Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1958

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1958 were Mary for girls (1,595 babies) and Michael for boys (1,788). Social Security records list 78,661 babies born in Minnesota in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1958

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: 21 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Kari: 63 babies, 7× the national rate
Renae: 32 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Leann: 48 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Barb: 43 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Deb: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Janelle: 39 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Leeann: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kristi: 75 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kris: 49 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 58 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Darwin: 38 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Bradley: 307 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Todd: 284 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dean: 282 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jon: 212 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Duane: 159 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Curt: 35 babies, 3× the national rate
Scott: 1,042 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lyle: 41 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	1,595	–	1
2	Susan	1,216	–	2
3	Julie	1,061	↑4	23
4	Debra	914	↓1	6
5	Linda	736	–	3
6	Nancy	725	–	12
7	Karen	698	↑1	4
8	Diane	651	↑4	18
9	Patricia	647	↑1	5
10	Lori	616	↑8	30
11	Barbara	615	↓2	9
12	Cynthia	603	↓8	8
13	Cheryl	554	↑2	13
14	Pamela	539	↓1	11
15	Cindy	488	↓4	25
16	Kathleen	455	–	21
17	Sandra	440	↑2	15
18	Carol	418	↓4	20
19	Kathy	410	↑7	14
20	Deborah	396	↓3	7
21	Brenda	375	↓1	16
22	Debbie	363	↑8	24
23	Sharon	349	↓2	17
24	Elizabeth	316	↑4	22
25	Lisa	316	↑21	19
26	Laurie	312	↑10	70
27	Kim	309	↓5	40
28	Jane	305	↓3	61
29	Jean	302	↓6	73
30	Denise	299	↓6	27
31	Lynn	297	↑2	60
32	Ann	294	↓5	47
33	Kimberly	289	↓4	39
34	Kathryn	266	↑6	58
35	Janet	263	↓3	28
36	Peggy	262	↑13	42
37	Dawn	260	↓3	84
38	Rebecca	245	↑6	41
39	Donna	243	↓8	10
40	Teresa	243	↑1	26
41	Margaret	242	↓6	31
42	Joan	240	↓5	68
43	Judy	240	↓4	36
44	Theresa	235	↓1	33
45	Laura	219	↓3	29
46	Connie	216	↑2	50
47	Vicki	215	↑3	57
48	Wendy	212	↓10	>100
49	Catherine	210	↓4	38
50	Michelle	206	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Michael	1,788	↑1	1
2	David	1,761	↓1	2
3	Mark	1,675	–	7
4	James	1,346	–	3
5	John	1,334	–	5
6	Thomas	1,234	↑1	9
7	Robert	1,194	↑1	4
8	Steven	1,078	↓2	10
9	Scott	1,042	↑1	25
10	Richard	941	↓1	8
11	Timothy	931	↑2	13
12	Daniel	892	↓1	16
13	Jeffrey	859	↓1	21
14	Kevin	808	↑1	20
15	Paul	783	↓1	15
16	Brian	720	↑3	24
17	William	719	↓1	6
18	Gary	590	–	17
19	Gregory	547	↓2	23
20	Randy	489	↑1	32
21	Douglas	485	↑1	30
22	Ronald	483	↑1	19
23	Bruce	478	↓3	36
24	Joseph	461	↑2	12
25	Donald	454	↓1	18
26	Charles	380	↓1	11
27	Dale	374	↑2	46
28	Kenneth	357	↓1	14
29	Patrick	352	↓1	42
30	Larry	326	↑2	22
31	Terry	324	↑5	33
32	Dennis	323	↓2	29
33	Peter	320	↓2	41
34	Bradley	307	–	>100
35	Craig	295	–	53
36	Mike	290	↑12	40
37	Todd	284	↑5	>100
38	Dean	282	–	97
39	Keith	265	↓6	37
40	Stephen	255	↓1	26
41	Steve	254	↓1	44
42	Tim	234	new	74
43	Jeff	226	new	68
44	Roger	223	↓7	47
45	Alan	215	↓2	49
46	Jay	215	new	86
47	Jon	212	↑2	>100
48	Tom	208	new	96
49	Wayne	206	↓8	48
50	Jerry	181	new	35

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