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Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,268 Minnesota births in 1935 across 682 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#30Marlysoutside the national top 200
#45Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#77Harlanoutside the national top 200
#80Myronoutside the national top 200
#81Mavisoutside the national top 200
#92Lorenoutside the national top 200
#89Ramona#197 nationally
#94Deloris#200 nationally
#96Marcellaoutside the national top 200
#52Lyle#156 nationally
#70Karen#172 nationally
#99Murieloutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary981US #1
#2Shirley871US #2
#3Patricia583US #5
#4Barbara537US #3
#5Carol480US #11
#6Joan442US #7
#7Donna424US #23
#8Beverly392US #20
#9Marilyn382US #14
#10Betty369US #4
#11Dorothy319US #6
#12Marlene319US #39
#13Lois307US #21
#14Darlene288US #91
#15Jean273US #18
#16Janet261US #22
#17Joyce259US #12
#18Margaret254US #8
#19Nancy247US #9
#20Helen216US #10
#21Joanne214US #44
#22Elaine209US #51
#23Janice209US #47
#24Phyllis196US #27
#25Delores193US #57
#26Ruth185US #15
#27Virginia184US #16
#28Audrey173US #64
#29Arlene163US #59
#30Marlys163
#31Doris157US #13
#32Gloria156US #32
#33Lorraine151US #68
#34Joann143US #53
#35Marjorie141US #46
#36Elizabeth139US #17
#37Geraldine133US #40
#38Kathleen133US #71
#39Dolores130US #26
#40Alice129US #25
#41Yvonne123US #98
#42Sharon114US #96
#43Rita113US #63
#44Evelyn112US #31
#45Lavonne112
#46Judith109US #54
#47Jeanette107US #104
#48Diane101US #109
#49Irene100US #52
#50Jane97US #43
#51Marian97US #105
#52Ann95US #30
#53Marie94US #33
#54Rose93US #37
#55Sandra93US #50
#56Bonnie88US #62
#57Marion88US #88
#58Norma88US #29
#59June87US #55
#60Carole85US #93
#61Charlotte82US #65
#62Rosemary82US #97
#63Kathryn76US #111
#64Jeanne72US #133
#65Frances70US #19
#66Eileen68US #108
#67Eleanor67US #48
#68Grace67US #83
#69Catherine66US #42
#70Karen66US #172
#71Lucille66US #85
#72Bernice65US #90
#73Gladys65US #78
#74Florence63US #74
#75Roberta62US #77
#76Louise61US #45
#77Sally61US #58
#78Carolyn60US #28
#79Susan60US #126
#80Vivian60US #112
#81Mavis59
#82Loretta58US #69
#83Gail57US #127
#84Mildred55US #35
#85Harriet54US #157
#86Jacqueline53US #79
#87Maxine51US #120
#88Kay49US #134
#89Ramona49US #197
#90Violet49US #159
#91Anna47US #34
#92Sylvia46US #60
#93Martha45US #24
#94Deloris44US #200
#95Leona43US #155
#96Marcella43
#97Marcia43US #149
#98Anita41US #119
#99Muriel41
#100Laverne40

Boys

#1Robert1,112US #1
#2Richard1,050US #5
#3James1,031US #2
#4John933US #3
#5Donald821US #7
#6William534US #4
#7David507US #11
#8Ronald486US #12
#9Gerald467US #21
#10Roger411US #36
#11Charles388US #6
#12Thomas367US #9
#13Kenneth344US #15
#14George280US #8
#15Eugene243US #26
#16Paul223US #14
#17Dennis218US #72
#18Duane213US #105
#19Dale211US #61
#20Raymond193US #17
#21Edward192US #13
#22Harold190US #20
#23Jerome181US #96
#24Joseph170US #10
#25Wayne163US #49
#26Gary160US #44
#27Leroy154US #50
#28Jerry149US #22
#29Marvin146US #45
#30Gordon140US #70
#31Lawrence137US #35
#32Ralph129US #32
#33Larry122US #33
#34Jack121US #18
#35Leonard117US #54
#36Walter112US #23
#37Stanley111US #56
#38Michael106US #41
#39Carl105US #28
#40Dean105US #120
#41Douglas101US #75
#42Norman100US #38
#43Daniel98US #43
#44Frank98US #16
#45Vernon97US #94
#46Arthur96US #29
#47Russell94US #68
#48Bruce90US #77
#49Earl89US #46
#50Henry89US #27
#51Arnold88US #103
#52Lyle87US #156
#53Howard86US #39
#54Melvin86US #57
#55Francis85US #53
#56Lowell84US #152
#57Warren81US #97
#58Peter77US #59
#59Gene76US #66
#60Allen75US #83
#61Bernard74US #67
#62Rodney73US #149
#63Fred72US #34
#64Glenn72US #78
#65Clarence70US #48
#66Leo70US #92
#67Clifford69US #88
#68Lloyd69US #84
#69Floyd67US #76
#70Theodore67US #79
#71Albert63US #31
#72Harvey62US #99
#73Don60US #51
#74Harry60US #37
#75Roy58US #40
#76Curtis56US #108
#77Harlan56
#78Virgil56US #141
#79Darrell55US #136
#80Myron55
#81Keith54US #125
#82Wallace54US #133
#83Glen53US #124
#84Patrick52US #112
#85Philip52US #65
#86Alvin51US #91
#87Louis51US #42
#88Herbert50US #58
#89Edwin48US #89
#90Jim47US #90
#91Ernest45US #55
#92Loren45
#93Milton45US #117
#94Alan44US #122
#95Bill43US #60
#96Alfred42US #63
#97Allan41US #150
#98Maurice41US #130
#99Orville41
#100Willard41US #132

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑29Yvonne#41
↑27Sharon#42
↑27Judith#46
↑23Rosemary#62
↑23Daniel#43
↑21Rodney#62
↑20Vivian#80
↑20Gene#59

Falling

↓24Alvin#86
↓22Lloyd#68
↓21Floyd#69
↓18Lucille#71
↓18Sally#77
↓18Muriel#99
↓16Frances#65
↓16Bernard#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.