Most popular girls’ names in Minnesota, 1925

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	805
2	Dorothy	783
3	Betty	758
4	Helen	546
4	Margaret	546
6	Lorraine	478
7	Shirley	453
8	Ruth	424
9	Lois	382
10	Doris	336
11	Jean	316
12	Patricia	308
13	Phyllis	303
14	Marjorie	300
15	Joyce	278
16	Evelyn	275
17	Elaine	268
18	Irene	255
19	Florence	254
19	Virginia	254
21	Alice	252
22	Lucille	245
23	June	234
24	Elizabeth	231
25	Mildred	230

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bernice	213
27	Dolores	200
28	Gloria	197
29	Marie	193
30	Delores	189
31	Marion	187
32	Donna	178
33	Marian	173
34	Gladys	172
35	Frances	161
36	Norma	152
37	Audrey	151
38	Carol	145
39	Eleanor	143
40	Jeanne	142
41	Beverly	138
42	Marilyn	136
43	Barbara	135
43	Lillian	135
45	Arlene	134
46	Rose	131
47	Grace	127
48	Joan	124
49	Geraldine	122
50	Esther	118
51	Harriet	117
52	Anna	113
53	Violet	111
54	Marcella	105
54	Rosemary	105
56	Eileen	103
57	Ethel	102
57	Vivian	102
59	Charlotte	101
60	Agnes	100
61	Leona	99
62	Rita	98
63	Viola	94
64	Adeline	91
64	Beatrice	91
64	Catherine	91
64	Hazel	91
68	Jeanette	90
68	Louise	90
70	Kathleen	89
71	Bette	87
71	Maxine	87
73	Fern	86
74	Edna	82
75	Muriel	81
75	Ruby	81
77	Ann	77
77	Elsie	77
77	Eunice	77
80	Jane	75
80	Pearl	75
80	Sylvia	75
83	Edith	74
83	Genevieve	74
85	Myrtle	73
86	Janet	71
87	Kathryn	70
88	Loretta	68
89	Gertrude	67
90	Verna	64
91	Martha	63
92	Mabel	62
93	Katherine	60
93	Laura	60
95	Anne	57
96	Deloris	55
96	Josephine	55
96	Mae	55
99	Ellen	54
100	Nancy	53