Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1960

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1960 were Mary for girls (1,467 babies) and David for boys (1,980). Social Security records list 81,204 babies born in Minnesota in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1960

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

Girls

Barb: 76 babies, 8× the national rate
Kari: 89 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Renae: 31 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Janelle: 41 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jolene: 46 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Janell: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kristi: 88 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kristin: 64 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jodi: 125 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Deann: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 69 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Todd: 488 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Bradley: 358 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Darwin: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dean: 276 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Joel: 226 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ryan: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Scott: 1,157 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jon: 236 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Duane: 159 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	1,467	–	1
2	Susan	1,030	–	2
3	Julie	950	–	28
4	Lori	895	↑3	20
5	Karen	728	↑1	4
6	Linda	700	↓1	3
7	Nancy	661	↑1	15
8	Debra	648	↓4	8
9	Lisa	617	↑11	6
10	Barbara	580	↓1	12
11	Patricia	548	–	7
12	Diane	539	↓2	22
13	Brenda	532	↑6	13
14	Sandra	517	↓1	11
15	Pamela	481	↓3	14
16	Cynthia	478	↓2	9
17	Laurie	457	↑12	37
18	Cindy	447	↓1	30
19	Cheryl	446	↓4	17
20	Kathleen	423	↓2	27
21	Carol	372	↑1	23
22	Kimberly	368	↑10	26
23	Elizabeth	357	↑7	18
24	Dawn	346	↓3	57
25	Denise	343	↑6	29
26	Debbie	331	↓3	24
27	Kim	326	↓2	34
28	Ann	321	↓2	51
29	Michelle	319	↑10	39
30	Kathy	316	↓14	21
31	Sharon	311	↓4	16
32	Deborah	307	↓8	10
33	Jane	304	–	67
34	Lynn	304	–	64
35	Laura	296	↑7	25
36	Jean	295	–	86
37	Wendy	295	↑4	63
38	Teresa	291	↓1	19
39	Tammy	279	↓1	31
40	Donna	276	↓12	5
41	Margaret	254	↑3	36
42	Theresa	250	↓2	35
43	Colleen	237	new	>100
44	Connie	237	new	47
45	Beth	236	↑2	72
46	Jill	234	↓1	76
47	Catherine	232	new	42
48	Kathryn	231	↑2	82
49	Rebecca	230	–	38
50	Janet	229	↓15	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	David	1,980	–	1
2	Mark	1,760	↑1	6
3	Michael	1,667	↓1	2
4	John	1,519	↑1	4
5	James	1,467	↓1	3
6	Thomas	1,230	–	9
7	Robert	1,225	↑1	5
8	Steven	1,166	↓1	10
9	Scott	1,157	–	23
10	Timothy	959	–	11
11	Daniel	899	–	17
12	Kevin	897	↑2	15
13	Jeffrey	870	↓1	14
14	Paul	838	↑1	18
15	Richard	838	↓2	8
16	Brian	741	–	20
17	William	618	–	7
18	Joseph	525	↑6	12
19	Gary	517	–	22
20	Gregory	504	–	24
21	Todd	488	↑8	71
22	Randy	485	↓4	32
23	Douglas	463	↓2	30
24	Ronald	396	↓1	21
25	Bruce	384	↓3	39
26	Charles	381	–	13
27	Craig	372	↑3	41
28	Donald	365	↓3	19
29	Bradley	358	↓1	90
30	Steve	350	↑10	43
31	Kenneth	348	↑3	16
32	Tim	338	↑9	60
33	Patrick	335	↓2	45
34	Mike	326	↓2	36
35	Dale	317	↓8	54
36	Peter	306	↓1	42
37	Dennis	305	↓1	31
38	Keith	302	↓5	35
39	Terry	290	↓2	34
40	Dean	276	↑2	94
41	Jeff	266	↓3	49
42	Larry	259	↓3	28
43	Tom	247	↑1	86
44	Jay	244	new	78
45	Christopher	239	new	29
46	Jon	236	↓3	97
47	Joel	226	↑1	>100
48	Roger	223	↓3	47
49	Stephen	221	↓3	27
50	Greg	204	new	83

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