Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1937

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1937 were Mary for girls (962 babies) and Robert for boys (1,193). Social Security records list 41,478 babies born in Minnesota in 1937 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1937

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: 171 babies, 24.3× the national rate
Arlys: 15 babies, 20.7× the national rate
Ione: 26 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Lavonne: 97 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Ardis: 27 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Darleen: 16 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Avis: 25 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Darlene: 368 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Ladonna: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Mavis: 46 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Boys

Luverne: 15 babies, 26× the national rate
Arvid: 21 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Arden: 17 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Elroy: 16 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Duane: 194 babies, 6× the national rate
Harlan: 37 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Vern: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Lyle: 87 babies, 5× the national rate
Jerome: 193 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dennis: 302 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Mary	962	–	1
2	Patricia	650	↑1	3
3	Carol	643	↑2	6
4	Barbara	623	–	2
5	Shirley	546	↓3	4
6	Janice	422	↑7	25
7	Darlene	368	↑5	72
8	Donna	358	↑3	21
9	Beverly	356	↓1	14
10	Joan	352	↓3	9
11	Janet	338	↑8	18
12	Marilyn	335	↓6	13
13	Margaret	331	↑5	10
14	Betty	319	↓4	5
15	Marlene	310	↓6	40
16	Nancy	302	↓2	7
17	Dorothy	282	↓2	8
18	Joyce	277	↓2	11
19	Jean	259	↑4	23
20	Sharon	254	↑12	41
21	Lois	241	↓4	29
22	Phyllis	198	↓1	27
23	Joanne	196	↓3	51
24	Judith	196	↑12	34
25	Ruth	194	↑6	15
26	Karen	191	↑14	>100
27	Helen	190	↓5	12
28	Kathleen	187	↑6	61
29	Arlene	184	↓4	60
30	Joann	180	↓4	58
31	Sandra	177	↑13	26
32	Virginia	172	↓2	16
33	Marlys	171	↓6	>100
34	Elaine	167	↓10	45
35	Delores	164	↓7	68
36	Elizabeth	159	↑1	17
37	Gloria	153	↓4	32
38	Alice	152	–	28
39	Jeanette	150	↑6	90
40	Diane	149	new	76
41	Geraldine	142	↓2	44
42	Marjorie	138	↑1	57
43	Yvonne	137	↓1	77
44	Lorraine	128	↓9	83
45	Doris	124	↓4	22
46	Audrey	123	↓17	85
47	Rose	122	↑3	38
48	Jane	120	–	42
49	Carole	118	new	56
50	Marie	114	↓4	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Robert	1,193	–	1
2	James	1,104	↑1	2
3	Richard	1,019	↓1	5
4	John	977	–	3
5	Donald	835	–	7
6	David	746	–	8
7	William	568	↑1	4
8	Ronald	558	↓1	11
9	Roger	486	↑1	36
10	Gerald	484	↓1	20
11	Thomas	421	–	9
12	Charles	384	↑1	6
13	Kenneth	381	↓1	14
14	Dennis	302	↑1	63
15	Gary	275	↑5	29
16	George	246	↓2	10
17	Paul	239	–	15
18	Larry	234	↑3	16
19	Edward	232	↑4	13
20	Dale	230	↓4	59
21	Eugene	213	↑1	33
22	Wayne	212	↑6	44
23	Raymond	199	↓4	19
24	Duane	194	↓6	>100
25	Jerome	193	↓1	100
26	Joseph	182	↓1	12
27	Harold	176	↓1	21
28	Jerry	173	↑1	17
29	Michael	172	↑2	27
30	Leroy	160	↓3	56
31	Marvin	159	↑1	49
32	Lawrence	148	↓2	38
33	Gordon	127	–	75
34	Bruce	126	↑3	70
35	Daniel	119	↑5	39
36	Jack	116	↓2	23
37	Douglas	115	↑1	74
38	Gene	104	↑11	61
39	Arthur	99	↑4	31
40	Norman	99	↑1	43
41	Vernon	98	↑7	96
42	Walter	96	↓7	26
43	Ralph	94	↓7	34
44	Howard	93	↓2	42
45	Russell	93	–	67
46	Frank	90	↑1	18
47	Stanley	90	↓3	57
48	Peter	89	new	52
49	Allan	88	new	>100
50	Carl	88	new	28

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