Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Minnesota, 1912

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	379
2	Helen	364
3	Dorothy	301
4	Margaret	256
5	Ruth	238
6	Evelyn	218
7	Alice	192
8	Mildred	177
9	Florence	160
10	Esther	159
11	Marie	153
12	Irene	143
13	Edna	130
14	Gladys	127
15	Bernice	120
16	Lillian	119
17	Elizabeth	114
18	Agnes	111
19	Anna	101
19	Frances	101
19	Lucille	101
22	Eleanor	97
23	Hazel	96
24	Myrtle	95
25	Rose	93
26	Clara	87
27	Elsie	83
28	Ann	79
29	Ethel	78
29	Gertrude	78
31	Marion	77
32	Violet	76
33	Mabel	74
34	Louise	72
35	Martha	70
36	Grace	67
37	Doris	66
38	Viola	65
39	Catherine	60
40	Marian	59
41	Anne	58
41	Edith	58
43	Leona	56
44	Marjorie	55
45	Pearl	54
45	Ruby	54
47	Laura	52
48	Beatrice	50
49	Ellen	49
49	Emma	49

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	371
2	William	231
3	George	218
4	Robert	211
5	Harold	161
6	James	144
7	Arthur	143
8	Joseph	140
9	Edward	138
10	Donald	133
11	Raymond	132
12	Walter	131
13	Clarence	125
14	Henry	107
15	Charles	104
16	Frank	89
17	Carl	83
18	Richard	82
19	Clifford	81
19	Roy	81
21	Harry	75
21	Leonard	75
23	Paul	73
24	Albert	71
24	Lawrence	71
26	Kenneth	69
27	Earl	68
28	Arnold	67
29	Elmer	65
29	Howard	65
31	Ralph	64
32	Francis	62
32	Lloyd	62
34	Herbert	61
35	Alfred	55
36	Ernest	54
36	Fred	54
38	Edwin	51
39	Theodore	50
40	Gordon	49
40	Stanley	49
42	Alvin	48
43	Leo	47
43	Russell	47
43	Thomas	47
43	Vernon	47
47	Marvin	45
47	Melvin	45
49	Louis	43
50	Floyd	42