Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Minnesota, 1949

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,119
2	Mary	1,639
3	Susan	1,216
4	Kathleen	1,015
5	Barbara	1,000
6	Patricia	989
7	Nancy	775
8	Carol	745
9	Sandra	741
10	Diane	666
11	Sharon	572
12	Judith	560
13	Karen	558
14	Cheryl	421
15	Margaret	400
16	Pamela	360
17	Janet	359
18	Janice	351
19	Judy	325
20	Donna	320
21	Bonnie	319
22	Jean	307
23	Deborah	298
24	Jane	285
25	Cynthia	278
26	Shirley	256
27	Elizabeth	255
28	Kathryn	244
29	Marilyn	232
30	Joan	231
31	Beverly	230
32	Joyce	229
33	Darlene	193
34	Catherine	187
35	Ann	185
36	Katherine	184
37	Christine	176
38	Gail	175
39	Rebecca	172
40	Gloria	170
41	Julie	168
42	Rita	166
43	Ruth	165
44	Lynn	164
45	Peggy	160
46	Betty	155
46	Connie	155
48	Virginia	154
49	Colleen	153
50	Jeanne	152

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,685
2	David	1,648
3	Michael	1,552
4	John	1,533
5	Robert	1,532
6	Thomas	1,400
7	Richard	1,223
8	Steven	982
9	Gary	933
10	William	823
11	Dennis	701
12	Ronald	696
13	Charles	622
14	Larry	620
15	Mark	600
16	Donald	589
17	Bruce	588
18	Daniel	551
19	Gregory	477
20	Douglas	476
21	Kenneth	458
22	Paul	457
23	Stephen	455
24	Roger	453
25	Gerald	336
26	Timothy	329
27	Dale	328
28	Joseph	303
28	Patrick	303
30	Wayne	295
31	Jeffrey	264
32	Terry	245
33	George	237
34	Craig	214
35	Lawrence	210
36	Peter	203
37	Edward	199
38	Jerry	196
39	Alan	186
40	Keith	172
41	Duane	171
42	Raymond	170
43	Brian	163
44	Jerome	155
45	Eugene	147
46	Dean	144
47	Allen	137
48	Rodney	134
49	Gordon	130
50	Scott	129