Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1964

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1964 were Mary for girls (1,112 babies) and David for boys (1,649). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 71,001 babies born in Minnesota in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1964

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: 32 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Kari: 129 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Janelle: 53 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Maryjo: 24 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Renae: 32 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jolene: 43 babies, 5× the national rate
Terese: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Cari: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Gwen: 46 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kristin: 123 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Kraig: 21 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Chad: 67 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Loren: 51 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bradley: 339 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Darwin: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dean: 264 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ross: 59 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cory: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Todd: 830 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ryan: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Mary	1,112	–	2
2	Lisa	1,091	–	1
3	Julie	808	–	17
4	Susan	807	–	3
5	Lori	590	–	15
6	Karen	546	–	4
7	Brenda	496	–	18
8	Michelle	483	↑2	23
9	Kimberly	444	↑4	6
10	Linda	444	↓1	8
11	Nancy	432	↓3	26
12	Barbara	426	–	19
13	Patricia	412	↑1	5
14	Dawn	407	↑4	33
15	Pamela	398	↓4	11
16	Sandra	363	↓1	13
17	Ann	359	↑4	60
18	Debra	355	↓2	24
19	Kelly	336	↑3	35
20	Denise	332	↑9	25
21	Diane	326	↓4	32
22	Cheryl	318	↑3	29
23	Amy	304	↑22	44
24	Christine	303	↑4	28
25	Laura	303	↑2	14
26	Tammy	303	↓7	10
27	Kim	293	↑5	42
28	Jill	289	↑12	61
29	Jennifer	287	↑8	31
30	Kathleen	285	↓7	30
31	Elizabeth	270	↓5	16
32	Laurie	269	↓8	59
33	Cynthia	268	↓13	9
34	Carol	263	↓1	36
35	Beth	245	↑8	65
36	Deborah	240	↓6	12
37	Wendy	240	↑2	55
38	Teresa	234	↓7	21
39	Theresa	233	↓3	38
40	Lynn	230	↑1	72
41	Jane	221	↓7	93
42	Cindy	212	–	47
43	Paula	211	↑4	45
44	Rebecca	199	–	46
45	Donna	197	↑3	7
46	Jean	197	new	100
47	Sharon	196	↓9	20
48	Kathy	193	↓13	39
49	Renee	191	new	71
50	Robin	189	new	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	David	1,649	↑1	3
2	Michael	1,643	↓1	1
3	John	1,589	–	2
4	Mark	1,260	–	6
5	James	1,246	↑1	4
6	Scott	1,088	↓1	14
7	Robert	1,055	–	5
8	Thomas	1,012	–	9
9	Steven	919	–	12
10	Daniel	903	↑1	19
11	Jeffrey	877	↓1	10
12	Todd	830	↑1	28
13	Paul	823	↓1	16
14	Brian	779	↑1	20
15	Timothy	767	↓1	15
16	Richard	696	↑1	8
17	Kevin	661	↓1	13
18	William	503	–	7
19	Joseph	471	–	11
20	Gregory	461	–	22
21	Douglas	441	–	31
22	Patrick	421	↑1	30
23	Christopher	378	↑13	23
24	Bradley	339	↑3	77
25	Gary	305	↓3	26
26	Peter	305	↑5	39
27	Charles	294	↓1	17
28	Bruce	293	↓3	46
29	Ronald	292	↓5	24
30	Donald	290	↓2	25
31	Craig	273	↑1	48
32	Kenneth	265	↓3	18
33	Dean	264	↑4	85
34	Randy	263	↓4	38
35	Jon	259	↓1	79
36	Troy	240	↑7	57
37	Eric	231	↑5	32
38	Keith	223	↓5	34
39	Mike	223	–	47
40	Dennis	221	–	42
41	Dale	216	↓6	72
42	Stephen	213	↑3	29
43	Jay	200	↑4	84
44	Terry	196	–	35
45	Matthew	192	new	43
46	Anthony	189	–	21
47	Jeff	188	↓9	52
48	Steve	170	↓7	51
49	Tom	169	↓1	>100
50	Andrew	167	new	37

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