State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 15,917 Minnesota births in 1912 across 499 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#73Selmaoutside the national top 200
#71Marcella#197 nationally
#82Luella#200 nationally
#79Ervin#196 nationally
#88Reubenoutside the national top 200
#66Lorraine#176 nationally
#71Lyle#181 nationally
#95Angelineoutside the national top 200
#67Adeline#172 nationally
#97Ceciliaoutside the national top 200
#99Laurenceoutside the national top 200
#84Adolph#183 nationally

Girls

#1Mary379US #1
#2Helen364US #2
#3Dorothy301US #3
#4Margaret256US #4
#5Ruth238US #5
#6Evelyn218US #13
#7Alice192US #11
#8Mildred177US #6
#9Florence160US #12
#10Esther159US #33
#11Marie153US #10
#12Irene143US #22
#13Edna130US #16
#14Gladys127US #19
#15Bernice120US #51
#16Lillian119US #14
#17Elizabeth114US #8
#18Agnes111US #40
#19Anna101US #7
#20Frances101US #9
#21Lucille101US #32
#22Eleanor97US #39
#23Hazel96US #25
#24Myrtle95US #50
#25Rose93US #15
#26Clara87US #34
#27Elsie83US #42
#28Ann79US #47
#29Ethel78US #18
#30Gertrude78US #30
#31Marion77US #55
#32Violet76US #83
#33Mabel74US #46
#34Louise72US #17
#35Martha70US #29
#36Grace67US #24
#37Doris66US #48
#38Viola65US #52
#39Catherine60US #21
#40Marian59US #93
#41Anne58US #58
#42Edith58US #31
#43Leona56US #76
#44Marjorie55US #56
#45Pearl54US #54
#46Ruby54US #23
#47Laura52US #57
#48Beatrice50US #37
#49Ellen49US #86
#50Emma49US #35
#51Katherine49US #53
#52Eva46US #49
#53Vivian46US #84
#54Harriet45US #113
#55Julia45US #44
#56Bertha44US #36
#57Virginia43US #20
#58Loretta41US #119
#59Charlotte40US #91
#60Lois40US #63
#61Mae40US #74
#62Josephine38US #28
#63Genevieve37US #92
#64Kathryn37US #71
#65Olga37US #154
#66Lorraine36US #176
#67Adeline35US #172
#68Hilda35US #104
#69Sylvia35US #77
#70Ida34US #45
#71Marcella34US #197
#72Alma33US #62
#73Selma33
#74Inez32US #100
#75Lydia32US #152
#76Vera32US #68
#77Muriel31US #156
#78Fern30US #167
#79Stella30US #73
#80Verna30US #126
#81Ella29US #69
#82Luella29US #200
#83Jane27US #89
#84Marguerite27US #79
#85Blanche26US #75
#86Caroline26US #139
#87Jeanette26US #166
#88Phyllis26US #140
#89Sophie26US #117
#90Pauline25US #38
#91Maxine24US #134
#92Olive24US #131
#93Thelma24US #26
#94Eunice23US #109
#95Angeline22
#96Betty22US #66
#97Cecilia21
#98Irma21US #146
#99Nellie21US #59
#100Theresa21US #97

Boys

#1John371US #1
#2William231US #2
#3George218US #6
#4Robert211US #4
#5Harold161US #13
#6James144US #3
#7Arthur143US #15
#8Joseph140US #5
#9Edward138US #8
#10Donald133US #27
#11Raymond132US #18
#12Walter131US #11
#13Clarence125US #21
#14Henry107US #12
#15Charles104US #7
#16Frank89US #9
#17Carl83US #24
#18Richard82US #19
#19Clifford81US #62
#20Roy81US #31
#21Harry75US #16
#22Leonard75US #45
#23Paul73US #14
#24Albert71US #17
#25Lawrence71US #38
#26Kenneth69US #33
#27Earl68US #34
#28Arnold67US #99
#29Elmer65US #47
#30Howard65US #25
#31Ralph64US #23
#32Francis62US #35
#33Lloyd62US #70
#34Herbert61US #39
#35Alfred55US #40
#36Ernest54US #32
#37Fred54US #26
#38Edwin51US #54
#39Theodore50US #52
#40Gordon49US #93
#41Stanley49US #43
#42Alvin48US #86
#43Leo47US #49
#44Russell47US #56
#45Thomas47US #10
#46Vernon47US #90
#47Marvin45US #83
#48Melvin45US #71
#49Louis43US #20
#50Floyd42US #59
#51Milton40US #64
#52Bernard39US #60
#53Lester39US #58
#54Norman38US #61
#55Chester37US #55
#56Andrew35US #44
#57Martin35US #75
#58Harvey34US #91
#59Eugene32US #41
#60Anthony29US #37
#61Gerald29US #87
#62Jack29US #28
#63Orville29US #136
#64Peter29US #48
#65Philip29US #69
#66Oscar28US #73
#67David27US #29
#68Herman25US #50
#69Leroy25US #66
#70Willard25US #105
#71Lyle24US #181
#72Emil23US #146
#73Ray23US #77
#74Glenn22US #84
#75Oliver22US #117
#76Rudolph22US #141
#77Victor21US #81
#78Frederick20US #51
#79Ervin19US #196
#80Irving19US #94
#81Leslie19US #108
#82Wallace19US #128
#83Woodrow19US #46
#84Adolph18US #183
#85Daniel18US #53
#86Joe18US #36
#87Maurice18US #95
#88Reuben18
#89Warren18US #107
#90Gilbert17US #115
#91Glen17US #139
#92Jerome17US #133
#93Michael17US #42
#94Wilbur17US #92
#95Clyde16US #65
#96Douglas16US #165
#97Everett16US #96
#98Samuel16US #30
#99Laurence15
#100Vincent15US #72

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑34Lorraine#66
↑32Charlotte#59
↑28Hilda#68
↑28Herman#68
↑27Lester#53
↑27Orville#63
↑23Emil#72
↑22Marian#40

Falling

↓32Michael#93
↓27Ida#70
↓26Ervin#79
↓25Blanche#85
↓25Victor#77
↓24Jerome#92
↓23Warren#89
↓21Josephine#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.