Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Minnesota, 1944

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,316
2	Sharon	844
3	Carol	826
4	Judith	721
5	Patricia	718
6	Barbara	697
7	Karen	696
8	Sandra	680
9	Kathleen	644
10	Nancy	497
11	Diane	485
12	Judy	468
13	Susan	451
14	Linda	424
15	Janet	400
16	Janice	326
17	Joan	320
18	Margaret	293
19	Donna	288
20	Joyce	284
21	Marilyn	259
22	Shirley	256
23	Cheryl	248
24	Jean	239
25	Beverly	237
26	Betty	233
27	Ruth	207
28	Bonnie	204
29	Carolyn	195
30	Darlene	194
31	Gloria	192
32	Kathryn	177
33	Elizabeth	171
34	Dianne	170
34	Joanne	170
36	Dorothy	161
37	Virginia	154
38	Jane	153
39	Elaine	152
39	Lois	152
41	Phyllis	139
42	Joann	129
43	Marlene	126
44	Carole	124
45	Jeanne	117
46	Ann	116
47	Helen	111
48	Kay	105
48	Pamela	105
50	Rita	104

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,405
2	Robert	1,299
3	John	1,259
3	Richard	1,259
5	David	1,109
6	Thomas	834
7	Gary	815
8	Michael	721
9	Dennis	675
10	William	664
11	Donald	622
12	Ronald	608
13	Larry	467
14	Roger	463
15	Charles	435
16	Gerald	412
17	Kenneth	411
18	Paul	318
19	Douglas	304
20	Bruce	264
21	Joseph	261
22	Dale	254
23	Daniel	237
24	Jerry	225
25	George	216
26	Steven	208
27	Wayne	199
28	Edward	186
29	Raymond	180
30	Duane	175
31	Lawrence	163
32	Stephen	157
33	Eugene	156
34	Leroy	147
35	Terry	146
36	Peter	136
37	Jerome	131
38	Harold	129
38	Patrick	129
40	Keith	123
41	Dean	115
41	Frank	115
43	Russell	114
44	Curtis	110
45	Jeffrey	105
46	Allen	103
47	Jack	100
48	Arthur	97
49	Marvin	96
50	Timothy	91