Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1913

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1913 were Helen for girls (443 babies) and John for boys (501). Helen ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 19,726 babies born in Minnesota in 1913 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1913

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

Girls

Leone: 23 babies, 8× the national rate
Alvina: 19 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Alyce: 25 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Lorraine: 68 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Clarice: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Ione: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Marcella: 42 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Carol: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rosella: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Luella: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Toivo: 16 babies, 23.3× the national rate
Eino: 15 babies, 21.8× the national rate
Lyle: 33 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Arnold: 98 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Erwin: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Norbert: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Gordon: 73 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Vernon: 75 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ervin: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Laurence: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1913

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	Helen	443	↑1	2
2	Mary	430	↓1	1
3	Dorothy	351	–	3
4	Margaret	350	–	4
5	Ruth	280	–	5
6	Evelyn	250	–	12
7	Mildred	220	↑1	6
8	Alice	207	↓1	11
9	Florence	199	–	13
10	Marie	171	↑1	10
11	Gladys	170	↑3	19
12	Frances	154	↑8	9
13	Irene	154	↓1	21
14	Esther	148	↓4	32
15	Bernice	128	–	45
16	Lillian	127	–	16
17	Lucille	122	↑4	31
18	Edna	119	↓5	18
19	Elizabeth	119	↓2	8
20	Eleanor	113	↑2	34
21	Agnes	112	↓3	41
22	Hazel	107	↑1	27
23	Myrtle	107	↑1	53
24	Ethel	100	↑5	20
25	Gertrude	98	↑5	33
26	Clara	97	–	36
27	Anna	94	↓8	7
28	Rose	92	↓3	14
29	Violet	90	↑3	82
30	Elsie	89	↓3	40
31	Viola	87	↑7	52
32	Martha	86	↑3	28
33	Leona	84	↑10	74
34	Marion	83	↓3	51
35	Mabel	82	↓2	56
36	Doris	81	↑1	44
37	Ann	79	↓9	46
38	Grace	78	↓2	25
39	Catherine	76	–	22
40	Louise	75	↓6	17
41	Pearl	72	↑4	55
42	Virginia	72	new	15
43	Lorraine	68	new	>100
44	Edith	67	↓2	29
45	Josephine	67	new	24
46	Beatrice	66	↑2	37
47	Katherine	66	new	54
48	Vivian	66	new	83
49	Marian	65	↓9	93
50	Marjorie	64	↓6	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	John	501	–	1
2	William	275	–	2
3	Robert	274	↑1	4
4	George	266	↓1	6
5	Donald	191	↑5	25
6	James	189	–	3
7	Harold	187	↓2	13
8	Joseph	186	–	5
9	Raymond	183	↑2	18
10	Walter	179	↑2	11
11	Edward	173	↓2	8
12	Arthur	155	↓5	17
13	Charles	153	↑2	7
14	Frank	149	↑2	9
15	Clarence	146	↓2	21
16	Carl	124	↑1	23
17	Paul	114	↑6	14
18	Henry	110	↓4	12
19	Leonard	108	↑3	46
20	Richard	106	↓2	19
21	Kenneth	105	↑5	33
22	Harry	103	↓1	15
23	Arnold	98	↑5	92
24	Elmer	98	↑5	45
25	Albert	97	↓1	16
26	Roy	93	↓6	32
27	Ralph	89	↑4	22
28	Earl	88	↓1	31
29	Clifford	85	↓10	68
30	Howard	83	–	26
31	Alfred	81	↑4	42
32	Herbert	80	↑2	39
33	Thomas	79	↑12	10
34	Lawrence	78	↓9	35
35	Lloyd	78	↓2	67
36	Vernon	75	↑10	83
37	Gordon	73	↑3	94
38	Stanley	73	↑3	41
39	Francis	70	↓7	30
40	Russell	65	↑4	50
41	Melvin	64	↑7	61
42	Leo	63	↑1	48
43	Fred	62	↓6	27
44	Bernard	56	new	52
45	Ernest	56	↓9	34
46	Frederick	55	new	49
47	Lester	55	new	59
48	Louis	55	↑1	20
49	Edwin	54	↓11	55
50	Alvin	50	↓8	82

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