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Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1933 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,584 Minnesota births in 1933 across 695 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#34Marlysoutside the national top 200
#50Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#73Marcellaoutside the national top 200
#78Mavisoutside the national top 200
#78Harlanoutside the national top 200
#87Lorenoutside the national top 200
#87Muriel#198 nationally
#51Lyle#158 nationally
#95Adelineoutside the national top 200
#75Ramona#180 nationally
#98Karenoutside the national top 200
#98Myronoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary895US #1
#2Patricia504US #6
#3Donna491US #24
#4Betty488US #2
#5Joan475US #5
#6Barbara441US #3
#7Beverly420US #26
#8Dorothy392US #4
#9Shirley354US #9
#10Marilyn339US #16
#11Carol338US #20
#12Lois313US #19
#13Joyce295US #12
#14Margaret278US #7
#15Delores260US #52
#16Darlene254US #96
#17Marlene251US #50
#18Jean244US #14
#19Helen242US #8
#20Phyllis233US #28
#21Janet231US #25
#22Arlene230US #74
#23Nancy222US #11
#24Joanne208US #56
#25Marjorie203US #41
#26Doris196US #10
#27Lorraine190US #54
#28Ruth185US #13
#29Elaine183US #61
#30Alice176US #22
#31Virginia169US #15
#32Audrey167US #59
#33Gloria144US #31
#34Marlys138
#35Elizabeth136US #17
#36Geraldine134US #42
#37Joann134US #72
#38Irene128US #46
#39Janice121US #81
#40Marian109US #89
#41Marion109US #73
#42Dolores107US #21
#43Eleanor102US #38
#44June99US #45
#45Evelyn96US #30
#46Kathleen93US #77
#47Marie93US #33
#48Rita93US #53
#49Norma92US #23
#50Lavonne89
#51Rose89US #35
#52Lucille88US #78
#53Jeanette85US #103
#54Frances82US #18
#55Ann81US #34
#56Jane76US #47
#57Carole74US #107
#58Florence74US #49
#59Jeanne74US #125
#60Gladys71US #60
#61Bernice68US #83
#62Eileen67US #115
#63Kathryn66US #108
#64Carolyn63US #40
#65Catherine62US #44
#66Charlotte62US #79
#67Jacqueline62US #86
#68Esther61US #88
#69Grace60US #69
#70Maxine60US #110
#71Bonnie59US #68
#72Sally59US #76
#73Marcella58
#74Louise57US #39
#75Ramona57US #180
#76Rosemary55US #102
#77Leona54US #139
#78Mavis54
#79Sylvia54US #84
#80Vivian54US #98
#81Mildred53US #32
#82Diane51US #134
#83Lillian51US #51
#84Loretta51US #87
#85Yvonne51US #159
#86Harriet49US #152
#87Muriel49US #198
#88Deloris47US #187
#89Violet47US #136
#90Agnes46US #118
#91Judith46US #119
#92Anna43US #29
#93Constance43US #105
#94Peggy43US #36
#95Adeline42
#96Beatrice42US #94
#97Katherine42US #100
#98Karen40
#99Theresa39US #70
#100Edith38US #80

Boys

#1Robert1,129US #1
#2Richard1,118US #5
#3John921US #3
#4James885US #2
#5Donald858US #7
#6William545US #4
#7Ronald454US #12
#8Gerald421US #22
#9Charles394US #6
#10Kenneth352US #15
#11Roger340US #48
#12Thomas324US #10
#13David311US #13
#14George268US #8
#15Eugene250US #23
#16Duane230US #102
#17Raymond217US #19
#18Dale204US #65
#19Paul200US #14
#20Edward195US #11
#21Harold195US #18
#22Joseph179US #9
#23Jerome166US #105
#24Marvin160US #44
#25Wayne148US #52
#26Dennis147US #106
#27Leroy145US #56
#28Gordon144US #71
#29Lawrence138US #38
#30Jack130US #17
#31Walter127US #21
#32Ralph126US #29
#33Norman123US #37
#34Earl116US #41
#35Jerry114US #31
#36Arthur109US #25
#37Douglas104US #81
#38Howard102US #36
#39Frank98US #16
#40Russell96US #67
#41Arnold95US #103
#42Dean94US #128
#43Melvin94US #51
#44Franklin93US #33
#45Leonard93US #47
#46Clarence91US #43
#47Stanley91US #55
#48Bruce90US #91
#49Vernon90US #83
#50Lloyd89US #73
#51Lyle88US #158
#52Carl83US #28
#53Francis83US #45
#54Larry81US #58
#55Gene78US #66
#56Bernard77US #63
#57Peter76US #60
#58Gary74US #80
#59Leo73US #75
#60Albert71US #30
#61Floyd71US #69
#62Clifford70US #86
#63Allen69US #84
#64Michael69US #53
#65Philip69US #70
#66Harvey68US #97
#67Henry66US #24
#68Roy66US #39
#69Curtis65US #107
#70Fred64US #34
#71Glenn64US #74
#72Wallace64US #120
#73Lowell61US #161
#74Daniel56US #42
#75Don55US #54
#76Ernest55US #50
#77Glen55US #124
#78Harlan55
#79Harry55US #35
#80Alfred54US #57
#81Alvin54US #88
#82Virgil53US #138
#83Warren53US #99
#84Louis52US #40
#85Rodney52US #173
#86Keith51US #127
#87Loren51
#88Patrick51US #110
#89Theodore50US #68
#90Herbert48US #49
#91Roland47US #114
#92Elmer46US #101
#93Martin46US #89
#94Darrell45US #148
#95Lester45US #108
#96Willard44US #130
#97Edwin43US #77
#98Myron43
#99Leslie42US #137
#100Neil41US #149

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑40Carole#57
↑26Bruce#48
↑23Eleanor#43
↑23Jacqueline#67
↑23Michael#64
↑23Philip#65
↑18Esther#68
↑17Sally#72

Falling

↓27Herbert#90
↓24Mildred#81
↓23Theodore#89
↓22Wallace#72
↓19Harry#79
↓19Darrell#94
↓19Myron#98
↓18Theresa#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.