Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Minnesota, 1916

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Helen	817
2	Mary	810
3	Dorothy	700
4	Margaret	676
5	Ruth	585
6	Evelyn	451
7	Florence	365
8	Mildred	352
9	Alice	347
10	Irene	305
11	Frances	286
11	Lucille	286
13	Esther	272
14	Marie	271
15	Eleanor	269
16	Lillian	262
17	Gladys	261
18	Bernice	249
19	Elizabeth	242
20	Doris	219
21	Agnes	207
22	Lorraine	198
23	Hazel	192
24	Virginia	188
25	Marion	187
26	Edna	183
27	Marjorie	181
28	Rose	180
29	Grace	179
30	Ethel	171
31	Marian	169
32	Lois	164
33	Gertrude	163
34	Myrtle	162
35	Ann	161
36	Louise	160
37	Anna	154
38	Elsie	143
39	Viola	139
40	Violet	137
41	Edith	135
42	Catherine	134
43	June	133
44	Harriet	132
44	Vivian	132
46	Leona	131
46	Ruby	131
48	Josephine	129
49	Mabel	128
50	Clara	127

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	915
2	Robert	721
3	William	556
4	George	525
5	Donald	455
6	Harold	428
7	James	385
8	Edward	346
8	Raymond	346
10	Joseph	323
11	Charles	303
12	Walter	295
13	Arthur	284
14	Kenneth	274
14	Richard	274
16	Frank	264
17	Clarence	245
18	Leonard	213
19	Carl	209
20	Henry	199
21	Lawrence	195
22	Roy	192
23	Albert	185
24	Harry	183
25	Paul	181
25	Ralph	181
27	Howard	179
28	Lloyd	178
29	Earl	169
30	Vernon	167
31	Arnold	166
31	Stanley	166
33	Elmer	161
34	Edwin	159
35	Thomas	150
36	Clifford	149
36	Melvin	149
38	Gordon	145
39	Francis	140
40	Herbert	134
41	Leo	131
42	Norman	129
43	Russell	128
44	Bernard	121
45	Louis	120
46	Marvin	119
47	Ernest	116
48	Lester	112
49	Eugene	110
50	Alvin	108