Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1957

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1957 were Mary for girls (1,731 babies) and David for boys (1,940). David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 79,624 babies born in Minnesota in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1957

Names given at least 15 times in Minnesota that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Kari: 46 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Renae: 36 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Leann: 61 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Leeann: 23 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lavonne: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Kristin: 47 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Luann: 85 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Janell: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kristen: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kris: 33 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Lonny: 25 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Todd: 222 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Bradley: 314 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Darwin: 33 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Loren: 55 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Duane: 191 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lyle: 61 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Terrance: 70 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dean: 276 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Scott: 919 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Mary	1,731	–	1
2	Susan	1,215	↑1	2
3	Debra	1,164	↓1	4
4	Cynthia	940	↑3	7
5	Linda	833	↓1	3
6	Nancy	808	↓1	11
7	Julie	795	↑9	28
8	Karen	768	–	5
9	Barbara	737	↓3	9
10	Patricia	674	↓1	8
11	Cindy	616	↑16	19
12	Diane	566	↓2	17
13	Pamela	547	–	12
14	Carol	536	↑3	18
15	Cheryl	534	–	16
16	Kathleen	516	↓4	21
17	Deborah	489	↓6	6
18	Lori	458	↑2	45
19	Sandra	457	↓5	15
20	Brenda	369	↑18	13
21	Sharon	353	↓3	14
22	Kim	340	↑6	35
23	Jean	336	↓2	67
24	Denise	332	↓2	25
25	Jane	310	↓6	56
26	Kathy	300	↑11	20
27	Ann	290	↑8	44
28	Elizabeth	289	↑2	22
29	Kimberly	287	↑11	42
30	Debbie	286	new	27
31	Donna	280	↓8	10
32	Janet	278	↓8	23
33	Lynn	275	↓7	61
34	Dawn	267	↑2	93
35	Margaret	265	↓6	29
36	Laurie	263	↓11	73
37	Joan	260	↓3	60
38	Wendy	257	↑1	>100
39	Judy	254	↑5	38
40	Kathryn	248	↓9	65
41	Teresa	240	↑2	24
42	Laura	235	new	31
43	Theresa	230	↑2	36
44	Rebecca	226	↓12	34
45	Catherine	223	↓12	37
46	Lisa	222	new	26
47	Robin	220	new	30
48	Connie	219	↓6	47
49	Peggy	212	new	62
50	Vicki	200	↓4	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	David	1,940	–	3
2	Michael	1,903	–	1
3	Mark	1,620	–	7
4	James	1,461	–	2
5	John	1,445	–	5
6	Steven	1,276	–	10
7	Thomas	1,247	↑1	9
8	Robert	1,222	↓1	4
9	Richard	1,065	–	8
10	Scott	919	↑6	32
11	Daniel	888	↓1	16
12	Jeffrey	843	↓1	21
13	Timothy	803	↑1	19
14	Paul	800	↓1	18
15	Kevin	793	↑2	20
16	William	730	↓4	6
17	Gregory	642	↑1	23
18	Gary	635	↓3	13
19	Brian	615	↑4	26
20	Bruce	590	↓1	34
21	Randy	539	–	31
22	Douglas	531	–	30
23	Ronald	481	↓3	17
24	Donald	464	–	15
25	Charles	436	–	11
26	Joseph	432	–	12
27	Kenneth	425	–	14
28	Patrick	385	↑3	41
29	Dale	356	↓1	50
30	Dennis	344	↑5	28
31	Peter	334	↑3	37
32	Larry	324	↓2	22
33	Keith	315	↑3	36
34	Bradley	314	↓2	>100
35	Craig	311	↓6	55
36	Terry	293	↑2	33
37	Roger	287	–	42
38	Dean	276	↑1	93
39	Stephen	263	↓6	24
40	Steve	231	new	44
41	Wayne	231	–	47
42	Todd	222	new	>100
43	Alan	205	–	48
44	Gerald	193	↓4	51
45	Duane	191	–	>100
46	Edward	187	↓2	25
47	Joel	182	↑1	>100
48	Mike	180	new	53
49	Jon	174	↓3	>100
50	Jeffery	163	–	52

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