Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1950

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1950 were Mary for girls (1,813 babies) and Michael for boys (1,682). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 68,799 babies born in Minnesota in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1950

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: 57 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Lavonne: 49 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Renae: 19 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Leann: 26 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Mavis: 29 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Kristi: 19 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Corrine: 23 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Randi: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Roxanne: 68 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Janelle: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 65 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Bradley: 155 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Duane: 185 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lyle: 75 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Terrance: 86 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lowell: 43 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Todd: 44 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Harlan: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gregg: 44 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Myron: 36 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Mary	1,813	↑1	2
2	Linda	1,742	↓1	1
3	Susan	1,199	–	5
4	Barbara	1,053	↑1	4
5	Patricia	969	↑1	3
6	Kathleen	942	↓2	10
7	Nancy	843	–	6
8	Carol	782	–	9
9	Sandra	698	–	8
10	Diane	682	–	16
11	Karen	584	↑2	12
12	Sharon	516	↓1	11
13	Deborah	463	↑10	7
14	Judith	456	↓2	21
15	Cheryl	420	↓1	29
16	Margaret	418	↓1	15
17	Pamela	390	↓1	17
18	Cynthia	343	↑7	23
19	Janet	342	↓2	18
20	Donna	307	–	13
21	Bonnie	300	–	33
22	Janice	300	↓4	22
23	Kathryn	300	↑5	46
24	Judy	290	↓5	25
25	Jean	280	↓3	48
26	Jane	279	↓2	39
27	Joyce	260	↑5	27
28	Elizabeth	259	↓1	24
29	Joan	234	↑1	40
30	Shirley	231	↓4	19
31	Marilyn	221	↓2	37
32	Rebecca	221	↑7	36
33	Christine	219	↑4	28
34	Beverly	211	↓3	31
35	Catherine	205	↓1	34
36	Lynn	200	↑8	76
37	Gail	196	↑1	42
38	Ann	190	↓3	45
39	Jeanne	189	↑11	95
40	Suzanne	181	new	71
41	Peggy	178	↑4	41
42	Ruth	171	↑1	49
43	Vicki	166	new	61
44	Darlene	161	↓11	79
45	Carolyn	159	new	20
46	Constance	158	new	85
47	Katherine	158	↓11	58
48	Betty	157	↓2	26
49	Colleen	156	–	>100
50	Wendy	155	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Michael	1,682	↑2	4
2	James	1,653	↓1	1
3	David	1,646	↓1	5
4	John	1,511	–	3
5	Robert	1,509	–	2
6	Thomas	1,389	–	8
7	Steven	1,208	↑1	16
8	Richard	1,204	↓1	7
9	Gary	977	–	10
10	William	907	–	6
11	Mark	760	↑4	23
12	Ronald	654	–	12
13	Dennis	647	↓2	17
14	Gregory	639	↑5	25
15	Charles	636	↓2	9
16	Donald	583	–	14
17	Daniel	540	↑1	21
18	Bruce	535	↓1	26
19	Stephen	515	↑4	19
20	Larry	514	↓6	11
21	Douglas	482	↓1	28
22	Paul	477	–	18
23	Roger	423	↑1	27
24	Kenneth	418	↓3	15
25	Timothy	406	↑1	32
26	Dale	385	↑1	49
27	Joseph	338	↑1	13
28	Gerald	328	↓3	34
29	Wayne	317	↑1	35
30	Patrick	284	↓1	38
31	Craig	271	↑3	69
32	Jeffrey	265	↓1	43
33	Terry	236	↓1	30
34	Edward	231	↑3	22
35	Lawrence	226	–	33
36	George	211	↓3	20
37	Brian	205	↑6	79
38	Peter	204	↓2	37
39	Kevin	197	new	73
40	Duane	185	↑1	>100
41	Alan	177	↓2	41
42	Scott	176	↑8	82
43	Keith	171	↓3	78
44	Jerry	156	↓6	24
45	Bradley	155	new	>100
46	Dean	145	–	>100
47	Allen	139	–	71
48	Jerome	139	↓4	>100
49	Curtis	137	new	97
50	Gordon	128	↓1	>100

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