Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1948

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1948 were Linda for girls (2,144 babies) and James for boys (1,659). Social Security records list 65,866 babies born in Minnesota in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1948

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: 48 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Ardis: 18 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Lavonne: 52 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Roxanne: 32 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Julianne: 27 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Corrine: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Mavis: 23 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Colleen: 144 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jeanine: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Meredith: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Duwayne: 17 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Loren: 71 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Maynard: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Duane: 186 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Harlan: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Bradley: 88 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Daryl: 70 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Terrance: 70 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lyle: 67 babies, 4× the national rate
Todd: 27 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	2,144	–	1
2	Mary	1,768	–	2
3	Barbara	1,087	–	3
4	Susan	1,072	↑2	5
5	Patricia	955	↓1	4
6	Kathleen	894	↑3	10
7	Sandra	799	–	6
8	Nancy	797	–	7
9	Carol	791	↓4	8
10	Sharon	672	–	9
11	Karen	633	–	12
12	Diane	626	–	19
13	Judith	512	–	15
14	Cheryl	417	↑1	25
15	Margaret	375	↑1	13
16	Judy	371	↓2	16
17	Donna	355	↑2	11
18	Janet	354	–	24
19	Bonnie	336	↑1	34
20	Pamela	328	↑7	22
21	Janice	317	↓4	23
22	Jean	288	–	47
23	Cynthia	275	↑9	27
24	Jane	270	↑1	39
25	Shirley	265	↓1	20
26	Marilyn	256	↓3	33
27	Beverly	251	↑1	31
28	Elizabeth	243	↑7	26
29	Joan	243	↓8	37
30	Joyce	241	↓4	21
31	Kathryn	233	↓2	54
32	Gloria	191	↑9	28
33	Betty	185	↑4	18
34	Darlene	184	↓3	77
35	Kathy	182	↑11	55
36	Dianne	180	↑4	86
37	Carolyn	177	↓7	14
38	Ruth	177	↓2	45
39	Deborah	170	new	30
40	Julie	167	new	>100
41	Catherine	163	↑1	41
42	Joanne	163	↓4	65
43	Lynn	155	↑1	80
44	Peggy	153	new	38
45	Suzanne	152	↑5	66
46	Katherine	151	↑3	68
47	Virginia	151	↓14	36
48	Ann	150	↓14	44
49	Elaine	148	↓1	53
50	Jeanne	147	↓7	95

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	James	1,659	–	1
2	David	1,532	↑2	5
3	John	1,519	–	3
4	Robert	1,495	↓2	2
5	Michael	1,411	↑1	6
6	Richard	1,388	↓1	7
7	Thomas	1,251	–	8
8	Gary	1,016	–	12
9	William	791	↑1	4
10	Steven	773	↑4	23
11	Ronald	748	–	10
12	Dennis	671	↓3	17
13	Larry	659	↓1	11
14	Donald	616	↓1	14
15	Charles	544	↑2	9
16	Daniel	506	↑7	22
17	Bruce	501	↓2	28
18	Roger	490	–	24
19	Mark	464	↑7	29
20	Kenneth	448	↓4	15
21	Gregory	416	–	32
22	Paul	415	↓3	18
23	Douglas	386	↓3	33
24	Stephen	372	↑3	20
25	Gerald	361	↓3	30
26	Dale	313	↓1	56
27	Timothy	306	↑6	38
28	Joseph	300	↑3	13
29	Terry	278	–	26
30	Wayne	272	↓6	34
31	Patrick	261	↓1	48
32	Jerry	222	↓4	21
33	George	221	↑1	16
34	Lawrence	220	↑8	31
35	Jeffrey	218	↑4	58
36	Alan	215	↑2	46
37	Craig	211	↑8	82
38	Edward	188	↓6	19
39	Duane	186	↓4	>100
40	Keith	185	↑4	89
41	Peter	172	↓5	37
42	Raymond	168	↓5	27
43	Eugene	160	↓3	61
44	Jerome	146	↓1	>100
45	Dean	143	new	>100
46	Tom	143	↑3	94
47	Frank	127	↑3	25
48	Steve	125	↓2	60
49	Lee	124	new	93
50	Allen	123	↓9	72

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