Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1947

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1947 were Linda for girls (1,928 babies) and James for boys (1,785). Social Security records list 68,008 babies born in Minnesota in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1947

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: 79 babies, 18.7× the national rate
Lavonne: 61 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Leann: 19 babies, 9× the national rate
Mavis: 30 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Roxanne: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Laurel: 52 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Colleen: 77 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bonita: 87 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gretchen: 33 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lynette: 33 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Terrance: 82 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Duane: 208 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lyle: 81 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lowell: 59 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Harlan: 29 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Darwin: 29 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Loren: 56 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Galen: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bradley: 65 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Marlin: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	1,928	↑8	1
2	Mary	1,753	↓1	2
3	Barbara	1,056	↓1	4
4	Patricia	978	↓1	3
5	Carol	967	↓1	6
6	Susan	920	↑1	8
7	Sandra	897	↑1	5
8	Nancy	880	↑3	7
9	Kathleen	834	↓3	11
10	Sharon	828	↓5	9
11	Karen	698	↑2	13
12	Diane	664	–	18
13	Judith	632	↓3	12
14	Judy	557	–	14
15	Cheryl	448	↑1	24
16	Margaret	403	↑1	16
17	Janice	377	↑1	22
18	Janet	372	↓3	23
19	Donna	369	↑1	10
20	Bonnie	335	↓1	35
21	Joan	312	↑4	30
22	Jean	309	↑1	40
23	Marilyn	288	↓2	29
24	Shirley	282	↓2	19
25	Jane	269	↑1	36
26	Joyce	269	↓2	20
27	Pamela	263	↑3	28
28	Beverly	242	↓1	31
29	Kathryn	239	↑4	55
30	Carolyn	212	↑1	15
31	Darlene	208	↓2	71
32	Cynthia	205	new	33
33	Virginia	202	↑7	34
34	Ann	200	↑10	41
35	Elizabeth	193	↑2	25
36	Ruth	191	↓2	44
37	Betty	189	↓9	17
38	Joanne	188	↓2	56
39	Lois	186	–	63
40	Dianne	176	↓5	83
41	Gloria	176	↓9	27
42	Catherine	175	↑5	46
43	Jeanne	170	↓1	86
44	Lynn	170	new	75
45	Gail	164	↑1	49
46	Kathy	164	↓1	64
47	Connie	157	↓6	43
48	Elaine	156	↓5	50
49	Katherine	150	↑1	76
50	Suzanne	149	↓12	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	James	1,785	–	1
2	Robert	1,680	–	2
3	John	1,650	–	3
4	David	1,592	↑1	6
5	Richard	1,462	↓1	5
6	Michael	1,295	–	7
7	Thomas	1,209	–	8
8	Gary	1,127	–	12
9	Dennis	828	–	17
10	William	825	–	4
11	Ronald	788	–	11
12	Larry	723	↑1	10
13	Donald	649	↓1	13
14	Steven	633	↑4	24
15	Bruce	544	↑2	29
16	Kenneth	513	–	15
17	Charles	497	↓3	9
18	Roger	495	↓3	25
19	Paul	494	–	18
20	Douglas	436	↑1	31
21	Gregory	419	↑13	33
22	Gerald	407	↓2	28
23	Daniel	388	↓1	22
24	Wayne	323	↑4	30
25	Dale	317	↓1	63
26	Mark	314	↑5	47
27	Stephen	304	↓4	21
28	Jerry	289	↓2	20
29	Terry	263	↓2	26
30	Patrick	252	↑3	53
31	Joseph	251	↓6	14
32	Edward	243	↓2	19
33	Timothy	243	↓1	52
34	George	239	↓5	16
35	Duane	208	↑5	>100
36	Peter	199	↑2	36
37	Raymond	198	↓2	27
38	Alan	193	↓2	45
39	Jeffrey	189	↑3	66
40	Eugene	185	↑1	59
41	Allen	179	↑8	73
42	Lawrence	179	↓5	32
43	Jerome	178	↓4	>100
44	Keith	156	↓1	91
45	Craig	145	new	93
46	Steve	145	new	58
47	Curtis	138	new	99
48	Harold	132	↓4	35
49	Tom	132	↓1	87
50	Frank	127	↓3	23

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