State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,594 Minnesota births in 1922 across 795 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#45Deloresoutside the national top 200
#33Marcella#155 nationally
#80Duaneoutside the national top 200
#78Adeline#193 nationally
#91Luellaoutside the national top 200
#92Lorenoutside the national top 200
#75Ervin#177 nationally
#95Lowell#197 nationally
#99Norbertoutside the national top 200
#58Carol#158 nationally
#74Donna#166 nationally
#58Lyle#146 nationally

Girls

#1Dorothy937US #2
#2Mary849US #1
#3Helen657US #3
#4Margaret616US #4
#5Lorraine573US #56
#6Betty481US #6
#7Ruth476US #5
#8Doris384US #11
#9Irene373US #17
#10Mildred361US #8
#11Evelyn354US #13
#12Marjorie348US #16
#13Virginia325US #7
#14Florence307US #18
#15Alice282US #15
#16Lucille282US #33
#17Shirley274US #39
#18Elizabeth271US #9
#19Lois267US #35
#20Phyllis261US #53
#21Marie260US #14
#22Jean248US #20
#23Frances244US #10
#24Bernice240US #41
#25Gladys230US #25
#26Elaine219US #102
#27Marion215US #42
#28Eleanor209US #28
#29June209US #45
#30Lillian195US #19
#31Marian184US #67
#32Patricia168US #69
#33Marcella167US #155
#34Grace166US #38
#35Dolores163US #104
#36Harriet161US #117
#37Violet153US #86
#38Esther152US #44
#39Rose148US #23
#40Audrey146US #89
#41Jeanne145US #97
#42Norma144US #46
#43Ethel142US #32
#44Joyce138US #126
#45Delores135
#46Hazel133US #37
#47Myrtle133US #75
#48Gloria132US #61
#49Viola130US #72
#50Agnes126US #62
#51Geraldine126US #58
#52Barbara118US #40
#53Eileen117US #96
#54Ruby116US #26
#55Muriel115US #112
#56Edna114US #29
#57Leona114US #101
#58Carol113US #158
#59Edith111US #34
#60Louise110US #22
#61Maxine110US #82
#62Catherine109US #24
#63Elsie108US #59
#64Genevieve108US #98
#65Charlotte106US #76
#66Vivian105US #74
#67Anna103US #12
#68Gertrude98US #48
#69Pearl97US #71
#70Beatrice96US #43
#71Josephine94US #27
#72Kathryn93US #73
#73Verna91US #146
#74Donna90US #166
#75Martha90US #21
#76Ann88US #49
#77Arlene87US #133
#78Adeline82US #193
#79Eunice82US #119
#80Jane82US #55
#81Katherine80US #54
#82Marilyn80US #145
#83Jeanette77US #128
#84Mae77US #111
#85Laura75US #68
#86Loretta75US #125
#87Sylvia74US #94
#88Clara73US #47
#89Beverly69US #163
#90Kathleen69US #80
#91Luella67
#92Anne66US #66
#93Ellen65US #95
#94Mabel65US #99
#95Rita63US #52
#96Rosemary61US #120
#97Vera61US #79
#98Eva60US #64
#99Fern58US #182
#100Bertha57US #63

Boys

#1Robert1,482US #2
#2John1,043US #1
#3Donald898US #12
#4William712US #3
#5James642US #4
#6Richard570US #9
#7George483US #6
#8Harold401US #13
#9Raymond376US #16
#10Edward371US #8
#11Charles365US #5
#12Kenneth361US #21
#13Joseph327US #7
#14Walter261US #15
#15Arthur243US #19
#16Paul241US #14
#17Clarence240US #29
#18Frank233US #10
#19Gordon226US #76
#20Howard222US #26
#21Lawrence220US #36
#22Eugene214US #25
#23Vernon214US #68
#24Leonard207US #38
#25Thomas205US #11
#26Ralph197US #23
#27Warren192US #45
#28Lloyd190US #59
#29Earl179US #31
#30Roy179US #32
#31Marvin177US #56
#32Gerald175US #58
#33Henry168US #17
#34Russell167US #49
#35Norman166US #44
#36David163US #24
#37Albert161US #20
#38Melvin158US #50
#39Clifford157US #63
#40Stanley156US #41
#41Francis154US #34
#42Harry154US #22
#43Carl150US #30
#44Bernard148US #46
#45Leo147US #51
#46Jack145US #18
#47Roger144US #96
#48Wallace144US #87
#49Elmer141US #54
#50Arnold133US #94
#51Lester126US #69
#52Herbert113US #40
#53Edwin111US #52
#54Alfred108US #42
#55Ernest108US #37
#56Leroy105US #55
#57Floyd101US #61
#58Lyle101US #146
#59Louis99US #27
#60Alvin97US #73
#61Fred96US #33
#62Harvey96US #88
#63Jerome96US #121
#64Milton87US #74
#65Douglas86US #106
#66Dale85US #89
#67Theodore83US #62
#68Willard83US #91
#69Wayne80US #78
#70Glenn79US #79
#71Daniel76US #47
#72Orville73US #151
#73Peter73US #57
#74Virgil68US #99
#75Ervin62US #177
#76Clayton60US #160
#77Ray60US #65
#78Victor60US #86
#79Curtis59US #113
#80Duane59
#81Frederick58US #60
#82Andrew57US #53
#83Leslie57US #114
#84Glen56US #123
#85Vincent56US #71
#86Chester55US #64
#87Philip55US #70
#88Ronald54US #147
#89Wesley54US #127
#90Martin53US #80
#91Anthony52US #39
#92Loren51
#93Maurice49US #103
#94Joe48US #35
#95Lowell48US #197
#96Roland48US #115
#97Allen47US #95
#98Herman47US #66
#99Norbert45
#100Leon44US #77

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑30Ruby#54
↑29Gloria#48
↑26Jeanne#41
↑22Maxine#61
↑21Donna#74
↑19Patricia#32
↑17Audrey#40
↑16Barbara#52

Falling

↓23Katherine#81
↓21Anna#67
↓21Gertrude#68
↓17Leona#57
↓17Pearl#69
↓17Adeline#78
↓16Vivian#66
↓16Mabel#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.