Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Minnesota, 1938

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,010
2	Carol	716
3	Barbara	710
4	Patricia	646
5	Sharon	489
6	Shirley	458
7	Janice	442
8	Beverly	367
9	Joan	356
10	Judith	349
11	Janet	346
12	Marilyn	345
13	Nancy	339
14	Karen	337
15	Betty	330
16	Donna	329
17	Darlene	322
18	Margaret	307
19	Marlene	268
20	Sandra	263
21	Joyce	248
22	Lois	244
23	Dorothy	235
24	Kathleen	234
25	Jean	220
26	Joanne	219
27	Elaine	192
28	Phyllis	185
28	Ruth	185
30	Helen	171
31	Virginia	168
32	Marlys	164
33	Arlene	157
34	Joann	149
35	Delores	145
35	Jeanette	145
37	Gloria	136
38	Diane	134
38	Elizabeth	134
40	Carole	133
40	Judy	133
42	Alice	131
43	Marjorie	129
44	Audrey	124
45	Geraldine	119
46	Kay	112
47	Doris	109
47	Marie	109
49	Jane	107
50	Carolyn	105

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,273
2	James	1,193
3	Richard	1,021
4	John	1,016
5	David	808
6	Donald	773
7	William	629
8	Ronald	581
9	Gerald	577
10	Thomas	512
11	Roger	446
12	Kenneth	409
13	Charles	403
14	Gary	363
15	Dennis	362
16	George	261
17	Larry	254
18	Paul	251
19	Dale	245
20	Michael	243
21	Eugene	223
21	Wayne	223
23	Edward	211
24	Jerome	205
25	Joseph	202
26	Jerry	196
27	Duane	193
28	Raymond	190
29	Harold	177
30	Lawrence	169
31	Marvin	166
32	Douglas	157
33	Bruce	142
34	Norman	138
35	Leroy	135
36	Gordon	132
37	Daniel	122
38	Ralph	118
39	Frank	111
40	Patrick	107
40	Peter	107
42	Allen	106
43	Arthur	102
43	Jack	102
43	Walter	102
46	Melvin	99
47	Allan	98
47	Stanley	98
49	Francis	95
50	Russell	94