State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 42,142 Minnesota births in 1927 across 754 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#70Adelineoutside the national top 200
#56Marcella#182 nationally
#76Delorisoutside the national top 200
#86Mavisoutside the national top 200
#37Lyle#151 nationally
#79Lowell#193 nationally
#73Darlene#185 nationally
#91Lorenoutside the national top 200
#22Delores#128 nationally
#95Marlysoutside the national top 200
#46Duane#147 nationally
#100Harlanoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary913US #1
#2Betty808US #3
#3Dorothy715US #2
#4Shirley532US #9
#5Helen447US #4
#6Lois410US #19
#7Lorraine402US #44
#8Margaret393US #5
#9Ruth387US #6
#10Patricia368US #18
#11Donna359US #70
#12Joyce336US #35
#13Doris301US #7
#14Phyllis292US #29
#15Jean280US #14
#16Elaine270US #69
#17Beverly263US #57
#18Alice239US #17
#19Marilyn235US #46
#20Evelyn232US #15
#21Dolores231US #34
#22Delores227US #128
#23Irene224US #21
#24Virginia218US #8
#25Barbara212US #10
#26Marjorie209US #25
#27Lucille200US #45
#28Gloria189US #22
#29June188US #43
#30Audrey180US #62
#31Elizabeth180US #13
#32Mildred180US #11
#33Florence178US #28
#34Bernice174US #49
#35Arlene173US #108
#36Rose173US #23
#37Marie171US #20
#38Joan170US #41
#39Frances157US #12
#40Marion154US #51
#41Gladys152US #37
#42Marian148US #74
#43Carol146US #106
#44Norma128US #26
#45Eleanor127US #33
#46Jeanne126US #85
#47Geraldine121US #58
#48Lillian121US #32
#49Eileen108US #91
#50Muriel104US #138
#51Rosemary103US #86
#52Grace102US #50
#53Violet97US #103
#54Charlotte96US #75
#55Jeanette95US #131
#56Marcella94US #182
#57Anna93US #16
#58Rita93US #54
#59Leona92US #121
#60Esther91US #65
#61Harriet88US #132
#62Catherine87US #31
#63Vivian83US #77
#64Eunice78US #134
#65Kathleen76US #83
#66Maxine76US #87
#67Janet74US #111
#68Pearl73US #102
#69Louise71US #27
#70Adeline70
#71Nancy69US #56
#72Agnes68US #81
#73Darlene68US #185
#74Ethel68US #47
#75Beatrice67US #67
#76Deloris66
#77Elsie66US #72
#78Viola66US #101
#79Ann65US #59
#80Gertrude64US #78
#81Hazel64US #53
#82Jane64US #60
#83Bette62US #175
#84Ruby62US #30
#85Martha61US #24
#86Mavis61
#87Edith60US #48
#88Verna60US #153
#89Edna57US #40
#90Genevieve57US #126
#91Kathryn57US #90
#92Sylvia55US #116
#93Janice54US #159
#94Loretta54US #127
#95Marlys54
#96Ellen50US #93
#97Joanne50US #181
#98Clara49US #63
#99Josephine49US #39
#100Myrtle49US #110

Boys

#1Robert1,407US #1
#2Donald1,133US #8
#3John936US #2
#4Richard883US #6
#5James768US #3
#6William677US #4
#7George433US #7
#8Kenneth388US #18
#9Charles373US #5
#10Harold354US #14
#11Raymond345US #15
#12Eugene303US #20
#13Thomas276US #11
#14Edward270US #10
#15Paul242US #13
#16Gerald241US #38
#17Joseph238US #9
#18Arthur192US #22
#19Lawrence192US #37
#20Walter191US #17
#21Gordon182US #74
#22David179US #21
#23Roger179US #84
#24Leonard174US #40
#25Marvin172US #47
#26Lloyd171US #58
#27Earl169US #33
#28Howard161US #28
#29Ralph161US #24
#30Vernon159US #71
#31Norman152US #39
#32Clarence143US #32
#33Jack139US #16
#34Leroy134US #51
#35Ronald132US #63
#36Wayne132US #67
#37Lyle130US #151
#38Roy130US #34
#39Melvin129US #48
#40Arnold119US #97
#41Frank119US #12
#42Stanley118US #44
#43Jerome116US #111
#44Russell114US #54
#45Carl112US #26
#46Duane111US #147
#47Francis110US #36
#48Leo110US #55
#49Albert106US #23
#50Henry106US #19
#51Bernard105US #50
#52Dale105US #81
#53Warren105US #79
#54Clifford102US #65
#55Harry100US #25
#56Wallace99US #96
#57Elmer95US #61
#58Louis93US #29
#59Daniel90US #46
#60Alvin88US #66
#61Glenn85US #76
#62Ernest84US #41
#63Harvey84US #94
#64Herbert83US #42
#65Theodore79US #62
#66Edwin78US #57
#67Douglas77US #104
#68Floyd75US #53
#69Fred75US #35
#70Milton75US #88
#71Willard72US #106
#72Allen71US #95
#73Lester67US #83
#74Virgil66US #121
#75Dean65US #133
#76Gene65US #72
#77Philip65US #75
#78Clayton63US #163
#79Lowell62US #193
#80Martin62US #87
#81Peter62US #59
#82Orville61US #172
#83Glen59US #115
#84Alfred57US #45
#85Roland57US #109
#86Curtis56US #118
#87Wesley56US #134
#88Dennis54US #165
#89Frederick53US #64
#90Ervin52US #189
#91Loren52
#92Keith51US #141
#93Andrew49US #56
#94Michael49US #52
#95Ray48US #60
#96Wilfred48US #194
#97Anthony47US #43
#98Jerry47US #93
#99Leslie47US #126
#100Harlan45

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑21Duane#46
↑19Ronald#35
↑18Elsie#77
↑17Nancy#71
↑16Lyle#37
↑16Martin#80
↑14Marilyn#19
↑14Darlene#73

Falling

↓20Verna#88
↓17Hazel#81
↓16Warren#53
↓15Ellen#96
↓15Harry#55
↓14Agnes#72
↓13Peter#81
↓12Marian#42

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.