Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Minnesota, 1923

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Dorothy	935
2	Mary	895
3	Helen	630
4	Betty	612
5	Margaret	580
6	Lorraine	555
7	Ruth	484
8	Doris	374
9	Irene	354
10	Evelyn	349
11	Shirley	339
12	Marjorie	301
13	Virginia	294
14	Phyllis	292
15	Lucille	281
16	Elizabeth	279
17	Lois	275
18	Mildred	273
19	Alice	265
20	Florence	261
21	Jean	260
22	Elaine	234
23	Bernice	229
24	June	222
25	Frances	220
26	Marion	213
27	Marie	212
28	Marian	211
29	Patricia	209
30	Joyce	201
31	Eleanor	194
32	Audrey	187
33	Gladys	181
34	Dolores	168
34	Lillian	168
36	Violet	165
37	Marcella	164
38	Norma	161
39	Delores	157
40	Harriet	138
41	Esther	137
42	Eileen	135
43	Grace	133
44	Rose	132
45	Ethel	120
46	Geraldine	119
47	Vivian	118
48	Carol	117
48	Charlotte	117
48	Ruby	117

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,497
2	Donald	975
3	John	963
4	William	714
5	James	661
6	Richard	657
7	George	434
8	Kenneth	417
9	Harold	399
10	Raymond	387
11	Charles	365
12	Edward	334
13	Joseph	299
14	Paul	256
15	Arthur	231
16	Vernon	226
16	Walter	226
18	Thomas	222
19	Gordon	216
20	Warren	214
21	Eugene	213
22	Earl	212
23	Lawrence	204
24	Clarence	199
25	Wallace	196
26	Howard	194
27	Gerald	193
28	Frank	191
29	Ralph	180
30	Leonard	178
31	Lloyd	173
31	Stanley	173
33	David	171
34	Marvin	169
35	Henry	166
35	Melvin	166
37	Jack	160
38	Roy	157
39	Harry	150
40	Clifford	149
40	Francis	149
42	Russell	145
43	Albert	143
44	Norman	141
45	Carl	140
46	Leo	138
47	Arnold	131
48	Bernard	130
48	Leroy	130
50	Herbert	126