Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1945

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1945 were Mary for girls (1,348 babies) and James for boys (1,375). Social Security records list 48,362 babies born in Minnesota in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1945

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: 97 babies, 23× the national rate
Lavonne: 62 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Roxanne: 21 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Corrine: 19 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Mavis: 22 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ladonna: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Renee: 42 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bonita: 54 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Laurel: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Gretchen: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Duane: 163 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Loren: 63 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Lyle: 75 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Lowell: 58 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Marlin: 27 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Harlan: 30 babies, 5× the national rate
Merlin: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Daryl: 32 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dean: 118 babies, 4× the national rate
Terrance: 34 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Mary	1,348	–	1
2	Carol	751	↑1	5
3	Barbara	737	↑3	3
4	Kathleen	697	↑5	19
5	Sharon	692	↓3	8
6	Sandra	656	↑2	6
7	Patricia	621	↓2	4
8	Judith	617	↓4	9
9	Karen	608	↓2	16
10	Susan	581	↑3	10
11	Linda	536	↑3	2
12	Diane	533	↓1	22
13	Nancy	484	↓3	7
14	Judy	473	↓2	13
15	Janet	357	–	20
16	Janice	319	–	24
17	Joan	288	–	25
18	Cheryl	268	↑5	32
19	Margaret	267	↓1	15
20	Donna	265	↓1	17
21	Marilyn	258	–	27
22	Shirley	252	–	14
23	Bonnie	244	↑5	35
24	Joyce	240	↓4	18
25	Jean	219	↓1	38
26	Jane	218	↑12	36
27	Betty	211	↓1	11
28	Beverly	195	↓3	37
29	Dianne	190	↑5	72
30	Gloria	190	↑1	23
31	Darlene	181	↓1	71
32	Ruth	181	↓5	33
33	Virginia	171	↑4	28
34	Carolyn	158	↓5	12
35	Lois	151	↑5	48
36	Joanne	150	↓1	53
37	Kathryn	149	↓5	65
38	Elaine	142	↑1	44
39	Dorothy	141	↓3	21
40	Elizabeth	133	↓7	26
41	Pamela	133	↑8	42
42	Carole	121	↑2	51
43	Joann	116	↓1	80
44	Rita	114	↑6	59
45	Gail	111	new	52
46	Ann	110	–	39
47	Jeanne	110	↓2	98
48	Marlene	110	↓5	>100
49	Phyllis	109	↓8	40
50	Helen	107	↓3	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	James	1,375	–	1
2	Robert	1,281	–	2
3	Richard	1,242	↑1	5
4	John	1,186	↓1	3
5	David	1,091	–	6
6	Gary	874	↑1	13
7	Thomas	787	↓1	8
8	Michael	735	–	9
9	Dennis	636	–	19
10	William	596	–	4
11	Ronald	582	↑1	10
12	Donald	574	↓1	12
13	Larry	533	–	11
14	Kenneth	433	↑3	16
15	Charles	408	–	7
16	Roger	396	↓2	22
17	Gerald	351	↓1	25
18	Paul	337	–	17
19	Daniel	285	↑4	24
20	Douglas	261	↓1	29
21	Bruce	255	↓1	48
22	Steven	238	↑4	43
23	Dale	232	↓1	61
24	Joseph	203	↓3	14
25	George	202	–	15
26	Wayne	201	↑1	35
27	Jerry	193	↓3	20
28	Stephen	183	↑4	26
29	Edward	170	↓1	18
30	Raymond	169	↓1	23
31	Terry	169	↑4	33
32	Lawrence	164	↓1	30
33	Duane	163	↓3	>100
34	Eugene	147	↓1	50
35	Peter	128	↑1	38
36	Patrick	123	↑3	63
37	Alan	122	new	52
38	Timothy	122	↑12	70
39	Jerome	121	↓2	>100
40	Dean	118	↑1	>100
41	Keith	114	↓1	>100
42	Mark	108	new	72
43	Jack	107	↑4	32
44	Harold	106	↓6	28
45	Leroy	105	↓11	83
46	Jon	100	new	>100
47	Stanley	97	new	59
48	Allen	95	↓2	74
49	Gregory	93	new	96
50	Philip	93	new	58

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