Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1959

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1959 were Mary for girls (1,636 babies) and David for boys (1,855). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 81,957 babies born in Minnesota in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1959

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: 27 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Renae: 48 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Joleen: 20 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Kari: 94 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Lavonne: 28 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Barb: 51 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kris: 60 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Leann: 48 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kristi: 81 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Janelle: 35 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 63 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Bradley: 358 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Todd: 354 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lyle: 57 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lowell: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dean: 278 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Darwin: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jon: 234 babies, 3× the national rate
Joel: 199 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Scott: 1,099 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	1,636	–	1
2	Susan	1,088	–	2
3	Julie	1,022	–	26
4	Debra	821	–	7
5	Linda	761	–	3
6	Karen	736	↑1	4
7	Lori	716	↑3	27
8	Nancy	716	↓2	14
9	Barbara	645	↑2	11
10	Diane	596	↓2	19
11	Patricia	588	↓2	6
12	Pamela	547	↑2	12
13	Sandra	545	↑4	13
14	Cynthia	537	↓2	8
15	Cheryl	479	↓2	18
16	Kathy	477	↑3	15
17	Cindy	475	↓2	25
18	Kathleen	441	↓2	23
19	Brenda	429	↑2	16
20	Lisa	423	↑5	10
21	Dawn	421	↑16	54
22	Carol	419	↓4	22
23	Debbie	410	↓1	20
24	Deborah	376	↓4	9
25	Kim	368	↑2	35
26	Ann	351	↑6	44
27	Sharon	347	↓4	17
28	Donna	346	↑11	5
29	Laurie	339	↓3	56
30	Elizabeth	326	↓6	21
31	Denise	320	↓1	29
32	Kimberly	311	↑1	33
33	Jane	300	↓5	67
34	Lynn	299	↓3	63
35	Janet	285	–	28
36	Jean	285	↓7	77
37	Teresa	284	↑3	24
38	Tammy	281	new	31
39	Michelle	278	↑11	47
40	Theresa	261	↑4	34
41	Wendy	261	↑7	83
42	Laura	259	↑3	30
43	Judy	248	–	41
44	Margaret	237	↓3	36
45	Jill	235	new	86
46	Christine	234	new	43
47	Beth	231	new	80
48	Joan	225	↓6	76
49	Rebecca	218	↓11	38
50	Kathryn	217	↓16	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	David	1,855	↑1	2
2	Michael	1,831	↓1	1
3	Mark	1,692	–	6
4	James	1,442	–	3
5	John	1,434	–	4
6	Thomas	1,223	–	9
7	Steven	1,158	↑1	10
8	Robert	1,123	↓1	5
9	Scott	1,099	–	24
10	Timothy	1,015	↑1	12
11	Daniel	901	↑1	18
12	Jeffrey	890	↑1	16
13	Richard	889	↓3	8
14	Kevin	883	–	14
15	Paul	823	–	17
16	Brian	786	–	22
17	William	699	–	7
18	Randy	547	↑2	31
19	Gary	536	↓1	20
20	Gregory	516	↓1	23
21	Douglas	513	–	30
22	Bruce	490	↑1	38
23	Ronald	464	↓1	21
24	Joseph	459	–	13
25	Donald	383	–	19
26	Charles	382	–	11
27	Dale	373	–	49
28	Bradley	358	↑6	>100
29	Todd	354	↑8	99
30	Craig	336	↑5	44
31	Patrick	335	↓2	43
32	Mike	330	↑4	37
33	Keith	329	↑6	39
34	Kenneth	328	↓6	15
35	Peter	328	↓2	40
36	Dennis	326	↓4	29
37	Terry	311	↓6	33
38	Jeff	292	↑5	52
39	Larry	282	↓9	25
40	Steve	282	↑1	41
41	Tim	280	↑1	60
42	Dean	278	↓4	95
43	Jon	234	↑4	>100
44	Tom	234	↑4	82
45	Roger	226	↓1	47
46	Stephen	216	↓6	28
47	Jim	206	new	70
48	Joel	199	new	>100
49	Wayne	194	–	51
50	Alan	187	↓5	50

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