Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Minnesota, 1946

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,693
2	Barbara	940
3	Patricia	896
4	Carol	881
5	Sharon	844
6	Kathleen	833
7	Susan	809
8	Sandra	806
9	Linda	770
10	Judith	754
11	Nancy	691
12	Diane	656
13	Karen	623
14	Judy	570
15	Janet	383
16	Cheryl	376
17	Margaret	369
18	Janice	366
19	Bonnie	338
20	Donna	334
21	Marilyn	319
22	Shirley	313
23	Jean	284
24	Joyce	277
25	Joan	271
26	Jane	252
27	Beverly	243
28	Betty	226
28	Darlene	226
30	Pamela	218
31	Carolyn	212
32	Gloria	192
33	Kathryn	191
34	Ruth	183
35	Dianne	179
35	Joanne	179
37	Elizabeth	177
38	Suzanne	174
39	Lois	172
40	Virginia	171
41	Connie	158
41	Jeanne	158
43	Elaine	152
44	Ann	148
45	Kathy	140
46	Gail	135
47	Catherine	134
48	Dorothy	129
48	Marlene	129
50	Katherine	126

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,713
2	Robert	1,589
3	John	1,501
4	Richard	1,497
5	David	1,325
6	Michael	1,129
7	Thomas	1,080
8	Gary	991
9	Dennis	819
10	William	818
11	Ronald	699
12	Donald	580
13	Larry	562
14	Charles	528
15	Roger	518
16	Kenneth	478
17	Bruce	424
18	Steven	413
19	Paul	403
20	Gerald	379
21	Douglas	348
22	Daniel	334
23	Stephen	291
24	Dale	278
25	Joseph	250
26	Jerry	247
27	Terry	245
28	Wayne	241
29	George	225
30	Edward	207
30	Mark	207
32	Timothy	201
33	Patrick	183
34	Gregory	181
35	Raymond	167
36	Alan	164
37	Lawrence	162
38	Peter	160
39	Jerome	157
40	Duane	153
41	Eugene	150
42	Jeffrey	144
43	Keith	139
44	Harold	137
45	Dean	127
46	Russell	122
47	Frank	120
47	Tom	120
49	Allen	119
50	Jon	113