Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Minnesota, 1931

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	944
2	Betty	648
3	Donna	528
4	Patricia	503
5	Dorothy	473
6	Joan	470
7	Shirley	432
8	Beverly	416
9	Marilyn	399
10	Lois	391
11	Barbara	359
12	Joyce	347
13	Margaret	296
14	Delores	284
15	Helen	274
16	Lorraine	255
17	Carol	249
18	Phyllis	247
19	Jean	246
20	Ruth	240
21	Elaine	213
22	Alice	206
22	Arlene	206
24	Doris	198
25	Dolores	194
26	Elizabeth	185
27	Audrey	173
28	Marjorie	168
29	Evelyn	166
30	Geraldine	164
30	Virginia	164
32	Nancy	163
33	Joanne	158
34	Gloria	157
35	Irene	154
36	Darlene	148
37	Janet	140
37	Marlene	140
39	June	137
40	Marion	133
41	Marie	124
42	Norma	122
43	Marlys	120
44	Marian	118
45	Rose	114
46	Florence	112
46	Gladys	112
48	Lucille	107
49	Jeanne	104
50	Mildred	103

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,303
2	Donald	1,066
3	Richard	977
4	John	884
5	James	870
6	William	565
7	Charles	387
8	Kenneth	382
9	Gerald	377
10	Roger	325
11	David	306
12	Eugene	301
13	George	295
14	Thomas	285
15	Raymond	268
16	Ronald	258
17	Harold	236
18	Edward	232
19	Paul	227
20	Duane	207
21	Dale	194
21	Joseph	194
23	Marvin	179
24	Jerome	167
25	Jack	147
26	Gordon	145
27	Leroy	143
28	Walter	136
29	Arthur	134
30	Stanley	131
31	Wayne	130
32	Lloyd	127
33	Lawrence	125
34	Norman	123
34	Vernon	123
36	Frank	120
36	Howard	120
38	Earl	107
39	Leonard	106
40	Bernard	104
40	Carl	104
42	Clarence	102
43	Melvin	101
44	Francis	98
45	Ralph	97
46	Douglas	94
47	Dennis	93
48	Glenn	92
49	Henry	91
50	Roy	88