Minnesota · 1920

Top 100 names in Minnesota, 1920, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Dorothy	889
#2	Mary	825
#3	Helen	795
#4	Margaret	651
#5	Ruth	545
#6	Lorraine	444
#7	Evelyn	442
#8	Irene	365
#9	Mildred	360
#10	Doris	357
#11	Alice	328
#12	Florence	323
#13	Betty	319
#14	Lucille	317
#15	Bernice	294
#16	Marjorie	277
#17	Marie	275
#18	Virginia	264
#19	Elizabeth	247
#20	Marion	239
#21	Gladys	237
#22	Frances	233
#23	Eleanor	229
#24	Lillian	216
#25	Elaine	211
#26	Lois	204
#27	Jean	195
#28	Phyllis	188
#29	Esther	185
#30	Marian	177
#31	Shirley	177
#32	Vivian	173
#33	June	170
#34	Rose	164
#35	Grace	159
#36	Harriet	157
#37	Ethel	156
#38	Hazel	154
#39	Edna	152
#40	Leona	151
#41	Viola	149
#42	Violet	148
#43	Dolores	133
#44	Catherine	131
#45	Elsie	131
#46	Anna	130
#47	Adeline	130
#48	Marcella	129
#49	Norma	129
#50	Gertrude	127
#51	Pearl	125
#52	Martha	124
#53	Agnes	123
#54	Myrtle	122
#55	Eileen	122
#56	Katherine	114
#57	Beatrice	112
#58	Ruby	109
#59	Charlotte	109
#60	Louise	108
#61	Audrey	108
#62	Edith	108
#63	Patricia	108
#64	Genevieve	106
#65	Joyce	104
#66	Clara	102
#67	Maxine	99
#68	Verna	97
#69	Jane	96
#70	Mabel	95
#71	Geraldine	94
#72	Delores	93
#73	Barbara	92
#74	Ann	90
#75	Jeanne	89
#76	Muriel	89
#77	Kathryn	88
#78	Ellen	87
#79	Jeanette	86
#80	Josephine	86
#81	Sylvia	85
#82	Anne	84
#83	Thelma	77
#84	Fern	75
#85	Eunice	75
#86	Loretta	74
#87	Luella	74
#88	Donna	71
#89	Laura	71
#90	Arlene	70
#91	Carol	68
#92	Vera	65
#93	Rita	62
#94	Mae	59
#95	Laverne	58
#96	Bertha	56
#97	Marguerite	55
#98	Kathleen	55
#99	Janet	54
#100	Julia	53

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
Ardis	23	10	1
Alvina	33	14	2
Delores	93	41	6
Lorraine	444	194	33
Ione	41	18	3
Adeline	130	57	11
Leone	20	9	2
Deloris	27	12	2
Rosella	39	17	3
Marcella	129	56	12
Luella	74	32	7
Elaine	211	92	20

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.