State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,255 Minnesota births in 1925 across 764 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#64Adeline#199 nationally
#30Delores#163 nationally
#73Fernoutside the national top 200
#85Lorenoutside the national top 200
#54Marcella#167 nationally
#89Myronoutside the national top 200
#96Delorisoutside the national top 200
#66Duane#170 nationally
#94Lowell#196 nationally
#87Ervin#187 nationally
#63Orville#161 nationally
#57Lyle#154 nationally

Girls

#1Mary805US #1
#2Dorothy783US #2
#3Betty758US #3
#4Helen546US #4
#5Margaret546US #5
#6Lorraine478US #51
#7Shirley453US #17
#8Ruth424US #6
#9Lois382US #18
#10Doris336US #8
#11Jean316US #14
#12Patricia308US #28
#13Phyllis303US #40
#14Marjorie300US #21
#15Joyce278US #59
#16Evelyn275US #12
#17Elaine268US #73
#18Irene255US #19
#19Florence254US #24
#20Virginia254US #7
#21Alice252US #15
#22Lucille245US #41
#23June234US #39
#24Elizabeth231US #10
#25Mildred230US #9
#26Bernice213US #46
#27Dolores200US #64
#28Gloria197US #20
#29Marie193US #16
#30Delores189US #163
#31Marion187US #47
#32Donna178US #110
#33Marian173US #67
#34Gladys172US #33
#35Frances161US #11
#36Norma152US #34
#37Audrey151US #78
#38Carol145US #119
#39Eleanor143US #31
#40Jeanne142US #89
#41Beverly138US #105
#42Marilyn136US #83
#43Barbara135US #22
#44Lillian135US #25
#45Arlene134US #120
#46Rose131US #26
#47Grace127US #44
#48Joan124US #66
#49Geraldine122US #54
#50Esther118US #56
#51Harriet117US #131
#52Anna113US #13
#53Violet111US #92
#54Marcella105US #167
#55Rosemary105US #103
#56Eileen103US #96
#57Ethel102US #43
#58Vivian102US #76
#59Charlotte101US #77
#60Agnes100US #69
#61Leona99US #108
#62Rita98US #48
#63Viola94US #84
#64Adeline91US #199
#65Beatrice91US #50
#66Catherine91US #29
#67Hazel91US #45
#68Jeanette90US #137
#69Louise90US #27
#70Kathleen89US #81
#71Bette87US #155
#72Maxine87US #79
#73Fern86
#74Edna82US #37
#75Muriel81US #126
#76Ruby81US #30
#77Ann77US #52
#78Elsie77US #63
#79Eunice77US #130
#80Jane75US #53
#81Pearl75US #90
#82Sylvia75US #106
#83Edith74US #42
#84Genevieve74US #113
#85Myrtle73US #95
#86Janet71US #111
#87Kathryn70US #88
#88Loretta68US #122
#89Gertrude67US #70
#90Verna64US #153
#91Martha63US #23
#92Mabel62US #118
#93Katherine60US #61
#94Laura60US #75
#95Anne57US #85
#96Deloris55
#97Josephine55US #36
#98Mae55US #116
#99Ellen54US #101
#100Nancy53US #60

Boys

#1Robert1,514US #1
#2Donald952US #10
#3John945US #2
#4Richard768US #8
#5James708US #4
#6William689US #3
#7George445US #6
#8Harold387US #14
#9Kenneth369US #19
#10Charles356US #5
#11Raymond345US #15
#12Edward327US #9
#13Joseph258US #7
#14Paul247US #13
#15Thomas246US #11
#16Eugene238US #24
#17Walter237US #16
#18Arthur231US #20
#19Gerald198US #45
#20Gordon198US #72
#21Marvin198US #51
#22Vernon197US #67
#23Lawrence187US #36
#24Ralph184US #25
#25Howard182US #26
#26Frank178US #12
#27Leonard170US #38
#28Earl169US #31
#29David165US #22
#30Clarence163US #30
#31Melvin162US #50
#32Stanley152US #40
#33Lloyd151US #62
#34Norman145US #41
#35Carl143US #28
#36Leroy142US #52
#37Henry139US #18
#38Roger138US #90
#39Francis136US #35
#40Albert130US #21
#41Arnold130US #95
#42Jerome130US #113
#43Warren129US #66
#44Jack127US #17
#45Russell126US #53
#46Clifford124US #59
#47Roy124US #32
#48Harry123US #23
#49Wallace112US #92
#50Dale105US #86
#51Herbert104US #42
#52Calvin99US #47
#53Louis99US #29
#54Alvin98US #70
#55Leo98US #54
#56Bernard97US #48
#57Lyle96US #154
#58Fred95US #33
#59Alfred94US #43
#60Elmer94US #61
#61Floyd90US #58
#62Harvey90US #88
#63Orville90US #161
#64Ronald86US #104
#65Willard86US #97
#66Duane85US #170
#67Wayne85US #74
#68Edwin84US #57
#69Ernest84US #37
#70Douglas82US #103
#71Milton77US #80
#72Theodore77US #63
#73Glenn74US #77
#74Peter74US #60
#75Leslie72US #119
#76Lester71US #81
#77Virgil71US #120
#78Daniel69US #44
#79Martin65US #83
#80Dean64US #140
#81Chester61US #73
#82Philip60US #75
#83Glen58US #117
#84Roland58US #98
#85Loren56
#86Wesley54US #135
#87Ervin52US #187
#88Allen50US #94
#89Myron50
#90Ray50US #64
#91Andrew48US #56
#92Victor48US #89
#93Frederick47US #65
#94Lowell47US #196
#95Clayton46US #162
#96Maurice46US #111
#97Dennis44US #177
#98Curtis43US #118
#99Everett42US #108
#100Anthony41US #39

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑37Beverly#41
↑26Joan#48
↑23Rita#62
↑22Fern#73
↑19Bette#71
↑18Rosemary#55
↑18Louise#69
↑15Alvin#54

Falling

↓22Gertrude#89
↓19Muriel#75
↓18Jane#80
↓18Roy#47
↓18Curtis#98
↓16Wayne#67
↓15Kathleen#70
↓15Edna#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.