State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 44,925 Minnesota births in 1924 across 784 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#30Delores#174 nationally
#57Adeline#191 nationally
#50Marcella#164 nationally
#93Harlanoutside the national top 200
#70Duane#176 nationally
#97Delorisoutside the national top 200
#95Fern#197 nationally
#99Norbertoutside the national top 200
#91Ervin#192 nationally
#100Mavisoutside the national top 200
#32Donna#131 nationally
#62Lyle#159 nationally

Girls

#1Mary854US #1
#2Dorothy850US #2
#3Betty710US #4
#4Helen554US #3
#5Lorraine547US #52
#6Margaret542US #5
#7Ruth458US #6
#8Shirley399US #19
#9Doris361US #9
#10Lois342US #22
#11Evelyn314US #12
#12Irene308US #18
#13Phyllis305US #44
#14Marjorie288US #17
#15Alice285US #15
#16Jean284US #16
#17Virginia281US #7
#18Elaine267US #73
#19Patricia262US #35
#20Lucille255US #37
#21Elizabeth254US #11
#22June254US #45
#23Mildred245US #8
#24Bernice240US #47
#25Florence238US #20
#26Frances218US #10
#27Marion212US #46
#28Joyce211US #83
#29Marie209US #14
#30Delores198US #174
#31Dolores196US #75
#32Donna184US #131
#33Lillian180US #23
#34Gladys179US #30
#35Audrey170US #84
#36Marian162US #64
#37Eleanor160US #29
#38Norma155US #40
#39Barbara149US #28
#40Jeanne143US #90
#41Carol139US #132
#42Gloria139US #41
#43Harriet138US #128
#44Geraldine135US #58
#45Eileen132US #93
#46Arlene131US #122
#47Esther129US #51
#48Rose129US #25
#49Violet129US #88
#50Marcella126US #164
#51Marilyn115US #101
#52Leona113US #103
#53Viola113US #82
#54Agnes108US #63
#55Kathleen107US #76
#56Muriel107US #126
#57Adeline105US #191
#58Catherine105US #27
#59Edna105US #31
#60Jeanette103US #134
#61Grace102US #43
#62Jane101US #53
#63Vivian100US #71
#64Anna97US #13
#65Ethel97US #39
#66Ruby95US #26
#67Gertrude94US #60
#68Ann93US #55
#69Hazel93US #42
#70Charlotte91US #80
#71Elsie91US #61
#72Pearl91US #78
#73Rosemary90US #106
#74Joan88US #95
#75Kathryn88US #81
#76Maxine88US #77
#77Beatrice86US #50
#78Beverly86US #121
#79Verna85US #153
#80Katherine84US #59
#81Myrtle83US #89
#82Edith78US #36
#83Sylvia78US #104
#84Martha76US #21
#85Rita76US #49
#86Clara75US #56
#87Louise75US #24
#88Genevieve72US #107
#89Eunice71US #130
#90Bette69US #151
#91Josephine68US #34
#92Loretta67US #124
#93Mae61US #114
#94Anne56US #79
#95Fern56US #197
#96Mabel56US #108
#97Deloris53
#98Ellen53US #99
#99Janet53US #118
#100Mavis53

Boys

#1Robert1,530US #1
#2John1,012US #2
#3Donald971US #10
#4William740US #3
#5Richard688US #8
#6James676US #4
#7George474US #6
#8Harold426US #13
#9Kenneth420US #19
#10Raymond395US #15
#11Charles356US #5
#12Edward317US #9
#13Joseph254US #7
#14Thomas248US #11
#15Eugene245US #25
#16Gordon244US #75
#17Walter235US #16
#18Arthur224US #20
#19Paul215US #14
#20Howard204US #26
#21Frank197US #12
#22Marvin197US #50
#23Ralph185US #23
#24Vernon174US #68
#25Leonard173US #38
#26Clarence170US #29
#27Earl170US #33
#28Gerald170US #49
#29Roy169US #31
#30Henry162US #18
#31David160US #24
#32Lawrence160US #36
#33Norman160US #42
#34Stanley156US #40
#35Russell154US #52
#36Lloyd153US #61
#37Jack152US #17
#38Leroy152US #53
#39Melvin147US #48
#40Harry146US #22
#41Carl143US #27
#42Wallace139US #87
#43Arnold137US #95
#44Clifford135US #64
#45Leo133US #51
#46Bernard132US #46
#47Warren132US #58
#48Albert131US #21
#49Roger131US #93
#50Elmer121US #57
#51Wayne121US #74
#52Francis115US #34
#53Dale108US #84
#54Jerome108US #114
#55Calvin106US #44
#56Floyd100US #66
#57Ernest97US #37
#58Edwin95US #55
#59Louis95US #28
#60Harvey94US #88
#61Herbert94US #41
#62Lyle94US #159
#63Orville92US #155
#64Lester88US #72
#65Glenn86US #79
#66Alfred84US #43
#67Fred82US #32
#68Virgil81US #111
#69Alvin80US #73
#70Duane80US #176
#71Willard79US #97
#72Theodore75US #65
#73Milton74US #81
#74Douglas71US #105
#75Roland68US #98
#76Peter66US #59
#77Leslie64US #107
#78Chester62US #67
#79Daniel62US #47
#80Curtis60US #117
#81Ray60US #60
#82Victor60US #90
#83Wesley59US #131
#84Frederick58US #62
#85Andrew57US #56
#86Maurice57US #102
#87Philip57US #71
#88Martin56US #82
#89Allen55US #94
#90Dean54US #144
#91Ervin54US #192
#92Clayton53US #153
#93Harlan53
#94Glen51US #118
#95Lowell51US #175
#96Michael50US #54
#97Wilfred49US #194
#98Anthony48US #39
#99Norbert48
#100Herman47US #70

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑44Calvin#55
↑27Adeline#57
↑26Agnes#54
↑26Rosemary#73
↑22Joan#74
↑21Kathleen#55
↑20Barbara#39
↑19Donna#32

Falling

↓27Warren#47
↓25Myrtle#81
↓23Louise#87
↓23Genevieve#88
↓21Charlotte#70
↓20Ethel#65
↓20Clayton#92
↓18Grace#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.