Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Minnesota, 1942

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,293
2	Sharon	922
3	Carol	916
4	Karen	904
5	Judith	872
6	Barbara	817
7	Patricia	783
8	Sandra	714
9	Kathleen	599
10	Judy	463
11	Nancy	438
12	Diane	427
13	Janet	425
13	Janice	425
15	Joyce	344
16	Susan	339
17	Joan	324
18	Shirley	316
19	Darlene	301
20	Margaret	294
21	Donna	293
22	Jean	286
23	Marilyn	285
24	Linda	280
25	Beverly	279
26	Carolyn	256
27	Betty	251
28	Bonnie	239
29	Virginia	214
30	Ruth	205
31	Lois	201
32	Carole	196
33	Dorothy	194
34	Gloria	174
35	Joanne	171
36	Dianne	169
37	Joann	166
38	Marlene	156
39	Kathryn	152
40	Phyllis	150
41	Elaine	148
42	Elizabeth	143
43	Jane	140
44	Kay	136
45	Helen	132
45	Marie	132
47	Ann	123
48	Geraldine	119
49	Roberta	102
50	Delores	100

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,511
2	Robert	1,395
3	John	1,259
4	Richard	1,251
5	David	1,210
6	Thomas	802
7	Gary	728
8	Dennis	722
9	William	699
10	Donald	628
11	Ronald	620
12	Michael	599
13	Gerald	527
14	Roger	506
15	Larry	505
16	Charles	455
17	Kenneth	431
18	Douglas	339
19	Bruce	332
20	Paul	311
21	Jerry	261
22	George	251
23	Edward	229
24	Wayne	222
25	Joseph	217
26	Dale	214
27	Eugene	206
28	Duane	192
29	Raymond	190
30	Jerome	186
31	Daniel	179
32	Patrick	170
33	Harold	164
34	Lawrence	161
35	Leroy	158
36	Stephen	138
37	Peter	132
38	Allen	125
39	Steven	123
40	Gordon	120
40	Marvin	120
42	Frank	119
43	Curtis	114
43	Dean	114
45	Arthur	113
46	Leonard	112
47	Walter	108
48	Russell	106
49	Keith	105
50	Stanley	101