State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,147 Minnesota births in 1915 across 782 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#63Marcella#186 nationally
#75Ervin#190 nationally
#88Luellaoutside the national top 200
#57Adeline#167 nationally
#34Lorraine#141 nationally
#99Angeline#183 nationally
#76Lyle#159 nationally
#81Fern#157 nationally
#72Dolores#147 nationally
#84Elaine#155 nationally
#94Clayton#165 nationally
#97Sylvester#163 nationally

Girls

#1Helen787US #2
#2Mary731US #1
#3Dorothy676US #3
#4Margaret620US #4
#5Ruth453US #5
#6Evelyn439US #10
#7Mildred353US #6
#8Florence339US #14
#9Alice332US #13
#10Irene304US #17
#11Gladys283US #21
#12Marie276US #11
#13Lucille266US #29
#14Bernice264US #42
#15Esther260US #33
#16Lillian253US #15
#17Frances251US #9
#18Eleanor244US #28
#19Elizabeth225US #8
#20Doris204US #34
#21Agnes202US #45
#22Myrtle190US #58
#23Viola189US #59
#24Hazel181US #26
#25Ethel179US #23
#26Edna177US #20
#27Virginia171US #12
#28Rose160US #16
#29Leona156US #74
#30Marjorie154US #39
#31Ann153US #43
#32Anna153US #7
#33Gertrude149US #35
#34Lorraine149US #141
#35Elsie147US #41
#36Violet146US #82
#37Grace144US #27
#38Marion132US #50
#39Edith125US #31
#40Clara123US #38
#41Martha123US #25
#42Pearl123US #56
#43Catherine122US #19
#44Marian122US #86
#45Lois118US #47
#46Louise117US #18
#47Vivian113US #78
#48June111US #96
#49Anne109US #52
#50Harriet108US #112
#51Beatrice105US #37
#52Mabel105US #62
#53Jean104US #48
#54Genevieve102US #76
#55Ruby101US #24
#56Charlotte96US #81
#57Adeline95US #167
#58Ellen94US #88
#59Phyllis94US #100
#60Josephine93US #22
#61Betty91US #53
#62Katherine89US #49
#63Marcella89US #186
#64Sylvia88US #67
#65Verna84US #126
#66Kathryn83US #60
#67Laura83US #61
#68Bertha82US #46
#69Thelma77US #30
#70Ida76US #54
#71Loretta74US #115
#72Dolores72US #147
#73Julia71US #44
#74Eileen69US #132
#75Maxine67US #98
#76Blanche66US #87
#77Alma65US #70
#78Muriel65US #134
#79Olga65US #130
#80Marguerite64US #85
#81Fern63US #157
#82Mae63US #89
#83Vera63US #65
#84Elaine62US #155
#85Jane60US #69
#86Emma59US #40
#87Eunice58US #109
#88Luella57
#89Audrey56US #127
#90Barbara56US #83
#91Ella54US #75
#92Eva54US #55
#93Norma54US #118
#94Pauline54US #32
#95Stella54US #64
#96Inez52US #101
#97Hilda50US #107
#98Olive50US #123
#99Angeline48US #183
#100Caroline48US #137

Boys

#1John891US #1
#2Robert625US #4
#3William504US #2
#4George451US #6
#5Harold390US #12
#6Donald364US #20
#7James347US #3
#8Edward336US #8
#9Raymond307US #16
#10Joseph306US #5
#11Walter272US #11
#12Frank262US #9
#13Charles244US #7
#14Richard239US #15
#15Clarence238US #24
#16Kenneth238US #28
#17Arthur237US #18
#18Carl219US #22
#19Henry209US #14
#20Paul192US #13
#21Albert186US #17
#22Earl185US #33
#23Lawrence173US #37
#24Clifford170US #61
#25Elmer170US #45
#26Harry168US #19
#27Lloyd164US #62
#28Arnold163US #91
#29Howard162US #25
#30Ralph160US #21
#31Roy148US #32
#32Stanley147US #34
#33Francis144US #29
#34Leonard141US #44
#35Alfred138US #42
#36Melvin132US #60
#37Herbert131US #40
#38Thomas124US #10
#39Vernon124US #80
#40Edwin119US #53
#41Fred117US #26
#42Leo117US #47
#43Lester114US #57
#44Russell114US #51
#45Bernard113US #48
#46Ernest113US #35
#47Gordon113US #90
#48Louis109US #23
#49Marvin106US #72
#50Norman104US #50
#51Willard99US #58
#52Alvin94US #81
#53Victor86US #74
#54Eugene82US #41
#55David80US #31
#56Harvey80US #95
#57Chester78US #54
#58Peter77US #49
#59Ray77US #67
#60Floyd74US #59
#61Glenn73US #87
#62Gerald70US #78
#63Jack68US #27
#64Theodore68US #64
#65Anthony67US #36
#66Milton67US #73
#67Frederick65US #52
#68Orville65US #127
#69Herman63US #56
#70Leslie63US #106
#71Martin62US #79
#72Andrew59US #46
#73Leroy58US #66
#74Wallace57US #126
#75Ervin55US #190
#76Lyle55US #159
#77Philip55US #69
#78Joe51US #38
#79Michael51US #43
#80Roger51US #124
#81Allen48US #99
#82Everett48US #89
#83Oscar46US #88
#84Jerome45US #140
#85Rudolph45US #135
#86Warren45US #105
#87Daniel44US #55
#88Vincent43US #65
#89Maurice40US #101
#90Oliver40US #119
#91Virgil40US #108
#92Edgar39US #85
#93Emil38US #138
#94Clayton37US #165
#95Glen37US #123
#96Clyde36US #63
#97Sylvester36US #163
#98Wayne36US #97
#99Wesley36US #133
#100Gilbert35US #100

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑36Leona#29
↑28Anthony#65
↑27June#48
↑22Dolores#72
↑19Gerald#62
↑17Viola#23
↑16Mae#82
↑16Ray#59

Falling

↓25Eva#92
↓24Emma#86
↓22Sylvia#64
↓22Ella#91
↓21Joe#78
↓20Hilda#97
↓19Katherine#62
↓19Oscar#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.