Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1912

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1912 were Mary for girls (379 babies) and John for boys (371). Social Security records list 15,917 babies born in Minnesota in 1912 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1912

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

Girls

Signe: 15 babies, 21.3× the national rate
Leone: 16 babies, 7× the national rate
Ione: 18 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Alvina: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Selma: 33 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Marcella: 34 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lorraine: 36 babies, 4× the national rate
Elaine: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Adeline: 35 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Luella: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Arnold: 67 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Reuben: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lyle: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ervin: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Orville: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Clifford: 81 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Gordon: 49 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Emil: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Adolph: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Laurence: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1912

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	Mary	379	–	1
2	Helen	364	–	2
3	Dorothy	301	–	3
4	Margaret	256	–	4
5	Ruth	238	–	5
6	Evelyn	218	–	13
7	Alice	192	↑3	11
8	Mildred	177	–	6
9	Florence	160	↓2	12
10	Esther	159	↑3	33
11	Marie	153	↑4	10
12	Irene	143	↓1	22
13	Edna	130	↑18	16
14	Gladys	127	↓5	19
15	Bernice	120	↑2	51
16	Lillian	119	↓2	14
17	Elizabeth	114	↑3	8
18	Agnes	111	↓2	40
19	Anna	101	–	7
20	Frances	101	↓8	9
21	Lucille	101	↑8	32
22	Eleanor	97	↑8	39
23	Hazel	96	↑1	25
24	Myrtle	95	↑1	50
25	Rose	93	↓4	15
26	Clara	87	↓8	34
27	Elsie	83	↑9	42
28	Ann	79	↑12	47
29	Ethel	78	↓7	18
30	Gertrude	78	↓3	30
31	Marion	77	↑19	55
32	Violet	76	↓4	83
33	Mabel	74	↓10	46
34	Louise	72	↑5	17
35	Martha	70	↓9	29
36	Grace	67	↓4	24
37	Doris	66	↑1	48
38	Viola	65	new	52
39	Catherine	60	↓2	21
40	Marian	59	new	93
41	Anne	58	new	58
42	Edith	58	↓9	31
43	Leona	56	↓9	76
44	Marjorie	55	–	56
45	Pearl	54	↓10	54
46	Ruby	54	–	23
47	Laura	52	new	57
48	Beatrice	50	new	37
49	Ellen	49	–	86
50	Emma	49	↓8	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	John	371	–	1
2	William	231	–	2
3	George	218	↑1	6
4	Robert	211	↑1	4
5	Harold	161	↑1	13
6	James	144	↑5	3
7	Arthur	143	↑2	15
8	Joseph	140	↓5	5
9	Edward	138	↑1	8
10	Donald	133	↑3	27
11	Raymond	132	↑5	18
12	Walter	131	↓5	11
13	Clarence	125	↑7	21
14	Henry	107	–	12
15	Charles	104	↑3	7
16	Frank	89	↓8	9
17	Carl	83	↓2	24
18	Richard	82	↑5	19
19	Clifford	81	↑6	62
20	Roy	81	↑20	31
21	Harry	75	↓9	16
22	Leonard	75	↑7	45
23	Paul	73	↑4	14
24	Albert	71	↓2	17
25	Lawrence	71	↓8	38
26	Kenneth	69	↓5	33
27	Earl	68	↓1	34
28	Arnold	67	↑4	99
29	Elmer	65	↓1	47
30	Howard	65	↓11	25
31	Ralph	64	↓7	23
32	Francis	62	↑2	35
33	Lloyd	62	–	70
34	Herbert	61	new	39
35	Alfred	55	↑1	40
36	Ernest	54	↑9	32
37	Fred	54	↑6	26
38	Edwin	51	–	54
39	Theodore	50	↑9	52
40	Gordon	49	↓10	93
41	Stanley	49	↓6	43
42	Alvin	48	↓5	86
43	Leo	47	↓12	49
44	Russell	47	↓2	56
45	Thomas	47	↓4	10
46	Vernon	47	↑3	90
47	Marvin	45	↓8	83
48	Melvin	45	↓1	71
49	Louis	43	↓3	20
50	Floyd	42	new	59

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