Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1926

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1926 were Mary for girls (942 babies) and Robert for boys (1,462). Social Security records list 43,186 babies born in Minnesota in 1926 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1926

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: 43 babies, 19.1× the national rate
Ardis: 35 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Marvel: 23 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Deloris: 81 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Ione: 38 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Lavonne: 42 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Delores: 210 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Lavon: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Lorraine: 483 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Mavis: 55 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Boys

Luverne: 23 babies, 27.6× the national rate
Arvid: 21 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Milo: 20 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Elroy: 20 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Palmer: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Merlin: 43 babies, 6× the national rate
Roman: 26 babies, 6× the national rate
Alden: 21 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Lyle: 113 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Ellsworth: 21 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1926

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Mary	942	–	1
2	Betty	727	↑1	3
3	Dorothy	699	↓1	2
4	Shirley	500	↑3	14
5	Lorraine	483	↑1	53
6	Helen	463	↓2	4
7	Lois	429	↑2	19
8	Margaret	399	↓3	5
9	Ruth	388	↓1	6
10	Doris	360	–	7
11	Phyllis	354	↑2	33
12	Jean	327	↓1	12
13	Joyce	325	↑2	44
14	Irene	312	↑4	21
15	Patricia	305	↓3	23
16	Elaine	272	↑1	68
17	Virginia	267	↑3	8
18	Evelyn	256	↓2	13
19	Donna	249	↑13	90
20	Audrey	241	↑17	60
21	Marjorie	237	↓7	22
22	Alice	231	↓1	17
23	Lucille	215	↓1	43
24	Delores	210	↑6	>100
25	Florence	210	↓6	26
26	Dolores	209	↑1	49
27	Beverly	206	↑14	74
28	Gloria	205	–	20
29	Barbara	197	↑14	16
30	Marian	186	↑3	70
31	Marion	186	–	47
32	June	185	↓9	40
33	Marilyn	184	↑9	65
34	Bernice	181	↓8	45
35	Gladys	177	↓1	35
36	Elizabeth	176	↓12	11
37	Marie	172	↓8	18
38	Arlene	171	↑7	>100
39	Mildred	165	↓14	9
40	Joan	151	↑8	51
41	Rose	146	↑5	25
42	Frances	144	↓7	10
43	Geraldine	135	↑6	54
44	Carol	133	↓6	>100
45	Eleanor	133	↓6	32
46	Norma	131	↓10	29
47	Violet	130	new	94
48	Lillian	128	↓4	28
49	Eileen	123	new	92
50	Esther	117	–	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Robert	1,462	–	1
2	Donald	1,076	–	9
3	John	969	–	2
4	Richard	827	–	7
5	James	721	–	3
6	William	695	–	4
7	George	414	–	6
8	Kenneth	372	↑1	18
9	Harold	370	↓1	14
10	Charles	345	–	5
11	Raymond	340	–	15
12	Edward	306	–	10
13	Eugene	274	↑3	23
14	Gerald	261	↑5	41
15	Paul	251	↓1	13
16	Joseph	243	↓3	8
17	Thomas	238	↓2	11
18	Walter	225	↓1	17
19	Arthur	206	↓1	20
20	Vernon	192	↑2	66
21	Ralph	191	↑3	24
22	Clarence	189	↑8	29
23	Gordon	188	↓3	76
24	Earl	186	↑4	32
25	Marvin	183	↓4	50
26	Leonard	177	↑1	38
27	Norman	171	↑7	39
28	Lawrence	168	↓5	36
29	Roger	168	↑9	89
30	Howard	167	↓5	27
31	David	164	↓2	22
32	Lloyd	160	↑1	60
33	Stanley	155	↓1	43
34	Jack	149	↑10	16
35	Russell	142	↑10	52
36	Leroy	138	–	51
37	Warren	136	↑6	71
38	Francis	134	↑1	35
39	Carl	132	↓4	26
40	Harry	130	↑8	25
41	Frank	129	↓15	12
42	Melvin	128	↓11	47
43	Jerome	127	↓1	>100
44	Henry	126	↓7	19
45	Wayne	125	new	68
46	Arnold	124	↓5	99
47	Dale	121	↑3	84
48	Wallace	121	↑1	95
49	Roy	119	↓2	34
50	Clifford	117	↓4	62

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