Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Minnesota, 1940

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,135
2	Judith	748
3	Carol	738
4	Sharon	730
5	Patricia	696
6	Barbara	682
7	Karen	598
8	Sandra	481
9	Janice	427
10	Janet	387
11	Nancy	385
12	Shirley	363
13	Joyce	360
14	Judy	349
15	Donna	331
16	Joan	313
17	Kathleen	304
18	Beverly	296
19	Darlene	294
20	Marilyn	292
21	Margaret	276
22	Jean	265
23	Diane	254
24	Betty	242
25	Susan	228
26	Gloria	223
27	Lois	213
28	Joanne	202
29	Dorothy	192
29	Phyllis	192
31	Virginia	190
32	Marlene	188
33	Elaine	180
34	Ruth	177
35	Joann	172
36	Bonnie	170
37	Helen	165
38	Carolyn	154
39	Elizabeth	151
40	Carole	143
41	Jane	129
42	Arlene	125
43	Geraldine	124
43	Kay	124
43	Linda	124
46	Delores	121
46	Marlys	121
48	Audrey	112
48	Jeanette	112
50	Gail	106

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,314
2	James	1,276
3	Richard	1,152
4	John	1,129
5	David	989
6	William	654
7	Gary	637
8	Donald	630
9	Thomas	615
10	Ronald	608
11	Dennis	577
12	Gerald	548
13	Roger	547
14	Kenneth	446
15	Charles	435
16	Michael	404
17	Larry	387
18	Paul	284
19	Jerry	232
20	Dale	225
21	Wayne	223
22	George	214
23	Edward	212
24	Jerome	202
25	Eugene	197
26	Bruce	196
27	Raymond	192
28	Joseph	191
29	Duane	171
30	Douglas	170
31	Lawrence	157
32	Harold	156
33	Daniel	148
34	Gordon	145
35	Peter	133
36	Leroy	124
37	Patrick	123
38	Marvin	119
39	Gene	115
40	Arthur	112
41	Curtis	110
41	Ralph	110
43	Lyle	108
44	Norman	106
45	Frank	105
46	Jon	93
47	Darrell	91
47	Stanley	91
49	Rodney	90
50	Howard	89