Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1919

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1919 were Dorothy for girls (858 babies) and Robert for boys (1,041). Dorothy ranked #3 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,525 babies born in Minnesota in 1919 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1919

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: 22 babies, 27.1× the national rate
Elvera: 31 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Ione: 44 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Elna: 19 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Lorna: 29 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Deloris: 29 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Leone: 26 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Rosella: 46 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Delores: 59 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Alvina: 27 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Arvid: 24 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Alois: 17 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Palmer: 21 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Alden: 21 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Milo: 22 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Roman: 25 babies, 5× the national rate
Kermit: 40 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Gordon: 167 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Cyril: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ambrose: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1919

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Dorothy	858	–	3
2	Helen	756	–	2
3	Mary	733	–	1
4	Margaret	641	–	4
5	Ruth	503	–	5
6	Evelyn	465	–	11
7	Lorraine	392	–	62
8	Irene	335	↑2	16
9	Alice	331	–	13
10	Florence	330	↑1	14
11	Mildred	315	↓3	6
12	Lucille	313	↑5	27
13	Bernice	282	↑1	42
14	Marie	276	↑4	12
15	Doris	269	↓3	18
16	Frances	268	–	9
17	Elizabeth	249	↑3	8
18	Virginia	244	↓5	7
19	Gladys	238	–	21
20	Betty	234	↑7	15
21	Marjorie	227	↑1	33
22	Esther	226	↓1	38
23	Eleanor	208	↓8	30
24	Marion	195	–	44
25	Lillian	194	↓2	17
26	Marian	192	↑6	82
27	June	179	↑10	64
28	Hazel	178	↓2	32
29	Violet	178	–	74
30	Lois	171	–	40
31	Edna	169	↑3	22
32	Jean	169	↑9	37
33	Agnes	165	–	50
34	Ethel	163	↑1	28
35	Rose	158	↓10	19
36	Phyllis	153	↑2	84
37	Shirley	141	new	89
38	Grace	138	↓10	34
39	Myrtle	138	↑6	67
40	Viola	137	↓4	58
41	Anna	136	↑2	10
42	Elaine	131	new	>100
43	Gertrude	130	↓4	39
44	Harriet	127	↑3	>100
45	Vivian	127	↑3	72
46	Catherine	126	new	23
47	Edith	126	↑3	29
48	Leona	120	↓8	90
49	Pearl	116	↓7	56
50	Louise	115	new	20

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Robert	1,041	↑1	4
2	John	869	↓1	1
3	Donald	608	–	17
4	William	537	–	2
5	George	447	–	6
6	James	436	–	3
7	Harold	398	–	13
8	Raymond	366	–	14
9	Edward	340	–	8
10	Richard	333	↑3	12
11	Kenneth	323	↑3	26
12	Joseph	286	↓2	7
13	Charles	281	↓1	5
14	Arthur	279	↑1	19
15	Walter	276	↓4	11
16	Frank	241	–	9
17	Clarence	218	–	25
18	Howard	202	↑10	24
19	Earl	193	↑8	31
20	Ralph	193	–	22
21	Paul	190	↓3	15
22	Roy	188	↑2	32
23	Harry	185	↑7	20
24	Leonard	184	↑2	39
25	Elmer	182	↑7	44
26	Lawrence	178	↓4	38
27	Gordon	167	↑2	86
28	Vernon	166	↓9	65
29	Albert	165	↑4	18
30	Carl	165	↓5	29
31	Lloyd	165	↓8	58
32	Stanley	164	↑7	37
33	Henry	162	↓12	16
34	Thomas	159	↑4	10
35	Melvin	156	↑2	56
36	Eugene	150	↑7	33
37	Francis	146	↓2	34
38	Herbert	135	↑2	40
39	Arnold	133	↓3	94
40	Clifford	133	↓9	60
41	Leo	133	↓7	49
42	Bernard	130	↑2	45
43	Edwin	129	↑5	52
44	Norman	128	↓3	48
45	Russell	126	–	50
46	Ernest	121	–	36
47	Marvin	119	–	63
48	Victor	118	new	68
49	Lester	117	↓7	62
50	Alvin	106	new	76

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