State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,833 Minnesota births in 1921 across 811 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#54Deloresoutside the national top 200
#37Marcella#159 nationally
#61Adeline#177 nationally
#89Luellaoutside the national top 200
#90Lowell#199 nationally
#93Norbertoutside the national top 200
#98Myronoutside the national top 200
#65Carol#166 nationally
#74Ervin#172 nationally
#55Lyle#150 nationally
#95Donna#189 nationally
#49Joyce#137 nationally

Girls

#1Dorothy953US #2
#2Mary872US #1
#3Helen685US #3
#4Margaret675US #4
#5Ruth547US #5
#6Lorraine501US #61
#7Evelyn408US #12
#8Betty398US #8
#9Doris397US #13
#10Marjorie383US #16
#11Irene361US #18
#12Florence352US #17
#13Mildred349US #7
#14Virginia334US #6
#15Alice303US #15
#16Lucille297US #31
#17Bernice264US #39
#18Elizabeth257US #10
#19Lois253US #38
#20Marie248US #14
#21Jean241US #25
#22Phyllis234US #60
#23Gladys233US #24
#24June231US #50
#25Frances227US #9
#26Shirley224US #44
#27Marian217US #69
#28Elaine205US #97
#29Lillian203US #19
#30Marion197US #43
#31Eleanor195US #29
#32Esther183US #42
#33Hazel180US #34
#34Violet178US #81
#35Dolores175US #111
#36Rose173US #20
#37Marcella170US #159
#38Norma168US #51
#39Grace164US #35
#40Leona158US #92
#41Edna150US #27
#42Harriet148US #114
#43Viola143US #66
#44Agnes139US #56
#45Ethel130US #32
#46Anna129US #11
#47Gertrude129US #46
#48Myrtle126US #73
#49Joyce124US #137
#50Vivian124US #68
#51Patricia123US #84
#52Pearl122US #65
#53Catherine119US #23
#54Delores119
#55Eileen118US #100
#56Genevieve118US #90
#57Audrey115US #82
#58Katherine114US #49
#59Elsie113US #55
#60Geraldine110US #62
#61Adeline107US #177
#62Muriel107US #119
#63Louise106US #22
#64Martha105US #21
#65Carol103US #166
#66Charlotte103US #79
#67Jeanne102US #109
#68Barbara99US #40
#69Edith99US #33
#70Beatrice98US #41
#71Jeanette98US #125
#72Ann96US #53
#73Kathryn91US #64
#74Jane90US #47
#75Sylvia89US #88
#76Clara88US #45
#77Gloria88US #102
#78Mabel87US #85
#79Kathleen86US #83
#80Verna85US #141
#81Loretta83US #122
#82Arlene82US #138
#83Maxine80US #77
#84Ruby80US #26
#85Ellen78US #95
#86Fern78US #174
#87Josephine78US #28
#88Laura75US #71
#89Luella73
#90Eunice70US #120
#91Anne69US #70
#92Mae68US #110
#93Marguerite66US #98
#94Rita65US #48
#95Donna63US #189
#96Janet61US #124
#97Thelma61US #30
#98Blanche59US #112
#99Margie59US #106
#100Rosemary59US #128

Boys

#1Robert1,381US #2
#2John970US #1
#3Donald811US #13
#4William685US #3
#5James637US #4
#6George516US #6
#7Richard459US #10
#8Harold452US #12
#9Raymond403US #16
#10Kenneth368US #22
#11Edward366US #8
#12Charles313US #5
#13Warren292US #24
#14Joseph281US #7
#15Arthur276US #19
#16Walter274US #15
#17Frank236US #9
#18Howard228US #27
#19Lawrence228US #37
#20Eugene224US #26
#21Clarence220US #28
#22Vernon220US #68
#23Earl215US #31
#24Gordon207US #84
#25Paul201US #14
#26Leonard200US #39
#27Ralph195US #23
#28Thomas194US #11
#29Roy181US #32
#30Lloyd180US #58
#31Clifford178US #62
#32Henry173US #17
#33Harry166US #21
#34Russell166US #52
#35Albert161US #20
#36Melvin161US #53
#37Stanley157US #41
#38Francis156US #35
#39Carl146US #30
#40Elmer146US #48
#41Gerald145US #60
#42Marvin143US #59
#43Leroy142US #55
#44Norman138US #46
#45Arnold136US #91
#46Bernard135US #45
#47Leo133US #50
#48Herbert129US #42
#49David128US #25
#50Edwin128US #54
#51Jack128US #18
#52Ernest123US #38
#53Wallace118US #88
#54Harvey110US #87
#55Lyle109US #150
#56Lester107US #66
#57Louis102US #29
#58Glenn101US #80
#59Roger101US #99
#60Willard101US #89
#61Alvin100US #73
#62Jerome100US #125
#63Milton94US #75
#64Wayne93US #81
#65Fred89US #33
#66Alfred87US #43
#67Victor80US #83
#68Orville78US #137
#69Floyd77US #63
#70Peter73US #57
#71Dale71US #93
#72Douglas69US #111
#73Theodore69US #65
#74Ervin68US #172
#75Chester67US #56
#76Clayton66US #158
#77Daniel66US #49
#78Glen66US #119
#79Frederick65US #61
#80Leslie63US #106
#81Andrew62US #51
#82Gilbert60US #103
#83Allen57US #94
#84Martin57US #78
#85Ray57US #67
#86Maurice55US #101
#87Roland54US #107
#88Virgil54US #98
#89Joe51US #36
#90Lowell51US #199
#91Anthony50US #40
#92Philip50US #72
#93Norbert49
#94Bruce46US #146
#95Herman46US #64
#96Wesley46US #127
#97Leon45US #74
#98Myron45
#99Vincent45US #70
#100Michael44US #47

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑26Carol#65
↑18Delores#54
↑18Kathleen#79
↑17Milton#63
↑16Joyce#49
↑15Dale#71
↑14Muriel#62
↑13Eugene#20

Falling

↓25Ruby#84
↓21Philip#92
↓19Chester#75
↓18Vivian#50
↓16Maxine#83
↓15Adeline#61
↓14Elsie#59
↓14Thelma#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.