Most popular girls’ names in Minnesota, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Helen	519
2	Mary	501
3	Dorothy	447
4	Margaret	442
5	Evelyn	306
6	Ruth	282
7	Florence	233
8	Mildred	228
9	Alice	212
10	Irene	207
11	Gladys	199
12	Marie	193
13	Frances	190
14	Lucille	180
15	Bernice	175
16	Elizabeth	173
17	Eleanor	168
18	Esther	167
19	Lillian	160
20	Rose	151
21	Anna	136
22	Hazel	133
23	Violet	123
24	Doris	120
25	Agnes	117

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edna	114
27	Grace	113
28	Myrtle	112
29	Catherine	111
29	Marion	111
31	Ann	107
32	Elsie	106
32	Ethel	106
32	Gertrude	106
35	Mabel	98
36	Virginia	97
37	Lorraine	96
37	Marjorie	96
39	Martha	95
40	Viola	91
41	Louise	86
42	Sylvia	85
43	Katherine	83
44	Clara	81
44	Harriet	81
46	Genevieve	76
47	Lois	74
47	Marian	74
49	Edith	73
49	Ruby	73
51	Beatrice	71
52	Pearl	70
52	Vivian	70
54	Betty	66
54	Ellen	66
56	Jean	65
57	Bertha	62
58	Adeline	61
58	Anne	61
58	Josephine	61
58	Marcella	61
62	Emma	59
62	Verna	59
64	Loretta	58
65	Leona	57
66	Charlotte	56
67	Eva	55
67	Ida	55
69	Ella	53
69	Kathryn	53
69	Phyllis	53
72	Laura	52
73	Julia	50
73	Muriel	50
75	June	47
76	Fern	46
77	Hilda	44
78	Eileen	42
78	Luella	42
78	Minnie	42
81	Jane	41
81	Thelma	41
83	Stella	40
84	Marguerite	39
84	Olga	39
86	Norma	38
86	Pauline	38
88	Eunice	37
88	Vera	37
88	Veronica	37
91	Alma	35
92	Cecelia	34
92	Lila	34
94	Dolores	33
94	Jennie	33
96	Eleanore	32
96	Lydia	32
96	Mae	32
96	Selma	32
100	Alvina	31
100	Angeline	31
100	Barbara	31
100	Carol	31
100	Elaine	31
100	Inez	31
100	Maxine	31