Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Minnesota, 1927

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	913
2	Betty	808
3	Dorothy	715
4	Shirley	532
5	Helen	447
6	Lois	410
7	Lorraine	402
8	Margaret	393
9	Ruth	387
10	Patricia	368
11	Donna	359
12	Joyce	336
13	Doris	301
14	Phyllis	292
15	Jean	280
16	Elaine	271
17	Beverly	263
18	Alice	239
19	Marilyn	235
20	Evelyn	232
21	Dolores	231
22	Delores	227
23	Irene	224
24	Virginia	218
25	Barbara	212
26	Marjorie	209
27	Lucille	200
28	Gloria	189
29	June	188
30	Audrey	180
30	Elizabeth	180
30	Mildred	180
33	Florence	178
34	Bernice	174
35	Arlene	173
35	Rose	173
37	Marie	171
38	Joan	170
39	Frances	157
40	Marion	154
41	Gladys	152
42	Marian	148
43	Carol	146
44	Norma	128
45	Eleanor	127
46	Jeanne	126
47	Geraldine	121
47	Lillian	121
49	Eileen	108
50	Muriel	104

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,407
2	Donald	1,133
3	John	936
4	Richard	883
5	James	768
6	William	677
7	George	433
8	Kenneth	388
9	Charles	373
10	Harold	354
11	Raymond	345
12	Eugene	303
13	Thomas	276
14	Edward	270
15	Paul	242
16	Gerald	241
17	Joseph	238
18	Arthur	192
18	Lawrence	192
20	Walter	191
21	Gordon	182
22	David	179
22	Roger	179
24	Leonard	174
25	Marvin	172
26	Lloyd	171
27	Earl	169
28	Howard	161
28	Ralph	161
30	Vernon	159
31	Norman	152
32	Clarence	143
33	Jack	139
34	Leroy	134
35	Ronald	132
35	Wayne	132
37	Lyle	130
37	Roy	130
39	Melvin	129
40	Arnold	119
40	Frank	119
42	Stanley	118
43	Jerome	116
44	Russell	114
45	Carl	112
46	Duane	111
47	Francis	110
47	Leo	110
49	Albert	106
49	Henry	106