Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Minnesota, 1922

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Dorothy	937
2	Mary	849
3	Helen	657
4	Margaret	616
5	Lorraine	573
6	Betty	481
7	Ruth	476
8	Doris	384
9	Irene	373
10	Mildred	361
11	Evelyn	354
12	Marjorie	348
13	Virginia	325
14	Florence	307
15	Alice	282
15	Lucille	282
17	Shirley	274
18	Elizabeth	271
19	Lois	267
20	Phyllis	261
21	Marie	260
22	Jean	248
23	Frances	244
24	Bernice	240
25	Gladys	230
26	Elaine	219
27	Marion	215
28	Eleanor	209
28	June	209
30	Lillian	195
31	Marian	184
32	Patricia	168
33	Marcella	167
34	Grace	166
35	Dolores	163
36	Harriet	161
37	Violet	153
38	Esther	152
39	Rose	148
40	Audrey	146
41	Jeanne	145
42	Norma	144
43	Ethel	142
44	Joyce	138
45	Delores	135
46	Hazel	133
46	Myrtle	133
48	Gloria	132
49	Viola	130
50	Agnes	126

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,482
2	John	1,043
3	Donald	898
4	William	712
5	James	642
6	Richard	570
7	George	483
8	Harold	401
9	Raymond	376
10	Edward	371
11	Charles	365
12	Kenneth	361
13	Joseph	327
14	Walter	261
15	Arthur	243
16	Paul	241
17	Clarence	240
18	Frank	233
19	Gordon	226
20	Howard	222
21	Lawrence	220
22	Eugene	214
22	Vernon	214
24	Leonard	207
25	Thomas	205
26	Ralph	197
27	Warren	192
28	Lloyd	190
29	Earl	179
29	Roy	179
31	Marvin	177
32	Gerald	175
33	Henry	168
34	Russell	167
35	Norman	166
36	David	163
37	Albert	161
38	Melvin	158
39	Clifford	157
40	Stanley	156
41	Francis	154
41	Harry	154
43	Carl	150
44	Bernard	148
45	Leo	147
46	Jack	145
47	Roger	144
47	Wallace	144
49	Elmer	141
50	Arnold	133