Most popular girls’ names in Minnesota, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Dorothy	935
2	Mary	895
3	Helen	630
4	Betty	612
5	Margaret	580
6	Lorraine	555
7	Ruth	484
8	Doris	374
9	Irene	354
10	Evelyn	349
11	Shirley	339
12	Marjorie	301
13	Virginia	294
14	Phyllis	292
15	Lucille	281
16	Elizabeth	279
17	Lois	275
18	Mildred	273
19	Alice	265
20	Florence	261
21	Jean	260
22	Elaine	234
23	Bernice	229
24	June	222
25	Frances	220

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marion	213
27	Marie	212
28	Marian	211
29	Patricia	209
30	Joyce	201
31	Eleanor	194
32	Audrey	187
33	Gladys	181
34	Dolores	168
34	Lillian	168
36	Violet	165
37	Marcella	164
38	Norma	161
39	Delores	157
40	Harriet	138
41	Esther	137
42	Eileen	135
43	Grace	133
44	Rose	132
45	Ethel	120
46	Geraldine	119
47	Vivian	118
48	Carol	117
48	Charlotte	117
48	Ruby	117
51	Donna	115
51	Edna	115
51	Jeanne	115
54	Hazel	113
55	Gloria	112
56	Myrtle	105
56	Viola	105
58	Marilyn	104
59	Barbara	103
60	Arlene	102
60	Pearl	102
62	Ann	100
62	Leona	100
62	Louise	100
65	Genevieve	99
66	Anna	98
66	Beatrice	98
66	Gertrude	98
69	Elsie	97
69	Jeanette	97
71	Beverly	94
71	Muriel	94
73	Jane	93
73	Kathryn	93
75	Verna	92
76	Kathleen	91
77	Catherine	88
77	Martha	88
77	Maxine	88
80	Agnes	87
80	Katherine	87
82	Edith	83
82	Fern	83
84	Adeline	81
85	Bette	79
86	Eunice	77
87	Sylvia	75
88	Rita	71
89	Clara	68
89	Josephine	68
91	Loretta	65
92	Luella	64
92	Thelma	64
94	Ellen	63
95	Janet	61
95	Joan	61
97	Mabel	59
98	Laura	58
98	Rosemary	58
100	Anne	57