Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1923

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1923 were Dorothy for girls (935 babies) and Robert for boys (1,497). Dorothy ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 45,094 babies born in Minnesota in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1923

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, 27.2× the national rate
Marlys: 32 babies, 20.8× the national rate
Ardella: 17 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Verona: 19 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Ione: 50 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Lavonne: 36 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Ardis: 25 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Alvina: 29 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Delores: 157 babies, 7× the national rate
Deloris: 47 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Boys

Luverne: 21 babies, 21.6× the national rate
Leander: 16 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Maynard: 45 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Harland: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Reuben: 44 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Roman: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Cyril: 24 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Alden: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Milo: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kermit: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Dorothy	935	–	2
2	Mary	895	–	1
3	Helen	630	–	3
4	Betty	612	↑2	5
5	Margaret	580	↓1	4
6	Lorraine	555	↓1	57
7	Ruth	484	–	6
8	Doris	374	–	11
9	Irene	354	–	17
10	Evelyn	349	↑1	12
11	Shirley	339	↑6	26
12	Marjorie	301	–	16
13	Virginia	294	–	7
14	Phyllis	292	↑6	45
15	Lucille	281	↑1	35
16	Elizabeth	279	↑2	9
17	Lois	275	↑2	27
18	Mildred	273	↓8	8
19	Alice	265	↓4	15
20	Florence	261	↓6	18
21	Jean	260	↑1	19
22	Elaine	234	↑4	87
23	Bernice	229	↑1	43
24	June	222	↑5	42
25	Frances	220	↓2	10
26	Marion	213	↑1	44
27	Marie	212	↓6	14
28	Marian	211	↑3	65
29	Patricia	209	↑3	56
30	Joyce	201	↑14	>100
31	Eleanor	194	↓3	28
32	Audrey	187	↑8	85
33	Gladys	181	↓8	29
34	Dolores	168	↑1	83
35	Lillian	168	↓5	20
36	Violet	165	↑1	86
37	Marcella	164	↓4	>100
38	Norma	161	↑4	41
39	Delores	157	↑6	>100
40	Harriet	138	↓4	>100
41	Esther	137	↓3	47
42	Eileen	135	new	95
43	Grace	133	↓9	39
44	Rose	132	↓5	23
45	Ethel	120	↓2	38
46	Geraldine	119	new	58
47	Vivian	118	new	69
48	Carol	117	new	>100
49	Charlotte	117	new	77
50	Ruby	117	new	25

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Robert	1,497	–	2
2	Donald	975	↑1	10
3	John	963	↓1	1
4	William	714	–	3
5	James	661	–	4
6	Richard	657	–	9
7	George	434	–	6
8	Kenneth	417	↑4	21
9	Harold	399	↓1	13
10	Raymond	387	↓1	15
11	Charles	365	–	5
12	Edward	334	↓2	8
13	Joseph	299	–	7
14	Paul	256	↑2	14
15	Arthur	231	–	19
16	Vernon	226	↑7	67
17	Walter	226	↓3	16
18	Thomas	222	↑7	12
19	Gordon	216	–	76
20	Warren	214	↑7	43
21	Eugene	213	↑1	25
22	Earl	212	↑7	31
23	Lawrence	204	↓2	36
24	Clarence	199	↓7	29
25	Wallace	196	↑23	69
26	Howard	194	↓6	26
27	Gerald	193	↑5	54
28	Frank	191	↓10	11
29	Ralph	180	↓3	23
30	Leonard	178	↓6	37
31	Lloyd	173	↓3	59
32	Stanley	173	↑8	41
33	David	171	↑3	24
34	Marvin	169	↓3	51
35	Henry	166	↓2	18
36	Melvin	166	↑2	48
37	Jack	160	↑9	17
38	Roy	157	↓8	32
39	Harry	150	↑3	22
40	Clifford	149	↓1	65
41	Francis	149	–	34
42	Russell	145	↓8	52
43	Albert	143	↓6	20
44	Norman	141	↓9	44
45	Carl	140	↓2	28
46	Leo	138	↓1	49
47	Arnold	131	↑3	93
48	Bernard	130	↓4	46
49	Leroy	130	new	55
50	Herbert	126	new	40

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