Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Minnesota, 1943

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,400
2	Sharon	993
3	Carol	927
4	Judith	865
5	Karen	850
6	Barbara	746
7	Patricia	717
8	Kathleen	670
9	Sandra	659
10	Diane	515
11	Judy	469
12	Nancy	463
13	Janet	412
14	Susan	407
15	Janice	387
16	Linda	336
17	Joan	326
18	Marilyn	324
19	Joyce	319
20	Margaret	291
21	Donna	287
21	Shirley	287
23	Jean	269
24	Beverly	258
25	Darlene	252
26	Betty	243
27	Bonnie	224
28	Carolyn	213
29	Ruth	206
30	Gloria	197
31	Elizabeth	196
31	Joanne	196
33	Lois	193
34	Dorothy	183
35	Virginia	182
36	Dianne	170
37	Carole	166
38	Elaine	161
39	Phyllis	153
40	Kathryn	152
41	Joann	147
42	Jane	140
43	Marlene	138
44	Kay	134
45	Ann	133
46	Helen	119
47	Marie	106
48	Gail	105
49	Marjorie	104
49	Marlys	104

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,508
2	Robert	1,365
3	John	1,297
4	Richard	1,197
5	David	1,135
6	Thomas	828
7	William	759
8	Gary	730
9	Ronald	711
10	Dennis	708
11	Michael	658
12	Donald	654
13	Roger	519
14	Larry	475
15	Gerald	472
16	Charles	465
17	Kenneth	436
18	Paul	313
19	Douglas	305
20	Bruce	274
21	Wayne	256
22	Jerry	244
23	Joseph	241
24	Dale	232
25	Daniel	225
26	Edward	209
26	George	209
28	Jerome	188
29	Eugene	186
30	Duane	175
30	Raymond	175
32	Steven	161
33	Lawrence	159
33	Stephen	159
35	Harold	151
36	Patrick	144
37	Terry	133
38	Gordon	129
39	Leroy	126
39	Peter	126
41	Marvin	119
42	Allen	115
43	Frank	110
44	Stanley	109
45	Keith	106
45	Mark	106
47	Ralph	105
48	Dean	102
49	Rodney	100
50	Walter	99