Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1931

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1931 were Mary for girls (944 babies) and Robert for boys (1,303). Social Security records list 39,531 babies born in Minnesota in 1931 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1931

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: 120 babies, 23.5× the national rate
Lavonne: 90 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Ardis: 40 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Ione: 35 babies, 11× the national rate
Ladonna: 29 babies, 10× the national rate
Marvel: 16 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Delphine: 32 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Mavis: 50 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Adeline: 46 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jeanine: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Boys

Luverne: 24 babies, 30.6× the national rate
Marlyn: 16 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Merlyn: 19 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Arden: 18 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Harlan: 59 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Milo: 18 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Duane: 207 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Elroy: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Myron: 73 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Jerome: 167 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1931

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Mary	944	–	1
2	Betty	648	–	2
3	Donna	528	↑3	32
4	Patricia	503	–	8
5	Dorothy	473	↓2	3
6	Joan	470	↑3	5
7	Shirley	432	↓2	9
8	Beverly	416	↑2	31
9	Marilyn	399	↑2	19
10	Lois	391	↓2	20
11	Barbara	359	↑5	4
12	Joyce	347	↓5	15
13	Margaret	296	↑1	7
14	Delores	284	↓2	58
15	Helen	274	↓2	6
16	Lorraine	255	↑4	49
17	Carol	249	↑5	46
18	Phyllis	247	↑1	29
19	Jean	246	↓1	13
20	Ruth	240	↓3	11
21	Elaine	213	↑2	72
22	Alice	206	↑3	21
23	Arlene	206	↑7	77
24	Doris	198	↓3	10
25	Dolores	194	↓10	14
26	Elizabeth	185	↑2	16
27	Audrey	173	–	64
28	Marjorie	168	↓2	34
29	Evelyn	166	–	24
30	Geraldine	164	↑1	38
31	Virginia	164	↓7	12
32	Nancy	163	↑8	17
33	Joanne	158	↑1	68
34	Gloria	157	↑1	23
35	Irene	154	↓3	37
36	Darlene	148	–	>100
37	Janet	140	↑6	45
38	Marlene	140	new	95
39	June	137	↑3	44
40	Marion	133	↓7	66
41	Marie	124	new	27
42	Norma	122	↓1	22
43	Marlys	120	new	>100
44	Marian	118	↓7	84
45	Rose	114	↓7	30
46	Florence	112	↓1	43
47	Gladys	112	–	55
48	Lucille	107	↓2	62
49	Jeanne	104	↓1	98
50	Mildred	103	↓6	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Robert	1,303	–	1
2	Donald	1,066	–	7
3	Richard	977	–	5
4	John	884	–	3
5	James	870	–	2
6	William	565	–	4
7	Charles	387	–	6
8	Kenneth	382	–	14
9	Gerald	377	↑1	26
10	Roger	325	↑6	53
11	David	306	↑3	13
12	Eugene	301	↑1	21
13	George	295	↓2	8
14	Thomas	285	↓5	10
15	Raymond	268	–	17
16	Ronald	258	↑2	27
17	Harold	236	↓5	18
18	Edward	232	↓1	11
19	Paul	227	↑2	12
20	Duane	207	↑4	>100
21	Dale	194	↓1	62
22	Joseph	194	↓3	9
23	Marvin	179	↓1	45
24	Jerome	167	↑5	>100
25	Jack	147	↑6	15
26	Gordon	145	↓3	76
27	Leroy	143	–	52
28	Walter	136	↑11	20
29	Arthur	134	↓4	23
30	Stanley	131	↑10	49
31	Wayne	130	↑10	58
32	Lloyd	127	↑2	68
33	Lawrence	125	↓7	38
34	Norman	123	↑1	36
35	Vernon	123	↓3	74
36	Frank	120	↑2	16
37	Howard	120	↓9	34
38	Earl	107	↓5	40
39	Leonard	106	↑3	48
40	Bernard	104	↑7	54
41	Carl	104	↓4	28
42	Clarence	102	↑1	39
43	Melvin	101	↓7	51
44	Francis	98	↑1	42
45	Ralph	97	↓15	25
46	Douglas	94	↑4	85
47	Dennis	93	new	>100
48	Glenn	92	new	72
49	Henry	91	new	22
50	Roy	88	↓2	35

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