Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1915

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1915 were Helen for girls (787 babies) and John for boys (891). Helen ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 37,147 babies born in Minnesota in 1915 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1915

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, 11.1× the national rate
Hildegard: 17 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Hilma: 17 babies, 8× the national rate
Leone: 31 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Lorna: 25 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Lorraine: 149 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Marvel: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Elvera: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ione: 34 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Alvina: 27 babies, 5× the national rate

Boys

Ole: 17 babies, 20.3× the national rate
Arvo: 16 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Eino: 20 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Olaf: 18 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Arvid: 19 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Palmer: 17 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Benedict: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Norbert: 35 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Roman: 25 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Arnold: 163 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1915

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	Helen	787	–	2
2	Mary	731	–	1
3	Dorothy	676	–	3
4	Margaret	620	–	4
5	Ruth	453	↑1	5
6	Evelyn	439	↓1	10
7	Mildred	353	↑1	6
8	Florence	339	↓1	14
9	Alice	332	–	13
10	Irene	304	–	17
11	Gladys	283	–	21
12	Marie	276	–	11
13	Lucille	266	↑1	29
14	Bernice	264	↑1	42
15	Esther	260	↑3	33
16	Lillian	253	↑3	15
17	Frances	251	↓4	9
18	Eleanor	244	↓1	28
19	Elizabeth	225	↓3	8
20	Doris	204	↑4	34
21	Agnes	202	↑4	45
22	Myrtle	190	↑6	58
23	Viola	189	↑17	59
24	Hazel	181	↓2	26
25	Ethel	179	↑8	23
26	Edna	177	–	20
27	Virginia	171	↑9	12
28	Rose	160	↓8	16
29	Leona	156	new	74
30	Marjorie	154	↑8	39
31	Ann	153	–	43
32	Anna	153	↓11	7
33	Gertrude	149	↑1	35
34	Lorraine	149	↑3	>100
35	Elsie	147	↓3	41
36	Violet	146	↓13	82
37	Grace	144	↓10	27
38	Marion	132	↓8	50
39	Edith	125	↑10	31
40	Clara	123	↑4	38
41	Martha	123	↓2	25
42	Pearl	123	new	56
43	Catherine	122	↓14	19
44	Marian	122	↑4	86
45	Lois	118	↑2	47
46	Louise	117	↓5	18
47	Vivian	113	new	78
48	June	111	new	96
49	Anne	109	new	52
50	Harriet	108	↓5	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	John	891	–	1
2	Robert	625	↑1	4
3	William	504	↓1	2
4	George	451	–	6
5	Harold	390	↑1	12
6	Donald	364	↑2	20
7	James	347	↑2	3
8	Edward	336	↓1	8
9	Raymond	307	↑4	16
10	Joseph	306	↓5	5
11	Walter	272	↓1	11
12	Frank	262	–	9
13	Charles	244	↑1	7
14	Richard	239	↑4	15
15	Clarence	238	–	24
16	Kenneth	238	↑1	28
17	Arthur	237	↓6	18
18	Carl	219	↓2	22
19	Henry	209	↑2	14
20	Paul	192	↑3	13
21	Albert	186	↑1	17
22	Earl	185	↑9	33
23	Lawrence	173	↓3	37
24	Clifford	170	↑14	61
25	Elmer	170	↑4	45
26	Harry	168	↓2	19
27	Lloyd	164	↓1	62
28	Arnold	163	↑9	91
29	Howard	162	↓1	25
30	Ralph	160	↓3	21
31	Roy	148	↓6	32
32	Stanley	147	↑1	34
33	Francis	144	↑14	29
34	Leonard	141	↓15	44
35	Alfred	138	↑7	42
36	Melvin	132	↓6	60
37	Herbert	131	↓5	40
38	Thomas	124	↓2	10
39	Vernon	124	↓5	80
40	Edwin	119	↑8	53
41	Fred	117	↑8	26
42	Leo	117	↑2	47
43	Lester	114	↑7	57
44	Russell	114	↑1	51
45	Bernard	113	↓5	48
46	Ernest	113	↓3	35
47	Gordon	113	↓12	90
48	Louis	109	↓7	23
49	Marvin	106	↓10	72
50	Norman	104	↓4	50

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