Most popular girls’ names in Minnesota, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Dorothy	889
2	Mary	825
3	Helen	795
4	Margaret	651
5	Ruth	545
6	Lorraine	444
7	Evelyn	442
8	Irene	365
9	Mildred	360
10	Doris	357
11	Alice	328
12	Florence	323
13	Betty	319
14	Lucille	317
15	Bernice	294
16	Marjorie	277
17	Marie	275
18	Virginia	264
19	Elizabeth	247
20	Marion	239
21	Gladys	237
22	Frances	233
23	Eleanor	229
24	Lillian	216
25	Elaine	211

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lois	204
27	Jean	195
28	Phyllis	188
29	Esther	185
30	Marian	177
30	Shirley	177
32	Vivian	173
33	June	170
34	Rose	164
35	Grace	159
36	Harriet	157
37	Ethel	156
38	Hazel	154
39	Edna	152
40	Leona	151
41	Viola	149
42	Violet	148
43	Dolores	133
44	Catherine	131
44	Elsie	131
46	Adeline	130
46	Anna	130
48	Marcella	129
48	Norma	129
50	Gertrude	127
51	Pearl	125
52	Martha	124
53	Agnes	123
54	Eileen	122
54	Myrtle	122
56	Katherine	114
57	Beatrice	112
58	Charlotte	109
58	Ruby	109
60	Audrey	108
60	Edith	108
60	Louise	108
60	Patricia	108
64	Genevieve	106
65	Joyce	104
66	Clara	102
67	Maxine	99
68	Verna	97
69	Jane	96
70	Mabel	95
71	Geraldine	94
72	Delores	93
73	Barbara	92
74	Ann	90
75	Jeanne	89
75	Muriel	89
77	Kathryn	88
78	Ellen	87
79	Jeanette	86
79	Josephine	86
81	Sylvia	85
82	Anne	84
83	Thelma	77
84	Eunice	75
84	Fern	75
86	Loretta	74
86	Luella	74
88	Donna	71
88	Laura	71
90	Arlene	70
91	Carol	68
92	Vera	65
93	Rita	62
94	Mae	59
95	Laverne	58
96	Bertha	56
97	Kathleen	55
97	Marguerite	55
99	Janet	54
100	Julia	53