Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1930

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1930 were Mary for girls (931 babies) and Robert for boys (1,298). Social Security records list 39,721 babies born in Minnesota in 1930 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1930

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: 82 babies, 22.4× the national rate
Arlys: 15 babies, 21× the national rate
Lavonne: 81 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Ione: 38 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Ardis: 40 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Ladonna: 24 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Mavis: 59 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Darlene: 137 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Adeline: 48 babies, 5× the national rate
Doreen: 22 babies, 5× the national rate

Boys

Luverne: 19 babies, 29.6× the national rate
Marlyn: 20 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Merlyn: 22 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Milo: 19 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Elroy: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Harlan: 49 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Duane: 171 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Lyle: 103 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Maynard: 38 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Loren: 51 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1930

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Mary	931	–	1
2	Betty	652	–	2
3	Dorothy	520	–	3
4	Patricia	482	↑3	7
5	Shirley	474	↓1	11
6	Donna	449	↓1	37
7	Joyce	405	↑1	18
8	Lois	382	↓2	17
9	Joan	376	↑4	8
10	Beverly	371	↑4	34
11	Marilyn	349	↑7	22
12	Delores	317	–	66
13	Helen	312	↓4	4
14	Margaret	294	↓3	5
15	Dolores	287	↑6	13
16	Barbara	284	↑4	6
17	Ruth	280	–	10
18	Jean	273	↓2	14
19	Phyllis	273	↓4	28
20	Lorraine	262	↓10	46
21	Doris	259	↑1	9
22	Carol	233	↑3	54
23	Elaine	210	↓4	69
24	Virginia	206	↑4	12
25	Alice	204	↓2	20
26	Marjorie	204	↓2	32
27	Audrey	197	↑2	63
28	Elizabeth	193	↓1	15
29	Evelyn	173	↓3	19
30	Arlene	161	↑1	>100
31	Geraldine	159	↑2	43
32	Irene	158	↑3	33
33	Marion	151	↓1	60
34	Joanne	146	↑14	81
35	Gloria	142	↓5	30
36	Darlene	137	↑13	>100
37	Marian	135	↑4	80
38	Rose	133	↓2	29
39	Bernice	130	↓2	58
40	Nancy	130	↓1	24
41	Norma	123	↑3	25
42	June	122	↓8	47
43	Janet	120	new	53
44	Mildred	118	↓6	21
45	Florence	117	–	38
46	Lucille	114	↓6	59
47	Gladys	113	↓5	48
48	Jeanne	111	↓1	92
49	Jeanette	104	new	>100
50	Rita	102	new	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Robert	1,298	–	1
2	Donald	1,078	–	7
3	Richard	1,008	–	5
4	John	873	–	3
5	James	862	–	2
6	William	634	–	4
7	Charles	376	↑1	6
8	Kenneth	362	↓1	17
9	Thomas	323	↑4	11
10	Gerald	322	↑1	30
11	George	320	↓2	8
12	Harold	290	–	18
13	Eugene	275	↑1	21
14	David	269	↑2	15
15	Raymond	269	↓5	16
16	Roger	263	↑2	58
17	Edward	246	↓2	10
18	Ronald	229	↑7	37
19	Joseph	218	↓2	9
20	Dale	191	↑12	64
21	Paul	185	↓1	12
22	Marvin	179	↓3	48
23	Gordon	175	↓2	77
24	Duane	171	↑15	>100
25	Arthur	167	↑3	23
26	Lawrence	160	↑5	36
27	Leroy	146	↑2	53
28	Howard	145	↑6	31
29	Jerome	143	↑9	>100
30	Ralph	142	–	25
31	Jack	141	↓4	14
32	Vernon	140	↓10	72
33	Earl	132	↓7	38
34	Lloyd	129	↓11	69
35	Norman	128	↑1	40
36	Melvin	124	↓1	50
37	Carl	123	↑9	26
38	Frank	123	↓5	13
39	Walter	122	↓15	19
40	Stanley	120	↑3	49
41	Wayne	119	↑4	65
42	Leonard	115	↓1	45
43	Clarence	110	↓3	39
44	Russell	106	↓2	60
45	Francis	105	↓1	42
46	Lyle	103	new	>100
47	Bernard	101	↑1	52
48	Roy	100	↑2	33
49	Arnold	98	–	98
50	Douglas	97	new	89

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