Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1956

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1956 were Mary for girls (1,727 babies) and David for boys (1,899). David ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 77,044 babies born in Minnesota in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1956

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: 30 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Kari: 28 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Leann: 47 babies, 6× the national rate
Kris: 29 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Luann: 111 babies, 5× the national rate
Kristen: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Terese: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kristie: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kristin: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Roxanne: 136 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Bradley: 339 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Loren: 57 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Corey: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lyle: 61 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dean: 255 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Todd: 136 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Duane: 172 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Terrance: 68 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lowell: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Scott: 740 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Mary	1,727	–	1
2	Debra	1,290	–	2
3	Susan	1,203	–	5
4	Linda	875	–	3
5	Nancy	873	↑2	11
6	Barbara	822	↓1	9
7	Cynthia	736	↑2	8
8	Karen	732	↑4	7
9	Patricia	727	↓3	6
10	Diane	630	↑1	15
11	Deborah	628	↓3	4
12	Kathleen	595	↓2	17
13	Pamela	544	–	12
14	Sandra	534	↑1	14
15	Cheryl	520	↑1	18
16	Julie	501	↑1	48
17	Carol	492	↓3	16
18	Sharon	409	–	13
19	Jane	362	↑2	50
20	Lori	346	↑22	66
21	Jean	330	↓2	65
22	Denise	319	↑7	23
23	Donna	311	–	10
24	Janet	311	↓4	21
25	Laurie	311	↑13	76
26	Lynn	308	↓4	58
27	Cindy	293	new	37
28	Kim	288	new	38
29	Margaret	288	↓5	25
30	Elizabeth	286	↓5	22
31	Kathryn	272	↓3	60
32	Rebecca	271	↓6	27
33	Catherine	268	↓1	28
34	Joan	266	↓4	52
35	Ann	258	↓8	46
36	Dawn	256	↑3	92
37	Kathy	250	↑6	20
38	Brenda	244	↑8	19
39	Wendy	234	↑2	95
40	Kimberly	225	new	74
41	Bonnie	222	↓6	51
42	Connie	221	↓2	43
43	Teresa	220	↑4	24
44	Judy	216	↑1	35
45	Theresa	214	new	32
46	Vicki	214	↓13	57
47	Gail	211	↓16	49
48	Colleen	209	↓11	>100
49	Judith	209	↓15	45
50	Janice	207	↓14	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	David	1,899	–	4
2	Michael	1,851	–	1
3	Mark	1,559	–	8
4	James	1,475	–	2
5	John	1,411	–	5
6	Steven	1,355	–	10
7	Robert	1,329	–	3
8	Thomas	1,293	–	9
9	Richard	1,124	–	7
10	Daniel	885	–	18
11	Jeffrey	832	–	20
12	William	789	↑1	6
13	Paul	772	↑1	17
14	Timothy	769	↑1	19
15	Gary	761	↓3	13
16	Scott	740	↑2	34
17	Kevin	720	↓1	22
18	Gregory	666	↓1	24
19	Bruce	576	↑1	33
20	Ronald	545	↑1	15
21	Randy	530	↑3	28
22	Douglas	525	↓3	29
23	Brian	490	↑4	32
24	Donald	482	↓2	14
25	Charles	465	–	11
26	Joseph	442	↓3	12
27	Kenneth	406	↑1	16
28	Dale	348	↑2	50
29	Craig	344	↑3	51
30	Larry	344	↓1	21
31	Patrick	343	–	40
32	Bradley	339	↑7	>100
33	Stephen	328	–	23
34	Peter	326	↑2	37
35	Dennis	325	↓9	26
36	Keith	311	↓2	36
37	Roger	278	↓2	41
38	Terry	274	↓1	31
39	Dean	255	↑3	99
40	Gerald	232	–	49
41	Wayne	232	↓3	45
42	Randall	227	↑2	54
43	Alan	216	↓2	44
44	Edward	173	↓1	25
45	Duane	172	↑3	>100
46	Jon	165	↑3	>100
47	Curtis	159	new	80
48	Joel	151	new	>100
49	Jerry	149	↑1	35
50	Jeffery	148	new	57

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