Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1927

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1927 were Mary for girls (913 babies) and Robert for boys (1,407). Social Security records list 42,143 babies born in Minnesota in 1927 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1927

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: 54 babies, 19.4× the national rate
Ardis: 39 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Marvel: 24 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Ladonna: 15 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Ione: 33 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Lavonne: 47 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Darleen: 15 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Deloris: 66 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Delores: 227 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Gail: 20 babies, 6.1× the national rate

Boys

Luverne: 27 babies, 30.6× the national rate
Arvid: 24 babies, 18× the national rate
Laurel: 17 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Milo: 29 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Merlyn: 17 babies, 8× the national rate
Lyle: 130 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Harlan: 45 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Duane: 111 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Kermit: 29 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Roman: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1927

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Mary	913	–	1
2	Betty	808	–	3
3	Dorothy	715	–	2
4	Shirley	532	–	9
5	Helen	447	↑1	4
6	Lois	410	↑1	19
7	Lorraine	402	↓2	44
8	Margaret	393	–	5
9	Ruth	387	–	6
10	Patricia	368	↑5	18
11	Donna	359	↑8	70
12	Joyce	336	↑1	35
13	Doris	301	↓3	7
14	Phyllis	292	↓3	29
15	Jean	280	↓3	14
16	Elaine	271	–	69
17	Beverly	263	↑10	57
18	Alice	239	↑4	17
19	Marilyn	235	↑14	46
20	Evelyn	232	↓2	15
21	Dolores	231	↑5	34
22	Delores	227	↑2	>100
23	Irene	224	↓9	21
24	Virginia	218	↓7	8
25	Barbara	212	↑4	10
26	Marjorie	209	↓5	25
27	Lucille	200	↓4	45
28	Gloria	189	–	22
29	June	188	↑3	43
30	Audrey	180	↓10	62
31	Elizabeth	180	↑5	13
32	Mildred	180	↑7	11
33	Florence	178	↓8	28
34	Bernice	174	–	49
35	Arlene	173	↑3	>100
36	Rose	173	↑5	23
37	Marie	171	–	20
38	Joan	170	↑2	41
39	Frances	157	↑3	12
40	Marion	154	↓9	51
41	Gladys	152	↓6	37
42	Marian	148	↓12	74
43	Carol	146	↑1	>100
44	Norma	128	↑2	26
45	Eleanor	127	–	33
46	Jeanne	126	new	85
47	Geraldine	121	↓4	58
48	Lillian	121	–	32
49	Eileen	108	–	91
50	Muriel	104	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Robert	1,407	–	1
2	Donald	1,133	–	8
3	John	936	–	2
4	Richard	883	–	6
5	James	768	–	3
6	William	677	–	4
7	George	433	–	7
8	Kenneth	388	–	18
9	Charles	373	↑1	5
10	Harold	354	↓1	14
11	Raymond	345	–	15
12	Eugene	303	↑1	20
13	Thomas	276	↑4	11
14	Edward	270	↓2	10
15	Paul	242	–	13
16	Gerald	241	↓2	38
17	Joseph	238	↓1	9
18	Arthur	192	↑1	22
19	Lawrence	192	↑9	37
20	Walter	191	↓2	17
21	Gordon	182	↑2	74
22	David	179	↑9	21
23	Roger	179	↑6	84
24	Leonard	174	↑2	40
25	Marvin	172	–	47
26	Lloyd	171	↑6	58
27	Earl	169	↓3	33
28	Howard	161	↑2	28
29	Ralph	161	↓8	24
30	Vernon	159	↓10	71
31	Norman	152	↓4	39
32	Clarence	143	↓10	32
33	Jack	139	↑1	16
34	Leroy	134	↑2	51
35	Ronald	132	new	63
36	Wayne	132	↑9	67
37	Lyle	130	new	>100
38	Roy	130	↑11	34
39	Melvin	129	↑3	48
40	Arnold	119	↑6	97
41	Frank	119	–	12
42	Stanley	118	↓9	44
43	Jerome	116	–	>100
44	Russell	114	↓9	54
45	Carl	112	↓6	26
46	Duane	111	new	>100
47	Francis	110	↓9	36
48	Leo	110	new	55
49	Albert	106	new	23
50	Henry	106	↓6	19

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