Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1953

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1953 were Mary for girls (1,681 babies) and David for boys (1,868). David ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 73,231 babies born in Minnesota in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1953

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: 51 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Leann: 46 babies, 9× the national rate
Renae: 25 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Lavonne: 39 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Mavis: 24 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Terese: 19 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Corrine: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Louann: 26 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Luann: 111 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Roxanne: 155 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 72 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Bradley: 250 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Todd: 96 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lowell: 41 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Terrance: 77 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Harlan: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Gale: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lyle: 70 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Duane: 178 babies, 4× the national rate
Darrel: 38 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Mary	1,681	–	1
2	Susan	1,236	↑1	5
3	Linda	1,182	↓1	2
4	Debra	1,038	↑6	7
5	Barbara	968	↓1	6
6	Patricia	961	↓1	4
7	Nancy	935	↓1	8
8	Deborah	784	–	3
9	Kathleen	734	↓2	14
10	Diane	674	↓1	17
11	Karen	617	–	9
12	Cynthia	615	↑2	12
13	Sandra	583	–	11
14	Pamela	578	↑1	10
15	Carol	555	↓3	16
16	Sharon	449	↑1	15
17	Cheryl	401	↓1	28
18	Julie	361	↑10	74
19	Jean	354	↑4	52
20	Margaret	350	–	20
21	Janet	345	↓3	19
22	Joan	313	↑7	37
23	Rebecca	309	↑8	24
24	Jane	302	↓3	43
25	Donna	301	↑2	13
26	Elizabeth	286	↑4	21
27	Bonnie	283	↓1	45
28	Kathryn	282	↓3	48
29	Judith	270	↓7	30
30	Ann	266	↑6	46
31	Janice	264	↓7	22
32	Gail	242	–	39
33	Judy	242	–	27
34	Catherine	234	↑3	35
35	Lynn	233	↓1	67
36	Vicki	218	↑4	61
37	Joyce	217	↑5	26
38	Beverly	214	–	34
39	Marilyn	214	↓4	36
40	Christine	204	↓21	32
41	Connie	196	↑3	47
42	Denise	196	↑5	31
43	Colleen	180	↓2	>100
44	Peggy	176	↓5	44
45	Wendy	176	new	>100
46	Jeanne	169	↓3	97
47	Laurie	166	new	>100
48	Ruth	165	↑1	62
49	Shirley	162	↓4	29
50	Joanne	159	–	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	David	1,868	↑1	5
2	Michael	1,866	↓1	3
3	James	1,553	–	2
4	John	1,435	↑1	4
5	Steven	1,378	↓1	11
6	Robert	1,364	↑1	1
7	Thomas	1,306	↓1	8
8	Richard	1,292	–	7
9	Mark	1,179	–	12
10	Gary	936	–	10
11	William	804	–	6
12	Daniel	742	–	20
13	Paul	673	↑3	16
14	Gregory	662	–	24
15	Bruce	626	↓2	28
16	Jeffrey	580	↑8	25
17	Charles	577	↑2	9
18	Ronald	575	–	15
19	Timothy	559	↑1	26
20	Donald	530	↓3	14
21	Dennis	511	↓6	19
22	Douglas	495	↓1	27
23	Kevin	423	↑7	36
24	Scott	421	↑4	46
25	Kenneth	413	↓2	17
26	Larry	404	↓4	18
27	Roger	403	↓1	31
28	Joseph	396	↓1	13
29	Stephen	373	↓4	21
30	Dale	357	↓1	48
31	Craig	340	↑2	60
32	Patrick	331	–	39
33	Gerald	279	↓2	42
34	Wayne	270	–	40
35	Randy	264	–	35
36	Terry	261	↑3	30
37	Bradley	250	↑9	>100
38	Brian	241	↓2	53
39	Keith	241	↑1	47
40	Alan	227	↑4	43
41	Peter	226	↓4	38
42	Dean	188	↓4	>100
43	Edward	188	↓1	23
44	George	187	↑3	22
45	Duane	178	↓4	>100
46	Lawrence	177	↓3	37
47	Rodney	169	new	58
48	Randall	149	new	64
49	Jerome	147	↓1	>100
50	Jerry	147	↓5	29

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