Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1952

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1952 were Mary for girls (1,756 babies) and Michael for boys (1,864). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 73,003 babies born in Minnesota in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1952

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: 58 babies, 19.1× the national rate
Leann: 31 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Lavonne: 36 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Roxanne: 147 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Luann: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Mavis: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lynette: 68 babies, 4× the national rate
Bonita: 99 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gretchen: 40 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Shari: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 64 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Duane: 203 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Bradley: 181 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Terrance: 79 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lowell: 40 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dean: 232 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lyle: 65 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Todd: 66 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Daryl: 73 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Harlan: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Mary	1,756	–	2
2	Linda	1,336	–	1
3	Susan	1,188	–	5
4	Barbara	1,019	↑1	6
5	Patricia	1,000	↓1	3
6	Nancy	873	↑1	7
7	Kathleen	868	↓1	11
8	Deborah	749	–	4
9	Diane	717	–	16
10	Debra	675	↑7	9
11	Karen	653	↑1	8
12	Carol	588	↓1	12
13	Sandra	585	↓3	10
14	Cynthia	535	↑2	18
15	Pamela	437	–	17
16	Cheryl	432	↓2	31
17	Sharon	429	↓4	14
18	Janet	406	↑1	19
19	Christine	380	↑9	20
20	Margaret	371	–	21
21	Jane	329	↑8	42
22	Judith	327	↓4	25
23	Jean	322	↓1	50
24	Janice	320	↑3	23
25	Kathryn	320	↓2	48
26	Bonnie	313	↓2	41
27	Donna	297	↓6	13
28	Julie	291	↑3	85
29	Joan	284	↑1	37
30	Elizabeth	282	↓4	22
31	Rebecca	268	↑1	30
32	Gail	266	↑1	39
33	Judy	254	↓8	26
34	Lynn	235	↑5	71
35	Marilyn	235	↑9	38
36	Ann	234	↓2	45
37	Catherine	230	↓1	34
38	Beverly	229	↓3	35
39	Peggy	214	↑1	43
40	Vicki	214	↑8	61
41	Colleen	212	↓3	>100
42	Joyce	206	↓5	27
43	Jeanne	185	new	98
44	Connie	181	↓1	44
45	Shirley	180	↓4	28
46	Katherine	174	↓4	59
47	Denise	167	new	33
48	Darlene	166	↑1	77
49	Ruth	162	↓2	57
50	Joanne	160	new	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Michael	1,864	↑2	4
2	David	1,777	–	5
3	James	1,651	↓2	1
4	Steven	1,478	↑3	11
5	John	1,469	↓1	3
6	Thomas	1,400	–	8
7	Robert	1,399	↓2	2
8	Richard	1,338	–	7
9	Mark	1,091	–	17
10	Gary	1,005	–	10
11	William	933	–	6
12	Daniel	777	↑2	20
13	Bruce	665	↑3	25
14	Gregory	637	↑1	24
15	Dennis	628	↓3	18
16	Paul	581	↑3	19
17	Donald	557	↑1	13
18	Ronald	548	↓5	15
19	Charles	533	↓2	9
20	Timothy	521	↑4	27
21	Douglas	507	–	28
22	Larry	500	↓2	14
23	Kenneth	444	–	16
24	Jeffrey	416	↑2	31
25	Stephen	412	↓3	21
26	Roger	376	↓1	30
27	Joseph	355	–	12
28	Scott	352	↑6	54
29	Dale	351	↑1	46
30	Kevin	339	↑1	43
31	Gerald	319	↓3	39
32	Patrick	318	↓3	37
33	Craig	303	–	59
34	Wayne	292	↓2	38
35	Randy	242	↑13	41
36	Brian	238	↑6	64
37	Peter	237	↑7	36
38	Dean	232	↑5	>100
39	Terry	221	↓4	29
40	Keith	216	↓3	49
41	Duane	203	–	>100
42	Edward	199	↓6	23
43	Lawrence	191	↓5	35
44	Alan	190	↓5	42
45	Jerry	187	↑1	26
46	Bradley	181	↓6	>100
47	George	160	↓2	22
48	Jerome	158	↑1	>100
49	Raymond	146	↑1	33
50	Curtis	145	new	86

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