State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1913 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,726 Minnesota births in 1913 across 566 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#68Lyle#196 nationally
#65Marcella#189 nationally
#43Lorraine#160 nationally
#84Luellaoutside the national top 200
#90Erwinoutside the national top 200
#89Cecelia#198 nationally
#89Ervin#195 nationally
#68Adeline#173 nationally
#96Laurenceoutside the national top 200
#99Alyceoutside the national top 200
#72June#163 nationally
#79Fern#166 nationally

Girls

#1Helen443US #2
#2Mary430US #1
#3Dorothy351US #3
#4Margaret350US #4
#5Ruth280US #5
#6Evelyn250US #12
#7Mildred220US #6
#8Alice207US #11
#9Florence199US #13
#10Marie171US #10
#11Gladys170US #19
#12Frances154US #9
#13Irene154US #21
#14Esther148US #32
#15Bernice128US #45
#16Lillian127US #16
#17Lucille122US #31
#18Edna119US #18
#19Elizabeth119US #8
#20Eleanor113US #34
#21Agnes112US #41
#22Hazel107US #27
#23Myrtle107US #53
#24Ethel100US #20
#25Gertrude98US #33
#26Clara97US #36
#27Anna94US #7
#28Rose92US #14
#29Violet90US #82
#30Elsie89US #40
#31Viola87US #52
#32Martha86US #28
#33Leona84US #74
#34Marion83US #51
#35Mabel82US #56
#36Doris81US #44
#37Ann79US #46
#38Grace78US #25
#39Catherine76US #22
#40Louise75US #17
#41Pearl72US #55
#42Virginia72US #15
#43Lorraine68US #160
#44Edith67US #29
#45Josephine67US #24
#46Beatrice66US #37
#47Katherine66US #54
#48Vivian66US #83
#49Marian65US #93
#50Marjorie64US #48
#51Ellen59US #88
#52Harriet58US #125
#53Alma56US #64
#54Lois51US #59
#55Ruby51US #23
#56Emma50US #38
#57Anne49US #57
#58Julia48US #42
#59Sylvia47US #72
#60Ella44US #70
#61Bertha43US #39
#62Charlotte42US #87
#63Ida42US #49
#64Jean42US #60
#65Marcella42US #189
#66Loretta41US #118
#67Marguerite41US #78
#68Adeline40US #173
#69Laura40US #62
#70Blanche39US #76
#71Genevieve39US #84
#72June39US #163
#73Kathryn39US #66
#74Stella39US #69
#75Verna39US #126
#76Betty38US #67
#77Eunice38US #107
#78Olga38US #148
#79Fern37US #166
#80Jane37US #81
#81Vera37US #68
#82Inez35US #98
#83Thelma35US #26
#84Luella34
#85Olive34US #129
#86Dolores33US #165
#87Maxine33US #119
#88Jennie32US #80
#89Cecelia30US #198
#90Hilda29US #105
#91Lydia29US #154
#92Barbara28US #94
#93Caroline28US #149
#94Mae28US #79
#95Muriel28US #137
#96Theresa28US #97
#97Norma26US #139
#98Phyllis26US #122
#99Alyce25
#100Cora25US #103

Boys

#1John501US #1
#2William275US #2
#3Robert274US #4
#4George266US #6
#5Donald191US #25
#6James189US #3
#7Harold187US #13
#8Joseph186US #5
#9Raymond183US #18
#10Walter179US #11
#11Edward173US #8
#12Arthur155US #17
#13Charles153US #7
#14Frank149US #9
#15Clarence146US #21
#16Carl124US #23
#17Paul114US #14
#18Henry110US #12
#19Leonard108US #46
#20Richard106US #19
#21Kenneth105US #33
#22Harry103US #15
#23Arnold98US #92
#24Elmer98US #45
#25Albert97US #16
#26Roy93US #32
#27Ralph89US #22
#28Earl88US #31
#29Clifford85US #68
#30Howard83US #26
#31Alfred81US #42
#32Herbert80US #39
#33Thomas79US #10
#34Lawrence78US #35
#35Lloyd78US #67
#36Vernon75US #83
#37Gordon73US #94
#38Stanley73US #41
#39Francis70US #30
#40Russell65US #50
#41Melvin64US #61
#42Leo63US #48
#43Fred62US #27
#44Bernard56US #52
#45Ernest56US #34
#46Frederick55US #49
#47Lester55US #59
#48Louis55US #20
#49Edwin54US #55
#50Alvin50US #82
#51Chester49US #56
#52Marvin49US #77
#53Martin47US #75
#54Norman47US #57
#55Peter46US #51
#56Floyd45US #58
#57David44US #29
#58Eugene43US #43
#59Herman43US #53
#60Orville38US #120
#61Theodore38US #60
#62Willard37US #99
#63Anthony35US #38
#64Oscar35US #76
#65Philip35US #69
#66Andrew34US #47
#67Michael34US #40
#68Lyle33US #196
#69Victor33US #80
#70Woodrow32US #44
#71Milton31US #71
#72Vincent31US #66
#73Emil30US #143
#74Jack29US #28
#75Jerome29US #141
#76Ray29US #73
#77Glenn28US #85
#78Harvey28US #93
#79Everett27US #97
#80Gerald27US #84
#81Wilbur27US #91
#82Joe25US #37
#83Leroy24US #63
#84Leslie24US #105
#85Roger24US #138
#86Wallace24US #126
#87Benjamin23US #70
#88Daniel21US #54
#89Ervin21US #195
#90Erwin21
#91Otto21US #146
#92Roland21US #128
#93Sylvester21US #157
#94Gilbert20US #103
#95Rudolph20US #139
#96Laurence19
#97Maurice19US #95
#98Virgil19US #107
#99Wilfred19US #180
#100Ronald18US #167

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑32Frederick#46
↑28Vincent#72
↑26Michael#67
↑23Lorraine#43
↑21Ella#60
↑20Betty#76
↑19Alma#53
↑18Everett#79

Falling

↓33Mae#94
↓22Laura#69
↓22Hilda#90
↓22Theodore#61
↓20Milton#71
↓20Harvey#78
↓19Gerald#80
↓19Rudolph#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.