Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Minnesota, 1926

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	942
2	Betty	727
3	Dorothy	699
4	Shirley	500
5	Lorraine	483
6	Helen	463
7	Lois	429
8	Margaret	399
9	Ruth	388
10	Doris	360
11	Phyllis	354
12	Jean	327
13	Joyce	325
14	Irene	312
15	Patricia	305
16	Elaine	272
17	Virginia	267
18	Evelyn	256
19	Donna	249
20	Audrey	241
21	Marjorie	237
22	Alice	231
23	Lucille	215
24	Delores	210
24	Florence	210
26	Dolores	209
27	Beverly	206
28	Gloria	205
29	Barbara	197
30	Marian	186
30	Marion	186
32	June	185
33	Marilyn	184
34	Bernice	181
35	Gladys	177
36	Elizabeth	176
37	Marie	172
38	Arlene	171
39	Mildred	165
40	Joan	151
41	Rose	146
42	Frances	144
43	Geraldine	135
44	Carol	133
44	Eleanor	133
46	Norma	131
47	Violet	130
48	Lillian	128
49	Eileen	123
50	Esther	117

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,462
2	Donald	1,076
3	John	969
4	Richard	827
5	James	721
6	William	695
7	George	414
8	Kenneth	372
9	Harold	370
10	Charles	345
11	Raymond	340
12	Edward	306
13	Eugene	274
14	Gerald	261
15	Paul	251
16	Joseph	243
17	Thomas	238
18	Walter	225
19	Arthur	206
20	Vernon	192
21	Ralph	191
22	Clarence	189
23	Gordon	188
24	Earl	186
25	Marvin	183
26	Leonard	177
27	Norman	171
28	Lawrence	168
28	Roger	168
30	Howard	167
31	David	164
32	Lloyd	160
33	Stanley	155
34	Jack	149
35	Russell	142
36	Leroy	138
37	Warren	136
38	Francis	134
39	Carl	132
40	Harry	130
41	Frank	129
42	Melvin	128
43	Jerome	127
44	Henry	126
45	Wayne	125
46	Arnold	124
47	Dale	121
47	Wallace	121
49	Roy	119
50	Clifford	117