Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1935

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1935 were Mary for girls (981 babies) and Robert for boys (1,112). Social Security records list 39,270 babies born in Minnesota in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1935

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: 163 babies, 25.3× the national rate
Lavonne: 112 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Ione: 33 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Ardis: 31 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Darleen: 15 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Mavis: 59 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Ladonna: 17 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Darlene: 288 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Rosella: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Corrine: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Luverne: 15 babies, 34.1× the national rate
Marlyn: 26 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Duwayne: 15 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Milo: 16 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Harlan: 56 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Merlyn: 15 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Maynard: 38 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Duane: 213 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Arlen: 21 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Dewayne: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Mary	981	–	1
2	Shirley	871	↑2	2
3	Patricia	583	↓1	5
4	Barbara	537	↓1	3
5	Carol	480	↑3	11
6	Joan	442	↑1	7
7	Donna	424	↓2	23
8	Beverly	392	↑1	20
9	Marilyn	382	↑1	14
10	Betty	369	↓4	4
11	Dorothy	319	–	6
12	Marlene	319	↑4	39
13	Lois	307	–	21
14	Darlene	288	↑3	91
15	Jean	273	↓1	18
16	Janet	261	↑5	22
17	Joyce	259	↓5	12
18	Margaret	254	↓3	8
19	Nancy	247	↓1	9
20	Helen	216	↓1	10
21	Joanne	214	↑1	44
22	Elaine	209	↑2	51
23	Janice	209	↑7	47
24	Phyllis	196	↓4	27
25	Delores	193	↓2	57
26	Ruth	185	–	15
27	Virginia	184	–	16
28	Audrey	173	↑1	64
29	Arlene	163	↓4	59
30	Marlys	163	↑4	>100
31	Doris	157	↑1	13
32	Gloria	156	↑9	32
33	Lorraine	151	↑3	68
34	Joann	143	↓6	53
35	Marjorie	141	↓2	46
36	Elizabeth	139	↑1	17
37	Geraldine	133	↓2	40
38	Kathleen	133	–	71
39	Dolores	130	↑1	26
40	Alice	129	↓9	25
41	Yvonne	123	new	98
42	Sharon	114	new	96
43	Rita	113	↑5	63
44	Evelyn	112	↑1	31
45	Lavonne	112	↓2	>100
46	Judith	109	new	54
47	Jeanette	107	↓5	>100
48	Diane	101	new	>100
49	Irene	100	↓10	52
50	Jane	97	–	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Robert	1,112	–	1
2	Richard	1,050	–	5
3	James	1,031	–	2
4	John	933	–	3
5	Donald	821	–	7
6	William	534	–	4
7	David	507	↑2	11
8	Ronald	486	–	12
9	Gerald	467	↓2	21
10	Roger	411	↑1	36
11	Charles	388	↓1	6
12	Thomas	367	↑1	9
13	Kenneth	345	↓1	15
14	George	280	–	8
15	Eugene	243	↑2	26
16	Paul	223	↓1	14
17	Dennis	218	↑3	72
18	Duane	213	↓2	>100
19	Dale	211	↑5	61
20	Raymond	193	↓1	17
21	Edward	192	↑1	13
22	Harold	190	↓4	20
23	Jerome	181	↓2	96
24	Joseph	170	↓1	10
25	Wayne	163	↑1	49
26	Gary	160	↑8	44
27	Leroy	154	↑1	50
28	Jerry	149	↑2	22
29	Marvin	146	↓4	45
30	Gordon	140	↑7	70
31	Lawrence	137	↓4	35
32	Ralph	129	–	32
33	Larry	122	↑10	33
34	Jack	121	↓5	18
35	Leonard	117	↓2	54
36	Walter	112	↑3	23
37	Stanley	111	↑7	56
38	Michael	106	↑12	41
39	Carl	105	new	28
40	Dean	105	new	>100
41	Douglas	101	↓10	75
42	Norman	100	↓2	38
43	Daniel	98	new	43
44	Frank	98	↓8	16
45	Vernon	97	↓10	94
46	Arthur	96	↓4	29
47	Russell	94	new	68
48	Bruce	90	↓1	77
49	Earl	89	↓11	46
50	Henry	89	new	27

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