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Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,899 Minnesota births in 1941 across 728 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
#68Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#77Bonitaoutside the national top 200
#51Lyle#168 nationally
#84Colleenoutside the national top 200
#89Darreloutside the national top 200
#68Lowell#176 nationally
#92Kathy#199 nationally
#94Ramonaoutside the national top 200
#25Duane#129 nationally
#44Dianne#146 nationally
#86Gayle#187 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,148US #1
#2Sharon840US #15
#3Judith813US #6
#4Patricia808US #3
#5Carol742US #4
#6Karen724US #19
#7Barbara716US #2
#8Sandra542US #9
#9Judy440US #16
#10Nancy412US #8
#11Kathleen403US #36
#12Janet394US #18
#13Janice379US #22
#14Joan351US #17
#15Diane337US #40
#16Joyce336US #13
#17Donna313US #20
#18Shirley309US #10
#19Susan296US #27
#20Beverly275US #29
#21Margaret275US #12
#22Marilyn263US #30
#23Betty255US #7
#24Darlene247US #76
#25Jean234US #32
#26Gloria227US #26
#27Ruth219US #28
#28Bonnie212US #33
#29Joanne211US #54
#30Carolyn205US #11
#31Dorothy199US #14
#32Joann189US #58
#33Lois187US #43
#34Virginia176US #23
#35Linda174US #5
#36Phyllis172US #35
#37Marlene162US #83
#38Elizabeth160US #21
#39Jane143US #46
#40Elaine140US #44
#41Geraldine137US #45
#42Carole131US #48
#43Helen129US #24
#44Dianne124US #146
#45Kay120US #70
#46Marie120US #42
#47Kathryn117US #87
#48Marjorie112US #71
#49Marlys112
#50Audrey111US #117
#51Arlene109US #77
#52Rita108US #63
#53Jeanette105US #98
#54Ann102US #37
#55Alice97US #34
#56Delores96US #80
#57Jeanne96US #126
#58Catherine93US #51
#59Doris91US #38
#60Charlotte89US #55
#61Lorraine87US #93
#62Katherine86US #85
#63Norma85US #47
#64Rose81US #49
#65Yvonne80US #120
#66Connie79US #79
#67Gail77US #68
#68Lavonne73
#69Roberta71US #72
#70Rosemary71US #94
#71Constance70US #114
#72Eileen67US #121
#73Jacqueline65US #73
#74Marcia63US #105
#75Sally63US #61
#76Frances62US #31
#77Bonita61
#78Irene59US #74
#79Marian58US #142
#80June56US #90
#81Suzanne56US #97
#82Ellen55US #67
#83Myrna54US #161
#84Colleen53
#85Deanna51US #137
#86Gayle51US #187
#87Marion51US #130
#88Julie50US #169
#89Sylvia48US #65
#90Bernice45US #133
#91Evelyn45US #50
#92Kathy45US #199
#93Lucille45US #119
#94Ramona45
#95Cynthia44US #112
#96Louise44US #62
#97Martha44US #25
#98Anne42US #82
#99Annette42US #128
#100Florence42US #107

Boys

#1James1,334US #1
#2Robert1,299US #2
#3Richard1,180US #5
#4John1,156US #3
#5David1,067US #7
#6Thomas712US #8
#7Ronald683US #9
#8William673US #4
#9Gary639US #19
#10Dennis632US #23
#11Donald627US #10
#12Gerald536US #20
#13Roger504US #25
#14Michael449US #16
#15Charles434US #6
#16Kenneth425US #15
#17Larry401US #11
#18Paul320US #18
#19Bruce264US #51
#20Wayne246US #37
#21George235US #13
#22Jerry234US #14
#23Dale233US #59
#24Joseph216US #12
#25Duane207US #129
#26Eugene205US #42
#27Edward195US #17
#28Jerome186US #101
#29Douglas180US #53
#30Daniel176US #31
#31Raymond175US #22
#32Lawrence172US #34
#33Harold148US #24
#34Leroy138US #67
#35Marvin137US #63
#36Gordon122US #92
#37Patrick121US #70
#38Peter120US #44
#39Stephen118US #41
#40Allen113US #73
#41Gene111US #72
#42Frank101US #21
#43Curtis98US #100
#44Ralph98US #38
#45Stanley98US #57
#46Dean97US #143
#47Arthur96US #33
#48Terry94US #64
#49Jack92US #32
#50Carl91US #29
#51Lyle91US #168
#52Vernon90US #108
#53Rodney89US #127
#54Steven89US #90
#55Walter87US #26
#56Keith86US #119
#57Russell86US #75
#58Norman84US #49
#59Philip78US #52
#60Howard77US #47
#61Alan75US #84
#62Francis73US #60
#63Jim73US #80
#64Bernard72US #87
#65Glenn70US #86
#66Leonard70US #54
#67Clifford67US #94
#68Lowell67US #176
#69Tom67US #88
#70Darrell66US #130
#71Jon66US #128
#72Roy66US #39
#73Fred65US #43
#74Lloyd65US #96
#75Melvin65US #56
#76Lee64US #81
#77Arnold63US #123
#78Warren61US #105
#79Albert60US #40
#80Neil59US #161
#81Earl58US #58
#82Leslie58US #126
#83Phillip57US #77
#84Timothy57US #121
#85Allan56US #135
#86Mark56US #122
#87Theodore56US #95
#88Henry54US #28
#89Darrel51
#90Mike51US #111
#91Harvey49US #106
#92Alvin48US #107
#93Louis48US #50
#94Barry47US #91
#95Clarence47US #62
#96Martin47US #85
#97Gregory46US #183
#98Herbert45US #76
#99Leon45US #93
#100Myron45

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑28Connie#66
↑26Steven#54
↑23Katherine#62
↑18Allen#40
↑18Roy#72
↑16Dianne#44
↑16Kathryn#47
↑16Myrna#83

Falling

↓31Allan#85
↓25Jon#71
↓23Darrell#70
↓21Warren#78
↓18Evelyn#91
↓18Harvey#91
↓17Gail#67
↓16Irene#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.