State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 48,362 Minnesota births in 1945 across 732 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#55Marlysoutside the national top 200
#62Lyle#194 nationally
#76Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#78Lorenoutside the national top 200
#80Bonitaoutside the national top 200
#84Lowelloutside the national top 200
#92Colleenoutside the national top 200
#33Duane#138 nationally
#40Dean#136 nationally
#39Jerome#122 nationally
#74Julie#155 nationally
#81Gayle#156 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,348US #1
#2Carol751US #5
#3Barbara737US #3
#4Kathleen697US #19
#5Sharon692US #8
#6Sandra656US #6
#7Patricia621US #4
#8Judith617US #9
#9Karen608US #16
#10Susan581US #10
#11Linda536US #2
#12Diane533US #22
#13Nancy484US #7
#14Judy473US #13
#15Janet357US #20
#16Janice319US #24
#17Joan288US #25
#18Cheryl268US #32
#19Margaret267US #15
#20Donna265US #17
#21Marilyn258US #27
#22Shirley252US #14
#23Bonnie244US #35
#24Joyce240US #18
#25Jean219US #38
#26Jane218US #36
#27Betty212US #11
#28Beverly195US #37
#29Dianne190US #72
#30Gloria190US #23
#31Darlene181US #71
#32Ruth181US #33
#33Virginia171US #28
#34Carolyn158US #12
#35Lois151US #48
#36Joanne150US #53
#37Kathryn149US #65
#38Elaine142US #44
#39Dorothy141US #21
#40Elizabeth133US #26
#41Pamela133US #42
#42Carole121US #51
#43Joann116US #80
#44Rita114US #59
#45Gail111US #52
#46Ann110US #39
#47Jeanne110US #98
#48Marlene110US #110
#49Phyllis109US #40
#50Helen107US #31
#51Kathy107US #101
#52Kay102US #91
#53Marcia101US #88
#54Katherine99US #82
#55Marlys97
#56Catherine89US #50
#57Suzanne87US #68
#58Geraldine86US #56
#59Connie85US #47
#60Constance83US #109
#61Eileen83US #70
#62Marie83US #49
#63Marjorie83US #94
#64Rosemary82US #79
#65Charlotte80US #55
#66Alice78US #41
#67Lynn78US #102
#68Roberta75US #75
#69Diana74US #43
#70Arlene71US #99
#71Sheila68US #89
#72Jacqueline64US #63
#73Jeanette64US #122
#74Julie64US #155
#75Sally64US #64
#76Lavonne62
#77Rose61US #54
#78Doris60US #46
#79Audrey59US #143
#80Bonita54
#81Gayle53US #156
#82Victoria53US #106
#83Ellen52US #61
#84Peggy52US #45
#85Vicki51US #117
#86Cynthia50US #90
#87Frances50US #34
#88Delores49US #112
#89Lorraine48US #87
#90Marian48US #163
#91Claudia47US #127
#92Colleen47
#93Laura46US #77
#94Louise46US #78
#95Anita45US #100
#96Sue45US #66
#97Anne44US #81
#98Charlene42US #114
#99Irene42US #97
#100Maureen42US #105

Boys

#1James1,375US #1
#2Robert1,281US #2
#3Richard1,242US #5
#4John1,186US #3
#5David1,091US #6
#6Gary874US #13
#7Thomas787US #8
#8Michael735US #9
#9Dennis636US #19
#10William596US #4
#11Ronald582US #10
#12Donald574US #12
#13Larry533US #11
#14Kenneth433US #16
#15Charles408US #7
#16Roger396US #22
#17Gerald351US #25
#18Paul337US #17
#19Daniel285US #24
#20Douglas261US #29
#21Bruce255US #48
#22Steven238US #43
#23Dale232US #61
#24Joseph203US #14
#25George202US #15
#26Wayne201US #35
#27Jerry193US #20
#28Stephen183US #26
#29Edward170US #18
#30Raymond169US #23
#31Terry169US #33
#32Lawrence164US #30
#33Duane163US #138
#34Eugene147US #50
#35Peter128US #38
#36Patrick123US #63
#37Alan122US #52
#38Timothy122US #70
#39Jerome121US #122
#40Dean118US #136
#41Keith114US #108
#42Mark108US #72
#43Jack107US #32
#44Harold106US #28
#45Leroy105US #83
#46Jon100US #112
#47Stanley97US #59
#48Allen95US #74
#49Gregory93US #96
#50Philip93US #58
#51Russell92US #64
#52Curtis91US #97
#53Frank90US #21
#54Gordon90US #109
#55Jeffrey89US #91
#56Rodney88US #105
#57Jim85US #68
#58Marvin84US #80
#59Ralph84US #44
#60Gene79US #100
#61Arthur76US #34
#62Lyle75US #194
#63Norman75US #65
#64Tom75US #89
#65Howard73US #54
#66Leonard73US #57
#67Walter73US #27
#68Carl72US #39
#69Brian71US #113
#70Francis70US #76
#71Lloyd70US #103
#72Anthony67US #46
#73Allan65US #137
#74Glenn65US #93
#75Mike65US #69
#76Vernon64US #118
#77Warren64US #106
#78Loren63
#79Fred60US #51
#80Lee59US #87
#81Leslie59US #115
#82Bernard58US #98
#83Bill58US #66
#84Lowell58
#85Arnold57US #147
#86Craig56US #134
#87Darrell56US #141
#88Joel54US #135
#89Roy54US #40
#90Steve54US #79
#91Frederick53US #77
#92Earl52US #71
#93Leon51US #111
#94Theodore51US #101
#95Glen49US #148
#96Henry48US #37
#97Randall47US #149
#98Leo45US #139
#99Dwight44US #126
#100Albert43US #49

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑39Gregory#49
↑26Francis#70
↑23Alan#37
↑22Anthony#72
↑17Gail#45
↑17Diana#69
↑15Lavonne#76
↑15Victoria#82

Falling

↓27Delores#88
↓22Earl#92
↓20Lorraine#89
↓14Henry#96
↓13Charlotte#65
↓13Doris#78
↓13Arthur#61
↓13Tom#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.