State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1934 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,941 Minnesota births in 1934 across 716 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
#43Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#72Mavisoutside the national top 200
#81Murieloutside the national top 200
#87Marcellaoutside the national top 200
#83Ramona#193 nationally
#93Harlanoutside the national top 200
#94Lorenoutside the national top 200
#49Lyle#155 nationally
#95Maynardoutside the national top 200
#88Deloris#189 nationally
#59Lowell#148 nationally

Girls

#1Mary931US #1
#2Patricia583US #6
#3Barbara513US #3
#4Shirley481US #4
#5Donna480US #23
#6Betty451US #2
#7Joan450US #7
#8Carol426US #14
#9Beverly373US #22
#10Marilyn344US #17
#11Dorothy341US #5
#12Joyce319US #12
#13Lois312US #20
#14Jean262US #16
#15Margaret257US #8
#16Marlene253US #57
#17Darlene250US #90
#18Nancy239US #10
#19Helen236US #9
#20Phyllis233US #28
#21Janet231US #21
#22Joanne229US #45
#23Delores220US #51
#24Elaine200US #54
#25Arlene193US #53
#26Ruth186US #13
#27Virginia179US #15
#28Joann176US #50
#29Audrey171US #69
#30Janice170US #68
#31Alice166US #25
#32Doris158US #11
#33Marjorie155US #41
#34Marlys149
#35Geraldine148US #43
#36Lorraine148US #56
#37Elizabeth142US #18
#38Kathleen125US #74
#39Irene121US #49
#40Dolores119US #26
#41Gloria118US #30
#42Jeanette114US #106
#43Lavonne113
#44June111US #46
#45Evelyn110US #29
#46Rose104US #37
#47Marie99US #34
#48Rita99US #63
#49Frances95US #19
#50Jane94US #48
#51Charlotte87US #72
#52Norma87US #24
#53Lucille85US #84
#54Marian85US #97
#55Carole84US #89
#56Diane84US #124
#57Ann83US #32
#58Marion83US #86
#59Sally81US #62
#60Eleanor80US #44
#61Florence74US #61
#62Kathryn72US #108
#63Bernice70US #82
#64Bonnie70US #58
#65Catherine70US #42
#66Gladys70US #66
#67Eileen69US #109
#68Jeanne67US #131
#69Sharon67US #150
#70Yvonne67US #137
#71Jacqueline66US #80
#72Mavis65
#73Judith62US #94
#74Louise62US #40
#75Maxine62US #114
#76Carolyn61US #33
#77Loretta60US #83
#78Sylvia58US #70
#79Grace54US #79
#80Mildred54US #35
#81Muriel53
#82Ruby53US #39
#83Ramona52US #193
#84Beatrice51US #99
#85Rosemary51US #111
#86Ellen50US #95
#87Marcella49
#88Deloris48US #189
#89Lillian48US #52
#90Esther46US #91
#91Pauline46US #71
#92Eunice45US #161
#93Agnes44US #120
#94Margie43US #103
#95Martha43US #27
#96Susan42US #138
#97Anna41US #31
#98Kay41US #143
#99Violet41US #148
#100Vivian41US #98

Boys

#1Robert1,126US #1
#2Richard1,125US #5
#3James1,012US #2
#4John899US #3
#5Donald876US #6
#6William535US #4
#7Gerald453US #22
#8Ronald443US #11
#9David406US #12
#10Charles390US #7
#11Roger380US #39
#12Kenneth370US #15
#13Thomas343US #9
#14George258US #8
#15Paul235US #14
#16Duane230US #104
#17Eugene214US #24
#18Harold209US #18
#19Raymond207US #19
#20Dennis201US #95
#21Jerome191US #107
#22Edward183US #13
#23Joseph175US #10
#24Dale174US #62
#25Marvin173US #44
#26Wayne157US #48
#27Lawrence153US #34
#28Leroy145US #54
#29Jack135US #17
#30Jerry128US #25
#31Douglas124US #72
#32Ralph123US #31
#33Leonard121US #53
#34Gary117US #60
#35Vernon115US #89
#36Frank113US #16
#37Gordon112US #71
#38Earl111US #41
#39Walter109US #21
#40Norman106US #38
#41Howard105US #37
#42Arthur104US #29
#43Larry101US #43
#44Stanley99US #58
#45Bernard97US #65
#46Lloyd91US #82
#47Bruce88US #78
#48Floyd88US #73
#49Lyle87US #155
#50Michael87US #47
#51Henry86US #27
#52Russell86US #70
#53Dean85US #118
#54Arnold84US #105
#55Carl84US #28
#56Francis84US #49
#57Melvin78US #55
#58Fred77US #33
#59Lowell77US #148
#60Roy76US #35
#61Curtis75US #103
#62Alvin73US #93
#63Clarence73US #45
#64Allen72US #88
#65Clifford71US #85
#66Daniel70US #42
#67Harvey70US #99
#68Theodore69US #74
#69Leo67US #86
#70Peter67US #61
#71Wallace66US #129
#72Warren66US #96
#73Edwin64US #80
#74Glenn64US #81
#75Harry64US #36
#76Albert63US #32
#77Patrick63US #109
#78Keith62US #125
#79Gene59US #67
#80Ray59US #63
#81Allan57US #151
#82Franklin57US #46
#83Rodney55US #160
#84Virgil54US #141
#85Roland52US #119
#86Philip51US #69
#87Louis50US #40
#88Alfred49US #64
#89Darrell47US #140
#90Don47US #50
#91Ernest47US #51
#92Glen47US #120
#93Harlan47
#94Loren47
#95Maynard47
#96Leslie44US #134
#97Lester44US #110
#98Herbert43US #57
#99Tom41US #112
#100Wesley41US #142

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑26Diane#56
↑24Gary#34
↑24Edwin#73
↑21Theodore#68
↑19Alvin#62
↑18Judith#73
↑16Henry#51
↑15Charlotte#51

Falling

↓38Franklin#82
↓24Gene#79
↓22Esther#90
↓21Philip#86
↓20Vivian#100
↓17Marion#58
↓17Eleanor#60
↓17Clarence#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.