Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1961

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1961 were Mary for girls (1,329 babies) and David for boys (1,929). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 79,880 babies born in Minnesota in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1961

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

Girls

Nancee: 20 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Kari: 113 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Barb: 58 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Renae: 35 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Maryjo: 31 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Terese: 27 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Janelle: 43 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kristine: 106 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kris: 52 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kirsten: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 60 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lyle: 49 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Cory: 32 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bradley: 323 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Todd: 649 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lowell: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Erik: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Chad: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dean: 292 babies, 3× the national rate
Jon: 269 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Mary	1,329	–	1
2	Susan	1,074	–	3
3	Lori	986	↑1	14
4	Julie	921	↓1	23
5	Lisa	834	↑4	2
6	Karen	681	↓1	5
7	Linda	654	↓1	4
8	Barbara	601	↑2	12
9	Nancy	597	↓2	16
10	Debra	582	↓2	13
11	Brenda	581	↑2	11
12	Sandra	501	↑2	9
13	Pamela	483	↑2	15
14	Patricia	464	↓3	6
15	Diane	455	↓3	26
16	Cheryl	430	↑3	20
17	Cynthia	410	↓1	8
18	Laurie	402	↓1	43
19	Michelle	398	↑10	34
20	Dawn	390	↑4	49
21	Carol	384	–	24
22	Cindy	379	↓4	33
23	Elizabeth	364	–	19
24	Kathleen	343	↓4	29
25	Kimberly	338	↓3	22
26	Sharon	334	↑5	17
27	Teresa	324	↑11	18
28	Debbie	322	↓2	31
29	Denise	316	↓4	30
30	Ann	308	↓2	54
31	Kathy	308	↓1	25
32	Kim	304	↓5	36
33	Jane	294	–	72
34	Laura	293	↑1	21
35	Theresa	278	↑7	35
36	Deborah	273	↓4	10
37	Lynn	272	↓3	71
38	Tammy	270	↑1	28
39	Christine	268	new	39
40	Jill	268	↑6	74
41	Jean	265	↓5	92
42	Donna	259	↓2	7
43	Kelly	248	new	45
44	Janet	246	↑6	32
45	Wendy	241	↓8	61
46	Robin	234	new	27
47	Rebecca	218	↑2	44
48	Beth	217	↓3	65
49	Margaret	211	↓8	40
50	Renee	209	new	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	David	1,929	–	2
2	Michael	1,711	↑1	1
3	Mark	1,606	↓1	6
4	John	1,511	–	3
5	James	1,340	–	4
6	Scott	1,179	↑3	19
7	Robert	1,159	–	5
8	Steven	1,082	–	10
9	Thomas	1,080	↓3	9
10	Jeffrey	936	↑3	11
11	Daniel	935	–	17
12	Timothy	877	↓2	15
13	Kevin	852	↓1	14
14	Paul	846	–	18
15	Brian	780	↑1	20
16	Richard	734	↓1	8
17	Todd	649	↑4	46
18	William	594	↓1	7
19	Gregory	569	↑1	23
20	Gary	474	↓1	21
21	Douglas	466	↑2	28
22	Joseph	446	↓4	12
23	Bruce	416	↑2	40
24	Randy	401	↓2	33
25	Craig	387	↑2	43
26	Patrick	387	↑7	39
27	Ronald	373	↓3	24
28	Charles	367	↓2	13
29	Kenneth	364	↑2	16
30	Donald	354	↓2	22
31	Mike	326	↑3	36
32	Bradley	323	↓3	87
33	Peter	322	↑3	42
34	Dale	318	↑1	58
35	Keith	318	↑3	35
36	Jeff	305	↑5	49
37	Dean	292	↑3	84
38	Jon	269	↑8	93
39	Christopher	264	↑6	26
40	Terry	261	↓1	32
41	Steve	259	↓11	45
42	Stephen	254	↑7	27
43	Tim	250	↓11	65
44	Dennis	243	↓7	34
45	Tom	237	↓2	88
46	Larry	223	↓4	30
47	Roger	219	↑1	47
48	Alan	213	new	51
49	Joel	199	↓2	>100
50	Jay	193	↓6	81

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