State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1911 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,157 Minnesota births in 1911 across 363 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#53Ervinoutside the national top 200
#71Luellaoutside the national top 200
#76Allanoutside the national top 200
#77Selmaoutside the national top 200
#75Adolph#192 nationally
#85Marcellaoutside the national top 200
#85Cyriloutside the national top 200
#86Alvinaoutside the national top 200
#88Amyoutside the national top 200
#89Lyleoutside the national top 200
#90Angelineoutside the national top 200
#91Palmeroutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary267US #1
#2Helen246US #2
#3Dorothy203US #4
#4Margaret167US #3
#5Ruth161US #5
#6Evelyn143US #16
#7Florence133US #12
#8Mildred125US #8
#9Gladys120US #18
#10Alice117US #11
#11Irene116US #21
#12Frances102US #10
#13Esther99US #34
#14Lillian98US #13
#15Marie97US #9
#16Agnes96US #39
#17Bernice83US #51
#18Clara83US #33
#19Anna75US #6
#20Elizabeth72US #7
#21Rose69US #14
#22Ethel68US #15
#23Mabel68US #43
#24Hazel67US #25
#25Myrtle65US #50
#26Martha64US #28
#27Gertrude61US #30
#28Violet60US #83
#29Lucille59US #32
#30Eleanor58US #49
#31Edna57US #17
#32Grace56US #23
#33Edith52US #31
#34Leona52US #76
#35Pearl52US #48
#36Elsie51US #41
#37Catherine49US #20
#38Doris47US #56
#39Louise47US #19
#40Ann46US #53
#41Josephine46US #29
#42Emma43US #35
#43Ida43US #45
#44Marjorie43US #59
#45Harriet41US #115
#46Ruby40US #22
#47Katherine39US #55
#48Sylvia39US #82
#49Ellen38US #84
#50Marion37US #58
#51Viola37US #47
#52Vivian36US #80
#53Alma35US #62
#54Beatrice35US #37
#55Anne34US #64
#56Bertha34US #36
#57Virginia34US #26
#58Genevieve33US #93
#59Laura33US #57
#60Blanche31US #75
#61Eva31US #46
#62Marian30US #105
#63Kathryn29US #73
#64Julia28US #44
#65Vera28US #67
#66Ella27US #63
#67Jean26US #74
#68Jennie26US #85
#69Olga26US #163
#70Stella26US #72
#71Luella25
#72Loretta24US #118
#73Lois23US #68
#74Minnie23US #52
#75Betty22US #69
#76Caroline22US #146
#77Selma22
#78Adeline21US #176
#79Cora21US #91
#80Dora21US #104
#81Inez21US #99
#82Mae21US #71
#83Thelma21US #27
#84Jane20US #98
#85Marcella20
#86Alvina19
#87Lydia19US #142
#88Amy18
#89Barbara18US #119
#90Angeline17
#91Charlotte17US #95
#92Irma17US #137
#93Olive17US #121
#94Veronica17
#95Cecilia16
#96Hilda16US #101
#97Mathilda16
#98Fern15US #172
#99Frieda15
#100Lorraine15US #193

Boys

#1John160US #1
#2William111US #2
#3Joseph92US #6
#4George79US #4
#5Robert77US #5
#6Harold69US #16
#7Walter67US #12
#8Frank65US #8
#9Arthur60US #18
#10Edward56US #9
#11James55US #3
#12Harry52US #13
#13Donald48US #36
#14Henry48US #11
#15Carl46US #26
#16Raymond44US #19
#17Lawrence41US #37
#18Charles40US #7
#19Howard40US #28
#20Clarence38US #23
#21Kenneth37US #40
#22Albert36US #15
#23Richard36US #20
#24Ralph35US #24
#25Clifford33US #62
#26Earl32US #34
#27Paul32US #17
#28Elmer31US #48
#29Leonard27US #46
#30Gordon26US #97
#31Leo26US #51
#32Arnold24US #108
#33Lloyd24US #74
#34Francis23US #33
#35Stanley23US #44
#36Alfred21US #39
#37Alvin21US #89
#38Edwin21US #60
#39Marvin20US #82
#40Roy20US #31
#41Thomas20US #10
#42Russell19US #55
#43Fred18US #22
#44Bernard17US #54
#45Ernest17US #32
#46Louis17US #21
#47Melvin17US #73
#48Theodore17US #56
#49Vernon17US #96
#50Harvey16US #91
#51Peter16US #50
#52Victor16US #81
#53Ervin15
#54Herbert15US #41
#55Oscar15US #68
#56Martin14US #75
#57Rudolph14US #155
#58Andrew13US #42
#59Floyd13US #57
#60Leroy13US #59
#61Michael13US #38
#62Philip13US #69
#63Eugene12US #43
#64Milton12US #70
#65Norman12US #63
#66Warren12US #113
#67Frederick11US #52
#68Jerome11US #159
#69Ray11US #71
#70Chester10US #58
#71David10US #27
#72Jack10US #25
#73Tony10US #162
#74Wilfred10US #183
#75Adolph9US #192
#76Allan9
#77Anthony9US #35
#78Gerald9US #88
#79Glenn9US #111
#80Lester9US #65
#81Maurice9US #99
#82Mike9US #138
#83Virgil9US #107
#84Wallace9US #132
#85Cyril8
#86Daniel8US #53
#87Everett8US #102
#88Karl8US #195
#89Lyle8
#90Orville8US #146
#91Palmer8
#92Samuel8US #30
#93Anton7
#94Ben7US #86
#95Emil7US #156
#96Herman7US #49
#97Joe7US #29
#98Leslie7US #117
#99Matt7
#100Reuben7

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑44Gordon#30
↑43Lawrence#17
↑42Ervin#53
↑32Harriet#45
↑29Frederick#67
↑28Philip#62
↑26Leroy#60
↑25Victor#52

Falling

↓46Hilda#96
↓30Emil#95
↓29Everett#87
↓24Charlotte#91
↓24Norman#65
↓24Anthony#77
↓22Jack#72
↓22Ben#94

Every state

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