State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 51,710 Minnesota births in 1943 across 751 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#50Marlysoutside the national top 200
#73Lorenoutside the national top 200
#59Lyle#185 nationally
#77Bonitaoutside the national top 200
#83Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#83Lowell#200 nationally
#88Colleenoutside the national top 200
#30Duane#138 nationally
#48Dean#142 nationally
#80Gayle#168 nationally
#74Julie#156 nationally
#28Jerome#109 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,400US #1
#2Sharon994US #8
#3Carol927US #5
#4Judith865US #7
#5Karen850US #15
#6Barbara746US #2
#7Patricia717US #3
#8Kathleen670US #22
#9Sandra659US #6
#10Diane515US #24
#11Judy469US #13
#12Nancy463US #9
#13Janet412US #20
#14Susan407US #18
#15Janice387US #26
#16Linda336US #4
#17Joan326US #21
#18Marilyn324US #27
#19Joyce319US #16
#20Margaret291US #14
#21Donna287US #17
#22Shirley287US #12
#23Jean269US #36
#24Beverly258US #32
#25Darlene252US #73
#26Betty243US #10
#27Bonnie224US #34
#28Carolyn213US #11
#29Ruth206US #33
#30Gloria197US #30
#31Elizabeth196US #23
#32Joanne196US #49
#33Lois193US #43
#34Dorothy183US #19
#35Virginia182US #25
#36Dianne170US #88
#37Carole166US #42
#38Elaine161US #46
#39Phyllis153US #39
#40Kathryn152US #75
#41Joann147US #60
#42Jane140US #44
#43Marlene138US #104
#44Kay134US #81
#45Ann133US #37
#46Helen119US #28
#47Marie106US #45
#48Gail105US #55
#49Marjorie104US #79
#50Marlys104
#51Rita102US #52
#52Alice101US #38
#53Geraldine99US #51
#54Catherine98US #48
#55Pamela96US #54
#56Jeanne94US #113
#57Connie93US #59
#58Arlene90US #90
#59Eileen88US #68
#60Cheryl87US #102
#61Rose85US #50
#62Roberta84US #66
#63Katherine81US #78
#64Charlotte80US #47
#65Frances80US #31
#66Sally80US #57
#67Lorraine79US #94
#68Jeanette78US #110
#69Delores77US #99
#70Audrey74US #140
#71Doris74US #40
#72Kathy74US #136
#73Suzanne73US #86
#74Julie71US #156
#75Marcia69US #96
#76Constance68US #109
#77Bonita67
#78Rosemary61US #97
#79Norma60US #58
#80Gayle59US #168
#81Jacqueline59US #65
#82Marian59US #149
#83Lavonne55
#84Irene54US #85
#85Peggy54US #41
#86Yvonne53US #141
#87Lynn52US #134
#88Colleen51
#89Maryann51US #135
#90Evelyn50US #53
#91Marion50US #129
#92Maureen50US #105
#93Cynthia49US #101
#94Martha48US #29
#95Louise47US #70
#96Sheila46US #92
#97Ellen45US #67
#98June45US #111
#99Pat45US #145
#100Anita42US #98

Boys

#1James1,508US #1
#2Robert1,364US #2
#3John1,297US #3
#4Richard1,196US #5
#5David1,135US #6
#6Thomas828US #8
#7William759US #4
#8Gary730US #16
#9Ronald711US #9
#10Dennis708US #20
#11Michael658US #10
#12Donald654US #11
#13Roger519US #24
#14Larry475US #12
#15Gerald472US #23
#16Charles465US #7
#17Kenneth436US #15
#18Paul313US #19
#19Douglas305US #28
#20Bruce274US #51
#21Wayne256US #41
#22Jerry244US #17
#23Joseph241US #13
#24Dale232US #59
#25Daniel225US #25
#26Edward209US #18
#27George209US #14
#28Jerome188US #109
#29Eugene186US #47
#30Duane175US #138
#31Raymond175US #22
#32Steven161US #58
#33Lawrence159US #32
#34Stephen159US #29
#35Harold151US #27
#36Patrick144US #69
#37Terry133US #49
#38Gordon129US #98
#39Leroy126US #74
#40Peter126US #39
#41Marvin119US #66
#42Allen115US #76
#43Frank110US #21
#44Stanley109US #54
#45Keith106US #108
#46Mark106US #101
#47Ralph105US #40
#48Dean102US #142
#49Rodney100US #118
#50Walter99US #26
#51Howard97US #48
#52Arthur96US #30
#53Russell94US #73
#54Jack92US #34
#55Norman92US #56
#56Curtis88US #100
#57Jeffrey86US #116
#58Timothy85US #99
#59Lyle84US #185
#60Tom84US #87
#61Jim83US #75
#62Leonard81US #55
#63Glenn78US #85
#64Carl75US #33
#65Bernard74US #92
#66Jon74US #127
#67Philip74US #57
#68Allan73US #136
#69Arnold73US #131
#70Warren72US #102
#71Mike71US #90
#72Alan69US #67
#73Loren67
#74Albert64US #43
#75Gene63US #89
#76Fred62US #45
#77Lloyd62US #104
#78Melvin62US #63
#79Theodore61US #96
#80Roy60US #38
#81Earl58US #60
#82Leslie58US #121
#83Lowell58US #200
#84Don57US #72
#85Darrell56US #140
#86Francis55US #64
#87Henry55US #31
#88Vernon55US #117
#89Bill54US #65
#90Clifford54US #94
#91Anthony52US #44
#92Dwight51US #158
#93Glen48US #146
#94Brian47US #120
#95Clarence47US #68
#96Frederick47US #70
#97Harry47US #50
#98Gregory46US #163
#99Harvey46US #111
#100Lee45US #91

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑36Pamela#55
↑25Jeffrey#57
↑25Jim#61
↑22Bonita#77
↑20Alan#72
↑18Connie#57
↑18Kathy#72
↑15Peggy#85

Falling

↓25Harvey#99
↓24Darrell#85
↓23Lee#100
↓22Gene#75
↓20Ellen#97
↓20June#98
↓19Delores#69
↓16Leonard#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.