Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1962

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1962 were Mary for girls (1,241 babies) and David for boys (1,862). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 78,403 babies born in Minnesota in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1962

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: 51 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Kari: 129 babies, 7× the national rate
Janell: 31 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Janelle: 42 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kristin: 77 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Renae: 32 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kristine: 111 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jody: 140 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kris: 46 babies, 4× the national rate
Jolene: 45 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 45 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Darwin: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bradley: 330 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lyle: 45 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Todd: 795 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jon: 282 babies, 3× the national rate
Erik: 30 babies, 3× the national rate
Cory: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Dean: 262 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Chad: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Mary	1,241	–	2
2	Susan	968	–	3
3	Lisa	950	↑2	1
4	Julie	903	–	22
5	Lori	849	↓2	11
6	Karen	703	–	4
7	Nancy	595	↑2	19
8	Linda	581	↓1	5
9	Brenda	542	↑2	12
10	Pamela	509	↑3	13
11	Barbara	504	↓3	14
12	Debra	504	↓2	15
13	Patricia	467	↑1	6
14	Michelle	453	↑5	31
15	Sandra	441	↓3	10
16	Dawn	419	↑4	50
17	Diane	403	↓2	26
18	Kimberly	389	↑7	16
19	Cynthia	365	↓2	8
20	Laurie	363	↓2	42
21	Kathleen	353	↑3	29
22	Cindy	343	–	34
23	Denise	342	↑6	30
24	Ann	338	↑6	56
25	Carol	334	↓4	28
26	Cheryl	333	↓10	24
27	Jane	324	↑6	73
28	Tammy	323	↑10	23
29	Elizabeth	308	↓6	20
30	Kim	308	↑2	37
31	Kathy	306	–	27
32	Kelly	297	↑11	38
33	Deborah	291	↑3	9
34	Teresa	291	↓7	18
35	Laura	285	↓1	21
36	Sharon	281	↓10	17
37	Jill	275	↑3	72
38	Debbie	269	↓10	32
39	Lynn	269	↓2	71
40	Wendy	261	↑5	64
41	Theresa	255	↓6	40
42	Beth	245	↑6	66
43	Jean	240	↓2	95
44	Christine	238	↓5	39
45	Donna	234	↓3	7
46	Janet	234	↓2	35
47	Robin	231	↓1	25
48	Connie	229	new	51
49	Rebecca	215	↓2	47
50	Jennifer	213	new	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	David	1,862	–	2
2	Michael	1,704	–	1
3	Mark	1,530	–	6
4	John	1,515	–	3
5	Scott	1,379	↑1	11
6	James	1,295	↓1	4
7	Thomas	1,109	↑2	9
8	Robert	1,071	↓1	5
9	Jeffrey	980	↑1	10
10	Steven	980	↓2	12
11	Daniel	956	–	17
12	Brian	812	↑3	20
13	Timothy	804	↓1	16
14	Todd	795	↑3	30
15	Paul	778	↓1	19
16	Kevin	761	↓3	14
17	Richard	728	↓1	8
18	Gregory	545	↑1	21
19	William	540	↓1	7
20	Joseph	493	↑2	13
21	Douglas	465	–	27
22	Gary	413	↓2	22
23	Patrick	374	↑3	40
24	Ronald	374	↑3	25
25	Bruce	368	↓2	41
26	Randy	353	↓2	35
27	Charles	345	↑1	15
28	Donald	341	↑2	23
29	Bradley	330	↑3	87
30	Craig	305	↓5	51
31	Kenneth	297	↓2	18
32	Jeff	295	↑4	44
33	Jon	282	↑5	84
34	Peter	280	↓1	43
35	Mike	266	↓4	39
36	Dean	262	↑1	86
37	Dale	261	↓3	62
38	Christopher	255	↑1	26
39	Dennis	254	↑5	37
40	Keith	249	↓5	36
41	Steve	242	–	46
42	Terry	236	↓2	34
43	Stephen	227	↓1	28
44	Tim	223	↓1	72
45	Tom	209	–	98
46	Eric	201	new	33
47	Alan	198	↑1	53
48	Jay	197	↑2	80
49	Larry	196	↓3	31
50	Anthony	195	new	24

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