Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1925

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1925 were Mary for girls (805 babies) and Robert for boys (1,514). Social Security records list 43,255 babies born in Minnesota in 1925 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1925

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: 19 babies, 29.4× the national rate
Marlys: 46 babies, 22.7× the national rate
Ione: 46 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Ardis: 36 babies, 10× the national rate
Leone: 25 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Lavonne: 37 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Marvel: 16 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Delores: 189 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Deloris: 55 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Alvina: 20 babies, 6× the national rate

Boys

Luverne: 24 babies, 26.1× the national rate
Arvid: 21 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Merlyn: 15 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Milo: 19 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Maynard: 37 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Orville: 90 babies, 5× the national rate
Lyle: 96 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Duane: 85 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Ellsworth: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Roman: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1925

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Mary	805	–	1
2	Dorothy	783	–	2
3	Betty	758	–	3
4	Helen	546	–	4
5	Margaret	546	↑1	5
6	Lorraine	478	↓1	51
7	Shirley	453	↑1	17
8	Ruth	424	↓1	6
9	Lois	382	↑1	18
10	Doris	336	↓1	8
11	Jean	316	↑5	14
12	Patricia	308	↑7	28
13	Phyllis	303	–	40
14	Marjorie	300	–	21
15	Joyce	278	↑13	59
16	Evelyn	275	↓5	12
17	Elaine	268	↑1	73
18	Irene	255	↓6	19
19	Florence	254	↑6	24
20	Virginia	254	↓3	7
21	Alice	252	↓6	15
22	Lucille	245	↓2	41
23	June	234	↓1	39
24	Elizabeth	231	↓3	10
25	Mildred	230	↓2	9
26	Bernice	213	↓2	46
27	Dolores	200	↑4	64
28	Gloria	197	↑14	20
29	Marie	193	–	16
30	Delores	189	–	>100
31	Marion	187	↓4	47
32	Donna	178	–	>100
33	Marian	173	↑3	67
34	Gladys	172	–	33
35	Frances	161	↓9	11
36	Norma	152	↑2	34
37	Audrey	151	↓2	78
38	Carol	145	↑3	>100
39	Eleanor	143	↓2	31
40	Jeanne	142	–	89
41	Beverly	138	new	>100
42	Marilyn	136	new	83
43	Barbara	135	↓4	22
44	Lillian	135	↓11	25
45	Arlene	134	↑1	>100
46	Rose	131	↑2	26
47	Grace	127	new	44
48	Joan	124	new	66
49	Geraldine	122	↓5	54
50	Esther	118	↓3	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Robert	1,514	–	1
2	Donald	952	↑1	10
3	John	945	↓1	2
4	Richard	768	↑1	8
5	James	708	↑1	4
6	William	689	↓2	3
7	George	445	–	6
8	Harold	387	–	14
9	Kenneth	369	–	19
10	Charles	356	↑1	5
11	Raymond	345	↓1	15
12	Edward	327	–	9
13	Joseph	258	–	7
14	Paul	247	↑5	13
15	Thomas	246	↓1	11
16	Eugene	238	↓1	24
17	Walter	237	–	16
18	Arthur	231	–	20
19	Gerald	198	↑9	45
20	Gordon	198	↓4	72
21	Marvin	198	↑1	51
22	Vernon	197	↑2	67
23	Lawrence	187	↑9	36
24	Ralph	184	↓1	25
25	Howard	182	↓5	26
26	Frank	178	↓5	12
27	Leonard	170	↓2	38
28	Earl	169	↓1	31
29	David	165	↑2	22
30	Clarence	163	↓4	30
31	Melvin	162	↑8	50
32	Stanley	152	↑2	40
33	Lloyd	151	↑3	62
34	Norman	145	↓1	41
35	Carl	143	↑6	28
36	Leroy	142	↑2	52
37	Henry	139	↓7	18
38	Roger	138	↑11	90
39	Francis	136	new	35
40	Albert	130	↑8	21
41	Arnold	130	↑2	95
42	Jerome	130	new	>100
43	Warren	129	↑4	66
44	Jack	127	↓7	17
45	Russell	126	↓10	53
46	Clifford	124	↓2	59
47	Roy	124	↓18	32
48	Harry	123	↓8	23
49	Wallace	112	↓7	92
50	Dale	105	new	86

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