Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1943

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1943 were Mary for girls (1,400 babies) and James for boys (1,508). Social Security records list 51,711 babies born in Minnesota in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1943

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: 104 babies, 20.3× the national rate
Lavonne: 55 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Ardis: 18 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Mavis: 32 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Karin: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Darlene: 252 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bonita: 67 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Colleen: 51 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gretchen: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Clarice: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Arvid: 16 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Harlan: 41 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Duane: 175 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Loren: 67 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Lyle: 84 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Marlin: 31 babies, 5× the national rate
Maynard: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jerome: 188 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dwayne: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Darwin: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Mary	1,400	–	1
2	Sharon	993	–	8
3	Carol	927	–	5
4	Judith	865	↑1	7
5	Karen	850	↓1	15
6	Barbara	746	–	2
7	Patricia	717	–	3
8	Kathleen	670	↑1	22
9	Sandra	659	↓1	6
10	Diane	515	↑2	24
11	Judy	469	↓1	13
12	Nancy	463	↓1	9
13	Janet	412	–	20
14	Susan	407	↑2	18
15	Janice	387	↓1	26
16	Linda	336	↑8	4
17	Joan	326	–	21
18	Marilyn	324	↑5	27
19	Joyce	319	↓4	16
20	Margaret	291	–	14
21	Donna	287	–	17
22	Shirley	287	↓4	12
23	Jean	269	↓1	36
24	Beverly	258	↑1	32
25	Darlene	252	↓6	73
26	Betty	243	↑1	10
27	Bonnie	224	↑1	34
28	Carolyn	213	↓2	11
29	Ruth	206	↑1	33
30	Gloria	197	↑4	30
31	Elizabeth	196	↑11	23
32	Joanne	196	↑3	49
33	Lois	193	↓2	43
34	Dorothy	183	↓1	19
35	Virginia	182	↓6	25
36	Dianne	170	–	88
37	Carole	166	↓5	42
38	Elaine	161	↑3	46
39	Phyllis	153	↑1	39
40	Kathryn	152	↓1	75
41	Joann	147	↓4	60
42	Jane	140	↑1	44
43	Marlene	138	↓5	>100
44	Kay	134	–	81
45	Ann	133	↑2	37
46	Helen	119	↓1	28
47	Marie	106	↓1	45
48	Gail	105	new	55
49	Marjorie	104	new	79
50	Marlys	104	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	James	1,508	–	1
2	Robert	1,365	–	2
3	John	1,297	–	3
4	Richard	1,197	–	5
5	David	1,135	–	6
6	Thomas	828	–	8
7	William	759	↑2	4
8	Gary	730	↓1	16
9	Ronald	711	↑2	9
10	Dennis	708	↓2	20
11	Michael	658	↑1	10
12	Donald	654	↓2	11
13	Roger	519	↑1	24
14	Larry	475	↑1	12
15	Gerald	472	↓2	23
16	Charles	465	–	7
17	Kenneth	436	–	15
18	Paul	313	↑2	19
19	Douglas	305	↓1	28
20	Bruce	274	↓1	51
21	Wayne	256	↑3	41
22	Jerry	244	↓1	17
23	Joseph	241	↑2	13
24	Dale	232	↑2	59
25	Daniel	225	↑6	25
26	Edward	209	↓3	18
27	George	209	↓5	14
28	Jerome	188	↑2	>100
29	Eugene	186	↓2	47
30	Duane	175	↓2	>100
31	Raymond	175	↓2	22
32	Steven	161	↑7	58
33	Lawrence	159	↑1	32
34	Stephen	159	↑2	29
35	Harold	151	↓2	27
36	Patrick	144	↓4	69
37	Terry	133	new	49
38	Gordon	129	↑2	98
39	Leroy	126	↓4	74
40	Peter	126	↓3	39
41	Marvin	119	–	66
42	Allen	115	↓4	76
43	Frank	110	↓1	21
44	Stanley	109	↑6	54
45	Keith	106	↑4	>100
46	Mark	106	new	>100
47	Ralph	105	new	40
48	Dean	102	↓4	>100
49	Rodney	100	new	>100
50	Walter	99	↓3	26

← Minnesota 1942 Minnesota: all years · US 1943 Minnesota 1944 →