State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 41,478 Minnesota births in 1937 across 721 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#33Marlysoutside the national top 200
#52Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#51Lyle#167 nationally
#77Ramona#188 nationally
#93Mavisoutside the national top 200
#98Colleenoutside the national top 200
#99Gayleoutside the national top 200
#24Duane#115 nationally
#60Rodney#151 nationally
#26Karen#113 nationally
#68Lowell#155 nationally
#74Jon#150 nationally

Girls

#1Mary962US #1
#2Patricia650US #3
#3Carol643US #6
#4Barbara623US #2
#5Shirley546US #4
#6Janice422US #25
#7Darlene368US #72
#8Donna358US #21
#9Beverly356US #14
#10Joan352US #9
#11Janet338US #18
#12Marilyn335US #13
#13Margaret331US #10
#14Betty319US #5
#15Marlene310US #40
#16Nancy302US #7
#17Dorothy282US #8
#18Joyce277US #11
#19Jean259US #23
#20Sharon254US #41
#21Lois241US #29
#22Phyllis198US #27
#23Joanne196US #51
#24Judith196US #34
#25Ruth194US #15
#26Karen191US #113
#27Helen190US #12
#28Kathleen187US #61
#29Arlene184US #60
#30Joann180US #58
#31Sandra177US #26
#32Virginia172US #16
#33Marlys171
#34Elaine167US #45
#35Delores164US #68
#36Elizabeth159US #17
#37Gloria153US #32
#38Alice152US #28
#39Jeanette150US #90
#40Diane149US #76
#41Geraldine142US #44
#42Marjorie138US #57
#43Yvonne137US #77
#44Lorraine128US #83
#45Doris124US #22
#46Audrey123US #85
#47Rose122US #38
#48Jane120US #42
#49Carole118US #56
#50Marie114US #35
#51Carolyn109US #20
#52Lavonne97
#53Eileen93US #107
#54Charlotte91US #67
#55Rita91US #69
#56Kay88US #79
#57Evelyn87US #36
#58Norma85US #33
#59Rosemary84US #110
#60Irene82US #62
#61Susan81US #97
#62Ann78US #30
#63Roberta78US #66
#64Catherine77US #47
#65Jacqueline77US #70
#66Sally77US #59
#67June76US #71
#68Deanna75US #139
#69Frances75US #19
#70Judy74US #91
#71Dolores71US #37
#72Gail71US #99
#73Marcia71US #124
#74Eleanor69US #53
#75Kathryn68US #108
#76Lucille67US #98
#77Ramona65US #188
#78Bonnie64US #64
#79Sylvia61US #50
#80Loretta60US #63
#81Grace58US #94
#82Marian58US #129
#83Marion58US #109
#84Gladys57US #86
#85Jeanne57US #149
#86Maxine56US #136
#87Myrna56US #137
#88Annette55US #115
#89Louise52US #48
#90Constance49US #118
#91Florence48US #81
#92Martha46US #24
#93Mavis46
#94Bernice45US #104
#95Ellen45US #102
#96Mildred45US #43
#97Peggy45US #31
#98Colleen44
#99Gayle44
#100Katherine44US #103

Boys

#1Robert1,193US #1
#2James1,104US #2
#3Richard1,019US #5
#4John977US #3
#5Donald835US #7
#6David746US #8
#7William568US #4
#8Ronald558US #11
#9Roger486US #36
#10Gerald484US #20
#11Thomas421US #9
#12Charles384US #6
#13Kenneth381US #14
#14Dennis302US #63
#15Gary275US #29
#16George246US #10
#17Paul239US #15
#18Larry234US #16
#19Edward232US #13
#20Dale230US #59
#21Eugene213US #33
#22Wayne212US #44
#23Raymond199US #19
#24Duane194US #115
#25Jerome193US #100
#26Joseph182US #12
#27Harold176US #21
#28Jerry173US #17
#29Michael172US #27
#30Leroy160US #56
#31Marvin159US #49
#32Lawrence148US #38
#33Gordon127US #75
#34Bruce126US #70
#35Daniel119US #39
#36Jack116US #23
#37Douglas115US #74
#38Gene104US #61
#39Arthur99US #31
#40Norman99US #43
#41Vernon98US #96
#42Walter96US #26
#43Ralph94US #34
#44Howard93US #42
#45Russell93US #67
#46Frank90US #18
#47Stanley90US #57
#48Peter89US #52
#49Allan88US #124
#50Carl88US #28
#51Lyle87US #167
#52Melvin83US #50
#53Allen82US #76
#54Patrick81US #94
#55Earl77US #48
#56Francis76US #55
#57Philip75US #62
#58Arnold73US #111
#59Bernard73US #73
#60Rodney73US #151
#61Curtis72US #109
#62Leonard71US #58
#63Warren70US #106
#64Albert69US #37
#65Clarence68US #54
#66Fred68US #35
#67Keith68US #123
#68Lowell68US #155
#69Lloyd66US #91
#70Darrell65US #130
#71Theodore65US #86
#72Dean64US #127
#73Henry64US #30
#74Jon62US #150
#75Clifford61US #90
#76Floyd59US #80
#77Roy59US #40
#78Wallace59US #133
#79Harvey57US #95
#80Alvin56US #99
#81Leo55US #97
#82Harry53US #41
#83Virgil53US #158
#84Frederick50US #68
#85Alan48US #103
#86Leon48US #85
#87Edwin47US #89
#88Ernest47US #53
#89Leslie47US #131
#90Louis46US #46
#91Phillip46US #98
#92Herbert45US #65
#93Martin45US #87
#94Don44US #51
#95Ray44US #71
#96Glen43US #122
#97Glenn43US #88
#98Jim43US #82
#99Lee43US #78
#100Alfred42US #60

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑32Rodney#60
↑29Allan#49
↑22Charlotte#54
↑21Clifford#75
↑17Carole#49
↑16Albert#64
↑15Curtis#61
↑14Karen#26

Falling

↓27Marian#82
↓24Glen#96
↓23Leonard#62
↓22Floyd#76
↓20Glenn#97
↓19Bernice#94
↓18Bonnie#78
↓17Audrey#46

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.