Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1910

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1910 were Mary for girls (216 babies) and John for boys (146). Social Security records list 8,181 babies born in Minnesota in 1910 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1910

Names given at least 15 times in Minnesota that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Luella: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Verna: 38 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Olga: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Cecelia: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Esther: 113 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Violet: 49 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Hilda: 34 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bernice: 72 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Muriel: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Mabel: 82 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Arnold: 21 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Martin: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Edwin: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Donald: 37 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lloyd: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Melvin: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kenneth: 37 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Carl: 53 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Alvin: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Harold: 69 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1910

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Mary	216	1
2	Helen	201	2
3	Margaret	184	3
4	Dorothy	163	4
5	Ruth	136	5
6	Evelyn	135	17
7	Florence	128	12
8	Alice	116	10
9	Esther	113	38
10	Mildred	112	8
11	Gladys	106	15
12	Marie	102	9
13	Frances	96	11
14	Irene	94	21
15	Lillian	84	14
16	Mabel	82	46
17	Anna	80	6
18	Clara	78	32
19	Edna	77	18
20	Myrtle	77	43
21	Lucille	76	31
22	Agnes	75	41
23	Hazel	74	24
24	Bernice	72	58
25	Rose	69	16
26	Elizabeth	68	7
27	Grace	66	23
28	Gertrude	61	26
29	Ethel	59	13
30	Eleanor	58	55
31	Viola	55	48
32	Emma	53	34
33	Ann	49	52
34	Violet	49	89
35	Edith	48	35
36	Pearl	48	39
37	Catherine	46	22
38	Marion	46	59
39	Martha	46	28
40	Doris	41	64
41	Elsie	41	44
42	Marjorie	41	68
43	Ruby	41	27
44	Josephine	40	30
45	Louise	39	20
46	Bertha	38	33
47	Verna	38	>100
48	Alma	35	61
49	Ella	35	62
50	Hilda	34	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	John	146	1
2	George	98	5
3	Harold	69	18
4	William	67	3
5	James	66	2
6	Walter	58	13
7	Robert	57	4
8	Frank	54	8
9	Joseph	54	6
10	Carl	53	26
11	Edward	52	9
12	Clarence	51	20
13	Harry	51	16
14	Raymond	48	19
15	Charles	47	7
16	Arthur	42	17
17	Donald	37	44
18	Kenneth	37	43
19	Henry	36	10
20	Albert	31	14
21	Roy	29	29
22	Leonard	26	46
23	Ralph	26	28
24	Earl	25	33
25	Edwin	24	71
26	Francis	24	36
27	Howard	24	27
28	Lloyd	24	67
29	Fred	22	22
30	Leo	22	51
31	Theodore	22	54
32	Arnold	21	>100
33	Ernest	21	31
34	Louis	21	24
35	Martin	21	86
36	Melvin	21	75
37	Richard	21	21
38	Paul	20	15
39	Stanley	20	47
40	Elmer	19	48
41	Norman	19	63
42	Alfred	18	38
43	Bernard	18	62
44	Herbert	18	41
45	Thomas	18	12
46	Clifford	17	66
47	Floyd	17	55
48	Peter	17	56
49	Alvin	16	85
50	Jack	16	23

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