Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1914

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1914 were Helen for girls (519 babies) and John for boys (558). Helen ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 24,972 babies born in Minnesota in 1914 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1914

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

Girls

Alvina: 31 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Elvera: 16 babies, 8× the national rate
Ione: 23 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Lorraine: 96 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Marcella: 61 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Delores: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Eleanore: 32 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Erna: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Carol: 31 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Adeline: 61 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Selmer: 16 babies, 24.7× the national rate
Arne: 15 babies, 19× the national rate
Arvid: 18 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Milo: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Norbert: 26 babies, 5× the national rate
Lyle: 43 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Ervin: 42 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kermit: 32 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Arnold: 88 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Gordon: 92 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1914

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	Helen	519	–	2
2	Mary	501	–	1
3	Dorothy	447	–	3
4	Margaret	442	–	4
5	Evelyn	306	↑1	11
6	Ruth	282	↓1	5
7	Florence	233	↑2	13
8	Mildred	228	↓1	7
9	Alice	212	↓1	12
10	Irene	207	↑3	22
11	Gladys	199	–	20
12	Marie	193	↓2	10
13	Frances	190	↓1	9
14	Lucille	180	↑3	30
15	Bernice	175	–	43
16	Elizabeth	173	↑3	8
17	Eleanor	168	↑3	28
18	Esther	167	↓4	35
19	Lillian	160	↓3	16
20	Rose	151	↑8	15
21	Anna	136	↑6	6
22	Hazel	133	–	29
23	Violet	123	↑6	83
24	Doris	120	↑12	36
25	Agnes	117	↓4	44
26	Edna	114	↓8	19
27	Grace	113	↑11	25
28	Myrtle	112	↓5	60
29	Catherine	111	↑10	18
30	Marion	111	↑4	50
31	Ann	107	↑6	40
32	Elsie	106	↓2	46
33	Ethel	106	↓9	21
34	Gertrude	106	↓9	32
35	Mabel	98	–	58
36	Virginia	97	↑6	14
37	Lorraine	96	↑6	>100
38	Marjorie	96	↑12	45
39	Martha	95	↓7	27
40	Viola	91	↓9	57
41	Louise	86	↓1	17
42	Sylvia	85	new	70
43	Katherine	83	↑4	48
44	Clara	81	↓18	37
45	Harriet	81	new	>100
46	Genevieve	76	new	76
47	Lois	74	new	51
48	Marian	74	↑1	90
49	Edith	73	↓5	31
50	Ruby	73	new	24

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	John	558	–	1
2	William	361	–	2
3	Robert	357	–	4
4	George	317	–	6
5	Joseph	261	↑3	5
6	Harold	246	↑1	14
7	Edward	242	↑4	8
8	Donald	236	↓3	23
9	James	221	↓3	3
10	Walter	210	–	10
11	Arthur	196	↑1	18
12	Frank	193	↑2	9
13	Raymond	193	↓4	16
14	Charles	190	↓1	7
15	Clarence	189	–	22
16	Carl	166	–	24
17	Kenneth	166	↑4	30
18	Richard	164	↑2	17
19	Leonard	141	–	45
20	Lawrence	136	↑14	35
21	Henry	133	↓3	12
22	Albert	131	↑3	15
23	Paul	125	↓6	13
24	Harry	121	↓2	19
25	Roy	121	↑1	32
26	Lloyd	115	↑9	66
27	Ralph	113	–	21
28	Howard	112	↑2	26
29	Elmer	111	↓5	46
30	Melvin	107	↑11	59
31	Earl	98	↓3	33
32	Herbert	97	–	42
33	Stanley	97	↑5	39
34	Vernon	97	↑2	83
35	Gordon	92	↑2	88
36	Thomas	89	↓3	11
37	Arnold	88	↓14	97
38	Clifford	88	↓9	62
39	Marvin	85	new	75
40	Bernard	81	↑4	50
41	Louis	81	↑7	20
42	Alfred	80	↓11	41
43	Ernest	80	↑2	38
44	Leo	80	↓2	47
45	Russell	79	↓5	49
46	Norman	78	new	54
47	Francis	77	↓8	31
48	Edwin	74	↑1	53
49	Fred	74	↓6	28
50	Lester	70	↓3	57

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