State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1942 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,138 Minnesota births in 1942 across 746 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#53Marlysoutside the national top 200
#65Lorenoutside the national top 200
#71Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#74Colleenoutside the national top 200
#57Lyle#176 nationally
#44Dean#151 nationally
#96Darreloutside the national top 200
#28Duane#132 nationally
#99Bonitaoutside the national top 200
#96Myrna#190 nationally
#92Gayle#184 nationally
#91Lowell#178 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,293US #1
#2Sharon922US #11
#3Carol916US #5
#4Karen904US #16
#5Judith872US #7
#6Barbara817US #2
#7Patricia783US #3
#8Sandra714US #6
#9Kathleen599US #24
#10Judy463US #15
#11Nancy438US #8
#12Diane427US #28
#13Janet425US #19
#14Janice425US #25
#15Joyce344US #13
#16Susan339US #21
#17Joan324US #18
#18Shirley316US #12
#19Darlene301US #78
#20Margaret294US #14
#21Donna293US #20
#22Jean286US #36
#23Marilyn285US #27
#24Linda280US #4
#25Beverly279US #32
#26Carolyn256US #10
#27Betty251US #9
#28Bonnie239US #34
#29Virginia214US #23
#30Ruth205US #33
#31Lois201US #44
#32Carole196US #35
#33Dorothy194US #17
#34Gloria174US #31
#35Joanne171US #48
#36Dianne169US #109
#37Joann166US #58
#38Marlene156US #84
#39Kathryn152US #82
#40Phyllis150US #37
#41Elaine148US #45
#42Elizabeth143US #22
#43Jane140US #46
#44Kay136US #75
#45Helen132US #26
#46Marie132US #43
#47Ann123US #38
#48Geraldine119US #47
#49Roberta102US #66
#50Delores100US #86
#51Rita100US #55
#52Marjorie99US #74
#53Marlys99
#54Rose99US #50
#55Gail98US #60
#56Charlotte97US #51
#57Arlene96US #83
#58Alice95US #39
#59Jeanne94US #119
#60Jeanette93US #104
#61Audrey92US #120
#62Katherine92US #81
#63Sally90US #56
#64Eileen83US #88
#65Marcia83US #105
#66Catherine82US #49
#67Constance80US #116
#68Jacqueline79US #69
#69Rosemary75US #92
#70Doris74US #41
#71Lavonne73
#72Frances71US #30
#73Julie69US #157
#74Colleen65
#75Connie64US #70
#76Sylvia63US #72
#77Ellen60US #64
#78June60US #107
#79Norma60US #52
#80Lorraine59US #91
#81Evelyn58US #53
#82Suzanne57US #103
#83Yvonne57US #131
#84Diana56US #68
#85Irene56US #80
#86Lucille56US #118
#87Louise55US #61
#88Martha54US #29
#89Harriet53US #162
#90Kathy53US #159
#91Pamela53US #106
#92Gayle50US #184
#93Anita47US #93
#94Eleanor47US #87
#95Maxine47US #148
#96Myrna47US #190
#97Sheila47US #94
#98Annette46US #134
#99Bonita46
#100Peggy45US #42

Boys

#1James1,511US #1
#2Robert1,395US #2
#3John1,259US #3
#4Richard1,252US #5
#5David1,210US #6
#6Thomas802US #8
#7Gary728US #18
#8Dennis722US #20
#9William699US #4
#10Donald628US #10
#11Ronald620US #9
#12Michael599US #13
#13Gerald527US #22
#14Roger506US #25
#15Larry505US #12
#16Charles455US #7
#17Kenneth431US #15
#18Douglas339US #23
#19Bruce332US #50
#20Paul311US #19
#21Jerry261US #16
#22George251US #14
#23Edward229US #17
#24Wayne222US #41
#25Joseph217US #11
#26Dale214US #63
#27Eugene206US #45
#28Duane192US #132
#29Raymond190US #24
#30Jerome186US #104
#31Daniel179US #28
#32Patrick170US #64
#33Harold164US #27
#34Lawrence161US #30
#35Leroy158US #69
#36Stephen138US #32
#37Peter132US #39
#38Allen125US #71
#39Steven123US #75
#40Gordon120US #92
#41Marvin120US #66
#42Frank119US #21
#43Curtis114US #98
#44Dean114US #151
#45Arthur113US #29
#46Leonard112US #57
#47Walter108US #26
#48Russell106US #70
#49Keith105US #123
#50Stanley101US #56
#51Terry101US #52
#52Rodney99US #121
#53Gene98US #82
#54Tom98US #89
#55Jack95US #34
#56Mark95US #117
#57Lyle89US #176
#58Howard88US #49
#59Norman84US #53
#60Philip83US #54
#61Darrell78US #135
#62Ralph78US #38
#63Bernard77US #90
#64Carl77US #36
#65Loren75
#66Earl73US #62
#67Jon73US #125
#68Melvin71US #60
#69Timothy71US #108
#70Lloyd70US #96
#71Warren70US #97
#72Fred69US #46
#73Glenn69US #88
#74Harvey69US #107
#75Henry68US #31
#76Vernon68US #114
#77Lee67US #87
#78Leo67US #120
#79Allan65US #124
#80Arnold65US #130
#81Francis65US #58
#82Jeffrey65US #116
#83Albert64US #40
#84Clifford64US #95
#85Anthony63US #44
#86Jim62US #74
#87Edwin61US #105
#88Roy60US #42
#89Theodore59US #91
#90Bill58US #65
#91Lowell57US #178
#92Alan56US #81
#93Brian55US #139
#94Don55US #72
#95Phillip54US #77
#96Darrel52
#97Neil52US #160
#98Leon51US #93
#99Lynn50US #146
#100Louis48US #51

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑30Mark#56
↑20Roberta#49
↑20Leonard#46
↑17Harvey#74
↑15Julie#73
↑15Steven#39
↑15Tom#54
↑15Earl#66

Falling

↓31Alan#92
↓24Vernon#76
↓23Jim#86
↓23Lowell#91
↓22Bonita#99
↓19Lorraine#80
↓19Francis#81
↓18Yvonne#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.