Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Minnesota, 1935

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	981
2	Shirley	871
3	Patricia	583
4	Barbara	537
5	Carol	480
6	Joan	442
7	Donna	424
8	Beverly	392
9	Marilyn	382
10	Betty	369
11	Dorothy	319
11	Marlene	319
13	Lois	307
14	Darlene	288
15	Jean	273
16	Janet	261
17	Joyce	259
18	Margaret	254
19	Nancy	247
20	Helen	216
21	Joanne	214
22	Elaine	209
22	Janice	209
24	Phyllis	196
25	Delores	193
26	Ruth	185
27	Virginia	184
28	Audrey	173
29	Arlene	163
29	Marlys	163
31	Doris	157
32	Gloria	156
33	Lorraine	151
34	Joann	143
35	Marjorie	141
36	Elizabeth	139
37	Geraldine	133
37	Kathleen	133
39	Dolores	130
40	Alice	129
41	Yvonne	123
42	Sharon	114
43	Rita	113
44	Evelyn	112
44	Lavonne	112
46	Judith	109
47	Jeanette	107
48	Diane	101
49	Irene	100
50	Jane	97

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,112
2	Richard	1,050
3	James	1,031
4	John	933
5	Donald	821
6	William	534
7	David	507
8	Ronald	486
9	Gerald	467
10	Roger	411
11	Charles	388
12	Thomas	367
13	Kenneth	345
14	George	280
15	Eugene	243
16	Paul	223
17	Dennis	218
18	Duane	213
19	Dale	211
20	Raymond	193
21	Edward	192
22	Harold	190
23	Jerome	181
24	Joseph	170
25	Wayne	163
26	Gary	160
27	Leroy	154
28	Jerry	149
29	Marvin	146
30	Gordon	140
31	Lawrence	137
32	Ralph	129
33	Larry	122
34	Jack	121
35	Leonard	117
36	Walter	112
37	Stanley	111
38	Michael	106
39	Carl	105
39	Dean	105
41	Douglas	101
42	Norman	100
43	Daniel	98
43	Frank	98
45	Vernon	97
46	Arthur	96
47	Russell	94
48	Bruce	90
49	Earl	89
49	Henry	89