Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1949

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1949 were Linda for girls (2,119 babies) and James for boys (1,685). Social Security records list 67,439 babies born in Minnesota in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1949

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: 61 babies, 17.9× the national rate
Leann: 27 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Luann: 18 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Maryjo: 19 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Lavonne: 36 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Leanne: 22 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Mavis: 23 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Roxanne: 34 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lynette: 63 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Colleen: 153 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Terrance: 85 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lyle: 80 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Harlan: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Bradley: 117 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Loren: 56 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Duane: 171 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Darwin: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Marlin: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dean: 144 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lowell: 44 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	2,119	–	1
2	Mary	1,639	–	2
3	Susan	1,216	↑1	5
4	Kathleen	1,015	↑2	9
5	Barbara	1,000	↓2	4
6	Patricia	989	↓1	3
7	Nancy	775	↑1	7
8	Carol	745	↑1	8
9	Sandra	741	↓2	6
10	Diane	666	↑2	19
11	Sharon	572	↓1	10
12	Judith	560	↑1	16
13	Karen	558	↓2	11
14	Cheryl	421	–	28
15	Margaret	400	–	14
16	Pamela	360	↑4	21
17	Janet	359	↑1	23
18	Janice	351	↑3	24
19	Judy	325	↓3	20
20	Donna	320	↓3	12
21	Bonnie	319	↓2	35
22	Jean	307	–	45
23	Deborah	298	↑16	15
24	Jane	285	–	41
25	Cynthia	278	↓2	27
26	Shirley	256	↓1	18
27	Elizabeth	255	↑1	25
28	Kathryn	244	↑3	52
29	Marilyn	232	↓3	33
30	Joan	231	↓1	36
31	Beverly	230	↓4	31
32	Joyce	229	↓2	26
33	Darlene	193	↑1	75
34	Catherine	187	↑7	37
35	Ann	185	↑13	44
36	Katherine	184	↑10	59
37	Christine	176	new	30
38	Gail	175	new	51
39	Rebecca	172	new	40
40	Gloria	170	↓8	29
41	Julie	168	↓1	>100
42	Rita	166	new	54
43	Ruth	165	↓5	47
44	Lynn	164	↓1	74
45	Peggy	160	↓1	38
46	Betty	155	↓13	22
47	Connie	155	new	43
48	Virginia	154	↓1	39
49	Colleen	153	new	>100
50	Jeanne	152	–	92

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	James	1,685	–	1
2	David	1,648	–	6
3	Michael	1,552	↑2	5
4	John	1,533	↓1	3
5	Robert	1,532	↓1	2
6	Thomas	1,400	↑1	8
7	Richard	1,223	↓1	7
8	Steven	982	↑2	20
9	Gary	933	↓1	12
10	William	823	↓1	4
11	Dennis	701	↑1	16
12	Ronald	696	↓1	11
13	Charles	622	↑2	9
14	Larry	620	↓1	10
15	Mark	600	↑4	24
16	Donald	589	↓2	13
17	Bruce	588	–	26
18	Daniel	551	↓2	22
19	Gregory	477	↑2	31
20	Douglas	476	↑3	29
21	Kenneth	458	↓1	15
22	Paul	457	–	17
23	Stephen	455	↑1	19
24	Roger	453	↓6	25
25	Gerald	336	–	33
26	Timothy	329	↑1	34
27	Dale	328	↓1	54
28	Joseph	303	–	14
29	Patrick	303	↑2	39
30	Wayne	295	–	35
31	Jeffrey	264	↑4	48
32	Terry	245	↓3	28
33	George	237	–	18
34	Craig	214	↑3	77
35	Lawrence	210	↓1	32
36	Peter	203	↑5	38
37	Edward	199	↑1	21
38	Jerry	196	↓6	23
39	Alan	186	↓3	45
40	Keith	172	–	85
41	Duane	171	↓2	>100
42	Raymond	170	–	30
43	Brian	163	new	86
44	Jerome	155	–	>100
45	Eugene	147	↓2	58
46	Dean	144	↓1	>100
47	Allen	137	↑3	71
48	Rodney	134	new	87
49	Gordon	130	new	>100
50	Scott	129	new	99

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