Most popular girls’ names in Minnesota, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Dorothy	829
2	Helen	823
3	Mary	754
4	Margaret	704
5	Ruth	499
6	Evelyn	456
7	Lorraine	368
8	Mildred	360
9	Alice	343
10	Irene	340
11	Florence	309
12	Doris	285
13	Virginia	273
14	Bernice	272
15	Eleanor	269
16	Frances	268
17	Lucille	267
18	Marie	264
19	Gladys	262
20	Elizabeth	256
21	Esther	248
22	Marjorie	241
23	Lillian	213
24	Marion	199
25	Rose	185

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Hazel	179
27	Betty	178
28	Grace	175
28	Violet	175
30	Lois	171
31	Marcella	170
32	Marian	165
33	Agnes	162
33	Edna	162
35	Ethel	159
35	Viola	159
37	June	157
38	Phyllis	151
39	Gertrude	150
39	Leona	150
41	Jean	148
41	Pearl	148
43	Anna	146
44	Ann	143
44	Myrtle	143
46	Elsie	140
46	Harriet	140
48	Vivian	139
49	Clara	135
50	Edith	132
51	Catherine	118
52	Beatrice	116
53	Louise	115
54	Elaine	114
55	Jane	109
56	Eileen	108
57	Ellen	105
58	Verna	104
59	Charlotte	103
59	Ruby	103
61	Adeline	101
61	Dolores	101
61	Josephine	101
64	Mabel	100
65	Sylvia	99
66	Audrey	97
67	Genevieve	96
67	Joyce	96
69	Martha	94
70	Katherine	91
71	Shirley	89
71	Vera	89
73	Maxine	82
74	Anne	81
74	Norma	81
76	Muriel	80
77	Geraldine	77
77	Kathryn	77
79	Barbara	76
79	Laura	76
81	Loretta	75
82	Eunice	73
83	Jeanette	72
83	Julia	72
85	Marguerite	70
86	Fern	69
87	Carol	68
88	Patricia	67
89	Bertha	66
90	Blanche	64
90	Pauline	64
92	Luella	63
93	Emma	61
93	Inez	61
95	Alma	59
96	Mae	57
96	Thelma	57
98	Arlene	56
98	Eva	56
98	Laverne	56