Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Minnesota, 1930

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	931
2	Betty	652
3	Dorothy	520
4	Patricia	482
5	Shirley	474
6	Donna	449
7	Joyce	405
8	Lois	382
9	Joan	376
10	Beverly	371
11	Marilyn	349
12	Delores	317
13	Helen	312
14	Margaret	294
15	Dolores	287
16	Barbara	284
17	Ruth	280
18	Jean	273
18	Phyllis	273
20	Lorraine	262
21	Doris	259
22	Carol	233
23	Elaine	210
24	Virginia	206
25	Alice	204
25	Marjorie	204
27	Audrey	197
28	Elizabeth	193
29	Evelyn	173
30	Arlene	161
31	Geraldine	159
32	Irene	158
33	Marion	151
34	Joanne	146
35	Gloria	142
36	Darlene	137
37	Marian	135
38	Rose	133
39	Bernice	130
39	Nancy	130
41	Norma	123
42	June	122
43	Janet	120
44	Mildred	118
45	Florence	117
46	Lucille	114
47	Gladys	113
48	Jeanne	111
49	Jeanette	104
50	Rita	102

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,298
2	Donald	1,078
3	Richard	1,008
4	John	873
5	James	862
6	William	634
7	Charles	376
8	Kenneth	362
9	Thomas	323
10	Gerald	322
11	George	320
12	Harold	290
13	Eugene	275
14	David	269
14	Raymond	269
16	Roger	263
17	Edward	246
18	Ronald	229
19	Joseph	218
20	Dale	191
21	Paul	185
22	Marvin	179
23	Gordon	175
24	Duane	171
25	Arthur	167
26	Lawrence	160
27	Leroy	146
28	Howard	145
29	Jerome	143
30	Ralph	142
31	Jack	141
32	Vernon	140
33	Earl	132
34	Lloyd	129
35	Norman	128
36	Melvin	124
37	Carl	123
37	Frank	123
39	Walter	122
40	Stanley	120
41	Wayne	119
42	Leonard	115
43	Clarence	110
44	Russell	106
45	Francis	105
46	Lyle	103
47	Bernard	101
48	Roy	100
49	Arnold	98
50	Douglas	97