Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1920

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1920 were Dorothy for girls (889 babies) and Robert for boys (1,305). Dorothy ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,971 babies born in Minnesota in 1920 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1920

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: 16 babies, 20.9× the national rate
Lorayne: 15 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Ardis: 23 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Lavonne: 19 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Alvina: 33 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Marvel: 19 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Delores: 93 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Lorraine: 444 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Ione: 41 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Adeline: 130 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Boys

Luverne: 22 babies, 27.1× the national rate
Arvid: 20 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Harland: 24 babies, 9× the national rate
Leander: 15 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Milo: 27 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Albin: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Roman: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Palmer: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ervin: 80 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Orville: 108 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1920

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Dorothy	889	–	2
2	Mary	825	↑1	1
3	Helen	795	↓1	3
4	Margaret	651	–	4
5	Ruth	545	–	5
6	Lorraine	444	↑1	70
7	Evelyn	442	↓1	12
8	Irene	365	–	17
9	Mildred	360	↑2	6
10	Doris	357	↑5	14
11	Alice	328	↓2	15
12	Florence	323	↓2	16
13	Betty	319	↑7	11
14	Lucille	317	↓2	29
15	Bernice	294	↓2	40
16	Marjorie	277	↑5	24
17	Marie	275	↓3	13
18	Virginia	264	–	7
19	Elizabeth	247	↓2	8
20	Marion	239	↑4	43
21	Gladys	237	↓2	22
22	Frances	233	↓6	9
23	Eleanor	229	–	25
24	Lillian	216	↑1	18
25	Elaine	211	↑17	>100
26	Lois	204	↑4	38
27	Jean	195	↑5	33
28	Phyllis	188	↑8	72
29	Esther	185	↓7	39
30	Marian	177	↓4	73
31	Shirley	177	↑6	56
32	Vivian	173	↑13	64
33	June	170	↓6	53
34	Rose	164	↑1	20
35	Grace	159	↑3	37
36	Harriet	157	↑8	>100
37	Ethel	156	↓3	30
38	Hazel	154	↓10	34
39	Edna	152	↓8	27
40	Leona	151	↑8	89
41	Viola	149	↓1	59
42	Violet	148	↓13	77
43	Dolores	133	new	>100
44	Catherine	131	↑2	21
45	Elsie	131	new	51
46	Adeline	130	new	>100
47	Anna	130	↓6	10
48	Marcella	129	new	>100
49	Norma	129	new	69
50	Gertrude	127	↓7	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Robert	1,305	–	3
2	John	918	–	1
3	Donald	736	–	16
4	William	634	–	2
5	James	536	↑1	4
6	George	530	↓1	6
7	Harold	468	–	12
8	Richard	461	↑2	10
9	Raymond	418	↓1	15
10	Kenneth	329	↑1	23
11	Edward	315	↓2	8
12	Joseph	314	–	7
13	Charles	309	–	5
14	Walter	262	↑1	13
15	Arthur	247	↓1	18
16	Clarence	241	↑1	26
17	Lawrence	227	↑9	36
18	Paul	225	↑3	14
19	Earl	215	–	31
20	Frank	215	↓4	9
21	Howard	214	↓3	24
22	Vernon	214	↑6	65
23	Warren	206	new	39
24	Gordon	202	↑3	85
25	Henry	199	↑8	17
26	Roy	198	↓4	32
27	Leonard	185	↓3	38
28	Ralph	184	↓8	22
29	Lloyd	179	↑2	58
30	Carl	174	–	27
31	Thomas	174	↑3	11
32	Harry	172	↓9	21
33	Eugene	169	↑3	30
34	Clifford	168	↑6	59
35	Albert	161	↓6	19
36	Stanley	156	↓4	40
37	Elmer	148	↓12	45
38	Leo	144	↑3	48
39	Russell	144	↑6	51
40	Francis	142	↓3	34
41	Melvin	142	↓6	54
42	Arnold	140	↓3	91
43	Marvin	140	↑4	62
44	Bernard	137	↓2	46
45	Norman	131	↓1	47
46	Herbert	119	↓8	41
47	Leroy	119	new	56
48	Edwin	117	↓5	53
49	David	115	new	25
50	Gerald	115	new	64

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