Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1946

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1946 were Mary for girls (1,693 babies) and James for boys (1,713). Social Security records list 60,649 babies born in Minnesota in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1946

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: 66 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Lavonne: 47 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Lynnette: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Mavis: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Julianne: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Roxanne: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bonita: 82 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Renee: 55 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Colleen: 63 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Julie: 123 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Harlan: 38 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Lyle: 89 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Maynard: 21 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Terrance: 60 babies, 5× the national rate
Duane: 153 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Loren: 52 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lowell: 52 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Daryl: 46 babies, 4× the national rate
Jerome: 157 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dean: 127 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Mary	1,693	–	1
2	Barbara	940	↑1	4
3	Patricia	896	↑4	3
4	Carol	881	↓2	5
5	Sharon	844	–	9
6	Kathleen	833	↓2	16
7	Susan	809	↑3	8
8	Sandra	806	↓2	6
9	Linda	770	↑2	2
10	Judith	754	↓2	10
11	Nancy	691	↑2	7
12	Diane	656	–	19
13	Karen	623	↓4	15
14	Judy	570	–	11
15	Janet	383	–	21
16	Cheryl	376	↑2	27
17	Margaret	369	↑2	17
18	Janice	366	↓2	22
19	Bonnie	338	↑4	33
20	Donna	334	–	13
21	Marilyn	319	–	29
22	Shirley	313	–	18
23	Jean	284	↑2	37
24	Joyce	277	–	20
25	Joan	271	↓8	28
26	Jane	252	–	35
27	Beverly	243	↑1	30
28	Betty	226	↓1	14
29	Darlene	226	↑2	71
30	Pamela	218	↑11	34
31	Carolyn	212	↑3	12
32	Gloria	192	↓2	26
33	Kathryn	191	↑4	63
34	Ruth	183	↓2	38
35	Dianne	179	↓6	76
36	Joanne	179	–	57
37	Elizabeth	177	↑3	25
38	Suzanne	174	new	52
39	Lois	172	↓4	55
40	Virginia	171	↓7	31
41	Connie	158	new	45
42	Jeanne	158	↑5	83
43	Elaine	152	↓5	47
44	Ann	148	↑2	40
45	Kathy	140	new	79
46	Gail	135	↓1	49
47	Catherine	134	new	48
48	Dorothy	129	↓9	23
49	Marlene	129	↓1	>100
50	Katherine	126	new	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	James	1,713	–	1
2	Robert	1,589	–	2
3	John	1,501	↑1	3
4	Richard	1,497	↓1	5
5	David	1,325	–	6
6	Michael	1,129	↑2	7
7	Thomas	1,080	–	8
8	Gary	991	↓2	12
9	Dennis	819	–	17
10	William	818	–	4
11	Ronald	699	–	10
12	Donald	580	–	13
13	Larry	562	–	11
14	Charles	528	↑1	9
15	Roger	518	↑1	23
16	Kenneth	478	↓2	15
17	Bruce	424	↑4	32
18	Steven	413	↑4	28
19	Paul	403	↓1	18
20	Gerald	379	↓3	27
21	Douglas	348	↓1	34
22	Daniel	334	↓3	21
23	Stephen	291	↑5	24
24	Dale	278	↓1	62
25	Joseph	250	↓1	14
26	Jerry	247	↑1	20
27	Terry	245	↑4	26
28	Wayne	241	↓2	29
29	George	225	↓4	16
30	Edward	207	↓1	19
31	Mark	207	↑11	58
32	Timothy	201	↑6	60
33	Patrick	183	↑3	59
34	Gregory	181	↑15	56
35	Raymond	167	↓5	25
36	Alan	164	↑1	49
37	Lawrence	162	↓5	31
38	Peter	160	↓3	38
39	Jerome	157	–	>100
40	Duane	153	↓7	>100
41	Eugene	150	↓7	57
42	Jeffrey	144	new	78
43	Keith	139	↓2	96
44	Harold	137	–	33
45	Dean	127	↓5	>100
46	Russell	122	new	66
47	Frank	120	new	22
48	Tom	120	new	87
49	Allen	119	↓1	74
50	Jon	113	↓4	>100

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