Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Minnesota, 1941

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,148
2	Sharon	841
3	Judith	813
4	Patricia	808
5	Carol	742
6	Karen	724
7	Barbara	716
8	Sandra	542
9	Judy	440
10	Nancy	412
11	Kathleen	403
12	Janet	394
13	Janice	379
14	Joan	351
15	Diane	337
16	Joyce	336
17	Donna	313
18	Shirley	309
19	Susan	296
20	Beverly	275
20	Margaret	275
22	Marilyn	263
23	Betty	255
24	Darlene	247
25	Jean	234
26	Gloria	227
27	Ruth	219
28	Bonnie	212
29	Joanne	211
30	Carolyn	205
31	Dorothy	199
32	Joann	189
33	Lois	187
34	Virginia	176
35	Linda	174
36	Phyllis	172
37	Marlene	162
38	Elizabeth	160
39	Jane	143
40	Elaine	140
41	Geraldine	137
42	Carole	131
43	Helen	129
44	Dianne	124
45	Kay	120
45	Marie	120
47	Kathryn	117
48	Marjorie	112
48	Marlys	112
50	Audrey	111

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,334
2	Robert	1,299
3	Richard	1,180
4	John	1,156
5	David	1,067
6	Thomas	712
7	Ronald	683
8	William	673
9	Gary	639
10	Dennis	632
11	Donald	627
12	Gerald	536
13	Roger	504
14	Michael	449
15	Charles	434
16	Kenneth	425
17	Larry	401
18	Paul	320
19	Bruce	264
20	Wayne	246
21	George	235
22	Jerry	234
23	Dale	233
24	Joseph	216
25	Duane	207
26	Eugene	205
27	Edward	195
28	Jerome	186
29	Douglas	180
30	Daniel	176
31	Raymond	175
32	Lawrence	172
33	Harold	148
34	Leroy	138
35	Marvin	137
36	Gordon	122
37	Patrick	121
38	Peter	120
39	Stephen	118
40	Allen	113
41	Gene	111
42	Frank	101
43	Curtis	98
43	Ralph	98
43	Stanley	98
46	Dean	97
47	Arthur	96
48	Terry	94
49	Jack	92
50	Carl	91