State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,531 Minnesota births in 1931 across 724 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#43Marlysoutside the national top 200
#57Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#62Myron#192 nationally
#82Harlanoutside the national top 200
#85Deloris#200 nationally
#76Marcella#189 nationally
#89Mavisoutside the national top 200
#96Adelineoutside the national top 200
#96Lorenoutside the national top 200
#58Lyle#157 nationally
#53Lowell#147 nationally
#36Darlene#128 nationally

Girls

#1Mary944US #1
#2Betty648US #2
#3Donna528US #32
#4Patricia503US #8
#5Dorothy473US #3
#6Joan470US #5
#7Shirley432US #9
#8Beverly416US #31
#9Marilyn399US #19
#10Lois391US #20
#11Barbara359US #4
#12Joyce347US #15
#13Margaret296US #7
#14Delores284US #58
#15Helen274US #6
#16Lorraine255US #49
#17Carol249US #46
#18Phyllis247US #29
#19Jean246US #13
#20Ruth240US #11
#21Elaine213US #72
#22Alice206US #21
#23Arlene206US #77
#24Doris198US #10
#25Dolores194US #14
#26Elizabeth185US #16
#27Audrey173US #64
#28Marjorie168US #34
#29Evelyn166US #24
#30Geraldine164US #38
#31Virginia164US #12
#32Nancy163US #17
#33Joanne158US #68
#34Gloria157US #23
#35Irene154US #37
#36Darlene148US #128
#37Janet140US #45
#38Marlene140US #95
#39June137US #44
#40Marion133US #66
#41Marie124US #27
#42Norma122US #22
#43Marlys120
#44Marian118US #84
#45Rose114US #30
#46Florence112US #43
#47Gladys112US #55
#48Lucille107US #62
#49Jeanne104US #98
#50Mildred103US #26
#51Frances98US #18
#52Joann96US #90
#53Rita94US #48
#54Jeanette93US #105
#55Rosemary92US #88
#56Bernice90US #63
#57Lavonne90
#58Charlotte86US #75
#59Kathleen85US #87
#60Lillian84US #47
#61Janice77US #104
#62Ann75US #35
#63Vivian75US #82
#64Jane74US #50
#65Grace71US #70
#66Bonnie70US #73
#67Sally70US #97
#68Yvonne70US #151
#69Eileen69US #106
#70Jacqueline68US #78
#71Anna67US #25
#72Catherine67US #36
#73Louise66US #33
#74Eleanor64US #40
#75Esther60US #79
#76Marcella60US #189
#77Theresa60US #59
#78Harriet59US #143
#79Genevieve57US #145
#80Violet57US #132
#81Carolyn55US #60
#82Maxine55US #101
#83Muriel55US #172
#84Ramona55US #164
#85Deloris53US #200
#86Eunice53US #147
#87Leona52US #133
#88Kathryn51US #108
#89Mavis50
#90Agnes49US #103
#91Loretta49US #96
#92Hazel48US #74
#93Katherine47US #92
#94Laverne47US #176
#95Ruby47US #39
#96Adeline46
#97Sylvia46US #123
#98Beatrice44US #85
#99Edith44US #65
#100Ethel44US #67

Boys

#1Robert1,303US #1
#2Donald1,066US #7
#3Richard977US #5
#4John884US #3
#5James870US #2
#6William565US #4
#7Charles387US #6
#8Kenneth382US #14
#9Gerald377US #26
#10Roger325US #53
#11David306US #13
#12Eugene301US #21
#13George295US #8
#14Thomas285US #10
#15Raymond268US #17
#16Ronald258US #27
#17Harold236US #18
#18Edward232US #11
#19Paul227US #12
#20Duane207US #104
#21Dale194US #62
#22Joseph194US #9
#23Marvin179US #45
#24Jerome167US #103
#25Jack147US #15
#26Gordon145US #76
#27Leroy143US #52
#28Walter136US #20
#29Arthur134US #23
#30Stanley131US #49
#31Wayne130US #58
#32Lloyd127US #68
#33Lawrence125US #38
#34Norman123US #36
#35Vernon123US #74
#36Frank120US #16
#37Howard120US #34
#38Earl107US #40
#39Leonard106US #48
#40Bernard104US #54
#41Carl104US #28
#42Clarence102US #39
#43Melvin101US #51
#44Francis98US #42
#45Ralph97US #25
#46Douglas94US #85
#47Dennis93US #138
#48Glenn92US #72
#49Henry91US #22
#50Roy88US #35
#51Arnold87US #98
#52Clifford86US #75
#53Lowell86US #147
#54Jerry84US #43
#55Harvey82US #93
#56Wallace82US #114
#57Floyd80US #66
#58Lyle79US #157
#59Peter79US #61
#60Herbert78US #41
#61Leo73US #69
#62Myron73US #192
#63Russell73US #63
#64Harry72US #30
#65Patrick71US #111
#66Alfred70US #50
#67Daniel70US #44
#68Dean70US #127
#69Allen69US #79
#70Gene69US #64
#71Elmer68US #82
#72Fred68US #33
#73Albert67US #24
#74Theodore67US #70
#75Alvin66US #80
#76Virgil65US #121
#77Curtis64US #108
#78Ernest64US #47
#79Willard63US #124
#80Louis61US #37
#81Warren61US #100
#82Harlan59
#83Roland59US #107
#84Wesley59US #143
#85Bruce58US #101
#86Philip54US #71
#87Allan53US #151
#88Glen50US #112
#89Keith50US #123
#90Leslie50US #139
#91Ray50US #60
#92Michael49US #55
#93Lester46US #96
#94Edwin45US #67
#95Larry45US #88
#96Loren45
#97Rodney45US #187
#98Darrell44US #167
#99Don44US #59
#100Maurice44US #117

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑36Lowell#53
↑26Alfred#66
↑25Peter#59
↑24Myron#62
↑22Theresa#77
↑20Janice#61
↑18Ann#62
↑16Marlys#43

Falling

↓22Albert#73
↓21Harriet#78
↓21Beatrice#98
↓19Russell#63
↓18Maxine#82
↓17Bernice#56
↓17Louise#73
↓17Edwin#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.