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Top names in Minnesota

Name: Top baby names in Minnesota, 1910
Creator: Social Security Administration

The names most likely to appear on 1910 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,181 Minnesota births in 1910 across 330 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Minnesota more than they say America.

#75Lyleoutside the national top 200
#64August#188 nationally
#76Cecelia#196 nationally
#82Romanoutside the national top 200
#72Luella#184 nationally
#73Olga#180 nationally
#95Ingaoutside the national top 200
#95Ervin#199 nationally
#97Marcellaoutside the national top 200
#99Selmaoutside the national top 200
#59Jerome#159 nationally
#89Muriel#187 nationally

Girls

#1Mary216US #1
#2Helen201US #2
#3Margaret184US #3
#4Dorothy163US #4
#5Ruth136US #5
#6Evelyn135US #17
#7Florence128US #12
#8Alice116US #10
#9Esther113US #38
#10Mildred112US #8
#11Gladys106US #15
#12Marie102US #9
#13Frances96US #11
#14Irene94US #21
#15Lillian84US #14
#16Mabel82US #46
#17Anna80US #6
#18Clara78US #32
#19Edna77US #18
#20Myrtle77US #43
#21Lucille76US #31
#22Agnes75US #41
#23Hazel74US #24
#24Bernice72US #58
#25Rose69US #16
#26Elizabeth68US #7
#27Grace66US #23
#28Gertrude61US #26
#29Ethel59US #13
#30Eleanor58US #55
#31Viola55US #48
#32Emma53US #34
#33Ann49US #52
#34Violet49US #89
#35Edith48US #35
#36Pearl48US #39
#37Catherine46US #22
#38Marion46US #59
#39Martha46US #28
#40Doris41US #64
#41Elsie41US #44
#42Marjorie41US #68
#43Ruby41US #27
#44Josephine40US #30
#45Louise39US #20
#46Bertha38US #33
#47Verna38US #130
#48Alma35US #61
#49Ella35US #62
#50Hilda34US #109
#51Leona34US #79
#52Genevieve31US #98
#53Katherine31US #57
#54Ellen30US #88
#55Laura30US #53
#56Marian30US #106
#57Beatrice28US #36
#58Sylvia28US #92
#59Ida27US #47
#60Minnie27US #50
#61Anne26US #67
#62Julia26US #49
#63Stella26US #72
#64Thelma26US #25
#65Vera26US #71
#66Blanche24US #74
#67Charlotte24US #99
#68Mae24US #65
#69Vivian24US #107
#70Eva23US #45
#71Loretta23US #124
#72Luella23US #184
#73Olga22US #180
#74Virginia22US #29
#75Marguerite20US #84
#76Cecelia19US #196
#77Harriet19US #126
#78Inez19US #97
#79Jean19US #77
#80Jennie19US #81
#81Olive19US #125
#82Kathryn18US #80
#83Eunice17US #113
#84Lydia17US #152
#85Nora17US #111
#86Betty16US #69
#87Beulah16US #82
#88Caroline16US #146
#89Muriel15US #187
#90Pauline15US #42
#91Adeline14US #172
#92Audrey14US #162
#93Emily14US #110
#94Fern14US #174
#95Inga14
#96Lois14US #76
#97Marcella14
#98Sally14US #147
#99Selma14
#100Christine13US #123

Boys

#1John146US #1
#2George98US #5
#3Harold69US #18
#4William67US #3
#5James66US #2
#6Walter58US #13
#7Robert57US #4
#8Frank54US #8
#9Joseph54US #6
#10Carl53US #26
#11Edward52US #9
#12Clarence51US #20
#13Harry51US #16
#14Raymond48US #19
#15Charles47US #7
#16Arthur42US #17
#17Donald37US #44
#18Kenneth37US #43
#19Henry36US #10
#20Albert31US #14
#21Roy29US #29
#22Leonard26US #46
#23Ralph26US #28
#24Earl25US #33
#25Edwin24US #71
#26Francis24US #36
#27Howard24US #27
#28Lloyd24US #67
#29Fred22US #22
#30Leo22US #51
#31Theodore22US #54
#32Arnold21US #126
#33Ernest21US #31
#34Louis21US #24
#35Martin21US #86
#36Melvin21US #75
#37Richard21US #21
#38Paul20US #15
#39Stanley20US #47
#40Elmer19US #48
#41Norman19US #63
#42Alfred18US #38
#43Bernard18US #62
#44Herbert18US #41
#45Thomas18US #12
#46Clifford17US #66
#47Floyd17US #55
#48Peter17US #56
#49Alvin16US #85
#50Jack16US #23
#51Russell16US #58
#52David15US #30
#53Anthony14US #37
#54Eugene14US #39
#55Michael14US #45
#56Vernon14US #94
#57Chester13US #61
#58Everett13US #88
#59Jerome13US #159
#60Lawrence13US #35
#61Ray13US #68
#62Marvin12US #84
#63Milton12US #76
#64August11US #188
#65Emil11US #161
#66Lester11US #64
#67Oscar11US #73
#68Otto10US #155
#69Rudolph10US #147
#70Andrew9US #42
#71Archie9US #119
#72Ben9US #79
#73Glenn9US #97
#74Gordon9US #120
#75Lyle9
#76Maurice9US #110
#77Victor9US #90
#78Gerald8US #105
#79Leslie8US #102
#80Mike8US #143
#81Patrick8US #129
#82Roman8
#83Sylvester8US #156
#84Edmund7US #154
#85Gilbert7US #116
#86Leroy7US #50
#87Lewis7US #65
#88Morris7US #91
#89Oliver7US #103
#90Philip7US #83
#91Warren7US #122
#92Wilbur7US #104
#93Willard7US #121
#94Alex6US #127
#95Ervin6US #199
#96Frederick6US #69
#97Herman6US #52
#98Orville6US #142
#99Stephen6US #96
#100Vincent6US #99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880.