Minnesota · 1922

Top 100 names in Minnesota, 1922, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Dorothy	937
#2	Mary	849
#3	Helen	657
#4	Margaret	616
#5	Lorraine	573
#6	Betty	481
#7	Ruth	476
#8	Doris	384
#9	Irene	373
#10	Mildred	361
#11	Evelyn	354
#12	Marjorie	348
#13	Virginia	325
#14	Florence	307
#15	Lucille	282
#16	Alice	282
#17	Shirley	274
#18	Elizabeth	271
#19	Lois	267
#20	Phyllis	261
#21	Marie	260
#22	Jean	248
#23	Frances	244
#24	Bernice	240
#25	Gladys	230
#26	Elaine	219
#27	Marion	215
#28	June	209
#29	Eleanor	209
#30	Lillian	195
#31	Marian	184
#32	Patricia	168
#33	Marcella	167
#34	Grace	166
#35	Dolores	163
#36	Harriet	161
#37	Violet	153
#38	Esther	152
#39	Rose	148
#40	Audrey	146
#41	Jeanne	145
#42	Norma	144
#43	Ethel	142
#44	Joyce	138
#45	Delores	135
#46	Myrtle	133
#47	Hazel	133
#48	Gloria	132
#49	Viola	130
#50	Geraldine	126
#51	Agnes	126
#52	Barbara	118
#53	Eileen	117
#54	Ruby	116
#55	Muriel	115
#56	Leona	114
#57	Edna	114
#58	Carol	113
#59	Edith	111
#60	Louise	110
#61	Maxine	110
#62	Catherine	109
#63	Genevieve	108
#64	Elsie	108
#65	Charlotte	106
#66	Vivian	105
#67	Anna	103
#68	Gertrude	98
#69	Pearl	97
#70	Beatrice	96
#71	Josephine	94
#72	Kathryn	93
#73	Verna	91
#74	Martha	90
#75	Donna	90
#76	Ann	88
#77	Arlene	87
#78	Jane	82
#79	Adeline	82
#80	Eunice	82
#81	Marilyn	80
#82	Katherine	80
#83	Jeanette	77
#84	Mae	77
#85	Loretta	75
#86	Laura	75
#87	Sylvia	74
#88	Clara	73
#89	Kathleen	69
#90	Beverly	69
#91	Luella	67
#92	Anne	66
#93	Mabel	65
#94	Ellen	65
#95	Rita	63
#96	Rosemary	61
#97	Vera	61
#98	Eva	60
#99	Fern	58
#100	Bertha	57

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	29	13	2
Delores	135	58	8
Ione	41	18	2
Deloris	49	21	3
Lorraine	573	247	39
Alvina	28	12	2
Lorna	29	13	2
Elvera	22	9	2
Marcella	167	72	13
Avis	37	16	3
Rosella	35	15	3
Clarice	43	19	4

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.