Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1941

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1941 were Mary for girls (1,148 babies) and James for boys (1,334). Social Security records list 47,900 babies born in Minnesota in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1941

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: 112 babies, 20.7× the national rate
Ione: 26 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Lavonne: 73 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Ardis: 17 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Mavis: 40 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Karin: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jeanine: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Colleen: 53 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Corrine: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Bonita: 61 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Duwayne: 17 babies, 18.4× the national rate
Merlyn: 16 babies, 10× the national rate
Elroy: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Duane: 207 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Rolland: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Dwayne: 23 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Terrance: 33 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Darrel: 51 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Harlan: 36 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lyle: 91 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Mary	1,148	–	1
2	Sharon	841	↑2	15
3	Judith	813	↓1	6
4	Patricia	808	↑1	3
5	Carol	742	↓2	4
6	Karen	724	↑1	19
7	Barbara	716	↓1	2
8	Sandra	542	–	9
9	Judy	440	↑5	16
10	Nancy	412	↑1	8
11	Kathleen	403	↑6	36
12	Janet	394	↓2	18
13	Janice	379	↓4	22
14	Joan	351	↑2	17
15	Diane	337	↑8	40
16	Joyce	336	↓3	13
17	Donna	313	↓2	20
18	Shirley	309	↓6	10
19	Susan	296	↑6	27
20	Beverly	275	↓2	29
21	Margaret	275	–	12
22	Marilyn	263	↓2	30
23	Betty	255	↑1	7
24	Darlene	247	↓5	76
25	Jean	234	↓3	32
26	Gloria	227	–	26
27	Ruth	219	↑7	28
28	Bonnie	212	↑8	33
29	Joanne	211	↓1	54
30	Carolyn	205	↑8	11
31	Dorothy	199	↓2	14
32	Joann	189	↑3	58
33	Lois	187	↓6	43
34	Virginia	176	↓3	23
35	Linda	174	↑10	5
36	Phyllis	172	↓6	35
37	Marlene	162	↓5	83
38	Elizabeth	160	↑1	21
39	Jane	143	↑2	46
40	Elaine	140	↓7	44
41	Geraldine	137	↑2	45
42	Carole	131	↓2	48
43	Helen	129	↓6	24
44	Dianne	124	new	>100
45	Kay	120	↓1	70
46	Marie	120	new	42
47	Kathryn	117	new	87
48	Marjorie	112	new	71
49	Marlys	112	↓2	>100
50	Audrey	111	↓2	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	James	1,334	↑1	1
2	Robert	1,299	↓1	2
3	Richard	1,180	–	5
4	John	1,156	–	3
5	David	1,067	–	7
6	Thomas	712	↑3	8
7	Ronald	683	↑3	9
8	William	673	↓2	4
9	Gary	639	↓2	19
10	Dennis	632	↑1	23
11	Donald	627	↓3	10
12	Gerald	536	–	20
13	Roger	504	–	25
14	Michael	449	↑2	16
15	Charles	434	–	6
16	Kenneth	425	↓2	15
17	Larry	401	–	11
18	Paul	320	–	18
19	Bruce	264	↑7	51
20	Wayne	246	↑1	37
21	George	235	↑1	13
22	Jerry	234	↓3	14
23	Dale	233	↓3	59
24	Joseph	216	↑4	12
25	Duane	207	↑4	>100
26	Eugene	205	↓1	42
27	Edward	195	↓4	17
28	Jerome	186	↓4	>100
29	Douglas	180	↑1	53
30	Daniel	176	↑3	31
31	Raymond	175	↓4	22
32	Lawrence	172	↓1	34
33	Harold	148	↓1	24
34	Leroy	138	↑2	67
35	Marvin	137	↑3	63
36	Gordon	122	↓2	92
37	Patrick	121	–	70
38	Peter	120	↓3	44
39	Stephen	118	new	41
40	Allen	113	new	73
41	Gene	111	↓2	72
42	Frank	101	↑3	21
43	Curtis	98	↓2	100
44	Ralph	98	↓2	38
45	Stanley	98	↑3	57
46	Dean	97	new	>100
47	Arthur	96	↓7	33
48	Terry	94	new	64
49	Jack	92	new	32
50	Carl	91	new	29

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