16Clarence1 in 81 (1.2%)234
17Frank1 in 81 (1.2%)234
18Lloyd1 in 95 (1.1%)199
19Henry1 in 96 (1%)197
20Lawrence1 in 98 (1%)193
21Leonard1 in 99 (1%)191
22Paul1 in 100 (1%)190
23Carl1 in 102 (1%)185
24Ralph1 in 106 (0.9%)178
25Albert1 in 107 (0.9%)176
26Earl1 in 109 (0.9%)174
27Harry1 in 109 (0.9%)174
28Stanley1 in 109 (0.9%)173
29Clifford1 in 111 (0.9%)171
30Arnold1 in 117 (0.9%)161
31Thomas1 in 124 (0.8%)153
32Howard1 in 124 (0.8%)152
33Roy1 in 125 (0.8%)151
34Elmer1 in 128 (0.8%)148
35Melvin1 in 129 (0.8%)147
36Herbert1 in 130 (0.8%)145
37Vernon1 in 131 (0.8%)144
38Francis1 in 135 (0.7%)140
39Gordon1 in 135 (0.7%)140
40Bernard1 in 137 (0.7%)138
41Marvin1 in 138 (0.7%)137
42Norman1 in 141 (0.7%)134
43Ernest1 in 143 (0.7%)132
44Edwin1 in 151 (0.7%)125
45Russell1 in 151 (0.7%)125
46Leo1 in 154 (0.7%)123
47Alfred1 in 158 (0.6%)120
48Fred1 in 163 (0.6%)116
49Lester1 in 172 (0.6%)110
50Louis1 in 173 (0.6%)109
51Eugene1 in 184 (0.5%)103
52Willard1 in 197 (0.5%)96
53David1 in 201 (0.5%)94
54Floyd1 in 206 (0.5%)92
55Gerald1 in 215 (0.5%)88
56Chester1 in 215 (0.5%)88
57Alvin1 in 217 (0.5%)87
58Victor1 in 225 (0.4%)84
59Jack1 in 233 (0.4%)81
60Leroy1 in 233 (0.4%)81
61Martin1 in 246 (0.4%)77
62Harvey1 in 246 (0.4%)77
63Philip1 in 252 (0.4%)75
64Wallace1 in 252 (0.4%)75
65Glenn1 in 259 (0.4%)73
66Ray1 in 266 (0.4%)71
67Milton1 in 274 (0.4%)69
68Andrew1 in 282 (0.4%)67
69Leslie1 in 287 (0.3%)66
70Theodore1 in 287 (0.3%)66
71Warren1 in 287 (0.3%)66
72Vincent1 in 295 (0.3%)64
73Frederick1 in 300 (0.3%)63
74Ervin1 in 305 (0.3%)62
75Herman1 in 305 (0.3%)62
76Orville1 in 305 (0.3%)62
77Peter1 in 305 (0.3%)62
78Roger1 in 305 (0.3%)62
79Everett1 in 315 (0.3%)60
80Anthony1 in 321 (0.3%)59
81Lyle1 in 338 (0.3%)56
82Daniel1 in 344 (0.3%)55
83Emil1 in 344 (0.3%)55
84Oscar1 in 350 (0.3%)54
85Wayne1 in 357 (0.3%)53
86Gilbert1 in 357 (0.3%)53
87Jerome1 in 364 (0.3%)52
88Oliver1 in 386 (0.3%)49
89Wilfred1 in 394 (0.3%)48
90Joe1 in 394 (0.3%)48
91Allen1 in 394 (0.3%)48
92Maurice1 in 402 (0.2%)47
93Michael1 in 411 (0.2%)46
94Roland1 in 420 (0.2%)45
95Morris1 in 440 (0.2%)43
96Wilbur1 in 450 (0.2%)42
97Sylvester1 in 450 (0.2%)42
98Clayton1 in 450 (0.2%)42
99Norbert1 in 461 (0.2%)41
100Virgil1 in 473 (0.2%)40


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