State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,187 Minnesota births in 1926 across 763 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#71Delorisoutside the national top 200
#73Adelineoutside the national top 200
#52Marcella#177 nationally
#24Delores#145 nationally
#83Fernoutside the national top 200
#84Lorenoutside the national top 200
#87Darleneoutside the national top 200
#85Lowell#195 nationally
#98Mavisoutside the national top 200
#53Lyle#152 nationally
#91Ervin#187 nationally
#67Duane#160 nationally

Girls

#1Mary942US #1
#2Betty727US #3
#3Dorothy699US #2
#4Shirley500US #14
#5Lorraine483US #53
#6Helen463US #4
#7Lois429US #19
#8Margaret399US #5
#9Ruth388US #6
#10Doris360US #7
#11Phyllis354US #33
#12Jean327US #12
#13Joyce325US #44
#14Irene312US #21
#15Patricia305US #23
#16Elaine272US #68
#17Virginia267US #8
#18Evelyn256US #13
#19Donna249US #90
#20Audrey241US #60
#21Marjorie237US #22
#22Alice231US #17
#23Lucille215US #43
#24Delores210US #145
#25Florence210US #26
#26Dolores209US #49
#27Beverly206US #74
#28Gloria205US #20
#29Barbara197US #16
#30Marian186US #70
#31Marion186US #47
#32June185US #40
#33Marilyn184US #65
#34Bernice181US #45
#35Gladys177US #35
#36Elizabeth176US #11
#37Marie172US #18
#38Arlene171US #108
#39Mildred165US #9
#40Joan151US #51
#41Rose146US #25
#42Frances144US #10
#43Geraldine135US #54
#44Carol133US #113
#45Eleanor133US #32
#46Norma131US #29
#47Violet130US #94
#48Lillian128US #28
#49Eileen123US #92
#50Esther117US #62
#51Jeanne117US #88
#52Marcella109US #177
#53Harriet107US #133
#54Leona107US #112
#55Grace98US #46
#56Muriel97US #129
#57Anna95US #15
#58Agnes94US #77
#59Rosemary94US #95
#60Maxine92US #85
#61Charlotte90US #78
#62Vivian90US #80
#63Catherine89US #31
#64Hazel88US #48
#65Jeanette88US #136
#66Kathleen86US #83
#67Rita86US #50
#68Verna83US #152
#69Beatrice82US #58
#70Ethel82US #41
#71Deloris81
#72Pearl77US #96
#73Adeline76
#74Gertrude74US #71
#75Janet71US #110
#76Martha71US #24
#77Eunice69US #134
#78Louise68US #27
#79Jane67US #56
#80Viola67US #97
#81Ellen65US #100
#82Kathryn65US #87
#83Fern64
#84Loretta64US #126
#85Edith63US #42
#86Edna63US #38
#87Darlene62
#88Nancy62US #57
#89Ruby62US #30
#90Ann60US #55
#91Pauline60US #39
#92Genevieve58US #128
#93Laura58US #81
#94Mae58US #118
#95Elsie57US #69
#96Laverne57US #169
#97Sylvia57US #107
#98Mavis55
#99Myrtle54US #101
#100Clara53US #61

Boys

#1Robert1,462US #1
#2Donald1,076US #9
#3John969US #2
#4Richard827US #7
#5James721US #3
#6William695US #4
#7George414US #6
#8Kenneth372US #18
#9Harold370US #14
#10Charles345US #5
#11Raymond340US #15
#12Edward306US #10
#13Eugene274US #23
#14Gerald261US #41
#15Paul251US #13
#16Joseph243US #8
#17Thomas238US #11
#18Walter225US #17
#19Arthur206US #20
#20Vernon192US #66
#21Ralph191US #24
#22Clarence189US #29
#23Gordon188US #76
#24Earl186US #32
#25Marvin183US #50
#26Leonard177US #38
#27Norman171US #39
#28Lawrence168US #36
#29Roger168US #89
#30Howard167US #27
#31David164US #22
#32Lloyd160US #60
#33Stanley155US #43
#34Jack149US #16
#35Russell142US #52
#36Leroy138US #51
#37Warren136US #71
#38Francis134US #35
#39Carl132US #26
#40Harry130US #25
#41Frank129US #12
#42Melvin128US #47
#43Jerome127US #114
#44Henry126US #19
#45Wayne125US #68
#46Arnold124US #99
#47Dale121US #84
#48Wallace121US #95
#49Roy119US #34
#50Clifford117US #62
#51Bernard114US #49
#52Leo113US #54
#53Lyle113US #152
#54Ronald110US #88
#55Albert109US #21
#56Herbert107US #44
#57Alvin94US #72
#58Elmer92US #61
#59Willard90US #100
#60Ernest89US #37
#61Glenn89US #75
#62Louis88US #30
#63Theodore87US #63
#64Floyd85US #53
#65Edwin81US #55
#66Douglas79US #103
#67Duane79US #160
#68Peter79US #58
#69Lester78US #78
#70Allen75US #93
#71Daniel75US #46
#72Milton75US #83
#73Glen72US #121
#74Harvey72US #90
#75Fred69US #31
#76Virgil69US #118
#77Curtis68US #112
#78Alfred67US #45
#79Dean64US #139
#80Gene62US #91
#81Philip60US #70
#82Frederick57US #64
#83Roland57US #107
#84Loren56
#85Lowell55US #195
#86Dennis54US #173
#87Ray54US #57
#88Jerry53US #97
#89Patrick53US #141
#90Clayton52US #161
#91Ervin51US #187
#92Merle51US #180
#93Leslie49US #126
#94Orville49US #164
#95Wesley49US #132
#96Martin48US #80
#97Victor48US #94
#98Joe46US #33
#99Michael45US #56
#100Calvin44US #65

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑25Deloris#71
↑22Verna#68
↑22Wayne#45
↑21Curtis#77
↑19Muriel#56
↑18Ellen#81
↑18Allen#70
↑17Audrey#20

Falling

↓48Calvin#100
↓31Orville#94
↓19Alfred#78
↓18Leslie#93
↓17Viola#80
↓17Elsie#95
↓17Fred#75
↓17Martin#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.