Minnesota · 1924

Top 100 names in Minnesota, 1924, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	854
#2	Dorothy	850
#3	Betty	710
#4	Helen	554
#5	Lorraine	547
#6	Margaret	542
#7	Ruth	458
#8	Shirley	399
#9	Doris	361
#10	Lois	342
#11	Evelyn	314
#12	Irene	308
#13	Phyllis	305
#14	Marjorie	288
#15	Alice	285
#16	Jean	284
#17	Virginia	281
#18	Elaine	267
#19	Patricia	262
#20	Lucille	255
#21	June	254
#22	Elizabeth	254
#23	Mildred	245
#24	Bernice	240
#25	Florence	238
#26	Frances	218
#27	Marion	212
#28	Joyce	211
#29	Marie	209
#30	Delores	198
#31	Dolores	196
#32	Donna	184
#33	Lillian	180
#34	Gladys	179
#35	Audrey	170
#36	Marian	162
#37	Eleanor	160
#38	Norma	155
#39	Barbara	149
#40	Jeanne	143
#41	Gloria	139
#42	Carol	139
#43	Harriet	138
#44	Geraldine	135
#45	Eileen	132
#46	Arlene	131
#47	Esther	129
#48	Rose	129
#49	Violet	129
#50	Marcella	126
#51	Marilyn	115
#52	Leona	113
#53	Viola	113
#54	Agnes	108
#55	Muriel	107
#56	Kathleen	107
#57	Edna	105
#58	Adeline	105
#59	Catherine	105
#60	Jeanette	103
#61	Grace	102
#62	Jane	101
#63	Vivian	100
#64	Ethel	97
#65	Anna	97
#66	Ruby	95
#67	Gertrude	94
#68	Ann	93
#69	Hazel	93
#70	Pearl	91
#71	Charlotte	91
#72	Elsie	91
#73	Rosemary	90
#74	Kathryn	88
#75	Joan	88
#76	Maxine	88
#77	Beverly	86
#78	Beatrice	86
#79	Verna	85
#80	Katherine	84
#81	Myrtle	83
#82	Edith	78
#83	Sylvia	78
#84	Martha	76
#85	Rita	76
#86	Louise	75
#87	Clara	75
#88	Genevieve	72
#89	Eunice	71
#90	Bette	69
#91	Josephine	68
#92	Loretta	67
#93	Mae	61
#94	Anne	56
#95	Fern	56
#96	Mabel	56
#97	Ellen	53
#98	Deloris	53
#99	Mavis	53
#100	Janet	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
Marlys	33	14	1
Lorrayne	22	10	0
Ione	50	22	2
Lavonne	38	17	2
Delores	198	87	11
Arleen	26	11	1
Ardis	29	13	2
Marvel	22	10	1
Leone	21	9	1
Alvina	29	13	2
Deloris	53	23	3
Lorraine	547	240	41

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.