Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1928

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1928 were Mary for girls (889 babies) and Robert for boys (1,279). Social Security records list 40,898 babies born in Minnesota in 1928 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1928

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: 18 babies, 29.1× the national rate
Marlys: 50 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Ardis: 42 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Ione: 43 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Lavonne: 61 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Leone: 16 babies, 9× the national rate
Alvina: 18 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Mavis: 58 babies, 6× the national rate
Arleen: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Rosella: 35 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Boys

Arvid: 17 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Merlyn: 21 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Milo: 24 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Dwayne: 15 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Ambrose: 16 babies, 7× the national rate
Lyle: 115 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Kermit: 25 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Duane: 124 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Ellsworth: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Cyril: 23 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Mary	889	–	1
2	Betty	756	–	2
3	Dorothy	622	–	3
4	Shirley	551	–	10
5	Lois	428	↑1	18
6	Patricia	404	↑4	11
7	Helen	397	↓2	4
8	Donna	395	↑3	61
9	Lorraine	379	↓2	39
10	Joyce	376	↑2	30
11	Margaret	366	↓3	5
12	Phyllis	346	↑2	26
13	Beverly	331	↑4	46
14	Doris	322	↓1	7
15	Ruth	318	↓6	6
16	Jean	305	↓1	12
17	Dolores	263	↑4	20
18	Marilyn	262	↑1	38
19	Delores	259	↑3	94
20	Joan	234	↑18	27
21	Elaine	231	↓5	68
22	Alice	225	↓4	19
23	Irene	212	–	28
24	Barbara	205	↑1	8
25	Marjorie	205	↑1	29
26	Virginia	202	↓2	9
27	Audrey	201	↑3	60
28	Evelyn	193	↓8	17
29	Lucille	183	↓2	51
30	Marion	183	↑10	47
31	Carol	175	↑12	77
32	Mildred	172	–	15
33	Gloria	165	↓5	25
34	Elizabeth	164	↓3	14
35	Arlene	163	–	>100
36	Marian	161	↑6	71
37	Florence	159	↓4	32
38	June	158	↓9	44
39	Geraldine	157	↑8	50
40	Bernice	152	↓6	53
41	Rose	150	↓5	24
42	Frances	149	↓3	13
43	Marie	144	↓6	21
44	Gladys	136	↓3	41
45	Eleanor	124	–	36
46	Grace	116	new	52
47	Norma	112	↓3	23
48	Esther	107	new	66
49	Eileen	103	–	>100
50	Charlotte	97	new	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Robert	1,279	–	1
2	Donald	1,108	–	7
3	John	890	–	2
4	Richard	883	–	6
5	James	814	–	3
6	William	639	–	4
7	Kenneth	377	↑1	17
8	George	374	↓1	8
9	Charles	338	–	5
10	Gerald	314	↑6	41
11	Eugene	311	↑1	20
12	Harold	301	↓2	14
13	Edward	283	↑1	10
14	Raymond	275	↓3	16
15	Joseph	237	↑2	9
16	Thomas	233	↓3	11
17	Paul	210	↓2	13
18	David	207	↑4	19
19	Roger	204	↑4	71
20	Marvin	191	↑5	46
21	Arthur	184	↓3	22
22	Gordon	183	↓1	77
23	Vernon	177	↑7	70
24	Lawrence	171	↓5	38
25	Ralph	166	↑4	24
26	Lloyd	164	–	59
27	Walter	162	↓7	18
28	Ronald	161	↑7	50
29	Earl	156	↓2	37
30	Dale	155	new	75
31	Norman	150	–	39
32	Jack	146	↑1	15
33	Jerome	146	↑10	>100
34	Clarence	144	↓2	35
35	Herbert	133	new	25
36	Howard	130	↓8	31
37	Melvin	130	↑2	48
38	Frank	128	↑3	12
39	Leonard	126	↓15	42
40	Duane	124	↑6	>100
41	Leroy	124	↓7	51
42	Bernard	121	new	49
43	Roy	120	↓5	34
44	Stanley	120	↓2	45
45	Arnold	118	↓5	98
46	Lyle	115	↓9	>100
47	Alfred	112	new	33
48	Francis	110	↓1	40
49	Russell	108	↓5	55
50	Wallace	108	new	>100

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