Minnesota ★ 1917

Top names in Minnesota, 1917

Helen led for girls with 819 babies ; John for boys with 903. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Helen	819
2	Mary	756
3	Dorothy	720
4	Margaret	710
5	Ruth	516
6	Evelyn	472
7	Mildred	345
8	Florence	339
9	Alice	334
10	Irene	333
11	Marie	298
12	Lucille	293
13	Frances	269
14	Bernice	268
15	Gladys	255
16	Doris	251
17	Lorraine	247
18	Lillian	242
19	Esther	227
20	Elizabeth	226
21	Virginia	222
22	Eleanor	205
23	Rose	202
24	Marjorie	189
25	Lois	187
26	Hazel	185
27	Edna	174
27	Marion	174
29	Agnes	173
30	Gertrude	169
31	Anna	163
32	Ethel	162
33	Elsie	159
33	Grace	159
35	June	158
36	Violet	157
37	Ann	155
38	Myrtle	150
39	Marian	149
40	Jean	148
40	Leona	148
42	Edith	142
43	Viola	140
44	Martha	132
45	Catherine	129
46	Josephine	127
47	Clara	125
48	Betty	124
48	Vivian	124
50	Genevieve	119
50	Ruby	119
52	Louise	117
53	Katherine	115
54	Harriet	113
55	Mabel	111
55	Pearl	111
57	Adeline	110
58	Beatrice	105
58	Phyllis	105
60	Marcella	102
61	Anne	101
62	Sylvia	99
63	Ellen	98
64	Kathryn	97
65	Elaine	92
66	Audrey	88
66	Eileen	88
68	Marguerite	86
69	Jane	85
70	Julia	83
71	Dolores	82
72	Charlotte	80
72	Norma	80
74	Fern	76
75	Verna	75
76	Geraldine	74
77	Vera	73
78	Mae	70
78	Muriel	70
80	Barbara	67
80	Jeanette	67
80	Laura	67
83	Bertha	66
83	Blanche	66
85	Kathleen	65
86	Olive	64
87	Thelma	63
88	Loretta	62
89	Emma	61
90	Eva	59
90	Joyce	59
92	Inez	58
93	Eunice	57
93	Maxine	57
93	Pauline	57
96	Laverne	56
96	Luella	56
96	Shirley	56
96	Wilma	56
100	Patricia	55

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	John	903
2	Robert	813
3	William	586
4	Donald	526
5	George	491
6	James	384
7	Harold	382
8	Raymond	377
9	Joseph	340
10	Edward	337
11	Charles	297
12	Kenneth	289
13	Richard	283
14	Walter	279
15	Arthur	265
16	Clarence	234
16	Frank	234
18	Lloyd	199
19	Henry	197
20	Lawrence	193
21	Leonard	191
22	Paul	190
23	Carl	185
24	Ralph	178
25	Albert	176
26	Earl	174
26	Harry	174
28	Stanley	173
29	Clifford	171
30	Arnold	161
31	Thomas	153
32	Howard	152
33	Roy	151
34	Elmer	148
35	Melvin	147
36	Herbert	145
37	Vernon	144
38	Francis	140
38	Gordon	140
40	Bernard	138
41	Marvin	137
42	Norman	134
43	Ernest	132
44	Edwin	125
44	Russell	125
46	Leo	123
47	Alfred	120
48	Fred	116
49	Lester	110
50	Louis	109
51	Eugene	103
52	Willard	96
53	David	94
54	Floyd	92
55	Chester	88
55	Gerald	88
57	Alvin	87
58	Victor	84
59	Jack	81
59	Leroy	81
61	Harvey	77
61	Martin	77
63	Philip	75
63	Wallace	75
65	Glenn	73
66	Ray	71
67	Milton	69
68	Andrew	67
69	Leslie	66
69	Theodore	66
69	Warren	66
72	Vincent	64
73	Frederick	63
74	Ervin	62
74	Herman	62
74	Orville	62
74	Peter	62
74	Roger	62
79	Everett	60
80	Anthony	59
81	Lyle	56
82	Daniel	55
82	Emil	55
84	Oscar	54
85	Gilbert	53
85	Wayne	53
87	Jerome	52
88	Oliver	49
89	Allen	48
89	Joe	48
89	Wilfred	48
92	Maurice	47
93	Michael	46
94	Roland	45
95	Morris	43
96	Clayton	42
96	Sylvester	42
96	Wilbur	42
99	Norbert	41
100	Virgil	40