Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1934

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1934 were Mary for girls (931 babies) and Robert for boys (1,126). Social Security records list 38,940 babies born in Minnesota in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1934

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: 149 babies, 23.9× the national rate
Arlys: 15 babies, 18.7× the national rate
Lavonne: 113 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Ione: 32 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Ardis: 29 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Mavis: 65 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Ladonna: 19 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lavon: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Luella: 39 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Darlene: 250 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Boys

Luverne: 16 babies, 30.7× the national rate
Duwayne: 18 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Merlyn: 18 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Maynard: 47 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Duane: 230 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Harlan: 47 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Daryl: 19 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Jerome: 191 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Delano: 22 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Dennis: 201 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	931	–	1
2	Patricia	583	–	6
3	Barbara	513	↑3	3
4	Shirley	481	↑5	4
5	Donna	480	↓2	23
6	Betty	451	↓2	2
7	Joan	450	↓2	7
8	Carol	426	↑3	14
9	Beverly	373	↓2	22
10	Marilyn	344	–	17
11	Dorothy	341	↓3	5
12	Joyce	319	↑1	12
13	Lois	312	↓1	20
14	Jean	262	↑4	16
15	Margaret	257	↓1	8
16	Marlene	253	↑1	57
17	Darlene	250	↓1	90
18	Nancy	239	↑5	10
19	Helen	236	–	9
20	Phyllis	233	–	28
21	Janet	231	–	21
22	Joanne	229	↑2	45
23	Delores	220	↓8	51
24	Elaine	200	↑5	54
25	Arlene	193	↓3	53
26	Ruth	186	↑2	13
27	Virginia	179	↑4	15
28	Joann	176	↑9	50
29	Audrey	171	↑3	69
30	Janice	170	↑9	68
31	Alice	166	↓1	25
32	Doris	158	↓6	11
33	Marjorie	155	↓8	41
34	Marlys	149	–	>100
35	Geraldine	148	↑1	43
36	Lorraine	148	↓9	56
37	Elizabeth	142	↓2	18
38	Kathleen	125	↑8	74
39	Irene	121	↓1	49
40	Dolores	119	↑2	26
41	Gloria	118	↓8	30
42	Jeanette	114	new	>100
43	Lavonne	113	↑7	>100
44	June	111	–	46
45	Evelyn	110	–	29
46	Rose	104	new	37
47	Marie	99	–	34
48	Rita	99	–	63
49	Frances	95	new	19
50	Jane	94	new	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Robert	1,126	–	1
2	Richard	1,125	–	5
3	James	1,012	↑1	2
4	John	899	↓1	3
5	Donald	876	–	6
6	William	535	–	4
7	Gerald	453	↑1	22
8	Ronald	443	↓1	11
9	David	406	↑4	12
10	Charles	390	↓1	7
11	Roger	381	–	39
12	Kenneth	369	↓2	15
13	Thomas	343	↓1	9
14	George	258	–	8
15	Paul	235	↑4	14
16	Duane	230	–	>100
17	Eugene	214	↓2	24
18	Harold	209	↑3	18
19	Raymond	207	↓2	19
20	Dennis	201	↑6	95
21	Jerome	191	↑2	>100
22	Edward	183	↓2	13
23	Joseph	175	↓1	10
24	Dale	174	↓6	62
25	Marvin	173	↓1	44
26	Wayne	157	↓1	48
27	Lawrence	153	↑2	34
28	Leroy	145	↓1	54
29	Jack	135	↑1	17
30	Jerry	128	↑5	25
31	Douglas	124	↑6	72
32	Ralph	123	–	31
33	Leonard	121	↑12	53
34	Gary	117	new	60
35	Vernon	115	↑14	89
36	Frank	113	↑3	16
37	Gordon	112	↓9	71
38	Earl	111	↓4	41
39	Walter	109	↓8	21
40	Norman	106	↓7	38
41	Howard	105	↓3	37
42	Arthur	104	↓6	29
43	Larry	101	new	43
44	Stanley	99	↑3	58
45	Bernard	97	new	65
46	Lloyd	91	↑4	82
47	Bruce	88	↑1	78
48	Floyd	88	new	73
49	Lyle	87	new	>100
50	Michael	87	new	47

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