Minnesota · 1925

Top 100 names in Minnesota, 1925, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	805
#2	Dorothy	783
#3	Betty	758
#4	Helen	546
#5	Margaret	546
#6	Lorraine	478
#7	Shirley	453
#8	Ruth	424
#9	Lois	382
#10	Doris	336
#11	Jean	316
#12	Patricia	308
#13	Phyllis	303
#14	Marjorie	300
#15	Joyce	278
#16	Evelyn	275
#17	Elaine	268
#18	Irene	255
#19	Florence	254
#20	Virginia	254
#21	Alice	252
#22	Lucille	245
#23	June	234
#24	Elizabeth	231
#25	Mildred	230
#26	Bernice	213
#27	Dolores	200
#28	Gloria	197
#29	Marie	193
#30	Delores	189
#31	Marion	187
#32	Donna	178
#33	Marian	173
#34	Gladys	172
#35	Frances	161
#36	Norma	152
#37	Audrey	151
#38	Carol	145
#39	Eleanor	143
#40	Jeanne	142
#41	Beverly	138
#42	Marilyn	136
#43	Barbara	135
#44	Lillian	135
#45	Arlene	134
#46	Rose	131
#47	Grace	127
#48	Joan	124
#49	Geraldine	122
#50	Esther	118
#51	Harriet	117
#52	Anna	113
#53	Violet	111
#54	Marcella	105
#55	Rosemary	105
#56	Eileen	103
#57	Vivian	102
#58	Ethel	102
#59	Charlotte	101
#60	Agnes	100
#61	Leona	99
#62	Rita	98
#63	Viola	94
#64	Hazel	91
#65	Beatrice	91
#66	Catherine	91
#67	Adeline	91
#68	Louise	90
#69	Jeanette	90
#70	Kathleen	89
#71	Bette	87
#72	Maxine	87
#73	Fern	86
#74	Edna	82
#75	Muriel	81
#76	Ruby	81
#77	Ann	77
#78	Elsie	77
#79	Eunice	77
#80	Jane	75
#81	Pearl	75
#82	Sylvia	75
#83	Edith	74
#84	Genevieve	74
#85	Myrtle	73
#86	Janet	71
#87	Kathryn	70
#88	Loretta	68
#89	Gertrude	67
#90	Verna	64
#91	Martha	63
#92	Mabel	62
#93	Laura	60
#94	Katherine	60
#95	Anne	57
#96	Josephine	55
#97	Mae	55
#98	Deloris	55
#99	Ellen	54
#100	Nancy	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	46	21	1
Ione	46	21	2
Ardis	36	16	2
Leone	25	11	1
Lavonne	37	17	2
Delores	189	87	12
Deloris	55	25	4
Alvina	20	9	2
Lorraine	478	219	41
Adeline	91	42	8
Fern	86	39	8
Mavis	50	23	5

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.