State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,453 Minnesota births in 1916 across 835 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#62Marcella#182 nationally
#85Luellaoutside the national top 200
#22Lorraine#128 nationally
#77Ervin#173 nationally
#71Adeline#166 nationally
#72Elaine#161 nationally
#66Lyle#153 nationally
#91Otto#170 nationally
#96Patricia#174 nationally
#92Wilfred#168 nationally
#100Sylvester#172 nationally
#63Muriel#134 nationally

Girls

#1Helen817US #2
#2Mary810US #1
#3Dorothy700US #3
#4Margaret676US #4
#5Ruth585US #5
#6Evelyn451US #11
#7Florence365US #14
#8Mildred352US #6
#9Alice347US #13
#10Irene305US #17
#11Frances286US #9
#12Lucille286US #30
#13Esther272US #34
#14Marie271US #12
#15Eleanor269US #27
#16Lillian262US #16
#17Gladys261US #22
#18Bernice249US #42
#19Elizabeth242US #8
#20Doris219US #32
#21Agnes207US #50
#22Lorraine198US #128
#23Hazel192US #31
#24Virginia188US #10
#25Marion187US #47
#26Edna183US #19
#27Marjorie181US #37
#28Rose180US #15
#29Grace179US #26
#30Ethel171US #25
#31Marian169US #72
#32Lois164US #43
#33Gertrude163US #35
#34Myrtle162US #58
#35Ann161US #40
#36Louise160US #18
#37Anna154US #7
#38Elsie143US #48
#39Viola139US #59
#40Violet137US #83
#41Edith135US #28
#42Catherine134US #20
#43June133US #86
#44Harriet132US #106
#45Vivian132US #77
#46Leona131US #75
#47Ruby131US #23
#48Josephine129US #21
#49Mabel128US #65
#50Clara127US #39
#51Katherine120US #51
#52Martha120US #24
#53Beatrice119US #38
#54Genevieve119US #76
#55Betty107US #44
#56Sylvia107US #69
#57Jean105US #45
#58Ellen101US #87
#59Pearl101US #57
#60Anne98US #53
#61Verna96US #125
#62Marcella90US #182
#63Muriel90US #134
#64Charlotte89US #80
#65Bertha86US #49
#66Eileen86US #118
#67Kathryn86US #60
#68Eva85US #55
#69Jane85US #62
#70Loretta85US #113
#71Adeline82US #166
#72Elaine82US #161
#73Phyllis80US #95
#74Vera77US #66
#75Dolores76US #146
#76Emma75US #41
#77Laura75US #64
#78Alma74US #70
#79Audrey69US #119
#80Ella68US #81
#81Julia68US #46
#82Maxine68US #96
#83Fern66US #152
#84Marguerite66US #78
#85Luella65
#86Ida62US #54
#87Stella62US #63
#88Jeanette61US #135
#89Pauline59US #33
#90Geraldine57US #94
#91Blanche56US #89
#92Thelma56US #29
#93Inez55US #107
#94Olga54US #126
#95Mae53US #92
#96Patricia53US #174
#97Kathleen52US #104
#98Eunice51US #110
#99Norma50US #111
#100Lucile49US #139

Boys

#1John915US #1
#2Robert721US #4
#3William556US #2
#4George525US #7
#5Donald455US #20
#6Harold428US #13
#7James385US #3
#8Edward346US #8
#9Raymond346US #16
#10Joseph323US #5
#11Charles303US #6
#12Walter295US #11
#13Arthur284US #18
#14Kenneth274US #27
#15Richard274US #15
#16Frank264US #9
#17Clarence245US #24
#18Leonard213US #42
#19Carl209US #23
#20Henry199US #14
#21Lawrence195US #38
#22Roy192US #33
#23Albert185US #17
#24Harry183US #19
#25Paul181US #12
#26Ralph181US #21
#27Howard179US #25
#28Lloyd178US #58
#29Earl169US #32
#30Vernon167US #75
#31Arnold166US #89
#32Stanley166US #34
#33Elmer161US #45
#34Edwin159US #53
#35Thomas150US #10
#36Clifford149US #61
#37Melvin149US #57
#38Gordon145US #90
#39Francis140US #31
#40Herbert134US #40
#41Leo131US #47
#42Norman129US #48
#43Russell128US #51
#44Bernard121US #49
#45Louis120US #22
#46Marvin119US #66
#47Ernest116US #36
#48Lester112US #59
#49Eugene110US #39
#50Alvin108US #82
#51Fred108US #29
#52Alfred106US #43
#53David102US #28
#54Willard98US #69
#55Peter88US #50
#56Jack84US #26
#57Floyd82US #60
#58Victor82US #78
#59Martin80US #81
#60Theodore79US #65
#61Chester75US #54
#62Harvey74US #92
#63Joe71US #35
#64Glenn70US #84
#65Leroy69US #63
#66Lyle68US #153
#67Wallace68US #124
#68Gerald67US #76
#69Emil64US #140
#70Everett63US #91
#71Frederick63US #52
#72Milton63US #72
#73Orville63US #131
#74Ray63US #73
#75Herman62US #56
#76Vincent62US #67
#77Ervin61US #173
#78Oscar61US #86
#79Warren60US #102
#80Andrew55US #46
#81Jerome54US #138
#82Leslie54US #112
#83Philip51US #70
#84Maurice49US #100
#85Michael49US #44
#86Rudolph49US #137
#87Glen48US #122
#88Roland48US #118
#89Anthony47US #37
#90Roger47US #129
#91Otto45US #170
#92Wilfred45US #168
#93Wayne43US #98
#94Daniel42US #55
#95Wilbur42US #94
#96Douglas40US #151
#97Edmund40US #134
#98Gilbert40US #106
#99Oliver38US #127
#100Sylvester38US #172

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑24Eva#68
↑24Emil#69
↑16Jane#69
↑16Leonard#18
↑15Muriel#63
↑15Joe#63
↑13Marion#25
↑13Marian#31

Falling

↓24Anthony#89
↓23Thelma#92
↓17Leona#46
↓17Pearl#59
↓17Alfred#52
↓16Viola#39
↓16Ida#86
↓15Blanche#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.