Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1924

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1924 were Mary for girls (854 babies) and Robert for boys (1,530). Social Security records list 44,925 babies born in Minnesota in 1924 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1924

Names given at least 15 times in Minnesota that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Marlys: 33 babies, 21.5× the national rate
Lorrayne: 22 babies, 21.1× the national rate
Ione: 50 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Ardella: 18 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Delores: 198 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Lavonne: 38 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Ardis: 29 babies, 8× the national rate
Arleen: 26 babies, 8× the national rate
Marvel: 22 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Leone: 21 babies, 7.6× the national rate

Boys

Luverne: 29 babies, 22.9× the national rate
Erling: 15 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Arvid: 16 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Leander: 15 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Milo: 26 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Elroy: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Harlan: 53 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Harland: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Duane: 80 babies, 5× the national rate
Lyle: 94 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1924

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Mary	854	↑1	1
2	Dorothy	850	↓1	2
3	Betty	710	↑1	4
4	Helen	554	↓1	3
5	Lorraine	547	↑1	52
6	Margaret	542	↓1	5
7	Ruth	458	–	6
8	Shirley	399	↑3	19
9	Doris	361	↓1	9
10	Lois	342	↑7	22
11	Evelyn	314	↓1	12
12	Irene	308	↓3	18
13	Phyllis	305	↑1	44
14	Marjorie	288	↓2	17
15	Alice	285	↑4	15
16	Jean	284	↑5	16
17	Virginia	281	↓4	7
18	Elaine	267	↑4	73
19	Patricia	262	↑10	35
20	Lucille	255	↓5	37
21	Elizabeth	254	↓5	11
22	June	254	↑2	45
23	Mildred	245	↓5	8
24	Bernice	240	↓1	47
25	Florence	238	↓5	20
26	Frances	218	↓1	10
27	Marion	212	↓1	46
28	Joyce	211	↑2	83
29	Marie	209	↓2	14
30	Delores	198	↑9	>100
31	Dolores	196	↑3	75
32	Donna	184	new	>100
33	Lillian	180	↑2	23
34	Gladys	179	↓1	30
35	Audrey	170	↓3	84
36	Marian	162	↓8	64
37	Eleanor	160	↓6	29
38	Norma	155	–	40
39	Barbara	149	new	28
40	Jeanne	143	new	90
41	Carol	139	↑7	>100
42	Gloria	139	new	41
43	Harriet	138	↓3	>100
44	Geraldine	135	↑2	58
45	Eileen	132	↓3	93
46	Arlene	131	new	>100
47	Esther	129	↓6	51
48	Rose	129	↓4	25
49	Violet	129	↓13	88
50	Marcella	126	↓13	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Robert	1,530	–	1
2	John	1,012	↑1	2
3	Donald	971	↓1	10
4	William	740	–	3
5	Richard	688	↑1	8
6	James	676	↓1	4
7	George	474	–	6
8	Harold	426	↑1	13
9	Kenneth	420	↓1	19
10	Raymond	395	–	15
11	Charles	356	–	5
12	Edward	317	–	9
13	Joseph	254	–	7
14	Thomas	248	↑4	11
15	Eugene	245	↑6	25
16	Gordon	244	↑3	75
17	Walter	235	–	16
18	Arthur	224	↓3	20
19	Paul	215	↓5	14
20	Howard	204	↑6	26
21	Frank	197	↑7	12
22	Marvin	197	↑12	50
23	Ralph	185	↑6	23
24	Vernon	174	↓8	68
25	Leonard	173	↑5	38
26	Clarence	170	↓2	29
27	Earl	170	↓5	33
28	Gerald	170	↓1	49
29	Roy	169	↑9	31
30	Henry	162	↑5	18
31	David	160	↑2	24
32	Lawrence	160	↓9	36
33	Norman	160	↑11	42
34	Stanley	156	↓2	40
35	Russell	154	↑7	52
36	Lloyd	153	↓5	61
37	Jack	152	–	17
38	Leroy	152	↑11	53
39	Melvin	147	↓3	48
40	Harry	146	↓1	22
41	Carl	143	↑4	27
42	Wallace	139	↓17	87
43	Arnold	137	↑4	95
44	Clifford	135	↓4	64
45	Leo	133	↑1	51
46	Bernard	132	↑2	46
47	Warren	132	↓27	58
48	Albert	131	↓5	21
49	Roger	131	new	93
50	Elmer	121	new	57

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