Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Minnesota, 1945

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,348
2	Carol	751
3	Barbara	737
4	Kathleen	697
5	Sharon	692
6	Sandra	656
7	Patricia	621
8	Judith	617
9	Karen	608
10	Susan	581
11	Linda	536
12	Diane	533
13	Nancy	484
14	Judy	473
15	Janet	357
16	Janice	319
17	Joan	288
18	Cheryl	268
19	Margaret	267
20	Donna	265
21	Marilyn	258
22	Shirley	252
23	Bonnie	244
24	Joyce	240
25	Jean	219
26	Jane	218
27	Betty	211
28	Beverly	195
29	Dianne	190
29	Gloria	190
31	Darlene	181
31	Ruth	181
33	Virginia	171
34	Carolyn	158
35	Lois	151
36	Joanne	150
37	Kathryn	149
38	Elaine	142
39	Dorothy	141
40	Elizabeth	133
40	Pamela	133
42	Carole	121
43	Joann	116
44	Rita	114
45	Gail	111
46	Ann	110
46	Jeanne	110
46	Marlene	110
49	Phyllis	109
50	Helen	107

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,375
2	Robert	1,281
3	Richard	1,242
4	John	1,186
5	David	1,091
6	Gary	874
7	Thomas	787
8	Michael	735
9	Dennis	636
10	William	596
11	Ronald	582
12	Donald	574
13	Larry	533
14	Kenneth	433
15	Charles	408
16	Roger	396
17	Gerald	351
18	Paul	337
19	Daniel	285
20	Douglas	261
21	Bruce	255
22	Steven	238
23	Dale	232
24	Joseph	203
25	George	202
26	Wayne	201
27	Jerry	193
28	Stephen	183
29	Edward	170
30	Raymond	169
30	Terry	169
32	Lawrence	164
33	Duane	163
34	Eugene	147
35	Peter	128
36	Patrick	123
37	Alan	122
37	Timothy	122
39	Jerome	121
40	Dean	118
41	Keith	114
42	Mark	108
43	Jack	107
44	Harold	106
45	Leroy	105
46	Jon	100
47	Stanley	97
48	Allen	95
49	Gregory	93
49	Philip	93