State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,807 Minnesota births in 1929 across 686 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#65Marlysoutside the national top 200
#56Marcella#189 nationally
#74Delorisoutside the national top 200
#77Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#81Adelineoutside the national top 200
#82Mavisoutside the national top 200
#49Darlene#160 nationally
#90Ervinoutside the national top 200
#85Lowell#193 nationally
#70Orville#174 nationally
#52Lyle#152 nationally
#39Duane#137 nationally

Girls

#1Mary942US #1
#2Betty644US #2
#3Dorothy538US #3
#4Shirley468US #9
#5Donna454US #47
#6Lois443US #17
#7Patricia406US #10
#8Joyce362US #23
#9Helen333US #4
#10Lorraine331US #42
#11Margaret326US #5
#12Delores318US #74
#13Joan318US #13
#14Beverly307US #39
#15Phyllis290US #24
#16Jean267US #12
#17Ruth259US #8
#18Marilyn254US #33
#19Elaine253US #67
#20Barbara247US #7
#21Dolores244US #14
#22Doris241US #6
#23Alice210US #21
#24Marjorie207US #30
#25Carol198US #63
#26Evelyn188US #19
#27Elizabeth180US #15
#28Virginia178US #11
#29Audrey168US #58
#30Gloria167US #28
#31Arlene158US #105
#32Marion158US #53
#33Geraldine154US #43
#34June154US #48
#35Irene151US #29
#36Rose138US #26
#37Bernice135US #55
#38Mildred131US #18
#39Nancy128US #32
#40Lucille123US #57
#41Marian119US #75
#42Gladys115US #44
#43Rosemary115US #80
#44Norma114US #25
#45Florence113US #35
#46Marie113US #22
#47Jeanne109US #92
#48Joanne106US #101
#49Darlene98US #160
#50Eileen95US #98
#51Frances95US #16
#52Kathleen93US #89
#53Vivian93US #81
#54Rita90US #52
#55Ramona89US #120
#56Marcella83US #189
#57Janet82US #82
#58Lillian80US #40
#59Anna79US #20
#60Beatrice78US #72
#61Eleanor78US #38
#62Jane73US #62
#63Esther72US #71
#64Harriet72US #135
#65Marlys72
#66Violet71US #111
#67Grace70US #54
#68Charlotte69US #73
#69Maxine69US #85
#70Louise68US #31
#71Theresa68US #49
#72Catherine67US #34
#73Leona67US #122
#74Deloris65
#75Yvonne65US #168
#76Ann64US #46
#77Lavonne64
#78Jeanette63US #131
#79Kathryn61US #104
#80Muriel59US #149
#81Adeline57
#82Mavis55
#83Viola55US #109
#84Agnes54US #94
#85Verna54US #156
#86Ellen51US #97
#87Eunice51US #145
#88Edna49US #51
#89Gertrude49US #95
#90Ruby49US #36
#91Genevieve48US #142
#92Martha48US #27
#93Janice47US #136
#94Joann46US #144
#95Ethel45US #56
#96Laverne45US #170
#97Elsie44US #78
#98Pearl44US #114
#99Hazel43US #64
#100Bonnie42US #86

Boys

#1Robert1,348US #1
#2Donald1,111US #7
#3Richard912US #6
#4John911US #3
#5James800US #2
#6William635US #4
#7Kenneth373US #18
#8Charles344US #5
#9George302US #8
#10Raymond302US #15
#11Gerald292US #33
#12Harold286US #16
#13Thomas283US #11
#14Eugene263US #20
#15Edward257US #10
#16David254US #17
#17Joseph236US #9
#18Roger209US #64
#19Marvin196US #46
#20Paul195US #13
#21Gordon163US #79
#22Vernon160US #71
#23Lloyd158US #62
#24Walter158US #19
#25Ronald157US #45
#26Earl156US #36
#27Jack154US #14
#28Arthur151US #22
#29Leroy151US #51
#30Ralph151US #26
#31Lawrence148US #38
#32Dale144US #73
#33Frank135US #12
#34Howard134US #31
#35Melvin127US #49
#36Norman123US #40
#37Herbert121US #25
#38Jerome119US #110
#39Duane117US #137
#40Clarence114US #37
#41Leonard112US #42
#42Russell110US #56
#43Stanley109US #48
#44Francis104US #39
#45Wayne103US #69
#46Carl102US #28
#47Henry102US #21
#48Bernard101US #52
#49Arnold100US #95
#50Roy96US #35
#51Leo94US #60
#52Lyle90US #152
#53Alvin88US #77
#54Clifford88US #72
#55Harvey86US #90
#56Wallace86US #106
#57Glenn85US #80
#58Daniel84US #47
#59Alfred83US #41
#60Elmer83US #70
#61Harry83US #27
#62Albert80US #24
#63Douglas80US #97
#64Floyd78US #58
#65Gene77US #68
#66Virgil72US #127
#67Willard71US #114
#68Theodore70US #65
#69Dennis68US #154
#70Orville68US #174
#71Dean66US #133
#72Louis66US #32
#73Warren66US #92
#74Peter65US #55
#75Patrick64US #121
#76Fred63US #34
#77Edwin62US #66
#78Curtis61US #99
#79Glen59US #123
#80Roland58US #104
#81Michael57US #54
#82Keith56US #138
#83Allen54US #86
#84Jerry54US #61
#85Lowell54US #193
#86Ernest53US #43
#87Bruce52US #112
#88Philip52US #76
#89Lester50US #88
#90Ervin49
#91Ray48US #57
#92Allan47US #161
#93Martin46US #83
#94Clayton45US #166
#95Chester44US #96
#96Victor44US #100
#97Milton43US #94
#98Maurice42US #125
#99Larry40US #135
#100Leslie40US #136

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑35Joanne#48
↑33Marlys#65
↑28Theresa#71
↑27Jane#62
↑25Darlene#49
↑23Virgil#66
↑20Nancy#39
↑19Patrick#75

Falling

↓21Grace#67
↓18Charlotte#68
↓18Leslie#100
↓17Leona#73
↓17Hazel#99
↓17Lester#89
↓17Milton#97
↓16Eleanor#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.