Most popular girls’ names in Minnesota, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	913
2	Betty	808
3	Dorothy	715
4	Shirley	532
5	Helen	447
6	Lois	410
7	Lorraine	402
8	Margaret	393
9	Ruth	387
10	Patricia	368
11	Donna	359
12	Joyce	336
13	Doris	301
14	Phyllis	292
15	Jean	280
16	Elaine	271
17	Beverly	263
18	Alice	239
19	Marilyn	235
20	Evelyn	232
21	Dolores	231
22	Delores	227
23	Irene	224
24	Virginia	218
25	Barbara	212

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marjorie	209
27	Lucille	200
28	Gloria	189
29	June	188
30	Audrey	180
30	Elizabeth	180
30	Mildred	180
33	Florence	178
34	Bernice	174
35	Arlene	173
35	Rose	173
37	Marie	171
38	Joan	170
39	Frances	157
40	Marion	154
41	Gladys	152
42	Marian	148
43	Carol	146
44	Norma	128
45	Eleanor	127
46	Jeanne	126
47	Geraldine	121
47	Lillian	121
49	Eileen	108
50	Muriel	104
51	Rosemary	103
52	Grace	102
53	Violet	97
54	Charlotte	96
55	Jeanette	95
56	Marcella	94
57	Anna	93
57	Rita	93
59	Leona	92
60	Esther	91
61	Harriet	88
62	Catherine	87
63	Vivian	83
64	Eunice	78
65	Kathleen	76
65	Maxine	76
67	Janet	74
68	Pearl	73
69	Louise	71
70	Adeline	70
71	Nancy	69
72	Agnes	68
72	Darlene	68
72	Ethel	68
75	Beatrice	67
76	Deloris	66
76	Elsie	66
76	Viola	66
79	Ann	65
80	Gertrude	64
80	Hazel	64
80	Jane	64
83	Bette	62
83	Ruby	62
85	Martha	61
85	Mavis	61
87	Edith	60
87	Verna	60
89	Edna	57
89	Genevieve	57
89	Kathryn	57
92	Sylvia	55
93	Janice	54
93	Loretta	54
93	Marlys	54
96	Ellen	50
96	Joanne	50
98	Clara	49
98	Josephine	49
98	Myrtle	49
98	Theresa	49