Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1933

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1933 were Mary for girls (895 babies) and Robert for boys (1,130). Social Security records list 37,588 babies born in Minnesota in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1933

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

Girls

Arlys: 21 babies, 26.2× the national rate
Marlys: 138 babies, 24.3× the national rate
Lavonne: 89 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Ardis: 37 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Ione: 28 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Ladonna: 28 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Darleen: 16 babies, 8× the national rate
Mavis: 54 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Adeline: 42 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Darlene: 254 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Boys

Luverne: 17 babies, 36.5× the national rate
Marlyn: 17 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Harland: 15 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Harlan: 55 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Roman: 19 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Milo: 18 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Duane: 230 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Dwayne: 21 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Dewayne: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Daryl: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Mary	895	–	1
2	Patricia	504	↑3	6
3	Donna	491	↓1	24
4	Betty	489	↓1	2
5	Joan	475	↓1	5
6	Barbara	441	–	3
7	Beverly	420	–	26
8	Dorothy	392	↑2	4
9	Shirley	354	–	9
10	Marilyn	339	↑1	16
11	Carol	338	↑3	20
12	Lois	313	↓4	19
13	Joyce	295	–	12
14	Margaret	278	↓2	7
15	Delores	260	↑4	52
16	Darlene	254	↑7	96
17	Marlene	251	↑3	50
18	Jean	244	↓2	14
19	Helen	242	↓4	8
20	Phyllis	233	↓3	28
21	Janet	231	↑3	25
22	Arlene	230	↑6	74
23	Nancy	222	↑9	11
24	Joanne	208	↑1	56
25	Marjorie	203	↑2	41
26	Doris	196	↓4	10
27	Lorraine	190	↓9	54
28	Ruth	185	↓7	13
29	Elaine	184	↑1	61
30	Alice	176	↓1	22
31	Virginia	169	↑4	15
32	Audrey	167	↓1	59
33	Gloria	144	↓7	31
34	Marlys	138	↑15	>100
35	Elizabeth	136	↑1	17
36	Geraldine	134	↓2	42
37	Joann	134	↑5	72
38	Irene	128	↓1	46
39	Janice	121	↑9	81
40	Marian	109	–	89
41	Marion	109	↑5	73
42	Dolores	107	↓9	21
43	Eleanor	102	new	38
44	June	99	↓5	45
45	Evelyn	96	↓7	30
46	Kathleen	93	new	77
47	Marie	93	↑3	33
48	Rita	93	↓4	53
49	Norma	92	↓6	23
50	Lavonne	89	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Robert	1,130	–	1
2	Richard	1,118	–	5
3	John	921	↑1	3
4	James	886	↑1	2
5	Donald	858	↓2	7
6	William	545	–	4
7	Ronald	454	↑2	12
8	Gerald	421	↓1	22
9	Charles	394	↑1	6
10	Kenneth	352	↓2	15
11	Roger	340	↑4	48
12	Thomas	324	↓1	10
13	David	311	↑1	13
14	George	268	↓2	8
15	Eugene	250	↓2	23
16	Duane	230	↑6	>100
17	Raymond	217	–	19
18	Dale	204	↑2	65
19	Paul	200	–	14
20	Edward	195	↑1	11
21	Harold	195	↓5	18
22	Joseph	179	↓4	9
23	Jerome	166	–	>100
24	Marvin	160	↑1	44
25	Wayne	148	↑6	52
26	Dennis	147	↑13	>100
27	Leroy	145	↑3	56
28	Gordon	144	↓2	71
29	Lawrence	138	↓5	38
30	Jack	130	↓1	17
31	Walter	127	↓4	21
32	Ralph	126	↓4	29
33	Norman	123	↑4	37
34	Earl	116	–	41
35	Jerry	114	↑9	31
36	Arthur	109	↓3	25
37	Douglas	104	new	81
38	Howard	102	↑2	36
39	Frank	98	↓4	16
40	Russell	96	↑9	67
41	Arnold	95	↑5	>100
42	Dean	94	new	>100
43	Melvin	94	↓5	51
44	Franklin	93	new	33
45	Leonard	93	↓13	47
46	Clarence	91	↓1	43
47	Stanley	91	↓4	55
48	Bruce	90	new	91
49	Vernon	90	↓13	83
50	Lloyd	89	↓9	73

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