Popular Minnesota Boy Baby Names From 1940

The Most Popular Minnesota Boy Baby Names in 1940

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1940.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Minnesota was Robert. In total there were 23,926 boys born sharing 355 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1940 . 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
1	Robert	1 in 18 (5.5%)	1,313
2	James	1 in 19 (5.3%)	1,276
3	Richard	1 in 21 (4.8%)	1,150
4	John	1 in 21 (4.7%)	1,129
5	David	1 in 24 (4.1%)	987
6	William	1 in 37 (2.7%)	654
7	Gary	1 in 38 (2.7%)	637
8	Donald	1 in 38 (2.6%)	628
9	Thomas	1 in 39 (2.6%)	615
10	Ronald	1 in 39 (2.5%)	606
11	Dennis	1 in 41 (2.4%)	577
12	Roger	1 in 44 (2.3%)	546
13	Gerald	1 in 44 (2.3%)	546
14	Kenneth	1 in 54 (1.9%)	446
15	Charles	1 in 55 (1.8%)	435
16	Michael	1 in 59 (1.7%)	404
17	Larry	1 in 62 (1.6%)	387
18	Paul	1 in 84 (1.2%)	284
19	Jerry	1 in 103 (1%)	232
20	Dale	1 in 106 (0.9%)	225
21	Wayne	1 in 107 (0.9%)	223
22	George	1 in 112 (0.9%)	214
23	Edward	1 in 112 (0.9%)	213
24	Jerome	1 in 118 (0.8%)	202
25	Eugene	1 in 121 (0.8%)	197
26	Bruce	1 in 122 (0.8%)	196
27	Raymond	1 in 125 (0.8%)	192
28	Joseph	1 in 125 (0.8%)	191
29	Duane	1 in 140 (0.7%)	171
30	Douglas	1 in 141 (0.7%)	170
31	Lawrence	1 in 152 (0.7%)	157
32	Harold	1 in 153 (0.7%)	156
33	Daniel	1 in 162 (0.6%)	148
34	Gordon	1 in 166 (0.6%)	144
35	Peter	1 in 180 (0.6%)	133
36	Leroy	1 in 193 (0.5%)	124
37	Patrick	1 in 195 (0.5%)	123
38	Marvin	1 in 201 (0.5%)	119
39	Gene	1 in 208 (0.5%)	115
40	Arthur	1 in 214 (0.5%)	112
41	Curtis	1 in 218 (0.5%)	110
42	Ralph	1 in 220 (0.5%)	109
43	Lyle	1 in 222 (0.5%)	108
44	Norman	1 in 226 (0.4%)	106
45	Frank	1 in 228 (0.4%)	105
46	Jon	1 in 257 (0.4%)	93
47	Darrell	1 in 263 (0.4%)	91
48	Stanley	1 in 263 (0.4%)	91
49	Rodney	1 in 266 (0.4%)	90
50	Howard	1 in 269 (0.4%)	89
51	Stephen	1 in 278 (0.4%)	86
52	Jack	1 in 278 (0.4%)	86
53	Leonard	1 in 281 (0.4%)	85
54	Allan	1 in 285 (0.4%)	84
55	Francis	1 in 292 (0.3%)	82
56	Warren	1 in 295 (0.3%)	81
57	Walter	1 in 295 (0.3%)	81
58	Allen	1 in 299 (0.3%)	80
59	Dean	1 in 303 (0.3%)	79
60	Vernon	1 in 311 (0.3%)	77
61	Russell	1 in 315 (0.3%)	76
62	Philip	1 in 315 (0.3%)	76
63	Fred	1 in 323 (0.3%)	74
64	Terry	1 in 323 (0.3%)	74
65	Carl	1 in 342 (0.3%)	70
66	Tom	1 in 352 (0.3%)	68
67	Loren	1 in 352 (0.3%)	68
68	Bernard	1 in 352 (0.3%)	68
69	Keith	1 in 357 (0.3%)	67
70	Melvin	1 in 357 (0.3%)	67
71	Theodore	1 in 357 (0.3%)	67
72	Harvey	1 in 363 (0.3%)	66
73	Alan	1 in 363 (0.3%)	66
74	Glenn	1 in 368 (0.3%)	65
75	Clifford	1 in 380 (0.3%)	63
76	Henry	1 in 386 (0.3%)	62
77	Lowell	1 in 386 (0.3%)	62
78	Jim	1 in 392 (0.3%)	61
79	Lloyd	1 in 399 (0.3%)	60
80	Steven	1 in 406 (0.2%)	59
81	Arnold	1 in 413 (0.2%)	58
82	Earl	1 in 413 (0.2%)	58
83	Anthony	1 in 427 (0.2%)	56
84	Phillip	1 in 443 (0.2%)	54
85	Lee	1 in 443 (0.2%)	54
86	Harry	1 in 443 (0.2%)	54
87	Darrel	1 in 451 (0.2%)	53
88	Don	1 in 460 (0.2%)	52
89	Roy	1 in 498 (0.2%)	48
90	Clarence	1 in 498 (0.2%)	48
91	Leon	1 in 509 (0.2%)	47
92	Albert	1 in 520 (0.2%)	46
93	Virgil	1 in 520 (0.2%)	46
94	Wallace	1 in 532 (0.2%)	45
95	Louis	1 in 544 (0.2%)	44
96	Frederick	1 in 556 (0.2%)	43
97	Myron	1 in 556 (0.2%)	43
98	Glen	1 in 570 (0.2%)	42
99	Timothy	1 in 584 (0.2%)	41
100	Martin	1 in 584 (0.2%)	41