Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1911

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1911 were Mary for girls (267 babies) and John for boys (160). Social Security records list 9,157 babies born in Minnesota in 1911 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1911

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

Girls

Mathilda: 16 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Alvina: 19 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Luella: 25 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Selma: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Marcella: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Amy: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Olga: 26 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Harriet: 41 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Angeline: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Violet: 60 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Ervin: 15 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Arnold: 24 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Gordon: 26 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Clifford: 33 babies, 4× the national rate
Alvin: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lloyd: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marvin: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Vernon: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Donald: 48 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Harvey: 16 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1911

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	Mary	267	–	1
2	Helen	246	–	2
3	Dorothy	203	↑1	4
4	Margaret	167	↓1	3
5	Ruth	161	–	5
6	Evelyn	143	–	16
7	Florence	133	–	12
8	Mildred	125	↑2	8
9	Gladys	120	↑2	18
10	Alice	117	↓2	11
11	Irene	116	↑3	21
12	Frances	102	↑1	10
13	Esther	99	↓4	34
14	Lillian	98	↑1	13
15	Marie	97	↓3	9
16	Agnes	96	↑6	39
17	Bernice	83	↑7	51
18	Clara	83	–	33
19	Anna	75	↓2	6
20	Elizabeth	72	↑6	7
21	Rose	69	↑4	14
22	Ethel	68	↑7	15
23	Mabel	68	↓7	43
24	Hazel	67	↓1	25
25	Myrtle	65	↓5	50
26	Martha	64	↑13	28
27	Gertrude	61	↑1	30
28	Violet	60	↑6	83
29	Lucille	59	↓8	32
30	Eleanor	58	–	49
31	Edna	57	↓12	17
32	Grace	56	↓5	23
33	Edith	52	↑2	31
34	Leona	52	new	76
35	Pearl	52	↑1	48
36	Elsie	51	↑5	41
37	Catherine	49	–	20
38	Doris	47	↑2	56
39	Louise	47	↑6	19
40	Ann	46	↓7	53
41	Josephine	46	↑3	29
42	Emma	43	↓10	35
43	Ida	43	new	45
44	Marjorie	43	↓2	59
45	Harriet	41	new	>100
46	Ruby	40	↓3	22
47	Katherine	39	new	55
48	Sylvia	39	new	82
49	Ellen	38	new	84
50	Marion	37	↓12	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	John	160	–	1
2	William	111	↑2	2
3	Joseph	92	↑6	6
4	George	79	↓2	4
5	Robert	77	↑2	5
6	Harold	69	↓3	16
7	Walter	67	↓1	12
8	Frank	65	–	8
9	Arthur	60	↑7	18
10	Edward	56	↑1	9
11	James	55	↓6	3
12	Harry	52	↑1	13
13	Donald	48	↑4	36
14	Henry	48	↑5	11
15	Carl	46	↓5	26
16	Raymond	44	↓2	19
17	Lawrence	41	new	37
18	Charles	40	↓3	7
19	Howard	40	↑8	28
20	Clarence	38	↓8	23
21	Kenneth	37	↓3	40
22	Albert	36	↓2	15
23	Richard	36	↑14	20
24	Ralph	35	↓1	24
25	Clifford	33	↑21	62
26	Earl	32	↓2	34
27	Paul	32	↑11	17
28	Elmer	31	↑12	48
29	Leonard	27	↓7	46
30	Gordon	26	new	97
31	Leo	26	↓1	51
32	Arnold	24	–	>100
33	Lloyd	24	↓5	74
34	Francis	23	↓8	33
35	Stanley	23	↑4	44
36	Alfred	21	↑6	39
37	Alvin	21	↑12	89
38	Edwin	21	↓13	60
39	Marvin	20	new	82
40	Roy	20	↓19	31
41	Thomas	20	↑4	10
42	Russell	19	new	55
43	Fred	18	↓14	22
44	Bernard	17	↓1	54
45	Ernest	17	↓12	32
46	Louis	17	↓12	21
47	Melvin	17	↓11	73
48	Theodore	17	↓17	56
49	Vernon	17	new	96
50	Harvey	16	new	91

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