Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1916

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1916 were Helen for girls (817 babies) and John for boys (915). Helen ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 40,453 babies born in Minnesota in 1916 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1916

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: 39 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Marvel: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Lorraine: 198 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Leone: 30 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Delores: 31 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Ione: 38 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Delphine: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Elvera: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Deloris: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Rosella: 35 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Eino: 27 babies, 19.4× the national rate
Arvid: 30 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Olaf: 15 babies, 9× the national rate
Albin: 23 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Palmer: 22 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Roman: 31 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Milo: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Benedict: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Arnold: 166 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ervin: 61 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1916

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	Helen	817	–	2
2	Mary	810	–	1
3	Dorothy	700	–	3
4	Margaret	676	–	4
5	Ruth	585	–	5
6	Evelyn	451	–	11
7	Florence	365	↑1	14
8	Mildred	352	↓1	6
9	Alice	347	–	13
10	Irene	305	–	17
11	Frances	286	↑6	9
12	Lucille	286	↑1	30
13	Esther	272	↑2	34
14	Marie	271	↓2	12
15	Eleanor	269	↑3	27
16	Lillian	262	–	16
17	Gladys	261	↓6	22
18	Bernice	249	↓4	42
19	Elizabeth	242	–	8
20	Doris	219	–	32
21	Agnes	207	–	50
22	Lorraine	198	↑12	>100
23	Hazel	192	↑1	31
24	Virginia	188	↑3	10
25	Marion	187	↑13	47
26	Edna	183	–	19
27	Marjorie	181	↑3	37
28	Rose	180	–	15
29	Grace	179	↑8	26
30	Ethel	171	↓5	25
31	Marian	169	↑13	72
32	Lois	164	↑13	43
33	Gertrude	163	–	35
34	Myrtle	162	↓12	58
35	Ann	161	↓4	40
36	Louise	160	↑10	18
37	Anna	154	↓5	7
38	Elsie	143	↓3	48
39	Viola	139	↓16	59
40	Violet	137	↓4	83
41	Edith	135	↓2	28
42	Catherine	134	↑1	20
43	June	133	↑5	86
44	Harriet	132	↑6	>100
45	Vivian	132	↑2	77
46	Leona	131	↓17	75
47	Ruby	131	new	23
48	Josephine	129	new	21
49	Mabel	128	new	65
50	Clara	127	↓10	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	John	915	–	1
2	Robert	721	–	4
3	William	556	–	2
4	George	525	–	7
5	Donald	455	↑1	20
6	Harold	428	↓1	13
7	James	385	–	3
8	Edward	346	–	8
9	Raymond	346	–	16
10	Joseph	323	–	5
11	Charles	303	↑2	6
12	Walter	295	↓1	11
13	Arthur	284	↑4	18
14	Kenneth	274	↑2	27
15	Richard	274	↓1	15
16	Frank	264	↓4	9
17	Clarence	245	↓2	24
18	Leonard	213	↑16	42
19	Carl	209	↓1	23
20	Henry	199	↓1	14
21	Lawrence	195	↑2	38
22	Roy	192	↑9	33
23	Albert	185	↓2	17
24	Harry	183	↑2	19
25	Paul	181	↓5	12
26	Ralph	181	↑4	21
27	Howard	179	↑2	25
28	Lloyd	178	↓1	58
29	Earl	169	↓7	32
30	Vernon	167	↑9	75
31	Arnold	166	↓3	89
32	Stanley	166	–	34
33	Elmer	161	↓8	45
34	Edwin	159	↑6	53
35	Thomas	150	↑3	10
36	Clifford	149	↓12	61
37	Melvin	149	↓1	57
38	Gordon	145	↑9	90
39	Francis	140	↓6	31
40	Herbert	134	↓3	40
41	Leo	131	↑1	47
42	Norman	129	↑8	48
43	Russell	128	↑1	51
44	Bernard	121	↑1	49
45	Louis	120	↑3	22
46	Marvin	119	↑3	66
47	Ernest	116	↓1	36
48	Lester	112	↓5	59
49	Eugene	110	new	39
50	Alvin	108	new	82

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