Most popular girls’ names in Minnesota, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Helen	817
2	Mary	810
3	Dorothy	700
4	Margaret	676
5	Ruth	585
6	Evelyn	451
7	Florence	365
8	Mildred	352
9	Alice	347
10	Irene	305
11	Frances	286
11	Lucille	286
13	Esther	272
14	Marie	271
15	Eleanor	269
16	Lillian	262
17	Gladys	261
18	Bernice	249
19	Elizabeth	242
20	Doris	219
21	Agnes	207
22	Lorraine	198
23	Hazel	192
24	Virginia	188
25	Marion	187

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edna	183
27	Marjorie	181
28	Rose	180
29	Grace	179
30	Ethel	171
31	Marian	169
32	Lois	164
33	Gertrude	163
34	Myrtle	162
35	Ann	161
36	Louise	160
37	Anna	154
38	Elsie	143
39	Viola	139
40	Violet	137
41	Edith	135
42	Catherine	134
43	June	133
44	Harriet	132
44	Vivian	132
46	Leona	131
46	Ruby	131
48	Josephine	129
49	Mabel	128
50	Clara	127
51	Katherine	120
51	Martha	120
53	Beatrice	119
53	Genevieve	119
55	Betty	107
55	Sylvia	107
57	Jean	105
58	Ellen	101
58	Pearl	101
60	Anne	98
61	Verna	96
62	Marcella	90
62	Muriel	90
64	Charlotte	89
65	Bertha	86
65	Eileen	86
65	Kathryn	86
68	Eva	85
68	Jane	85
68	Loretta	85
71	Adeline	82
71	Elaine	82
73	Phyllis	80
74	Vera	77
75	Dolores	76
76	Emma	75
76	Laura	75
78	Alma	74
79	Audrey	69
80	Ella	68
80	Julia	68
80	Maxine	68
83	Fern	66
83	Marguerite	66
85	Luella	65
86	Ida	62
86	Stella	62
88	Jeanette	61
89	Pauline	59
90	Geraldine	57
91	Blanche	56
91	Thelma	56
93	Inez	55
94	Olga	54
95	Mae	53
95	Patricia	53
97	Kathleen	52
98	Eunice	51
99	Norma	50
100	Lucile	49