Most popular girls’ names in Minnesota, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	854
2	Dorothy	850
3	Betty	710
4	Helen	554
5	Lorraine	547
6	Margaret	542
7	Ruth	458
8	Shirley	399
9	Doris	361
10	Lois	342
11	Evelyn	314
12	Irene	308
13	Phyllis	305
14	Marjorie	288
15	Alice	285
16	Jean	284
17	Virginia	281
18	Elaine	267
19	Patricia	262
20	Lucille	255
21	Elizabeth	254
21	June	254
23	Mildred	245
24	Bernice	240
25	Florence	238

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frances	218
27	Marion	212
28	Joyce	211
29	Marie	209
30	Delores	198
31	Dolores	196
32	Donna	184
33	Lillian	180
34	Gladys	179
35	Audrey	170
36	Marian	162
37	Eleanor	160
38	Norma	155
39	Barbara	149
40	Jeanne	143
41	Carol	139
41	Gloria	139
43	Harriet	138
44	Geraldine	135
45	Eileen	132
46	Arlene	131
47	Esther	129
47	Rose	129
47	Violet	129
50	Marcella	126
51	Marilyn	115
52	Leona	113
52	Viola	113
54	Agnes	108
55	Kathleen	107
55	Muriel	107
57	Adeline	105
57	Catherine	105
57	Edna	105
60	Jeanette	103
61	Grace	102
62	Jane	101
63	Vivian	100
64	Anna	97
64	Ethel	97
66	Ruby	95
67	Gertrude	94
68	Ann	93
68	Hazel	93
70	Charlotte	91
70	Elsie	91
70	Pearl	91
73	Rosemary	90
74	Joan	88
74	Kathryn	88
74	Maxine	88
77	Beatrice	86
77	Beverly	86
79	Verna	85
80	Katherine	84
81	Myrtle	83
82	Edith	78
82	Sylvia	78
84	Martha	76
84	Rita	76
86	Clara	75
86	Louise	75
88	Genevieve	72
89	Eunice	71
90	Bette	69
91	Josephine	68
92	Loretta	67
93	Mae	61
94	Anne	56
94	Fern	56
94	Mabel	56
97	Deloris	53
97	Ellen	53
97	Janet	53
97	Mavis	53