Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1951

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1951 were Mary for girls (1,856 babies) and James for boys (1,759). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 73,494 babies born in Minnesota in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1951

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: 78 babies, 20.7× the national rate
Linnea: 18 babies, 8× the national rate
Leann: 26 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Luann: 20 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lavonne: 37 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Leanne: 25 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Roxanne: 91 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lynette: 73 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Julianne: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Colleen: 234 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Arlen: 24 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Bradley: 206 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Terrance: 89 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Loren: 66 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Duane: 205 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Harlan: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lyle: 64 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Todd: 61 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Gregg: 43 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dean: 192 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Mary	1,856	–	2
2	Linda	1,619	–	1
3	Susan	1,239	–	6
4	Patricia	1,177	↑1	3
5	Barbara	1,041	↓1	5
6	Kathleen	938	–	10
7	Nancy	922	–	7
8	Deborah	715	↑5	4
9	Diane	705	↑1	15
10	Sandra	703	↓1	9
11	Carol	680	↓3	11
12	Karen	630	↓1	8
13	Sharon	521	↓1	13
14	Cheryl	444	↑1	30
15	Pamela	440	↑2	16
16	Cynthia	436	↑2	20
17	Debra	423	new	18
18	Judith	412	↓4	25
19	Janet	399	–	19
20	Margaret	395	↓4	17
21	Donna	367	↓1	12
22	Jean	327	↑3	49
23	Kathryn	322	–	45
24	Bonnie	318	↓3	37
25	Judy	293	↓1	26
26	Elizabeth	287	↑2	23
27	Janice	284	↓5	21
28	Christine	283	↑5	24
29	Jane	273	↓3	43
30	Joan	263	↓1	39
31	Julie	263	new	99
32	Rebecca	254	–	32
33	Gail	253	↑4	36
34	Ann	242	↑4	46
35	Beverly	241	↓1	33
36	Catherine	238	↓1	34
37	Joyce	237	↓10	28
38	Colleen	234	↑11	>100
39	Lynn	228	↓3	72
40	Peggy	215	↑1	40
41	Shirley	213	↓11	27
42	Katherine	203	↑5	55
43	Connie	191	new	44
44	Marilyn	189	↓13	41
45	Lois	185	new	85
46	Wendy	179	↑4	>100
47	Ruth	178	↓5	53
48	Vicki	178	↓5	58
49	Darlene	166	↓5	79
50	Rita	166	new	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	James	1,759	↑1	1
2	David	1,736	↑1	5
3	Michael	1,697	↓2	4
4	John	1,540	–	3
5	Robert	1,464	–	2
6	Thomas	1,460	–	8
7	Steven	1,347	–	13
8	Richard	1,277	–	7
9	Mark	1,059	↑2	20
10	Gary	1,040	↓1	10
11	William	914	↓1	6
12	Dennis	660	↑1	17
13	Ronald	650	↓1	12
14	Daniel	630	↑3	21
15	Gregory	624	↓1	25
16	Bruce	592	↑2	26
17	Charles	591	↓2	9
18	Donald	562	↓2	15
19	Paul	557	↑3	18
20	Larry	526	–	11
21	Douglas	523	–	27
22	Stephen	513	↓3	19
23	Kenneth	482	↑1	16
24	Timothy	481	↑1	28
25	Roger	430	↓2	29
26	Jeffrey	404	↑6	35
27	Joseph	368	–	14
28	Gerald	354	–	36
29	Patrick	328	↑1	39
30	Dale	322	↓4	49
31	Kevin	308	↑8	53
32	Wayne	293	↓3	37
33	Craig	292	↓2	63
34	Scott	274	↑8	68
35	Terry	260	↓2	30
36	Edward	214	↓2	23
37	Keith	214	↑6	59
38	Lawrence	214	↓3	33
39	Alan	209	↑2	40
40	Bradley	206	↑5	>100
41	Duane	205	↓1	>100
42	Brian	197	↓5	75
43	Dean	192	↑3	>100
44	Peter	191	↓6	38
45	George	188	↓9	22
46	Jerry	175	↓2	24
47	Allen	167	–	72
48	Randy	164	new	56
49	Jerome	162	↓1	>100
50	Raymond	148	new	32

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