Most popular girls’ names in Minnesota, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Helen	819
2	Mary	756
3	Dorothy	720
4	Margaret	710
5	Ruth	516
6	Evelyn	472
7	Mildred	345
8	Florence	339
9	Alice	334
10	Irene	333
11	Marie	298
12	Lucille	293
13	Frances	269
14	Bernice	268
15	Gladys	255
16	Doris	251
17	Lorraine	247
18	Lillian	242
19	Esther	227
20	Elizabeth	226
21	Virginia	222
22	Eleanor	205
23	Rose	202
24	Marjorie	189
25	Lois	187

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Hazel	185
27	Edna	174
27	Marion	174
29	Agnes	173
30	Gertrude	169
31	Anna	163
32	Ethel	162
33	Elsie	159
33	Grace	159
35	June	158
36	Violet	157
37	Ann	155
38	Myrtle	150
39	Marian	149
40	Jean	148
40	Leona	148
42	Edith	142
43	Viola	140
44	Martha	132
45	Catherine	129
46	Josephine	127
47	Clara	125
48	Betty	124
48	Vivian	124
50	Genevieve	119
50	Ruby	119
52	Louise	117
53	Katherine	115
54	Harriet	113
55	Mabel	111
55	Pearl	111
57	Adeline	110
58	Beatrice	105
58	Phyllis	105
60	Marcella	102
61	Anne	101
62	Sylvia	99
63	Ellen	98
64	Kathryn	97
65	Elaine	92
66	Audrey	88
66	Eileen	88
68	Marguerite	86
69	Jane	85
70	Julia	83
71	Dolores	82
72	Charlotte	80
72	Norma	80
74	Fern	76
75	Verna	75
76	Geraldine	74
77	Vera	73
78	Mae	70
78	Muriel	70
80	Barbara	67
80	Jeanette	67
80	Laura	67
83	Bertha	66
83	Blanche	66
85	Kathleen	65
86	Olive	64
87	Thelma	63
88	Loretta	62
89	Emma	61
90	Eva	59
90	Joyce	59
92	Inez	58
93	Eunice	57
93	Maxine	57
93	Pauline	57
96	Laverne	56
96	Luella	56
96	Shirley	56
96	Wilma	56
100	Patricia	55