Most popular girls’ names in Minnesota, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Dorothy	937
2	Mary	849
3	Helen	657
4	Margaret	616
5	Lorraine	573
6	Betty	481
7	Ruth	476
8	Doris	384
9	Irene	373
10	Mildred	361
11	Evelyn	354
12	Marjorie	348
13	Virginia	325
14	Florence	307
15	Alice	282
15	Lucille	282
17	Shirley	274
18	Elizabeth	271
19	Lois	267
20	Phyllis	261
21	Marie	260
22	Jean	248
23	Frances	244
24	Bernice	240
25	Gladys	230

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Elaine	219
27	Marion	215
28	Eleanor	209
28	June	209
30	Lillian	195
31	Marian	184
32	Patricia	168
33	Marcella	167
34	Grace	166
35	Dolores	163
36	Harriet	161
37	Violet	153
38	Esther	152
39	Rose	148
40	Audrey	146
41	Jeanne	145
42	Norma	144
43	Ethel	142
44	Joyce	138
45	Delores	135
46	Hazel	133
46	Myrtle	133
48	Gloria	132
49	Viola	130
50	Agnes	126
50	Geraldine	126
52	Barbara	118
53	Eileen	117
54	Ruby	116
55	Muriel	115
56	Edna	114
56	Leona	114
58	Carol	113
59	Edith	111
60	Louise	110
60	Maxine	110
62	Catherine	109
63	Elsie	108
63	Genevieve	108
65	Charlotte	106
66	Vivian	105
67	Anna	103
68	Gertrude	98
69	Pearl	97
70	Beatrice	96
71	Josephine	94
72	Kathryn	93
73	Verna	91
74	Donna	90
74	Martha	90
76	Ann	88
77	Arlene	87
78	Adeline	82
78	Eunice	82
78	Jane	82
81	Katherine	80
81	Marilyn	80
83	Jeanette	77
83	Mae	77
85	Laura	75
85	Loretta	75
87	Sylvia	74
88	Clara	73
89	Beverly	69
89	Kathleen	69
91	Luella	67
92	Anne	66
93	Ellen	65
93	Mabel	65
95	Rita	63
96	Rosemary	61
96	Vera	61
98	Eva	60
99	Fern	58
100	Bertha	57