Most popular girls’ names in Minnesota, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Dorothy	953
2	Mary	872
3	Helen	685
4	Margaret	675
5	Ruth	547
6	Lorraine	501
7	Evelyn	408
8	Betty	398
9	Doris	397
10	Marjorie	383
11	Irene	361
12	Florence	352
13	Mildred	349
14	Virginia	334
15	Alice	303
16	Lucille	297
17	Bernice	264
18	Elizabeth	257
19	Lois	253
20	Marie	248
21	Jean	241
22	Phyllis	234
23	Gladys	233
24	June	231
25	Frances	227

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Shirley	224
27	Marian	217
28	Elaine	205
29	Lillian	203
30	Marion	197
31	Eleanor	195
32	Esther	183
33	Hazel	180
34	Violet	178
35	Dolores	175
36	Rose	173
37	Marcella	170
38	Norma	168
39	Grace	164
40	Leona	158
41	Edna	150
42	Harriet	148
43	Viola	143
44	Agnes	139
45	Ethel	130
46	Anna	129
46	Gertrude	129
48	Myrtle	126
49	Joyce	124
49	Vivian	124
51	Patricia	123
52	Pearl	122
53	Catherine	119
53	Delores	119
55	Eileen	118
55	Genevieve	118
57	Audrey	115
58	Katherine	114
59	Elsie	113
60	Geraldine	110
61	Adeline	107
61	Muriel	107
63	Louise	106
64	Martha	105
65	Carol	103
65	Charlotte	103
67	Jeanne	102
68	Barbara	99
68	Edith	99
70	Beatrice	98
70	Jeanette	98
72	Ann	96
73	Kathryn	91
74	Jane	90
75	Sylvia	89
76	Clara	88
76	Gloria	88
78	Mabel	87
79	Kathleen	86
80	Verna	85
81	Loretta	83
82	Arlene	82
83	Maxine	80
83	Ruby	80
85	Ellen	78
85	Fern	78
85	Josephine	78
88	Laura	75
89	Luella	73
90	Eunice	70
91	Anne	69
92	Mae	68
93	Marguerite	66
94	Rita	65
95	Donna	63
96	Janet	61
96	Thelma	61
98	Blanche	59
98	Margie	59
98	Rosemary	59
98	Vera	59