Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Minnesota, 1929

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	942
2	Betty	644
3	Dorothy	538
4	Shirley	468
5	Donna	454
6	Lois	443
7	Patricia	406
8	Joyce	362
9	Helen	333
10	Lorraine	331
11	Margaret	326
12	Delores	318
12	Joan	318
14	Beverly	307
15	Phyllis	290
16	Jean	267
17	Ruth	259
18	Marilyn	254
19	Elaine	253
20	Barbara	247
21	Dolores	244
22	Doris	241
23	Alice	210
24	Marjorie	207
25	Carol	198
26	Evelyn	188
27	Elizabeth	180
28	Virginia	178
29	Audrey	168
30	Gloria	167
31	Arlene	158
31	Marion	158
33	Geraldine	154
33	June	154
35	Irene	151
36	Rose	138
37	Bernice	135
38	Mildred	131
39	Nancy	128
40	Lucille	123
41	Marian	119
42	Gladys	115
42	Rosemary	115
44	Norma	114
45	Florence	113
45	Marie	113
47	Jeanne	109
48	Joanne	106
49	Darlene	98
50	Eileen	95

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,348
2	Donald	1,111
3	Richard	912
4	John	911
5	James	800
6	William	635
7	Kenneth	373
8	Charles	344
9	George	302
9	Raymond	302
11	Gerald	292
12	Harold	286
13	Thomas	283
14	Eugene	263
15	Edward	257
16	David	254
17	Joseph	236
18	Roger	209
19	Marvin	196
20	Paul	195
21	Gordon	163
22	Vernon	160
23	Lloyd	158
23	Walter	158
25	Ronald	157
26	Earl	156
27	Jack	154
28	Arthur	151
28	Leroy	151
28	Ralph	151
31	Lawrence	148
32	Dale	144
33	Frank	135
34	Howard	134
35	Melvin	127
36	Norman	123
37	Herbert	121
38	Jerome	119
39	Duane	117
40	Clarence	114
41	Leonard	112
42	Russell	110
43	Stanley	109
44	Francis	104
45	Wayne	103
46	Carl	102
46	Henry	102
48	Bernard	101
49	Arnold	100
50	Roy	96