Minnesota ★ 1940

Top names in Minnesota, 1940

Mary led for girls with 1,135 babies ; Robert for boys with 1,314. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,135
2	Judith	748
3	Carol	738
4	Sharon	730
5	Patricia	696
6	Barbara	682
7	Karen	598
8	Sandra	481
9	Janice	427
10	Janet	387
11	Nancy	385
12	Shirley	363
13	Joyce	360
14	Judy	349
15	Donna	331
16	Joan	313
17	Kathleen	304
18	Beverly	296
19	Darlene	294
20	Marilyn	292
21	Margaret	276
22	Jean	265
23	Diane	254
24	Betty	242
25	Susan	228
26	Gloria	223
27	Lois	213
28	Joanne	202
29	Dorothy	192
29	Phyllis	192
31	Virginia	190
32	Marlene	188
33	Elaine	180
34	Ruth	177
35	Joann	172
36	Bonnie	170
37	Helen	165
38	Carolyn	154
39	Elizabeth	151
40	Carole	143
41	Jane	129
42	Arlene	125
43	Geraldine	124
43	Kay	124
43	Linda	124
46	Delores	121
46	Marlys	121
48	Audrey	112
48	Jeanette	112
50	Gail	106
51	Marjorie	104
52	Alice	103
53	Doris	102
54	Ann	98
55	Rita	94
56	Marie	93
57	Rose	92
58	Charlotte	91
59	Lorraine	87
60	Dianne	86
60	Rosemary	86
62	Irene	84
62	Kathryn	84
64	Catherine	83
65	Jeanne	78
65	Norma	78
67	Lavonne	77
67	Sally	77
67	Yvonne	77
70	Frances	76
70	Marcia	76
70	Roberta	76
73	Evelyn	73
74	Deanna	70
75	Eileen	64
76	June	63
77	Suzanne	61
78	Jacqueline	60
79	Marion	57
80	Gayle	56
81	Constance	55
81	Louise	55
83	Marian	54
83	Maxine	54
85	Katherine	53
86	Bernice	52
86	Colleen	52
86	Ellen	52
86	Sylvia	52
90	Annette	49
90	Maureen	49
92	Brenda	48
93	Anita	47
94	Connie	46
94	Florence	46
94	Lucille	46
94	Martha	46
94	Mavis	46
94	Myrna	46
100	Loretta	45

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,314
2	James	1,276
3	Richard	1,152
4	John	1,129
5	David	989
6	William	654
7	Gary	637
8	Donald	630
9	Thomas	615
10	Ronald	608
11	Dennis	577
12	Gerald	548
13	Roger	547
14	Kenneth	446
15	Charles	435
16	Michael	404
17	Larry	387
18	Paul	284
19	Jerry	232
20	Dale	225
21	Wayne	223
22	George	214
23	Edward	212
24	Jerome	202
25	Eugene	197
26	Bruce	196
27	Raymond	192
28	Joseph	191
29	Duane	171
30	Douglas	170
31	Lawrence	157
32	Harold	156
33	Daniel	148
34	Gordon	145
35	Peter	133
36	Leroy	124
37	Patrick	123
38	Marvin	119
39	Gene	115
40	Arthur	112
41	Curtis	110
41	Ralph	110
43	Lyle	108
44	Norman	106
45	Frank	105
46	Jon	93
47	Darrell	91
47	Stanley	91
49	Rodney	90
50	Howard	89
51	Jack	86
51	Stephen	86
53	Leonard	85
54	Allan	84
55	Francis	82
56	Walter	81
56	Warren	81
58	Allen	80
59	Dean	79
60	Vernon	77
61	Philip	76
61	Russell	76
63	Fred	74
63	Terry	74
65	Carl	70
66	Bernard	68
66	Loren	68
66	Tom	68
69	Keith	67
69	Melvin	67
69	Theodore	67
72	Alan	66
72	Harvey	66
74	Glenn	65
75	Clifford	63
76	Henry	62
76	Jim	62
76	Lowell	62
79	Lloyd	60
80	Steven	59
81	Arnold	58
81	Earl	58
83	Anthony	56
84	Harry	54
84	Lee	54
84	Phillip	54
87	Darrel	53
88	Don	52
89	Clarence	48
89	Roy	48
91	Leon	47
92	Albert	46
92	Virgil	46
94	Louis	45
94	Wallace	45
96	Frederick	43
96	Myron	43
98	Glen	42
99	Brian	41
99	Martin	41