Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Minnesota, 1920

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Dorothy	889
2	Mary	825
3	Helen	795
4	Margaret	651
5	Ruth	545
6	Lorraine	444
7	Evelyn	442
8	Irene	365
9	Mildred	360
10	Doris	357
11	Alice	328
12	Florence	323
13	Betty	319
14	Lucille	317
15	Bernice	294
16	Marjorie	277
17	Marie	275
18	Virginia	264
19	Elizabeth	247
20	Marion	239
21	Gladys	237
22	Frances	233
23	Eleanor	229
24	Lillian	216
25	Elaine	211
26	Lois	204
27	Jean	195
28	Phyllis	188
29	Esther	185
30	Marian	177
30	Shirley	177
32	Vivian	173
33	June	170
34	Rose	164
35	Grace	159
36	Harriet	157
37	Ethel	156
38	Hazel	154
39	Edna	152
40	Leona	151
41	Viola	149
42	Violet	148
43	Dolores	133
44	Catherine	131
44	Elsie	131
46	Adeline	130
46	Anna	130
48	Marcella	129
48	Norma	129
50	Gertrude	127

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,305
2	John	918
3	Donald	736
4	William	634
5	James	536
6	George	530
7	Harold	468
8	Richard	461
9	Raymond	418
10	Kenneth	329
11	Edward	315
12	Joseph	314
13	Charles	309
14	Walter	262
15	Arthur	247
16	Clarence	241
17	Lawrence	227
18	Paul	225
19	Earl	215
19	Frank	215
21	Howard	214
21	Vernon	214
23	Warren	206
24	Gordon	202
25	Henry	199
26	Roy	198
27	Leonard	185
28	Ralph	184
29	Lloyd	179
30	Carl	174
30	Thomas	174
32	Harry	172
33	Eugene	169
34	Clifford	168
35	Albert	161
36	Stanley	156
37	Elmer	148
38	Leo	144
38	Russell	144
40	Francis	142
40	Melvin	142
42	Arnold	140
42	Marvin	140
44	Bernard	137
45	Norman	131
46	Herbert	119
46	Leroy	119
48	Edwin	117
49	David	115
49	Gerald	115