State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,094 Minnesota births in 1923 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.

#39Delores#184 nationally
#37Marcella#158 nationally
#84Adeline#195 nationally
#91Lorenoutside the national top 200
#92Luellaoutside the national top 200
#82Duane#190 nationally
#94Myronoutside the national top 200
#51Donna#156 nationally
#83Fern#187 nationally
#97Maynardoutside the national top 200
#98Norbertoutside the national top 200
#100Reubenoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Dorothy935US #2
#2Mary895US #1
#3Helen630US #3
#4Betty612US #5
#5Margaret580US #4
#6Lorraine555US #57
#7Ruth484US #6
#8Doris374US #11
#9Irene354US #17
#10Evelyn349US #12
#11Shirley339US #26
#12Marjorie301US #16
#13Virginia294US #7
#14Phyllis292US #45
#15Lucille281US #35
#16Elizabeth279US #9
#17Lois275US #27
#18Mildred273US #8
#19Alice265US #15
#20Florence261US #18
#21Jean260US #19
#22Elaine234US #87
#23Bernice229US #43
#24June222US #42
#25Frances220US #10
#26Marion213US #44
#27Marie212US #14
#28Marian211US #65
#29Patricia209US #56
#30Joyce201US #104
#31Eleanor194US #28
#32Audrey187US #85
#33Gladys181US #29
#34Dolores168US #83
#35Lillian168US #20
#36Violet165US #86
#37Marcella164US #158
#38Norma161US #41
#39Delores157US #184
#40Harriet138US #122
#41Esther137US #47
#42Eileen135US #95
#43Grace133US #39
#44Rose132US #23
#45Ethel120US #38
#46Geraldine119US #58
#47Vivian118US #69
#48Carol117US #139
#49Charlotte117US #77
#50Ruby117US #25
#51Donna115US #156
#52Edna115US #32
#53Jeanne115US #90
#54Hazel113US #40
#55Gloria112US #48
#56Myrtle105US #84
#57Viola105US #79
#58Marilyn104US #118
#59Barbara103US #33
#60Arlene102US #127
#61Pearl102US #78
#62Ann100US #52
#63Leona100US #100
#64Louise100US #22
#65Genevieve99US #97
#66Anna98US #13
#67Beatrice98US #46
#68Gertrude98US #59
#69Elsie97US #61
#70Jeanette97US #131
#71Beverly94US #144
#72Muriel94US #114
#73Jane93US #55
#74Kathryn93US #72
#75Verna92US #146
#76Kathleen91US #70
#77Catherine88US #24
#78Martha88US #21
#79Maxine88US #76
#80Agnes87US #63
#81Katherine87US #60
#82Edith83US #36
#83Fern83US #187
#84Adeline81US #195
#85Bette79US #148
#86Eunice77US #125
#87Sylvia75US #98
#88Rita71US #50
#89Clara68US #49
#90Josephine68US #30
#91Loretta65US #124
#92Luella64
#93Thelma64US #31
#94Ellen63US #103
#95Janet61US #121
#96Joan61US #117
#97Mabel59US #102
#98Laura58US #73
#99Rosemary58US #110
#100Anne57US #71

Boys

#1Robert1,497US #2
#2Donald975US #10
#3John963US #1
#4William714US #3
#5James661US #4
#6Richard657US #9
#7George434US #6
#8Kenneth417US #21
#9Harold399US #13
#10Raymond387US #15
#11Charles365US #5
#12Edward334US #8
#13Joseph299US #7
#14Paul256US #14
#15Arthur231US #19
#16Vernon226US #67
#17Walter226US #16
#18Thomas222US #12
#19Gordon216US #76
#20Warren214US #43
#21Eugene213US #25
#22Earl212US #31
#23Lawrence204US #36
#24Clarence199US #29
#25Wallace196US #69
#26Howard194US #26
#27Gerald193US #54
#28Frank191US #11
#29Ralph180US #23
#30Leonard178US #37
#31Lloyd173US #59
#32Stanley173US #41
#33David171US #24
#34Marvin169US #51
#35Henry166US #18
#36Melvin166US #48
#37Jack160US #17
#38Roy157US #32
#39Harry150US #22
#40Clifford149US #65
#41Francis149US #34
#42Russell145US #52
#43Albert143US #20
#44Norman141US #44
#45Carl140US #28
#46Leo138US #49
#47Arnold131US #93
#48Bernard130US #46
#49Leroy130US #55
#50Herbert126US #40
#51Elmer124US #57
#52Ernest117US #38
#53Alvin110US #73
#54Roger110US #95
#55Wayne105US #75
#56Edwin103US #56
#57Dale101US #90
#58Jerome100US #118
#59Floyd97US #64
#60Lester93US #71
#61Douglas90US #108
#62Harvey89US #91
#63Louis88US #27
#64Lyle86US #154
#65Willard86US #92
#66Fred84US #33
#67Glenn84US #84
#68Orville84US #152
#69Daniel83US #47
#70Alfred81US #42
#71Milton78US #81
#72Clayton76US #158
#73Philip70US #70
#74Roland69US #104
#75Theodore68US #62
#76Virgil68US #100
#77Ray66US #61
#78Victor66US #88
#79Peter63US #58
#80Maurice62US #101
#81Allen60US #97
#82Duane58US #190
#83Leslie58US #112
#84Chester55US #63
#85Glen55US #121
#86Martin54US #80
#87Frederick53US #60
#88Ronald52US #142
#89Anthony50US #39
#90Keith50US #145
#91Loren50
#92Curtis49US #116
#93Willis48US #138
#94Myron47
#95Dean46US #153
#96Lowell46US #194
#97Maynard45
#98Norbert45
#99Calvin44US #82
#100Reuben44

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑24Marilyn#58
↑23Donna#51
↑23Wallace#25
↑22Roland#74
↑19Vivian#47
↑18Beverly#71
↑17Arlene#60
↑16Charlotte#49

Falling

↓30Agnes#80
↓23Edith#82
↓19Josephine#90
↓18Maxine#79
↓17Muriel#72
↓16Alfred#70
↓15Catherine#77
↓13Laura#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.