Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Minnesota, 1939

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,054
2	Barbara	715
3	Carol	697
4	Patricia	683
5	Sharon	557
6	Judith	526
7	Karen	427
8	Janice	406
9	Shirley	405
10	Darlene	373
11	Donna	367
12	Joan	362
13	Nancy	355
14	Janet	346
15	Marilyn	338
16	Beverly	332
17	Sandra	314
18	Margaret	296
19	Joyce	290
20	Betty	268
21	Dorothy	241
22	Kathleen	236
23	Judy	234
24	Joanne	218
24	Marlene	218
26	Ruth	215
27	Phyllis	212
28	Lois	204
29	Diane	196
30	Jean	184
31	Joann	177
32	Elaine	170
33	Susan	167
34	Helen	161
35	Arlene	160
36	Marlys	156
37	Virginia	153
38	Elizabeth	148
39	Marjorie	138
40	Geraldine	135
41	Delores	133
42	Alice	132
43	Carole	128
44	Kay	126
45	Gloria	123
46	Audrey	121
47	Carolyn	117
48	Jane	114
49	Gail	110
50	Jeanette	108

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,256
2	James	1,177
3	Richard	1,083
4	John	1,052
5	David	901
6	Donald	712
7	William	609
8	Ronald	557
9	Gerald	535
10	Thomas	525
11	Roger	524
12	Dennis	477
13	Charles	417
14	Gary	416
15	Kenneth	393
16	Larry	336
17	Michael	308
18	Paul	260
19	Jerome	244
20	Wayne	240
21	Edward	231
22	George	225
23	Joseph	223
24	Eugene	220
25	Jerry	219
26	Dale	204
27	Duane	200
27	Raymond	200
29	Lawrence	183
30	Douglas	170
31	Harold	163
32	Bruce	155
33	Gordon	154
34	Peter	139
35	Daniel	136
36	Marvin	135
37	Leroy	126
38	Jack	106
39	Ralph	105
40	Norman	103
41	Allen	102
42	Gene	99
43	Patrick	95
43	Rodney	95
45	Howard	92
45	Stanley	92
47	Curtis	91
48	Arthur	90
49	Frank	89
50	Leonard	87