State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1914 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 24,972 Minnesota births in 1914 across 655 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#61Marcella#183 nationally
#79Luellaoutside the national top 200
#37Lorraine#152 nationally
#88Kermitoutside the national top 200
#69Lyle#178 nationally
#71Ervin#180 nationally
#58Adeline#166 nationally
#93Lilaoutside the national top 200
#96Eleanoreoutside the national top 200
#92Cecelia#196 nationally
#97Norbertoutside the national top 200
#99Selmaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Helen519US #2
#2Mary501US #1
#3Dorothy447US #3
#4Margaret442US #4
#5Evelyn306US #11
#6Ruth282US #5
#7Florence233US #13
#8Mildred228US #7
#9Alice212US #12
#10Irene207US #22
#11Gladys199US #20
#12Marie193US #10
#13Frances190US #9
#14Lucille180US #30
#15Bernice175US #43
#16Elizabeth173US #8
#17Eleanor168US #28
#18Esther167US #35
#19Lillian160US #16
#20Rose151US #15
#21Anna136US #6
#22Hazel133US #29
#23Violet123US #83
#24Doris120US #36
#25Agnes117US #44
#26Edna114US #19
#27Grace113US #25
#28Myrtle112US #60
#29Catherine111US #18
#30Marion111US #50
#31Ann107US #40
#32Elsie106US #46
#33Ethel106US #21
#34Gertrude106US #32
#35Mabel98US #58
#36Virginia97US #14
#37Lorraine96US #152
#38Marjorie96US #45
#39Martha95US #27
#40Viola91US #57
#41Louise86US #17
#42Sylvia85US #70
#43Katherine83US #48
#44Clara81US #37
#45Harriet81US #111
#46Genevieve76US #76
#47Lois74US #51
#48Marian74US #90
#49Edith73US #31
#50Ruby73US #24
#51Beatrice71US #38
#52Pearl70US #56
#53Vivian70US #81
#54Betty66US #62
#55Ellen66US #86
#56Jean65US #54
#57Bertha62US #41
#58Adeline61US #166
#59Anne61US #53
#60Josephine61US #23
#61Marcella61US #183
#62Emma59US #39
#63Verna59US #125
#64Loretta58US #122
#65Leona57US #79
#66Charlotte56US #88
#67Eva55US #52
#68Ida55US #49
#69Ella53US #72
#70Kathryn53US #63
#71Phyllis53US #113
#72Laura52US #59
#73Julia50US #42
#74Muriel50US #133
#75June47US #132
#76Fern46US #172
#77Hilda44US #103
#78Eileen42US #159
#79Luella42
#80Minnie42US #67
#81Jane41US #71
#82Thelma41US #26
#83Stella40US #65
#84Marguerite39US #84
#85Olga39US #136
#86Norma38US #128
#87Pauline38US #34
#88Eunice37US #109
#89Vera37US #68
#90Veronica37US #176
#91Alma35US #69
#92Cecelia34US #196
#93Lila34
#94Dolores33US #155
#95Jennie33US #77
#96Eleanore32
#97Lydia32US #168
#98Mae32US #85
#99Selma32
#100Alvina31

Boys

#1John558US #1
#2William361US #2
#3Robert357US #4
#4George317US #6
#5Joseph261US #5
#6Harold246US #14
#7Edward242US #8
#8Donald236US #23
#9James221US #3
#10Walter210US #10
#11Arthur196US #18
#12Frank193US #9
#13Raymond193US #16
#14Charles190US #7
#15Clarence189US #22
#16Carl166US #24
#17Kenneth166US #30
#18Richard164US #17
#19Leonard141US #45
#20Lawrence136US #35
#21Henry133US #12
#22Albert131US #15
#23Paul125US #13
#24Harry121US #19
#25Roy121US #32
#26Lloyd115US #66
#27Ralph113US #21
#28Howard112US #26
#29Elmer111US #46
#30Melvin107US #59
#31Earl98US #33
#32Herbert97US #42
#33Stanley97US #39
#34Vernon97US #83
#35Gordon92US #88
#36Thomas89US #11
#37Arnold88US #97
#38Clifford88US #62
#39Marvin85US #75
#40Bernard81US #50
#41Louis81US #20
#42Alfred80US #41
#43Ernest80US #38
#44Leo80US #47
#45Russell79US #49
#46Norman78US #54
#47Francis77US #31
#48Edwin74US #53
#49Fred74US #28
#50Lester70US #57
#51Alvin67US #78
#52Chester67US #56
#53Floyd55US #58
#54Victor55US #76
#55Peter54US #48
#56Harvey53US #95
#57Joe50US #34
#58Theodore50US #64
#59Leslie49US #103
#60Martin49US #73
#61Orville49US #133
#62David48US #29
#63Willard48US #92
#64Oscar46US #77
#65Andrew45US #44
#66Eugene45US #43
#67Frederick44US #52
#68Glenn43US #91
#69Lyle43US #178
#70Warren43US #108
#71Ervin42US #180
#72Milton41US #69
#73Rudolph41US #139
#74Michael40US #40
#75Ray40US #74
#76Leroy39US #60
#77Maurice39US #94
#78Everett38US #90
#79Jack37US #27
#80Wallace37US #127
#81Gerald36US #81
#82Jerome36US #136
#83Philip35US #68
#84Herman34US #51
#85Vincent34US #61
#86Otto33US #155
#87Roland33US #121
#88Kermit32
#89Daniel30US #55
#90Edmund30US #130
#91Wilbur30US #96
#92Wesley29US #132
#93Anthony28US #37
#94Gilbert28US #104
#95Emil27US #143
#96Samuel27US #36
#97Norbert26
#98Oliver26US #122
#99Mike25US #129
#100Myron25

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑27Phyllis#71
↑25Genevieve#46
↑25Joe#57
↑25Leslie#59
↑22Betty#54
↑22Harvey#56
↑22Rudolph#73
↑21Muriel#74

Falling

↓38Alma#91
↓32Leona#65
↓30Anthony#93
↓25Herman#84
↓22Emil#95
↓21Frederick#67
↓18Clara#44
↓18Philip#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.