Minnesota · 1917

Top 100 names in Minnesota, 1917, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rang	Name	Geburten
#1	Helen	819
#2	Mary	756
#3	Dorothy	720
#4	Margaret	710
#5	Ruth	516
#6	Evelyn	472
#7	Mildred	345
#8	Florence	339
#9	Alice	334
#10	Irene	333
#11	Marie	298
#12	Lucille	293
#13	Frances	269
#14	Bernice	268
#15	Gladys	255
#16	Doris	251
#17	Lorraine	247
#18	Lillian	242
#19	Esther	227
#20	Elizabeth	226
#21	Virginia	222
#22	Eleanor	205
#23	Rose	202
#24	Marjorie	189
#25	Lois	187
#26	Hazel	185
#27	Marion	174
#28	Edna	174
#29	Agnes	173
#30	Gertrude	169
#31	Anna	163
#32	Ethel	162
#33	Elsie	159
#34	Grace	159
#35	June	158
#36	Violet	157
#37	Ann	155
#38	Myrtle	150
#39	Marian	149
#40	Leona	148
#41	Jean	148
#42	Edith	142
#43	Viola	140
#44	Martha	132
#45	Catherine	129
#46	Josephine	127
#47	Clara	125
#48	Betty	124
#49	Vivian	124
#50	Ruby	119
#51	Genevieve	119
#52	Louise	117
#53	Katherine	115
#54	Harriet	113
#55	Pearl	111
#56	Mabel	111
#57	Adeline	110
#58	Beatrice	105
#59	Phyllis	105
#60	Marcella	102
#61	Anne	101
#62	Sylvia	99
#63	Ellen	98
#64	Kathryn	97
#65	Elaine	92
#66	Audrey	88
#67	Eileen	88
#68	Marguerite	86
#69	Jane	85
#70	Julia	83
#71	Dolores	82
#72	Norma	80
#73	Charlotte	80
#74	Fern	76
#75	Verna	75
#76	Geraldine	74
#77	Vera	73
#78	Mae	70
#79	Muriel	70
#80	Barbara	67
#81	Jeanette	67
#82	Laura	67
#83	Bertha	66
#84	Blanche	66
#85	Kathleen	65
#86	Olive	64
#87	Thelma	63
#88	Loretta	62
#89	Emma	61
#90	Joyce	59
#91	Eva	59
#92	Inez	58
#93	Eunice	57
#94	Maxine	57
#95	Pauline	57
#96	Wilma	56
#97	Luella	56
#98	Shirley	56
#99	Laverne	56
#100	Patricia	55

Uniquely popular in Minnesota

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Geburten	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Luverne	21	10	0
Ardis	23	11	1
Ione	49	23	3
Leone	29	13	2
Alvina	38	18	3
Lorraine	247	114	18
Deloris	24	11	2
Rosella	46	21	4
Elvera	21	10	2
Delores	37	17	4
Marcella	102	47	10
Adeline	110	51	11

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.