State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,898 Minnesota births in 1928 across 745 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#79Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#80Adelineoutside the national top 200
#81Delorisoutside the national top 200
#73Lowell#188 nationally
#88Mavisoutside the national top 200
#63Marcella#174 nationally
#46Lyle#155 nationally
#92Fernoutside the national top 200
#92Ervinoutside the national top 200
#95Lorenoutside the national top 200
#96Rodneyoutside the national top 200
#75Orville#178 nationally

Girls

#1Mary889US #1
#2Betty756US #2
#3Dorothy622US #3
#4Shirley551US #10
#5Lois428US #18
#6Patricia404US #11
#7Helen397US #4
#8Donna395US #61
#9Lorraine379US #39
#10Joyce376US #30
#11Margaret366US #5
#12Phyllis346US #26
#13Beverly331US #46
#14Doris322US #7
#15Ruth318US #6
#16Jean305US #12
#17Dolores263US #20
#18Marilyn262US #38
#19Delores259US #94
#20Joan234US #27
#21Elaine232US #68
#22Alice225US #19
#23Irene212US #28
#24Barbara205US #8
#25Marjorie205US #29
#26Virginia202US #9
#27Audrey201US #60
#28Evelyn193US #17
#29Lucille183US #51
#30Marion183US #47
#31Carol175US #77
#32Mildred172US #15
#33Gloria165US #25
#34Elizabeth164US #14
#35Arlene163US #106
#36Marian161US #71
#37Florence159US #32
#38June158US #44
#39Geraldine157US #50
#40Bernice152US #53
#41Rose150US #24
#42Frances149US #13
#43Marie144US #21
#44Gladys136US #41
#45Eleanor124US #36
#46Grace116US #52
#47Norma112US #23
#48Esther107US #66
#49Eileen103US #102
#50Charlotte97US #72
#51Jeanne97US #90
#52Lillian97US #35
#53Rosemary94US #88
#54Kathleen93US #82
#55Vivian92US #78
#56Leona84US #122
#57Catherine80US #33
#58Harriet80US #133
#59Nancy80US #43
#60Anna79US #16
#61Rita79US #57
#62Louise77US #31
#63Marcella77US #174
#64Janet76US #95
#65Maxine76US #84
#66Violet75US #113
#67Beatrice74US #70
#68Muriel73US #139
#69Ann72US #54
#70Ramona72US #117
#71Jeanette69US #126
#72Eunice68US #138
#73Kathryn68US #99
#74Darlene67US #176
#75Verna66US #152
#76Edith65US #56
#77Edna62US #45
#78Katherine61US #75
#79Lavonne61
#80Adeline60
#81Deloris60
#82Hazel60US #59
#83Joanne60US #142
#84Ruby60US #34
#85Viola59US #103
#86Agnes58US #85
#87Loretta58US #123
#88Mavis58
#89Jane57US #62
#90Pauline56US #48
#91Ellen55US #98
#92Fern55
#93Lila55US #195
#94Sylvia55US #119
#95Ethel54US #55
#96Pearl53US #110
#97Elsie51US #73
#98Marlys50
#99Theresa49US #49
#100Genevieve48US #134

Boys

#1Robert1,279US #1
#2Donald1,108US #7
#3John890US #2
#4Richard883US #6
#5James814US #3
#6William639US #4
#7Kenneth377US #17
#8George374US #8
#9Charles338US #5
#10Gerald314US #41
#11Eugene311US #20
#12Harold301US #14
#13Edward283US #10
#14Raymond275US #16
#15Joseph237US #9
#16Thomas233US #11
#17Paul210US #13
#18David207US #19
#19Roger204US #71
#20Marvin191US #46
#21Arthur184US #22
#22Gordon183US #77
#23Vernon177US #70
#24Lawrence171US #38
#25Ralph166US #24
#26Lloyd164US #59
#27Walter162US #18
#28Ronald161US #50
#29Earl156US #37
#30Dale155US #75
#31Norman150US #39
#32Jack146US #15
#33Jerome146US #110
#34Clarence144US #35
#35Herbert133US #25
#36Howard130US #31
#37Melvin130US #48
#38Frank128US #12
#39Leonard126US #42
#40Duane124US #141
#41Leroy124US #51
#42Bernard121US #49
#43Roy120US #34
#44Stanley120US #45
#45Arnold118US #98
#46Lyle115US #155
#47Alfred112US #33
#48Francis110US #40
#49Russell108US #55
#50Wallace108US #104
#51Carl105US #28
#52Wayne104US #69
#53Harry103US #26
#54Douglas100US #102
#55Albert99US #23
#56Elmer99US #63
#57Clifford97US #68
#58Henry96US #21
#59Leo86US #61
#60Floyd84US #54
#61Gene83US #62
#62Curtis82US #101
#63Alvin80US #72
#64Glenn80US #76
#65Daniel79US #47
#66Harvey79US #90
#67Louis76US #32
#68Theodore75US #66
#69Warren75US #85
#70Ernest73US #43
#71Willard70US #113
#72Lester66US #89
#73Lowell66US #188
#74Roland66US #107
#75Orville61US #178
#76Fred59US #36
#77Dennis58US #159
#78Edwin58US #58
#79Michael58US #53
#80Milton58US #92
#81Bruce56US #112
#82Leslie56US #128
#83Dean54US #136
#84Peter54US #56
#85Keith53US #139
#86Allen52US #93
#87Clayton50US #173
#88Glen50US #115
#89Virgil50US #126
#90Philip49US #73
#91Frederick47US #67
#92Ervin46
#93Allan45US #171
#94Patrick45US #132
#95Loren44
#96Rodney43
#97Wesley43US #143
#98Myron42
#99Victor42US #99
#100Merle41US #186

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑37Alfred#47
↑29Herbert#35
↑24Curtis#62
↑22Dale#30
↑18Joan#20
↑18Kathryn#73
↑17Leslie#82
↑15Gene#61

Falling

↓28Pearl#96
↓21Ethel#95
↓20Elsie#97
↓18Muriel#68
↓16Jeanette#71
↓16Wayne#52
↓16Warren#69
↓15Leonard#39

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.