Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1932

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1932 were Mary for girls (979 babies) and Robert for boys (1,298). Social Security records list 39,219 babies born in Minnesota in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1932

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: 101 babies, 23.2× the national rate
Darlyne: 16 babies, 19.6× the national rate
Ardyce: 15 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Ardis: 42 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Lavonne: 89 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Marvel: 16 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Ione: 24 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Ladonna: 19 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Mavis: 56 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Darlene: 192 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Boys

Arvid: 16 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Marlyn: 16 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Donovan: 18 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Milo: 20 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Darold: 15 babies, 8× the national rate
Arden: 15 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Harlan: 48 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Duane: 185 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Rolland: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lyle: 102 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Mary	979	–	1
2	Donna	558	↑1	29
3	Betty	540	↓1	2
4	Joan	511	↑2	5
5	Patricia	499	↓1	6
6	Barbara	464	↑5	3
7	Beverly	456	↑1	28
8	Lois	411	↑2	20
9	Shirley	405	↓2	9
10	Dorothy	388	↓5	4
11	Marilyn	383	↓2	16
12	Margaret	333	↑1	7
13	Joyce	324	↓1	12
14	Carol	302	↑3	32
15	Helen	289	–	8
16	Jean	279	↑3	15
17	Phyllis	251	↑1	30
18	Lorraine	236	↓2	55
19	Delores	235	↓5	56
20	Marlene	222	↑18	78
21	Ruth	217	↓1	11
22	Doris	209	↑2	10
23	Darlene	192	↑13	>100
24	Janet	189	↑13	35
25	Joanne	188	↑8	62
26	Gloria	183	↑8	25
27	Marjorie	182	↑1	37
28	Arlene	180	↓5	80
29	Alice	170	↓7	21
30	Elaine	161	↓9	68
31	Audrey	160	↓4	61
32	Nancy	157	–	13
33	Dolores	156	↓8	18
34	Geraldine	155	↓4	42
35	Virginia	148	↓4	14
36	Elizabeth	146	↓10	17
37	Irene	138	↓2	43
38	Evelyn	136	↓9	23
39	June	122	–	44
40	Marian	121	↑4	86
41	Jeanette	120	new	>100
42	Joann	120	new	79
43	Norma	119	↓1	22
44	Rita	117	new	53
45	Lucille	116	↑3	63
46	Marion	114	↓6	73
47	Rose	105	↓2	33
48	Janice	102	new	94
49	Marlys	101	↓6	>100
50	Marie	100	↓9	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Robert	1,298	–	1
2	Richard	1,031	↑1	5
3	Donald	974	↓1	7
4	John	918	–	3
5	James	907	–	2
6	William	560	–	4
7	Gerald	430	↑2	24
8	Kenneth	394	–	14
9	Ronald	384	↑7	16
10	Charles	377	↓3	6
11	Thomas	343	↑3	10
12	George	321	↑1	8
13	Eugene	302	↓1	22
14	David	292	↓3	12
15	Roger	266	↓5	50
16	Harold	259	↑1	18
17	Raymond	243	↓2	19
18	Joseph	207	↑4	9
19	Paul	205	–	13
20	Dale	202	↑1	61
21	Edward	200	↓3	11
22	Duane	185	↓2	>100
23	Jerome	163	↑1	>100
24	Lawrence	156	↑9	35
25	Marvin	156	↓2	46
26	Gordon	142	–	81
27	Walter	141	↑1	21
28	Ralph	137	↑17	27
29	Jack	136	↓4	17
30	Leroy	132	↓3	53
31	Wayne	125	–	57
32	Leonard	122	↑7	48
33	Arthur	118	↓4	25
34	Earl	118	↑4	41
35	Frank	116	↑1	15
36	Vernon	115	↓1	78
37	Norman	114	↓3	37
38	Melvin	112	↑5	51
39	Dennis	107	↑8	>100
40	Howard	104	↓3	36
41	Lloyd	103	↓9	71
42	Lyle	102	new	>100
43	Stanley	102	↓13	52
44	Jerry	98	new	34
45	Clarence	96	↓3	40
46	Arnold	90	new	100
47	Bernard	90	↓7	60
48	Peter	89	new	62
49	Russell	89	new	63
50	Wallace	86	new	>100

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