Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Minnesota, 1950

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,813
2	Linda	1,742
3	Susan	1,199
4	Barbara	1,053
5	Patricia	969
6	Kathleen	942
7	Nancy	843
8	Carol	782
9	Sandra	698
10	Diane	682
11	Karen	584
12	Sharon	516
13	Deborah	463
14	Judith	456
15	Cheryl	420
16	Margaret	418
17	Pamela	390
18	Cynthia	343
19	Janet	342
20	Donna	307
21	Bonnie	300
21	Janice	300
21	Kathryn	300
24	Judy	290
25	Jean	280
26	Jane	279
27	Joyce	260
28	Elizabeth	259
29	Joan	234
30	Shirley	231
31	Marilyn	221
31	Rebecca	221
33	Christine	219
34	Beverly	211
35	Catherine	205
36	Lynn	200
37	Gail	196
38	Ann	190
39	Jeanne	189
40	Suzanne	181
41	Peggy	178
42	Ruth	171
43	Vicki	166
44	Darlene	161
45	Carolyn	159
46	Constance	158
46	Katherine	158
48	Betty	157
49	Colleen	156
50	Wendy	155

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,682
2	James	1,653
3	David	1,646
4	John	1,511
5	Robert	1,509
6	Thomas	1,389
7	Steven	1,208
8	Richard	1,204
9	Gary	977
10	William	907
11	Mark	760
12	Ronald	654
13	Dennis	647
14	Gregory	639
15	Charles	636
16	Donald	583
17	Daniel	540
18	Bruce	535
19	Stephen	515
20	Larry	514
21	Douglas	482
22	Paul	477
23	Roger	423
24	Kenneth	418
25	Timothy	406
26	Dale	385
27	Joseph	338
28	Gerald	328
29	Wayne	317
30	Patrick	284
31	Craig	271
32	Jeffrey	265
33	Terry	236
34	Edward	231
35	Lawrence	226
36	George	211
37	Brian	205
38	Peter	204
39	Kevin	197
40	Duane	185
41	Alan	177
42	Scott	176
43	Keith	171
44	Jerry	156
45	Bradley	155
46	Dean	145
47	Allen	139
47	Jerome	139
49	Curtis	137
50	Gordon	128