Minnesota · 1918

Top 100 names in Minnesota, 1918, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Dorothy	829
#2	Helen	823
#3	Mary	754
#4	Margaret	704
#5	Ruth	499
#6	Evelyn	456
#7	Lorraine	368
#8	Mildred	360
#9	Alice	343
#10	Irene	340
#11	Florence	309
#12	Doris	285
#13	Virginia	273
#14	Bernice	272
#15	Eleanor	269
#16	Frances	268
#17	Lucille	267
#18	Marie	264
#19	Gladys	262
#20	Elizabeth	256
#21	Esther	248
#22	Marjorie	241
#23	Lillian	213
#24	Marion	199
#25	Rose	185
#26	Hazel	179
#27	Betty	178
#28	Grace	175
#29	Violet	175
#30	Lois	171
#31	Marcella	170
#32	Marian	165
#33	Edna	162
#34	Agnes	162
#35	Ethel	159
#36	Viola	159
#37	June	157
#38	Phyllis	151
#39	Leona	150
#40	Gertrude	150
#41	Pearl	148
#42	Jean	148
#43	Anna	146
#44	Ann	143
#45	Myrtle	143
#46	Harriet	140
#47	Elsie	140
#48	Vivian	139
#49	Clara	135
#50	Edith	132
#51	Catherine	118
#52	Beatrice	116
#53	Louise	115
#54	Elaine	114
#55	Jane	109
#56	Eileen	108
#57	Ellen	105
#58	Verna	104
#59	Charlotte	103
#60	Ruby	103
#61	Josephine	101
#62	Dolores	101
#63	Adeline	101
#64	Mabel	100
#65	Sylvia	99
#66	Audrey	97
#67	Joyce	96
#68	Genevieve	96
#69	Martha	94
#70	Katherine	91
#71	Vera	89
#72	Shirley	89
#73	Maxine	82
#74	Norma	81
#75	Anne	81
#76	Muriel	80
#77	Geraldine	77
#78	Kathryn	77
#79	Barbara	76
#80	Laura	76
#81	Loretta	75
#82	Eunice	73
#83	Julia	72
#84	Jeanette	72
#85	Marguerite	70
#86	Fern	69
#87	Carol	68
#88	Patricia	67
#89	Bertha	66
#90	Pauline	64
#91	Blanche	64
#92	Luella	63
#93	Inez	61
#94	Emma	61
#95	Alma	59
#96	Mae	57
#97	Thelma	57
#98	Laverne	56
#99	Eva	56
#100	Arlene	56

Uniquely popular in Minnesota

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

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Luverne	27	12	0
Ardis	23	10	1
Deloris	29	13	2
Alvina	38	17	2
Leone	32	14	2
Marcella	170	75	12
Delores	50	22	4
Ione	37	16	3
Rosella	41	18	4
Lorraine	368	163	33
Erna	29	13	3
Mayme	23	10	2

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.