State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 68,004 Minnesota births in 1947 across 833 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#76Terranceoutside the national top 200
#78Lyleoutside the national top 200
#83Marlysoutside the national top 200
#84Colleenoutside the national top 200
#74Bonita#189 nationally
#89Bradleyoutside the national top 200
#35Duane#135 nationally
#53Dean#140 nationally
#69Scott#139 nationally
#54Jon#123 nationally
#55Julie#124 nationally
#43Jerome#110 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,928US #1
#2Mary1,753US #2
#3Barbara1,056US #4
#4Patricia978US #3
#5Carol967US #6
#6Susan920US #8
#7Sandra897US #5
#8Nancy880US #7
#9Kathleen834US #11
#10Sharon828US #9
#11Karen698US #13
#12Diane664US #18
#13Judith632US #12
#14Judy556US #14
#15Cheryl448US #24
#16Margaret403US #16
#17Janice377US #22
#18Janet372US #23
#19Donna369US #10
#20Bonnie335US #35
#21Joan312US #30
#22Jean309US #40
#23Marilyn288US #29
#24Shirley282US #19
#25Jane269US #36
#26Joyce269US #20
#27Pamela263US #28
#28Beverly242US #31
#29Kathryn239US #55
#30Carolyn212US #15
#31Darlene208US #71
#32Cynthia205US #33
#33Virginia202US #34
#34Ann200US #41
#35Elizabeth193US #25
#36Ruth191US #44
#37Betty189US #17
#38Joanne188US #56
#39Lois186US #63
#40Dianne176US #83
#41Gloria176US #27
#42Catherine175US #46
#43Jeanne170US #86
#44Lynn170US #75
#45Gail164US #49
#46Kathy164US #64
#47Connie157US #43
#48Elaine156US #50
#49Katherine150US #76
#50Suzanne149US #53
#51Rita141US #60
#52Marcia135US #81
#53Dorothy130US #26
#54Joann128US #89
#55Julie127US #124
#56Marlene126US #114
#57Jacqueline119US #59
#58Kay119US #104
#59Peggy117US #42
#60Helen116US #38
#61Rosemary116US #80
#62Lynda114US #77
#63Constance111US #100
#64Phyllis110US #37
#65Eileen109US #91
#66Charlotte103US #68
#67Diana102US #48
#68Sally101US #70
#69Rose97US #65
#70Roberta95US #90
#71Marie94US #57
#72Carole92US #102
#73Gayle88US #127
#74Bonita87US #189
#75Vicki86US #101
#76Christine84US #45
#77Geraldine83US #78
#78Sheila83US #73
#79Jeanette82US #125
#80Rebecca81US #52
#81Arlene80US #118
#82Paulette80US #134
#83Marlys79
#84Colleen77
#85Marjorie77US #106
#86Ellen76US #61
#87Marsha76US #88
#88Alice74US #47
#89Anita74US #94
#90Sue74US #69
#91Maureen73US #98
#92Laura71US #74
#93Frances70US #39
#94Yvonne68US #117
#95Deborah67US #62
#96Martha67US #32
#97Charlene66US #105
#98Louise66US #99
#99Anne65US #95
#100Doris65US #58

Boys

#1James1,785US #1
#2Robert1,680US #2
#3John1,650US #3
#4David1,592US #6
#5Richard1,462US #5
#6Michael1,295US #7
#7Thomas1,209US #8
#8Gary1,127US #12
#9Dennis828US #17
#10William825US #4
#11Ronald788US #11
#12Larry722US #10
#13Donald649US #13
#14Steven633US #24
#15Bruce544US #29
#16Kenneth513US #15
#17Charles497US #9
#18Roger495US #25
#19Paul494US #18
#20Douglas436US #31
#21Gregory419US #33
#22Gerald407US #28
#23Daniel388US #22
#24Wayne323US #30
#25Dale317US #63
#26Mark314US #47
#27Stephen304US #21
#28Jerry289US #20
#29Terry263US #26
#30Patrick252US #53
#31Joseph251US #14
#32Edward243US #19
#33Timothy243US #52
#34George239US #16
#35Duane208US #135
#36Peter199US #36
#37Raymond198US #27
#38Alan193US #45
#39Jeffrey189US #66
#40Eugene185US #59
#41Allen179US #73
#42Lawrence179US #32
#43Jerome178US #110
#44Keith155US #91
#45Craig145US #93
#46Steve145US #58
#47Curtis138US #99
#48Harold132US #35
#49Tom132US #87
#50Frank127US #23
#51Russell125US #69
#52Philip122US #57
#53Dean118US #140
#54Jon117US #123
#55Rodney116US #94
#56Stanley114US #67
#57Brian113US #95
#58Gene109US #103
#59Jack101US #37
#60Leroy101US #98
#61Ralph101US #50
#62Mike100US #65
#63Gordon99US #111
#64Jim99US #77
#65Lee99US #92
#66Leonard98US #71
#67Marvin98US #89
#68Allan95US #132
#69Scott95US #139
#70Norman94US #81
#71Howard91US #62
#72Glenn88US #70
#73Arthur83US #38
#74Barry83US #68
#75Carl82US #40
#76Terrance82
#77Fred81US #56
#78Lyle81
#79Darrell78US #125
#80Anthony75US #41
#81Randall75US #106
#82Walter72US #34
#83Warren71US #108
#84Lynn70US #151
#85Randy70US #116
#86Glen68US #138
#87Clifford66US #101
#88Bill65US #76
#89Bradley65
#90Danny64US #39
#91Jay64US #119
#92Leslie64US #124
#93Francis63US #84
#94Joel63US #133
#95Lloyd63US #112
#96Dan61US #109
#97Earl61US #83
#98Bernard60US #100
#99Frederick60US #78
#100Roy60US #48

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑23Lynda#62
↑21Cynthia#32
↑19Peggy#59
↑16Philip#52
↑16Fred#77
↑15Craig#45
↑15Brian#57
↑13Arlene#81

Falling

↓27Alice#88
↓22Roy#100
↓19Francis#93
↓17Louise#98
↓16Walter#82
↓15Allan#68
↓13Carole#72
↓13Marjorie#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.