State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 49,360 Minnesota births in 1944 across 702 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#68Marlysoutside the national top 200
#62Lyle#189 nationally
#76Lorenoutside the national top 200
#78Bonitaoutside the national top 200
#83Lowelloutside the national top 200
#84Colleenoutside the national top 200
#91Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#30Duane#135 nationally
#98Terranceoutside the national top 200
#100Reneeoutside the national top 200
#41Dean#134 nationally
#88Gayle#173 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,316US #1
#2Sharon844US #8
#3Carol826US #5
#4Judith721US #9
#5Patricia718US #4
#6Barbara697US #2
#7Karen696US #16
#8Sandra679US #6
#9Kathleen644US #20
#10Nancy497US #7
#11Diane485US #24
#12Judy468US #12
#13Susan451US #13
#14Linda424US #3
#15Janet400US #21
#16Janice326US #28
#17Joan320US #22
#18Margaret293US #14
#19Donna288US #17
#20Joyce284US #18
#21Marilyn259US #27
#22Shirley256US #15
#23Cheryl248US #36
#24Jean239US #37
#25Beverly237US #35
#26Betty233US #10
#27Ruth207US #32
#28Bonnie204US #34
#29Carolyn195US #11
#30Darlene194US #76
#31Gloria192US #25
#32Kathryn177US #68
#33Elizabeth171US #23
#34Dianne170US #90
#35Joanne170US #55
#36Dorothy161US #19
#37Virginia154US #26
#38Jane153US #41
#39Elaine152US #46
#40Lois152US #47
#41Phyllis139US #40
#42Joann129US #65
#43Marlene126US #106
#44Carole124US #43
#45Jeanne117US #108
#46Ann116US #39
#47Helen111US #31
#48Kay105US #88
#49Pamela105US #44
#50Rita104US #54
#51Katherine100US #77
#52Charlotte98US #50
#53Catherine97US #49
#54Alice96US #38
#55Marcia93US #89
#56Eileen91US #73
#57Kathy90US #110
#58Connie86US #51
#59Suzanne86US #78
#60Geraldine83US #53
#61Delores82US #97
#62Gail81US #56
#63Roberta81US #70
#64Marjorie80US #85
#65Doris79US #42
#66Sally79US #59
#67Marie78US #48
#68Marlys76
#69Lorraine72US #93
#70Rose72US #52
#71Jeanette70US #117
#72Audrey69US #150
#73Arlene68US #101
#74Constance67US #104
#75Rosemary67US #99
#76Jacqueline64US #64
#77Ellen62US #63
#78Bonita60
#79Julie60US #162
#80Lynn60US #116
#81Frances58US #33
#82Paulette57US #164
#83Sylvia56US #83
#84Colleen54
#85Yvonne53US #141
#86Diana52US #60
#87Peggy52US #45
#88Gayle51US #173
#89Charlene49US #109
#90Martha48US #29
#91Lavonne47
#92Norma47US #66
#93Theresa47US #96
#94Sue46US #62
#95Evelyn45US #57
#96Faye45US #165
#97Victoria45US #139
#98Irene44US #91
#99Marian43US #155
#100Renee43

Boys

#1James1,405US #1
#2Robert1,299US #2
#3John1,259US #3
#4Richard1,259US #5
#5David1,109US #6
#6Thomas834US #8
#7Gary815US #15
#8Michael721US #9
#9Dennis675US #20
#10William664US #4
#11Donald621US #11
#12Ronald608US #10
#13Larry467US #12
#14Roger463US #23
#15Charles435US #7
#16Gerald412US #24
#17Kenneth411US #16
#18Paul318US #17
#19Douglas304US #34
#20Bruce264US #51
#21Joseph261US #13
#22Dale254US #61
#23Daniel237US #25
#24Jerry225US #19
#25George216US #14
#26Steven208US #52
#27Wayne199US #37
#28Edward186US #18
#29Raymond180US #22
#30Duane175US #135
#31Lawrence162US #32
#32Stephen157US #28
#33Eugene156US #48
#34Leroy147US #78
#35Terry146US #43
#36Peter136US #40
#37Jerome131US #117
#38Harold129US #27
#39Patrick129US #64
#40Keith123US #104
#41Dean115US #134
#42Frank115US #21
#43Russell114US #63
#44Curtis110US #97
#45Jeffrey105US #101
#46Allen103US #77
#47Jack100US #30
#48Arthur97US #29
#49Marvin95US #75
#50Timothy91US #92
#51Tom91US #87
#52Gordon90US #105
#53Jon90US #122
#54Ralph89US #42
#55Stanley88US #57
#56Howard87US #53
#57Mark87US #93
#58Leonard86US #56
#59Philip86US #60
#60Alan84US #55
#61Norman82US #58
#62Lyle81US #189
#63Jim78US #68
#64Walter77US #26
#65Rodney75US #123
#66Gene72US #95
#67Glenn71US #88
#68Warren71US #100
#69Carl70US #36
#70Earl70US #65
#71Brian67US #116
#72Vernon67US #119
#73Allan66US #141
#74Mike65US #80
#75Lloyd60US #102
#76Loren59
#77Fred57US #47
#78Harvey57US #118
#79Bill56US #66
#80Craig56US #151
#81Frederick56US #73
#82Henry56US #35
#83Lowell56
#84Bernard55US #94
#85Darrell55US #133
#86Leslie55US #114
#87Melvin55US #67
#88Gregory54US #152
#89Lee54US #85
#90Lynn52US #153
#91Harry51US #49
#92Clifford49US #99
#93Theodore49US #96
#94Anthony48US #46
#95Don47US #72
#96Francis47US #71
#97Steve47US #89
#98Terrance47
#99Roy46US #39
#100Glen44US #147

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑37Cheryl#23
↑23Brian#71
↑21Harvey#78
↑20Marcia#55
↑20Ellen#77
↑16Vernon#72
↑15Kathy#57
↑15Frederick#81

Falling

↓20Marie#67
↓19Bernard#84
↓19Roy#99
↓18Marlys#68
↓17Marian#99
↓16Frances#81
↓16Rodney#65
↓15Marjorie#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.