Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1954

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1954 were Mary for girls (1,916 babies) and Michael for boys (1,889). Social Security records list 74,884 babies born in Minnesota in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1954

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: 38 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Lavonne: 30 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Renae: 23 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Leann: 32 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Janelle: 38 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Terese: 23 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Luann: 157 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kristen: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lynette: 87 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kristin: 33 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Arlen: 24 babies, 8× the national rate
Loren: 72 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Duane: 209 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lowell: 42 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Todd: 111 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Bradley: 262 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Terrance: 90 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lyle: 69 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Darwin: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Galen: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Mary	1,916	–	1
2	Debra	1,329	↑2	6
3	Susan	1,257	↓1	5
4	Linda	1,028	↓1	2
5	Nancy	870	↑2	9
6	Patricia	866	–	4
7	Barbara	843	↓2	7
8	Deborah	747	–	3
9	Kathleen	682	–	14
10	Cynthia	668	↑2	10
11	Diane	647	↓1	17
12	Karen	633	↓1	8
13	Carol	563	↑2	15
14	Sandra	558	↓1	13
15	Pamela	511	↓1	12
16	Cheryl	456	↑1	22
17	Janet	383	↑4	19
18	Julie	375	–	70
19	Jean	364	–	56
20	Sharon	364	↓4	16
21	Margaret	344	↓1	21
22	Donna	340	↑3	11
23	Rebecca	297	–	26
24	Elizabeth	291	↑2	20
25	Joan	284	↓3	40
26	Jane	278	↓2	49
27	Kathryn	274	↑1	51
28	Judith	271	↑1	30
29	Lynn	267	↑6	63
30	Ann	259	–	44
31	Bonnie	249	↓4	52
32	Gail	242	–	37
33	Denise	241	↑9	24
34	Marilyn	236	↑5	35
35	Peggy	223	↑9	48
36	Janice	222	↓5	25
37	Catherine	213	↓3	32
38	Vicki	209	↓2	50
39	Connie	206	↑2	39
40	Paula	200	new	38
41	Wendy	200	↑4	95
42	Judy	198	↓9	29
43	Joyce	197	↓6	28
44	Beverly	196	↓6	31
45	Colleen	194	↓2	>100
46	Laurie	190	↑1	98
47	Brenda	186	new	18
48	Robin	179	new	41
49	Lori	175	new	>100
50	Kathy	169	new	23

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Michael	1,889	↑1	1
2	David	1,854	↓1	5
3	James	1,509	–	3
4	John	1,484	–	4
5	Steven	1,472	–	11
6	Robert	1,361	–	2
7	Mark	1,327	↑2	12
8	Thomas	1,294	↓1	8
9	Richard	1,292	↓1	7
10	Gary	899	–	9
11	Daniel	838	↑1	18
12	William	808	↓1	6
13	Paul	695	–	16
14	Jeffrey	664	↑2	23
15	Gregory	625	↓1	25
16	Timothy	608	↑3	26
17	Bruce	581	↓2	30
18	Kevin	566	↑5	28
19	Ronald	558	↓1	15
20	Donald	522	–	14
21	Douglas	514	↑1	29
22	Charles	505	↓5	10
23	Scott	481	↑1	40
24	Dennis	479	↓3	21
25	Joseph	479	↑3	13
26	Kenneth	429	↓1	17
27	Larry	400	↓1	19
28	Randy	382	↑7	33
29	Dale	374	↑1	50
30	Patrick	363	↑2	38
31	Craig	353	–	51
32	Stephen	352	↓3	20
33	Brian	313	↑5	48
34	Terry	303	↑2	27
35	Roger	302	↓8	34
36	Wayne	285	↓2	41
37	Keith	274	↑2	45
38	Gerald	268	↓5	44
39	Bradley	262	↓2	>100
40	Peter	235	↑1	37
41	Alan	221	↓1	43
42	Duane	209	↑3	>100
43	Edward	191	–	22
44	Dean	188	↓2	>100
45	Rodney	184	↑2	66
46	Lawrence	166	–	39
47	George	158	↓3	24
48	Curtis	156	new	84
49	Jon	146	new	>100
50	Jerome	137	↓1	>100

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