Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1921

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1921 were Dorothy for girls (953 babies) and Robert for boys (1,381). Dorothy ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 45,833 babies born in Minnesota in 1921 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1921

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: 18 babies, 22.2× the national rate
Marlys: 23 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Lyla: 15 babies, 9× the national rate
Ardis: 30 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Lavonne: 30 babies, 8× the national rate
Delores: 119 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Ione: 49 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Deloris: 53 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Ardith: 20 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Marvel: 18 babies, 6.9× the national rate

Boys

Luverne: 27 babies, 26.5× the national rate
Arvid: 20 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Florian: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Harland: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lyle: 109 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Palmer: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Elroy: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Maynard: 40 babies, 5× the national rate
Ambrose: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Milo: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1921

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Dorothy	953	–	2
2	Mary	872	–	1
3	Helen	685	–	3
4	Margaret	675	–	4
5	Ruth	547	–	5
6	Lorraine	501	–	61
7	Evelyn	408	–	12
8	Betty	398	↑5	8
9	Doris	397	↑1	13
10	Marjorie	383	↑6	16
11	Irene	361	↓3	18
12	Florence	352	–	17
13	Mildred	349	↓4	7
14	Virginia	334	↑4	6
15	Alice	303	↓4	15
16	Lucille	297	↓2	31
17	Bernice	264	↓2	39
18	Elizabeth	257	↑1	10
19	Lois	253	↑7	38
20	Marie	248	↓3	14
21	Jean	241	↑6	25
22	Phyllis	234	↑6	60
23	Gladys	233	↓2	24
24	June	231	↑9	50
25	Frances	227	↓3	9
26	Shirley	224	↑5	44
27	Marian	217	↑3	69
28	Elaine	205	↓3	97
29	Lillian	203	↓5	19
30	Marion	197	↓10	43
31	Eleanor	195	↓8	29
32	Esther	183	↓3	42
33	Hazel	180	↑5	34
34	Violet	178	↑8	81
35	Dolores	175	↑8	>100
36	Rose	173	↓2	20
37	Marcella	170	↑11	>100
38	Norma	168	↑11	51
39	Grace	164	↓4	35
40	Leona	158	–	92
41	Edna	150	↓2	27
42	Harriet	148	↓6	>100
43	Viola	143	↓2	66
44	Agnes	139	new	56
45	Ethel	130	↓8	32
46	Anna	129	↑1	11
47	Gertrude	129	↑3	46
48	Myrtle	126	new	73
49	Joyce	124	new	>100
50	Vivian	124	↓18	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Robert	1,381	–	2
2	John	970	–	1
3	Donald	811	–	13
4	William	685	–	3
5	James	637	–	4
6	George	516	–	6
7	Richard	459	↑1	10
8	Harold	452	↓1	12
9	Raymond	403	–	16
10	Kenneth	368	–	22
11	Edward	366	–	8
12	Charles	313	↑1	5
13	Warren	292	↑10	24
14	Joseph	281	↓2	7
15	Arthur	276	–	19
16	Walter	274	↓2	15
17	Frank	236	↑3	9
18	Howard	228	↑3	27
19	Lawrence	228	↓2	37
20	Eugene	224	↑13	26
21	Clarence	220	↓5	28
22	Vernon	220	–	68
23	Earl	215	↓4	31
24	Gordon	207	–	84
25	Paul	201	↓7	14
26	Leonard	200	↑1	39
27	Ralph	195	↑1	23
28	Thomas	194	↑3	11
29	Roy	181	↓3	32
30	Lloyd	180	↓1	58
31	Clifford	178	↑3	62
32	Henry	173	↓7	17
33	Harry	166	↓1	21
34	Russell	166	↑5	52
35	Albert	161	–	20
36	Melvin	161	↑5	53
37	Stanley	157	↓1	41
38	Francis	156	↑2	35
39	Carl	146	↓9	30
40	Elmer	146	↓3	48
41	Gerald	145	↑9	60
42	Marvin	143	↑1	59
43	Leroy	142	↑4	55
44	Norman	138	↑1	46
45	Arnold	136	↓3	91
46	Bernard	135	↓2	45
47	Leo	133	↓9	50
48	Herbert	129	↓2	42
49	David	128	–	25
50	Edwin	128	↓2	54

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