Most popular girls’ names in Minnesota, 1912

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	379
2	Helen	364
3	Dorothy	301
4	Margaret	256
5	Ruth	238
6	Evelyn	218
7	Alice	192
8	Mildred	177
9	Florence	160
10	Esther	159
11	Marie	153
12	Irene	143
13	Edna	130
14	Gladys	127
15	Bernice	120
16	Lillian	119
17	Elizabeth	114
18	Agnes	111
19	Anna	101
19	Frances	101
19	Lucille	101
22	Eleanor	97
23	Hazel	96
24	Myrtle	95
25	Rose	93

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clara	87
27	Elsie	83
28	Ann	79
29	Ethel	78
29	Gertrude	78
31	Marion	77
32	Violet	76
33	Mabel	74
34	Louise	72
35	Martha	70
36	Grace	67
37	Doris	66
38	Viola	65
39	Catherine	60
40	Marian	59
41	Anne	58
41	Edith	58
43	Leona	56
44	Marjorie	55
45	Pearl	54
45	Ruby	54
47	Laura	52
48	Beatrice	50
49	Ellen	49
49	Emma	49
49	Katherine	49
52	Eva	46
52	Vivian	46
54	Harriet	45
54	Julia	45
56	Bertha	44
57	Virginia	43
58	Loretta	41
59	Charlotte	40
59	Lois	40
59	Mae	40
62	Josephine	38
63	Genevieve	37
63	Kathryn	37
63	Olga	37
66	Lorraine	36
67	Adeline	35
67	Hilda	35
67	Sylvia	35
70	Ida	34
70	Marcella	34
72	Alma	33
72	Selma	33
74	Inez	32
74	Lydia	32
74	Vera	32
77	Muriel	31
78	Fern	30
78	Stella	30
78	Verna	30
81	Ella	29
81	Luella	29
83	Jane	27
83	Marguerite	27
85	Blanche	26
85	Caroline	26
85	Jeanette	26
85	Phyllis	26
85	Sophie	26
90	Pauline	25
91	Maxine	24
91	Olive	24
91	Thelma	24
94	Eunice	23
95	Angeline	22
95	Betty	22
97	Cecilia	21
97	Irma	21
97	Nellie	21
97	Theresa	21