State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 60,651 Minnesota births in 1946 across 818 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#67Lyle#200 nationally
#77Bonita#198 nationally
#88Marlysoutside the national top 200
#89Terranceoutside the national top 200
#90Colleenoutside the national top 200
#40Duane#142 nationally
#99Lorenoutside the national top 200
#100Lowelloutside the national top 200
#45Dean#132 nationally
#52Julie#128 nationally
#39Jerome#114 nationally
#53Allan#124 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,693US #1
#2Barbara940US #4
#3Patricia897US #3
#4Carol881US #5
#5Sharon844US #9
#6Kathleen833US #16
#7Susan809US #8
#8Sandra807US #6
#9Linda770US #2
#10Judith754US #10
#11Nancy691US #7
#12Diane656US #19
#13Karen623US #15
#14Judy570US #11
#15Janet383US #21
#16Cheryl376US #27
#17Margaret369US #17
#18Janice366US #22
#19Bonnie338US #33
#20Donna334US #13
#21Marilyn319US #29
#22Shirley313US #18
#23Jean284US #37
#24Joyce277US #20
#25Joan271US #28
#26Jane252US #35
#27Beverly243US #30
#28Darlene226US #71
#29Betty225US #14
#30Pamela218US #34
#31Carolyn212US #12
#32Gloria192US #26
#33Kathryn191US #63
#34Ruth183US #38
#35Dianne179US #76
#36Joanne179US #57
#37Elizabeth177US #25
#38Suzanne174US #52
#39Lois172US #55
#40Virginia171US #31
#41Connie158US #45
#42Jeanne158US #83
#43Elaine152US #47
#44Ann148US #40
#45Kathy140US #79
#46Gail135US #49
#47Catherine134US #48
#48Dorothy129US #23
#49Marlene129US #112
#50Katherine126US #78
#51Joann123US #90
#52Julie123US #128
#53Cynthia122US #46
#54Lynn121US #94
#55Phyllis120US #41
#56Rita117US #56
#57Rosemary117US #74
#58Kay115US #101
#59Carole114US #72
#60Helen110US #36
#61Alice105US #44
#62Constance105US #100
#63Marcia105US #89
#64Jacqueline100US #62
#65Eileen98US #80
#66Sheila97US #70
#67Sally95US #67
#68Rose94US #60
#69Geraldine91US #66
#70Roberta91US #86
#71Diana90US #42
#72Marjorie89US #106
#73Vicki85US #108
#74Gayle84US #141
#75Marie84US #54
#76Charlotte83US #64
#77Bonita82US #198
#78Peggy79US #43
#79Jeanette78US #121
#80Sue77US #61
#81Louise73US #91
#82Christine72US #50
#83Marsha71US #98
#84Frances69US #39
#85Lynda69US #109
#86Paulette69US #117
#87Anita68US #84
#88Marlys66
#89Maureen64US #95
#90Colleen63
#91Rebecca63US #68
#92Yvonne63US #118
#93Ellen62US #58
#94Arlene60US #113
#95Delores60US #115
#96Paula60US #69
#97Anne59US #81
#98Jo59US #53
#99Audrey58US #149
#100June57US #116

Boys

#1James1,713US #1
#2Robert1,589US #2
#3John1,501US #3
#4Richard1,497US #5
#5David1,325US #6
#6Michael1,128US #7
#7Thomas1,080US #8
#8Gary991US #12
#9Dennis819US #17
#10William818US #4
#11Ronald699US #10
#12Donald580US #13
#13Larry563US #11
#14Charles528US #9
#15Roger518US #23
#16Kenneth478US #15
#17Bruce424US #32
#18Steven413US #28
#19Paul403US #18
#20Gerald380US #27
#21Douglas348US #34
#22Daniel334US #21
#23Stephen291US #24
#24Dale278US #62
#25Joseph250US #14
#26Jerry247US #20
#27Terry245US #26
#28Wayne241US #29
#29George225US #16
#30Edward207US #19
#31Mark207US #58
#32Timothy201US #60
#33Patrick183US #59
#34Gregory181US #56
#35Raymond167US #25
#36Alan164US #49
#37Lawrence162US #31
#38Peter160US #38
#39Jerome157US #114
#40Duane153US #142
#41Eugene150US #57
#42Jeffrey144US #78
#43Keith139US #96
#44Harold137US #33
#45Dean127US #132
#46Russell122US #66
#47Frank120US #22
#48Tom120US #87
#49Allen119US #74
#50Jon113US #117
#51Leroy111US #90
#52Jack106US #35
#53Allan104US #124
#54Curtis102US #99
#55Gordon102US #111
#56Steve102US #69
#57Leonard99US #67
#58Rodney99US #93
#59Jim98US #73
#60Craig97US #108
#61Howard96US #55
#62Marvin96US #88
#63Ralph93US #48
#64Mike92US #64
#65Stanley92US #65
#66Walter92US #30
#67Lyle89US #200
#68Philip88US #61
#69Gene86US #98
#70Arthur85US #36
#71Lee85US #91
#72Brian83US #103
#73Norman80US #76
#74Francis74US #80
#75Warren70US #105
#76Darrell69US #131
#77Glenn69US #81
#78Roy69US #43
#79Barry68US #68
#80Bill68US #72
#81Phillip66US #83
#82Henry65US #41
#83Joel64US #127
#84Theodore64US #101
#85Vernon64US #130
#86Carl63US #39
#87Frederick62US #75
#88Anthony61US #44
#89Terrance60
#90Earl59US #82
#91Leslie59US #119
#92Don57US #79
#93Fred56US #51
#94Randall56US #123
#95Clifford53US #100
#96Jay53US #115
#97Lloyd53US #106
#98Harvey52US #125
#99Loren52
#100Lowell52

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑34Steve#56
↑33Cynthia#53
↑26Craig#60
↑22Julie#52
↑20Allan#53
↑19Suzanne#38
↑18Connie#41
↑16Sue#80

Falling

↓33Marlys#88
↓26Lloyd#97
↓24Arlene#94
↓21Loren#99
↓20Audrey#99
↓18Stanley#65
↓18Philip#68
↓18Carl#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.