State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,721 Minnesota births in 1930 across 712 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#59Marlysoutside the national top 200
#60Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#75Delorisoutside the national top 200
#61Marcella#186 nationally
#82Mavisoutside the national top 200
#46Lyle#160 nationally
#91Lorenoutside the national top 200
#86Myron#195 nationally
#95Harlanoutside the national top 200
#36Darlene#141 nationally
#96Adelineoutside the national top 200
#89Lowell#191 nationally

Girls

#1Mary931US #1
#2Betty652US #2
#3Dorothy520US #3
#4Patricia482US #7
#5Shirley474US #11
#6Donna449US #37
#7Joyce405US #18
#8Lois382US #17
#9Joan376US #8
#10Beverly371US #34
#11Marilyn349US #22
#12Delores317US #66
#13Helen312US #4
#14Margaret294US #5
#15Dolores287US #13
#16Barbara284US #6
#17Ruth280US #10
#18Jean273US #14
#19Phyllis273US #28
#20Lorraine262US #46
#21Doris259US #9
#22Carol233US #54
#23Elaine210US #69
#24Virginia206US #12
#25Alice204US #20
#26Marjorie204US #32
#27Audrey197US #63
#28Elizabeth193US #15
#29Evelyn173US #19
#30Arlene161US #103
#31Geraldine159US #43
#32Irene158US #33
#33Marion151US #60
#34Joanne146US #81
#35Gloria142US #30
#36Darlene137US #141
#37Marian135US #80
#38Rose133US #29
#39Bernice130US #58
#40Nancy130US #24
#41Norma123US #25
#42June122US #47
#43Janet120US #53
#44Mildred118US #21
#45Florence117US #38
#46Lucille114US #59
#47Gladys113US #48
#48Jeanne111US #92
#49Jeanette104US #106
#50Rita102US #42
#51Rosemary102US #82
#52Marie101US #26
#53Kathleen88US #84
#54Frances87US #16
#55Grace86US #62
#56Louise86US #31
#57Harriet85US #138
#58Eleanor84US #39
#59Marlys82
#60Lavonne81
#61Marcella81US #186
#62Charlotte78US #75
#63Joann77US #118
#64Maxine77US #93
#65Eileen76US #110
#66Catherine73US #35
#67Jane69US #55
#68Violet69US #120
#69Bonnie68US #78
#70Jacqueline67US #74
#71Lillian67US #44
#72Muriel67US #155
#73Anna66US #23
#74Esther64US #77
#75Deloris63
#76Vivian63US #91
#77Beatrice62US #76
#78Yvonne62US #165
#79Verna61US #151
#80Ann60US #41
#81Janice59US #126
#82Mavis59
#83Sally59US #98
#84Loretta58US #105
#85Carolyn57US #72
#86Ethel56US #65
#87Ramona56US #149
#88Leona55US #130
#89Genevieve53US #143
#90Eunice52US #148
#91Katherine51US #85
#92Kathryn51US #101
#93Agnes50US #102
#94Martha50US #27
#95Laverne49US #178
#96Adeline48
#97Sylvia48US #132
#98Ruby45US #36
#99Theresa45US #50
#100Bette44

Boys

#1Robert1,298US #1
#2Donald1,078US #7
#3Richard1,008US #5
#4John873US #3
#5James862US #2
#6William634US #4
#7Charles376US #6
#8Kenneth362US #17
#9Thomas323US #11
#10Gerald322US #30
#11George320US #8
#12Harold290US #18
#13Eugene275US #21
#14David269US #15
#15Raymond269US #16
#16Roger263US #58
#17Edward246US #10
#18Ronald229US #37
#19Joseph218US #9
#20Dale191US #64
#21Paul185US #12
#22Marvin179US #48
#23Gordon175US #77
#24Duane171US #120
#25Arthur167US #23
#26Lawrence160US #36
#27Leroy146US #53
#28Howard145US #31
#29Jerome143US #105
#30Ralph142US #25
#31Jack141US #14
#32Vernon140US #72
#33Earl132US #38
#34Lloyd129US #69
#35Norman128US #40
#36Melvin124US #50
#37Carl123US #26
#38Frank123US #13
#39Walter122US #19
#40Stanley120US #49
#41Wayne119US #65
#42Leonard115US #45
#43Clarence110US #39
#44Russell106US #60
#45Francis105US #42
#46Lyle103US #160
#47Bernard101US #52
#48Roy100US #33
#49Arnold98US #98
#50Douglas97US #89
#51Albert96US #24
#52Henry95US #22
#53Wallace95US #112
#54Herbert90US #35
#55Clifford89US #73
#56Floyd86US #61
#57Harry84US #28
#58Gene83US #70
#59Harvey81US #92
#60Leo79US #63
#61Theodore79US #67
#62Dennis77US #145
#63Glenn77US #71
#64Daniel75US #47
#65Warren75US #96
#66Jerry72US #51
#67Alvin70US #79
#68Allen68US #85
#69Willard68US #117
#70Louis67US #34
#71Virgil67US #128
#72Dean66US #129
#73Fred66US #32
#74Elmer63US #80
#75Keith62US #130
#76Patrick62US #118
#77Edwin61US #66
#78Lester61US #95
#79Ernest60US #43
#80Philip59US #75
#81Bruce58US #109
#82Frederick58US #74
#83Michael57US #54
#84Peter57US #56
#85Wesley57US #142
#86Myron56US #195
#87Roland56US #107
#88Curtis54US #106
#89Lowell52US #191
#90Milton52US #93
#91Loren51
#92Alfred50US #46
#93Larry50US #108
#94Glen49US #114
#95Harlan49
#96Leslie44US #139
#97Darrell43US #173
#98Orville42US #187
#99Ervin41
#100Martin40US #83

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑31Joann#63
↑31Bonnie#69
↑29Jeanette#49
↑18Jerry#66
↑17Lavonne#60
↑15Duane#24
↑15Allen#68
↑14Joanne#34

Falling

↓33Alfred#92
↓32Ramona#87
↓28Theresa#99
↓28Orville#98
↓23Vivian#76
↓17Beatrice#77
↓17Herbert#54
↓15Eileen#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.