Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Minnesota, 1948

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,144
2	Mary	1,768
3	Barbara	1,087
4	Susan	1,072
5	Patricia	955
6	Kathleen	894
7	Sandra	799
8	Nancy	797
9	Carol	791
10	Sharon	672
11	Karen	633
12	Diane	626
13	Judith	512
14	Cheryl	417
15	Margaret	375
16	Judy	371
17	Donna	355
18	Janet	354
19	Bonnie	336
20	Pamela	328
21	Janice	317
22	Jean	288
23	Cynthia	275
24	Jane	270
25	Shirley	265
26	Marilyn	256
27	Beverly	251
28	Elizabeth	243
28	Joan	243
30	Joyce	241
31	Kathryn	233
32	Gloria	191
33	Betty	185
34	Darlene	184
35	Kathy	182
36	Dianne	180
37	Carolyn	177
37	Ruth	177
39	Deborah	170
40	Julie	167
41	Catherine	163
41	Joanne	163
43	Lynn	155
44	Peggy	153
45	Suzanne	152
46	Katherine	151
46	Virginia	151
48	Ann	150
49	Elaine	148
50	Jeanne	147

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,659
2	David	1,532
3	John	1,519
4	Robert	1,495
5	Michael	1,411
6	Richard	1,388
7	Thomas	1,251
8	Gary	1,016
9	William	791
10	Steven	773
11	Ronald	748
12	Dennis	671
13	Larry	659
14	Donald	616
15	Charles	544
16	Daniel	506
17	Bruce	501
18	Roger	490
19	Mark	464
20	Kenneth	448
21	Gregory	416
22	Paul	415
23	Douglas	386
24	Stephen	372
25	Gerald	361
26	Dale	313
27	Timothy	306
28	Joseph	300
29	Terry	278
30	Wayne	272
31	Patrick	261
32	Jerry	222
33	George	221
34	Lawrence	220
35	Jeffrey	218
36	Alan	215
37	Craig	211
38	Edward	188
39	Duane	186
40	Keith	185
41	Peter	172
42	Raymond	168
43	Eugene	160
44	Jerome	146
45	Dean	143
45	Tom	143
47	Frank	127
48	Steve	125
49	Lee	124
50	Allen	123