Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1922

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1922 were Dorothy for girls (937 babies) and Robert for boys (1,482). Dorothy ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 45,594 babies born in Minnesota in 1922 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1922

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: 17 babies, 22.6× the national rate
Marlys: 19 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Verona: 19 babies, 9× the national rate
Ardell: 16 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Ardis: 29 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Delores: 135 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Ione: 41 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Marvel: 18 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Deloris: 49 babies, 7× the national rate
Lorraine: 573 babies, 6.4× the national rate

Boys

Luverne: 20 babies, 24.3× the national rate
Arvid: 18 babies, 13× the national rate
Reynold: 15 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Milo: 31 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Palmer: 20 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Albin: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Harlan: 43 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Daryl: 22 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Harland: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Cyril: 31 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1922

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Dorothy	937	–	2
2	Mary	849	–	1
3	Helen	657	–	3
4	Margaret	616	–	4
5	Lorraine	573	↑1	56
6	Betty	481	↑2	6
7	Ruth	476	↓2	5
8	Doris	384	↑1	11
9	Irene	373	↑2	17
10	Mildred	361	↑3	8
11	Evelyn	354	↓4	13
12	Marjorie	348	↓2	16
13	Virginia	325	↑1	7
14	Florence	307	↓2	18
15	Alice	282	–	15
16	Lucille	282	–	33
17	Shirley	274	↑9	39
18	Elizabeth	271	–	9
19	Lois	267	–	35
20	Phyllis	261	↑2	53
21	Marie	260	↓1	14
22	Jean	248	↓1	20
23	Frances	244	↑2	10
24	Bernice	240	↓7	41
25	Gladys	230	↓2	25
26	Elaine	219	↑2	>100
27	Marion	215	↑3	42
28	Eleanor	209	↑3	28
29	June	209	↓5	45
30	Lillian	195	↓1	19
31	Marian	184	↓4	67
32	Patricia	168	new	69
33	Marcella	167	↑4	>100
34	Grace	166	↑5	38
35	Dolores	163	–	>100
36	Harriet	161	↑6	>100
37	Violet	153	↓3	86
38	Esther	152	↓6	44
39	Rose	148	↓3	23
40	Audrey	146	new	89
41	Jeanne	145	new	97
42	Norma	144	↓4	46
43	Ethel	142	↑2	32
44	Joyce	138	↑5	>100
45	Delores	135	new	>100
46	Hazel	133	↓13	37
47	Myrtle	133	↑1	75
48	Gloria	132	new	61
49	Viola	130	↓6	72
50	Agnes	126	↓6	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Robert	1,482	–	2
2	John	1,043	–	1
3	Donald	898	–	12
4	William	712	–	3
5	James	642	–	4
6	Richard	570	↑1	9
7	George	483	↓1	6
8	Harold	401	–	13
9	Raymond	376	–	16
10	Edward	371	↑1	8
11	Charles	365	↑1	5
12	Kenneth	361	↓2	21
13	Joseph	327	↑1	7
14	Walter	261	↑2	15
15	Arthur	243	–	19
16	Paul	241	↑9	14
17	Clarence	240	↑4	29
18	Frank	233	↓1	10
19	Gordon	226	↑5	76
20	Howard	222	↓2	26
21	Lawrence	220	↓2	36
22	Eugene	214	↓2	25
23	Vernon	214	↓1	68
24	Leonard	207	↑2	38
25	Thomas	205	↑3	11
26	Ralph	197	↑1	23
27	Warren	192	↓14	45
28	Lloyd	190	↑2	59
29	Earl	179	↓6	31
30	Roy	179	↓1	32
31	Marvin	177	↑11	56
32	Gerald	175	↑9	58
33	Henry	168	↓1	17
34	Russell	167	–	49
35	Norman	166	↑9	44
36	David	163	↑13	24
37	Albert	161	↓2	20
38	Melvin	158	↓2	50
39	Clifford	157	↓8	63
40	Stanley	156	↓3	41
41	Francis	154	↓3	34
42	Harry	154	↓9	22
43	Carl	150	↓4	30
44	Bernard	148	↑2	46
45	Leo	147	↑2	51
46	Jack	145	new	18
47	Roger	144	new	96
48	Wallace	144	new	87
49	Elmer	141	↓9	54
50	Arnold	133	↓5	94

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