State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 42,890 Minnesota births in 1918 across 827 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#31Marcella#163 nationally
#87Carol#196 nationally
#92Luellaoutside the national top 200
#61Adeline#169 nationally
#94Lowelloutside the national top 200
#68Joyce#170 nationally
#100Reubenoutside the national top 200
#100Laverne#199 nationally
#54Elaine#152 nationally
#74Ervin#168 nationally
#62Lyle#145 nationally
#96Ronald#176 nationally

Girls

#1Dorothy829US #3
#2Helen823US #2
#3Mary754US #1
#4Margaret704US #4
#5Ruth499US #5
#6Evelyn456US #11
#7Lorraine368US #69
#8Mildred360US #6
#9Alice343US #13
#10Irene340US #16
#11Florence309US #14
#12Doris285US #19
#13Virginia273US #7
#14Bernice272US #41
#15Eleanor269US #26
#16Frances268US #8
#17Lucille267US #29
#18Marie264US #12
#19Gladys262US #22
#20Elizabeth256US #9
#21Esther248US #38
#22Marjorie241US #34
#23Lillian213US #15
#24Marion199US #45
#25Rose185US #17
#26Hazel179US #33
#27Betty178US #21
#28Grace175US #31
#29Violet175US #83
#30Lois171US #42
#31Marcella170US #163
#32Marian165US #76
#33Agnes162US #47
#34Edna162US #23
#35Ethel159US #28
#36Viola159US #59
#37June157US #66
#38Phyllis151US #80
#39Gertrude150US #39
#40Leona150US #79
#41Jean148US #37
#42Pearl148US #56
#43Anna146US #10
#44Ann143US #44
#45Myrtle143US #62
#46Elsie140US #49
#47Harriet140US #106
#48Vivian139US #72
#49Clara135US #43
#50Edith132US #30
#51Catherine118US #20
#52Beatrice116US #40
#53Louise115US #18
#54Elaine114US #152
#55Jane109US #53
#56Eileen108US #110
#57Ellen105US #92
#58Verna104US #125
#59Charlotte103US #78
#60Ruby103US #27
#61Adeline101US #169
#62Dolores101US #127
#63Josephine101US #24
#64Mabel100US #74
#65Sylvia99US #71
#66Audrey97US #118
#67Genevieve96US #81
#68Joyce96US #170
#69Martha94US #25
#70Katherine91US #50
#71Shirley89US #97
#72Vera89US #68
#73Maxine82US #87
#74Anne81US #54
#75Norma81US #98
#76Muriel80US #130
#77Geraldine77US #77
#78Kathryn77US #63
#79Barbara76US #60
#80Laura76US #64
#81Loretta75US #116
#82Eunice73US #111
#83Jeanette72US #131
#84Julia72US #48
#85Marguerite70US #86
#86Fern69US #164
#87Carol68US #196
#88Patricia67US #133
#89Bertha66US #51
#90Blanche64US #96
#91Pauline64US #35
#92Luella63
#93Emma61US #46
#94Inez61US #115
#95Alma59US #73
#96Mae57US #95
#97Thelma57US #32
#98Arlene56US #165
#99Eva56US #55
#100Laverne56US #199

Boys

#1John962US #1
#2Robert934US #4
#3Donald618US #18
#4William578US #2
#5George511US #6
#6James416US #3
#7Harold405US #13
#8Raymond392US #15
#9Edward378US #8
#10Joseph372US #7
#11Walter322US #11
#12Charles318US #5
#13Richard311US #12
#14Kenneth295US #27
#15Arthur270US #17
#16Frank255US #9
#17Clarence242US #23
#18Paul219US #14
#19Vernon214US #66
#20Ralph210US #22
#21Henry205US #16
#22Lawrence200US #38
#23Lloyd198US #51
#24Roy195US #32
#25Carl190US #25
#26Leonard189US #41
#27Earl188US #31
#28Howard185US #26
#29Gordon182US #85
#30Harry178US #20
#31Clifford177US #60
#32Elmer177US #44
#33Albert173US #19
#34Leo168US #48
#35Francis165US #30
#36Arnold160US #92
#37Melvin153US #56
#38Thomas153US #10
#39Stanley145US #36
#40Herbert135US #40
#41Norman134US #49
#42Lester133US #62
#43Eugene132US #35
#44Bernard129US #47
#45Russell127US #50
#46Ernest126US #37
#47Marvin126US #68
#48Edwin124US #55
#49Alfred122US #42
#50Louis119US #24
#51Fred118US #33
#52Leroy116US #57
#53Alvin114US #80
#54David109US #28
#55Gerald108US #72
#56Willard108US #83
#57Jack100US #21
#58Floyd96US #61
#59Orville93US #134
#60Victor93US #63
#61Glenn90US #84
#62Lyle84US #145
#63Wallace84US #124
#64Harvey83US #88
#65Jerome79US #136
#66Chester78US #54
#67Peter78US #53
#68Theodore76US #64
#69Andrew75US #46
#70Roger73US #116
#71Daniel67US #52
#72Milton66US #76
#73Joe65US #34
#74Ervin64US #168
#75Martin64US #81
#76Vincent64US #73
#77Douglas63US #115
#78Virgil63US #99
#79Ray62US #69
#80Rudolph59US #149
#81Herman58US #65
#82Oscar58US #87
#83Warren58US #90
#84Everett56US #93
#85Wayne55US #91
#86Leslie54US #102
#87Michael53US #45
#88Frederick51US #59
#89Maurice51US #103
#90Philip51US #71
#91Anthony50US #39
#92Woodrow50US #58
#93Roland49US #121
#94Lowell45
#95Curtis44US #123
#96Ronald44US #176
#97Emil43US #154
#98Clayton42US #157
#99Leon41US #77
#100Reuben41

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑29Marcella#31
↑27Shirley#71
↑23Joyce#68
↑22Jerome#65
↑22Virgil#78
↑21Betty#27
↑21Phyllis#38
↑21Maxine#73

Falling

↓27Philip#90
↓25Martha#69
↓18Mae#96
↓17Josephine#63
↓17Genevieve#67
↓17Katherine#70
↓17Marguerite#85
↓17Leslie#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.