Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Minnesota, 1937

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	962
2	Patricia	650
3	Carol	643
4	Barbara	623
5	Shirley	546
6	Janice	422
7	Darlene	368
8	Donna	358
9	Beverly	356
10	Joan	352
11	Janet	338
12	Marilyn	335
13	Margaret	331
14	Betty	319
15	Marlene	310
16	Nancy	302
17	Dorothy	282
18	Joyce	277
19	Jean	259
20	Sharon	254
21	Lois	241
22	Phyllis	198
23	Joanne	196
23	Judith	196
25	Ruth	194
26	Karen	191
27	Helen	190
28	Kathleen	187
29	Arlene	184
30	Joann	180
31	Sandra	177
32	Virginia	172
33	Marlys	171
34	Elaine	167
35	Delores	164
36	Elizabeth	159
37	Gloria	153
38	Alice	152
39	Jeanette	150
40	Diane	149
41	Geraldine	142
42	Marjorie	138
43	Yvonne	137
44	Lorraine	128
45	Doris	124
46	Audrey	123
47	Rose	122
48	Jane	120
49	Carole	118
50	Marie	114

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,193
2	James	1,104
3	Richard	1,019
4	John	977
5	Donald	835
6	David	746
7	William	568
8	Ronald	558
9	Roger	486
10	Gerald	484
11	Thomas	421
12	Charles	384
13	Kenneth	381
14	Dennis	302
15	Gary	275
16	George	246
17	Paul	239
18	Larry	234
19	Edward	232
20	Dale	230
21	Eugene	213
22	Wayne	212
23	Raymond	199
24	Duane	194
25	Jerome	193
26	Joseph	182
27	Harold	176
28	Jerry	173
29	Michael	172
30	Leroy	160
31	Marvin	159
32	Lawrence	148
33	Gordon	127
34	Bruce	126
35	Daniel	119
36	Jack	116
37	Douglas	115
38	Gene	104
39	Arthur	99
39	Norman	99
41	Vernon	98
42	Walter	96
43	Ralph	94
44	Howard	93
44	Russell	93
46	Frank	90
46	Stanley	90
48	Peter	89
49	Allan	88
49	Carl	88