State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,971 Minnesota births in 1920 across 805 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#46Adeline#176 nationally
#72Deloresoutside the national top 200
#87Luellaoutside the national top 200
#48Marcella#161 nationally
#88Donnaoutside the national top 200
#88Lowell#198 nationally
#97Norbertoutside the national top 200
#70Ervin#163 nationally
#95Laverne#188 nationally
#91Carol#182 nationally
#87Wilfred#176 nationally
#65Joyce#153 nationally

Girls

#1Dorothy889US #2
#2Mary825US #1
#3Helen795US #3
#4Margaret651US #4
#5Ruth545US #5
#6Lorraine444US #70
#7Evelyn442US #12
#8Irene365US #17
#9Mildred360US #6
#10Doris357US #14
#11Alice328US #15
#12Florence323US #16
#13Betty319US #11
#14Lucille317US #29
#15Bernice294US #40
#16Marjorie277US #24
#17Marie275US #13
#18Virginia264US #7
#19Elizabeth247US #8
#20Marion239US #43
#21Gladys237US #22
#22Frances233US #9
#23Eleanor229US #25
#24Lillian216US #18
#25Elaine211US #107
#26Lois204US #38
#27Jean195US #33
#28Phyllis188US #72
#29Esther185US #39
#30Marian177US #73
#31Shirley177US #56
#32Vivian173US #64
#33June170US #53
#34Rose164US #20
#35Grace159US #37
#36Harriet157US #112
#37Ethel156US #30
#38Hazel154US #34
#39Edna152US #27
#40Leona151US #89
#41Viola149US #59
#42Violet148US #77
#43Dolores133US #110
#44Catherine131US #21
#45Elsie131US #51
#46Adeline130US #176
#47Anna130US #10
#48Marcella129US #161
#49Norma129US #69
#50Gertrude127US #42
#51Pearl125US #62
#52Martha124US #23
#53Agnes123US #54
#54Eileen122US #100
#55Myrtle122US #68
#56Katherine114US #45
#57Beatrice112US #41
#58Charlotte109US #79
#59Ruby109US #26
#60Audrey108US #103
#61Edith108US #32
#62Louise108US #19
#63Patricia108US #104
#64Genevieve106US #86
#65Joyce104US #153
#66Clara102US #44
#67Maxine99US #81
#68Verna97US #135
#69Jane96US #48
#70Mabel95US #83
#71Geraldine94US #60
#72Delores93
#73Barbara92US #47
#74Ann90US #49
#75Jeanne89US #114
#76Muriel89US #123
#77Kathryn88US #67
#78Ellen87US #92
#79Jeanette86US #126
#80Josephine86US #28
#81Sylvia85US #85
#82Anne84US #65
#83Thelma77US #31
#84Eunice75US #115
#85Fern75US #170
#86Loretta74US #120
#87Luella74
#88Donna71
#89Laura71US #63
#90Arlene70US #145
#91Carol68US #182
#92Vera65US #75
#93Rita62US #52
#94Mae59US #99
#95Laverne58US #188
#96Bertha56US #57
#97Kathleen55US #91
#98Marguerite55US #93
#99Janet54US #124
#100Julia53US #55

Boys

#1Robert1,305US #3
#2John918US #1
#3Donald736US #16
#4William634US #2
#5James536US #4
#6George530US #6
#7Harold468US #12
#8Richard461US #10
#9Raymond418US #15
#10Kenneth329US #23
#11Edward315US #8
#12Joseph314US #7
#13Charles309US #5
#14Walter262US #13
#15Arthur247US #18
#16Clarence241US #26
#17Lawrence227US #36
#18Paul225US #14
#19Earl215US #31
#20Frank215US #9
#21Howard214US #24
#22Vernon214US #65
#23Warren206US #39
#24Gordon202US #85
#25Henry199US #17
#26Roy198US #32
#27Leonard185US #38
#28Ralph184US #22
#29Lloyd179US #58
#30Carl174US #27
#31Thomas174US #11
#32Harry172US #21
#33Eugene169US #30
#34Clifford168US #59
#35Albert161US #19
#36Stanley156US #40
#37Elmer148US #45
#38Leo144US #48
#39Russell144US #51
#40Francis142US #34
#41Melvin142US #54
#42Arnold140US #91
#43Marvin140US #62
#44Bernard137US #46
#45Norman131US #47
#46Herbert119US #41
#47Leroy119US #56
#48Edwin117US #53
#49David115US #25
#50Gerald115US #64
#51Harvey111US #87
#52Alfred110US #42
#53Jack108US #20
#54Orville108US #134
#55Willard107US #88
#56Chester104US #55
#57Lester104US #69
#58Wallace104US #93
#59Ernest103US #37
#60Alvin102US #76
#61Theodore102US #63
#62Fred100US #33
#63Louis100US #28
#64Floyd99US #61
#65Roger92US #103
#66Jerome85US #126
#67Lyle85US #151
#68Douglas83US #106
#69Glenn83US #80
#70Ervin80US #163
#71Philip78US #71
#72Peter72US #57
#73Ray71US #67
#74Wayne67US #86
#75Leslie66US #110
#76Victor64US #81
#77Maurice63US #102
#78Andrew61US #49
#79Frederick61US #60
#80Milton61US #74
#81Clayton57US #153
#82Wesley55US #129
#83Daniel52US #52
#84Martin51US #78
#85Virgil50US #101
#86Dale49US #105
#87Wilfred49US #176
#88Lowell48US #198
#89Herman47US #66
#90Roland47US #114
#91Glen46US #122
#92Vincent46US #73
#93Anthony45US #43
#94Morris44US #108
#95Allen43US #94
#96Joe43US #35
#97Norbert41
#98Oliver41US #135
#99Archie40US #145
#100Ronald40US #168

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑45Warren#23
↑31Adeline#46
↑26Norma#49
↑24Delores#72
↑19Roger#65
↑17Elaine#25
↑17Patricia#63
↑17Ray#73

Falling

↓28Victor#76
↓25Loretta#86
↓24Sylvia#81
↓20Agnes#53
↓18Ann#74
↓16Myrtle#55
↓14Edith#61
↓13Violet#42

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.