State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,223 Minnesota births in 1932 across 711 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#49Marlysoutside the national top 200
#54Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#71Marcella#195 nationally
#79Mavisoutside the national top 200
#79Myronoutside the national top 200
#42Lyle#155 nationally
#91Harlanoutside the national top 200
#91Deloris#197 nationally
#76Ramona#180 nationally
#99Lorenoutside the national top 200
#100Adelineoutside the national top 200
#100Ervinoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary979US #1
#2Donna558US #29
#3Betty541US #2
#4Joan511US #5
#5Patricia499US #6
#6Barbara464US #3
#7Beverly456US #28
#8Lois411US #20
#9Shirley405US #9
#10Dorothy388US #4
#11Marilyn383US #16
#12Margaret333US #7
#13Joyce324US #12
#14Carol302US #32
#15Helen289US #8
#16Jean279US #15
#17Phyllis251US #30
#18Lorraine236US #55
#19Delores235US #56
#20Marlene222US #78
#21Ruth217US #11
#22Doris209US #10
#23Darlene192US #122
#24Janet189US #35
#25Joanne188US #62
#26Gloria183US #25
#27Marjorie182US #37
#28Arlene180US #80
#29Alice170US #21
#30Elaine162US #68
#31Audrey160US #61
#32Nancy157US #13
#33Dolores156US #18
#34Geraldine155US #42
#35Virginia148US #14
#36Elizabeth146US #17
#37Irene138US #43
#38Evelyn136US #23
#39June122US #44
#40Marian121US #86
#41Jeanette120US #106
#42Joann120US #79
#43Norma119US #22
#44Rita117US #53
#45Lucille116US #63
#46Marion114US #73
#47Rose105US #33
#48Janice102US #94
#49Marlys101
#50Marie100US #31
#51Frances95US #19
#52Ann89US #34
#53Bernice89US #71
#54Lavonne89
#55Kathleen85US #83
#56Jeanne83US #112
#57Mildred80US #26
#58Gladys77US #54
#59Eileen76US #114
#60Jane76US #49
#61Bonnie74US #64
#62Catherine73US #39
#63Florence72US #47
#64Charlotte71US #74
#65Rosemary71US #100
#66Eleanor68US #45
#67Kathryn67US #107
#68Carolyn66US #46
#69Yvonne66US #160
#70Leona62US #134
#71Marcella62US #195
#72Harriet61US #149
#73Loretta61US #89
#74Violet60US #132
#75Maxine59US #110
#76Ramona59US #180
#77Louise58US #36
#78Anna56US #24
#79Mavis56
#80Lillian55US #48
#81Theresa55US #60
#82Vivian55US #90
#83Martha54US #27
#84Grace51US #72
#85Sylvia51US #96
#86Esther50US #82
#87Diane49US #142
#88Muriel49US #181
#89Sally49US #84
#90Jacqueline48US #85
#91Deloris47US #197
#92Eunice47US #146
#93Genevieve47US #167
#94Viola47US #136
#95Caroline46US #174
#96Ruby46US #38
#97Carole45US #151
#98Beatrice44US #87
#99Laverne44US #199
#100Adeline43

Boys

#1Robert1,299US #1
#2Richard1,031US #5
#3Donald974US #7
#4John918US #3
#5James908US #2
#6William560US #4
#7Gerald430US #24
#8Kenneth394US #14
#9Ronald384US #16
#10Charles377US #6
#11Thomas343US #10
#12George321US #8
#13Eugene302US #22
#14David292US #12
#15Roger266US #50
#16Harold259US #18
#17Raymond243US #19
#18Joseph207US #9
#19Paul205US #13
#20Dale202US #61
#21Edward200US #11
#22Duane185US #105
#23Jerome163US #107
#24Lawrence156US #35
#25Marvin156US #46
#26Gordon142US #81
#27Walter141US #21
#28Ralph137US #27
#29Jack136US #17
#30Leroy132US #53
#31Wayne125US #57
#32Leonard122US #48
#33Arthur118US #25
#34Earl118US #41
#35Frank116US #15
#36Vernon115US #78
#37Norman114US #37
#38Melvin112US #51
#39Dennis107US #121
#40Howard104US #36
#41Lloyd103US #71
#42Lyle102US #155
#43Stanley102US #52
#44Jerry98US #34
#45Clarence96US #40
#46Arnold90US #100
#47Bernard90US #60
#48Peter89US #62
#49Russell89US #63
#50Wallace86US #117
#51Allen85US #80
#52Douglas84US #85
#53Francis84US #43
#54Henry84US #23
#55Carl83US #28
#56Clifford80US #84
#57Gene77US #64
#58Dean76US #123
#59Lowell76US #150
#60Harry75US #32
#61Harvey75US #95
#62Albert73US #26
#63Herbert73US #44
#64Alfred69US #49
#65Glenn69US #77
#66Theodore69US #67
#67Daniel68US #42
#68Leo67US #74
#69Roy67US #38
#70Alvin66US #87
#71Larry66US #65
#72Louis65US #39
#73Floyd63US #68
#74Bruce61US #98
#75Darrell61US #154
#76Ernest61US #47
#77Fred61US #33
#78Keith61US #133
#79Myron61
#80Don59US #55
#81Virgil59US #139
#82Roland58US #111
#83Willard57US #125
#84Curtis54US #103
#85Glen54US #118
#86Lester54US #101
#87Michael54US #54
#88Philip53US #70
#89Martin50US #88
#90Edwin49US #72
#91Harlan48
#92Rodney47US #172
#93Warren47US #102
#94Elmer45US #94
#95Allan44US #153
#96Gilbert43US #97
#97Victor43US #110
#98Alan42US #127
#99Loren41
#100Ervin40

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑24Larry#71
↑23Darrell#75
↑21Kathryn#67
↑19Don#80
↑18Marlene#20
↑18Loretta#73
↑18Allen#51
↑17Leona#70

Falling

↓23Elmer#94
↓22Sally#89
↓20Lillian#80
↓20Jacqueline#90
↓19Vivian#82
↓19Grace#84
↓19Roy#69
↓17Florence#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.