Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Minnesota, 1936

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,024
2	Shirley	777
3	Patricia	617
4	Barbara	616
5	Carol	565
6	Marilyn	421
7	Joan	406
8	Beverly	401
9	Marlene	376
10	Betty	362
11	Donna	356
12	Darlene	341
13	Janice	326
14	Nancy	288
15	Dorothy	286
16	Joyce	283
17	Lois	282
18	Margaret	281
19	Janet	270
20	Joanne	231
21	Phyllis	224
22	Helen	211
23	Jean	205
24	Elaine	197
25	Arlene	190
26	Joann	179
27	Marlys	174
28	Delores	173
29	Audrey	169
30	Virginia	165
31	Ruth	163
32	Sharon	161
33	Gloria	149
34	Kathleen	148
34	Lorraine	148
36	Judith	147
37	Elizabeth	145
38	Alice	143
38	Geraldine	143
38	Karen	143
41	Doris	142
42	Yvonne	135
43	Marjorie	126
44	Sandra	119
45	Jeanette	118
46	Marie	114
47	Evelyn	108
47	Jane	108
49	Lavonne	106
50	Rose	98

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,214
2	Richard	1,125
3	James	1,053
4	John	884
5	Donald	838
6	David	578
7	Ronald	543
8	William	539
9	Gerald	509
10	Roger	476
11	Thomas	404
12	Kenneth	386
13	Charles	380
14	George	270
15	Dennis	261
16	Dale	253
17	Paul	228
18	Duane	224
19	Raymond	216
20	Gary	211
21	Larry	208
22	Eugene	205
23	Edward	196
24	Jerome	175
24	Joseph	175
26	Harold	169
27	Leroy	163
27	Wayne	163
29	Jerry	162
30	Lawrence	151
31	Michael	148
32	Marvin	138
33	Gordon	137
34	Jack	123
35	Walter	122
36	Ralph	117
37	Bruce	114
38	Douglas	111
39	Leonard	108
40	Daniel	103
41	Norman	102
42	Howard	100
43	Arthur	99
44	Stanley	98
45	Russell	92
45	Warren	92
47	Frank	91
47	Vernon	91
49	Gene	88
50	Bernard	87