Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1955

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1955 were Mary for girls (1,721 babies) and David for boys (2,048). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 75,509 babies born in Minnesota in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1955

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: 36 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Joleen: 21 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Lavonne: 37 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Renae: 27 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Kari: 24 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Leann: 42 babies, 6× the national rate
Luann: 137 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kristin: 43 babies, 5× the national rate
Terese: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Leanne: 29 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 62 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Bradley: 270 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Darwin: 28 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Reed: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Duane: 167 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Todd: 115 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Terrance: 82 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lyle: 57 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dean: 202 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Scott: 595 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Mary	1,721	–	1
2	Debra	1,391	–	4
3	Susan	1,289	–	5
4	Linda	895	–	3
5	Barbara	887	↑2	7
6	Patricia	887	–	6
7	Nancy	863	↓2	9
8	Deborah	729	–	2
9	Cynthia	669	↑1	11
10	Kathleen	640	↓1	17
11	Diane	633	–	14
12	Karen	597	–	8
13	Pamela	553	↑2	12
14	Carol	543	↓1	15
15	Sandra	524	↓1	13
16	Cheryl	501	–	19
17	Julie	437	↑1	67
18	Sharon	350	↑2	16
19	Jean	335	–	60
20	Janet	322	↓3	20
21	Jane	317	↑5	50
22	Lynn	316	↑7	62
23	Donna	297	↓1	10
24	Margaret	288	↓3	24
25	Elizabeth	286	↓1	21
26	Rebecca	280	↓3	27
27	Ann	261	↑3	43
28	Kathryn	260	↓1	59
29	Denise	254	↑4	23
30	Joan	249	↓5	46
31	Gail	246	↑1	42
32	Catherine	238	↑5	28
33	Vicki	238	↑5	52
34	Judith	237	↓6	31
35	Bonnie	236	↓4	45
36	Janice	233	–	25
37	Colleen	232	↑8	>100
38	Laurie	232	↑8	91
39	Dawn	223	new	>100
40	Connie	220	↓1	35
41	Wendy	218	–	90
42	Lori	215	↑7	89
43	Kathy	207	↑7	22
44	Peggy	203	↓9	51
45	Judy	200	↓3	32
46	Brenda	198	↑1	18
47	Teresa	196	new	26
48	Joyce	190	↓5	29
49	Christine	182	new	40
50	Katherine	176	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	David	2,048	↑1	2
2	Michael	1,897	↓1	1
3	Mark	1,503	↑4	9
4	James	1,446	↓1	3
5	John	1,441	↓1	5
6	Steven	1,391	↓1	10
7	Robert	1,330	↓1	4
8	Thomas	1,310	–	8
9	Richard	1,117	–	7
10	Daniel	862	↑1	17
11	Jeffrey	795	↑3	20
12	Gary	793	↓2	12
13	William	772	↓1	6
14	Paul	728	↓1	16
15	Timothy	675	↑1	22
16	Kevin	649	↑2	27
17	Gregory	630	↓2	24
18	Scott	595	↑5	38
19	Douglas	545	↑2	29
20	Bruce	541	↓3	32
21	Ronald	509	↓2	18
22	Donald	490	↓2	14
23	Joseph	487	↑2	13
24	Randy	484	↑4	30
25	Charles	475	↓3	11
26	Dennis	400	↓2	23
27	Brian	397	↑6	40
28	Kenneth	373	↓2	15
29	Larry	366	↓2	19
30	Dale	359	↓1	52
31	Patrick	345	↓1	41
32	Craig	344	↓1	50
33	Stephen	323	↓1	21
34	Keith	315	↑3	39
35	Roger	303	–	37
36	Peter	285	↑4	35
37	Terry	284	↓3	28
38	Wayne	274	↓2	44
39	Bradley	270	–	>100
40	Gerald	242	↓2	48
41	Alan	225	–	43
42	Dean	202	↑2	>100
43	Edward	199	–	25
44	Randall	185	new	53
45	Rodney	177	–	65
46	George	175	↑1	26
47	Lawrence	174	↓1	42
48	Duane	167	↓6	>100
49	Jon	153	–	>100
50	Jerry	142	new	33

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