Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1929

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1929 were Mary for girls (942 babies) and Robert for boys (1,348). Social Security records list 38,807 babies born in Minnesota in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1929

Names given at least 15 times in Minnesota that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Marlys: 72 babies, 24.6× the national rate
Ardis: 36 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Lavonne: 64 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Ladonna: 18 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Ione: 29 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Marvel: 23 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Alvina: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Corrine: 33 babies, 6× the national rate
Mavis: 55 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Donald: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Boys

Luverne: 22 babies, 27.4× the national rate
Milo: 20 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Elroy: 19 babies, 7× the national rate
Vern: 22 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Duane: 117 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kermit: 25 babies, 5× the national rate
Lyle: 90 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Rolland: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Roman: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Orville: 68 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Mary	942	–	1
2	Betty	644	–	2
3	Dorothy	538	–	3
4	Shirley	468	–	9
5	Donna	454	↑3	47
6	Lois	443	↓1	17
7	Patricia	406	↓1	10
8	Joyce	362	↑2	23
9	Helen	333	↓2	4
10	Lorraine	331	↓1	42
11	Margaret	326	–	5
12	Delores	318	↑7	74
13	Joan	318	↑7	13
14	Beverly	307	↓1	39
15	Phyllis	290	↓3	24
16	Jean	267	–	12
17	Ruth	259	↓2	8
18	Marilyn	254	–	33
19	Elaine	253	↑2	67
20	Barbara	247	↑4	7
21	Dolores	244	↓4	14
22	Doris	241	↓8	6
23	Alice	210	↓1	21
24	Marjorie	207	↑1	30
25	Carol	198	↑6	63
26	Evelyn	188	↑2	19
27	Elizabeth	180	↑7	15
28	Virginia	178	↓2	11
29	Audrey	168	↓2	58
30	Gloria	167	↑3	28
31	Arlene	158	↑4	>100
32	Marion	158	↓2	53
33	Geraldine	154	↑6	43
34	June	154	↑4	48
35	Irene	151	↓12	29
36	Rose	138	↑5	26
37	Bernice	135	↑3	55
38	Mildred	131	↓6	18
39	Nancy	128	new	32
40	Lucille	123	↓11	57
41	Marian	119	↓5	75
42	Gladys	115	↑2	44
43	Rosemary	115	new	80
44	Norma	114	↑3	25
45	Florence	113	↓8	35
46	Marie	113	↓3	22
47	Jeanne	109	new	92
48	Joanne	106	new	>100
49	Darlene	98	new	>100
50	Eileen	95	↓1	98

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Robert	1,348	–	1
2	Donald	1,111	–	7
3	Richard	912	↑1	6
4	John	911	↓1	3
5	James	800	–	2
6	William	635	–	4
7	Kenneth	373	–	18
8	Charles	344	↑1	5
9	George	302	↓1	8
10	Raymond	302	↑4	15
11	Gerald	292	↓1	33
12	Harold	286	–	16
13	Thomas	283	↑3	11
14	Eugene	263	↓3	20
15	Edward	257	↓2	10
16	David	254	↑2	17
17	Joseph	236	↓2	9
18	Roger	209	↑1	64
19	Marvin	196	↑1	46
20	Paul	195	↓3	13
21	Gordon	163	↑1	79
22	Vernon	160	↑1	71
23	Lloyd	158	↑3	62
24	Walter	158	↑3	19
25	Ronald	157	↑3	45
26	Earl	156	↑3	36
27	Jack	154	↑5	14
28	Arthur	151	↓7	22
29	Leroy	151	↑12	51
30	Ralph	151	↓5	26
31	Lawrence	148	↓7	38
32	Dale	144	↓2	73
33	Frank	135	↑5	12
34	Howard	134	↑2	31
35	Melvin	127	↑2	49
36	Norman	123	↓5	40
37	Herbert	121	↓2	25
38	Jerome	119	↓5	>100
39	Duane	117	↑1	>100
40	Clarence	114	↓6	37
41	Leonard	112	↓2	42
42	Russell	110	↑7	56
43	Stanley	109	↑1	48
44	Francis	104	↑4	39
45	Wayne	103	new	69
46	Carl	102	new	28
47	Henry	102	new	21
48	Bernard	101	↓6	52
49	Arnold	100	↓4	95
50	Roy	96	↓7	35

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