Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1918

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1918 were Dorothy for girls (829 babies) and John for boys (962). Dorothy ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 42,890 babies born in Minnesota in 1918 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1918

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

Girls

Luverne: 27 babies, 26.2× the national rate
Signe: 16 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Ardis: 23 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Alvera: 18 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Hilma: 15 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Deloris: 29 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Alvina: 38 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Marcella: 170 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Leone: 32 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Delores: 50 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Boys

Eino: 16 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Gerhard: 16 babies, 14× the national rate
Arvid: 15 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Alois: 15 babies, 7× the national rate
Roman: 32 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Palmer: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ambrose: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Reuben: 41 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Arnold: 160 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lyle: 84 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1918

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Dorothy	829	↑2	3
2	Helen	823	↓1	2
3	Mary	754	↓1	1
4	Margaret	704	–	4
5	Ruth	499	–	5
6	Evelyn	456	–	11
7	Lorraine	368	↑10	69
8	Mildred	360	↓1	6
9	Alice	343	–	13
10	Irene	340	–	16
11	Florence	309	↓3	14
12	Doris	285	↑4	19
13	Virginia	273	↑8	7
14	Bernice	272	–	41
15	Eleanor	269	↑7	26
16	Frances	268	↓3	8
17	Lucille	267	↓5	29
18	Marie	264	↓7	12
19	Gladys	262	↓4	22
20	Elizabeth	256	–	9
21	Esther	248	↓2	38
22	Marjorie	241	↑2	34
23	Lillian	213	↓5	15
24	Marion	199	↑4	45
25	Rose	185	↓2	17
26	Hazel	179	–	33
27	Betty	178	↑21	21
28	Grace	175	↑6	31
29	Violet	175	↑7	83
30	Lois	171	↓5	42
31	Marcella	170	new	>100
32	Marian	165	↑7	76
33	Agnes	162	↓4	47
34	Edna	162	↓7	23
35	Ethel	159	↓3	28
36	Viola	159	↑7	59
37	June	157	↓2	66
38	Phyllis	151	new	80
39	Gertrude	150	↓9	39
40	Leona	150	↑1	79
41	Jean	148	↓1	37
42	Pearl	148	new	56
43	Anna	146	↓12	10
44	Ann	143	↓7	44
45	Myrtle	143	↓7	62
46	Elsie	140	↓13	49
47	Harriet	140	new	>100
48	Vivian	139	↑1	72
49	Clara	135	↓2	43
50	Edith	132	↓8	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	John	962	–	1
2	Robert	934	–	4
3	Donald	618	↑1	18
4	William	578	↓1	2
5	George	511	–	6
6	James	416	–	3
7	Harold	405	–	13
8	Raymond	392	–	15
9	Edward	378	↑1	8
10	Joseph	372	↓1	7
11	Walter	322	↑3	11
12	Charles	318	↓1	5
13	Richard	311	–	12
14	Kenneth	295	↓2	27
15	Arthur	270	–	17
16	Frank	255	↑1	9
17	Clarence	242	↓1	23
18	Paul	219	↑4	14
19	Vernon	214	↑18	66
20	Ralph	210	↑4	22
21	Henry	205	↓2	16
22	Lawrence	200	↓2	38
23	Lloyd	198	↓5	51
24	Roy	195	↑9	32
25	Carl	190	↓2	25
26	Leonard	189	↓5	41
27	Earl	188	↓1	31
28	Howard	185	↑4	26
29	Gordon	182	↑10	85
30	Harry	178	↓3	20
31	Clifford	177	↓2	60
32	Elmer	177	↑2	44
33	Albert	173	↓8	19
34	Leo	168	↑12	48
35	Francis	165	↑3	30
36	Arnold	160	↓6	92
37	Melvin	153	↓2	56
38	Thomas	153	↓7	10
39	Stanley	145	↓11	36
40	Herbert	135	↓4	40
41	Norman	134	↑1	49
42	Lester	133	↑7	62
43	Eugene	132	new	35
44	Bernard	129	↓4	47
45	Russell	127	–	50
46	Ernest	126	↓3	37
47	Marvin	126	↓6	68
48	Edwin	124	↓4	55
49	Alfred	122	↓2	42
50	Louis	119	–	24

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