Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Minnesota, 1928

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	889
2	Betty	756
3	Dorothy	622
4	Shirley	551
5	Lois	428
6	Patricia	404
7	Helen	397
8	Donna	395
9	Lorraine	379
10	Joyce	376
11	Margaret	366
12	Phyllis	346
13	Beverly	331
14	Doris	322
15	Ruth	318
16	Jean	305
17	Dolores	263
18	Marilyn	262
19	Delores	259
20	Joan	234
21	Elaine	231
22	Alice	225
23	Irene	212
24	Barbara	205
24	Marjorie	205
26	Virginia	202
27	Audrey	201
28	Evelyn	193
29	Lucille	183
29	Marion	183
31	Carol	175
32	Mildred	172
33	Gloria	165
34	Elizabeth	164
35	Arlene	163
36	Marian	161
37	Florence	159
38	June	158
39	Geraldine	157
40	Bernice	152
41	Rose	150
42	Frances	149
43	Marie	144
44	Gladys	136
45	Eleanor	124
46	Grace	116
47	Norma	112
48	Esther	107
49	Eileen	103
50	Charlotte	97

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,279
2	Donald	1,108
3	John	890
4	Richard	883
5	James	814
6	William	639
7	Kenneth	377
8	George	374
9	Charles	338
10	Gerald	314
11	Eugene	311
12	Harold	301
13	Edward	283
14	Raymond	275
15	Joseph	237
16	Thomas	233
17	Paul	210
18	David	207
19	Roger	204
20	Marvin	191
21	Arthur	184
22	Gordon	183
23	Vernon	177
24	Lawrence	171
25	Ralph	166
26	Lloyd	164
27	Walter	162
28	Ronald	161
29	Earl	156
30	Dale	155
31	Norman	150
32	Jack	146
32	Jerome	146
34	Clarence	144
35	Herbert	133
36	Howard	130
36	Melvin	130
38	Frank	128
39	Leonard	126
40	Duane	124
40	Leroy	124
42	Bernard	121
43	Roy	120
43	Stanley	120
45	Arnold	118
46	Lyle	115
47	Alfred	112
48	Francis	110
49	Russell	108
49	Wallace	108