State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 65,870 Minnesota births in 1948 across 811 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#67Bradley#192 nationally
#83Bonitaoutside the national top 200
#84Lorenoutside the national top 200
#85Daryloutside the national top 200
#87Terranceoutside the national top 200
#53Colleen#161 nationally
#93Lyleoutside the national top 200
#39Duane#140 nationally
#98Renee#198 nationally
#45Dean#143 nationally
#88Greg#178 nationally
#40Julie#117 nationally

Girls

#1Linda2,144US #1
#2Mary1,768US #2
#3Barbara1,087US #3
#4Susan1,072US #5
#5Patricia955US #4
#6Kathleen894US #10
#7Sandra799US #6
#8Nancy797US #7
#9Carol791US #8
#10Sharon672US #9
#11Karen633US #12
#12Diane626US #19
#13Judith512US #15
#14Cheryl417US #25
#15Margaret375US #13
#16Judy371US #16
#17Donna355US #11
#18Janet354US #24
#19Bonnie336US #34
#20Pamela328US #22
#21Janice317US #23
#22Jean288US #47
#23Cynthia275US #27
#24Jane270US #39
#25Shirley265US #20
#26Marilyn256US #33
#27Beverly251US #31
#28Elizabeth243US #26
#29Joan243US #37
#30Joyce241US #21
#31Kathryn233US #54
#32Gloria191US #28
#33Betty185US #18
#34Darlene184US #77
#35Kathy182US #55
#36Dianne180US #86
#37Carolyn177US #14
#38Ruth177US #45
#39Deborah170US #30
#40Julie167US #117
#41Catherine163US #41
#42Joanne163US #65
#43Lynn155US #80
#44Peggy153US #38
#45Suzanne152US #66
#46Katherine151US #68
#47Virginia151US #36
#48Ann150US #44
#49Elaine148US #53
#50Jeanne147US #95
#51Lois146US #70
#52Christine145US #35
#53Colleen144US #161
#54Connie143US #43
#55Gail142US #51
#56Marcia126US #79
#57Dorothy121US #29
#58Rita121US #59
#59Vicki116US #81
#60Constance113US #93
#61Marlene113US #109
#62Rebecca113US #50
#63Joann112US #94
#64Phyllis108US #46
#65Sally107US #72
#66Paula102US #52
#67Marie101US #60
#68Kay99US #113
#69Rosemary98US #90
#70Theresa98US #63
#71Marsha93US #76
#72Helen91US #40
#73Lynda91US #84
#74Jacqueline88US #58
#75Sheila88US #71
#76Sue88US #78
#77Marjorie86US #110
#78Roberta86US #101
#79Charlene84US #105
#80Charlotte83US #69
#81Rose83US #62
#82Diana82US #48
#83Bonita80
#84Geraldine79US #83
#85Anne78US #87
#86Gayle78US #141
#87Alice77US #49
#88Paulette76US #123
#89Carole75US #106
#90Martha75US #32
#91Eileen73US #91
#92Laura73US #73
#93Sherry72US #61
#94Maureen71US #88
#95Victoria71US #108
#96Ellen70US #67
#97Claudia67US #122
#98Renee67US #198
#99Terry67US #133
#100Jo65US #56

Boys

#1James1,659US #1
#2David1,532US #5
#3John1,519US #3
#4Robert1,495US #2
#5Michael1,411US #6
#6Richard1,388US #7
#7Thomas1,251US #8
#8Gary1,016US #12
#9William791US #4
#10Steven773US #23
#11Ronald748US #10
#12Dennis671US #17
#13Larry659US #11
#14Donald616US #14
#15Charles544US #9
#16Daniel506US #22
#17Bruce501US #28
#18Roger490US #24
#19Mark464US #29
#20Kenneth448US #15
#21Gregory416US #32
#22Paul415US #18
#23Douglas386US #33
#24Stephen372US #20
#25Gerald361US #30
#26Dale313US #56
#27Timothy306US #38
#28Joseph300US #13
#29Terry278US #26
#30Wayne272US #34
#31Patrick261US #48
#32Jerry222US #21
#33George221US #16
#34Lawrence220US #31
#35Jeffrey218US #58
#36Alan215US #46
#37Craig211US #82
#38Edward187US #19
#39Duane186US #140
#40Keith185US #89
#41Peter172US #37
#42Raymond168US #27
#43Eugene160US #61
#44Jerome146US #110
#45Dean143US #143
#46Tom143US #94
#47Frank127US #25
#48Steve125US #60
#49Lee124US #93
#50Allen123US #72
#51Harold118US #36
#52Philip118US #54
#53Russell118US #67
#54Curtis117US #101
#55Jack115US #43
#56Jon113US #128
#57Gordon110US #112
#58Brian105US #95
#59Rodney102US #92
#60Scott100US #122
#61Allan98US #132
#62Stanley94US #65
#63Darrell91US #121
#64Mike91US #68
#65Arthur90US #44
#66Gene89US #111
#67Bradley88US #192
#68Glenn85US #73
#69Anthony84US #41
#70Randall82US #98
#71Jim81US #86
#72Marvin78US #90
#73Howard77US #63
#74Walter77US #35
#75Barry76US #74
#76Leroy76US #97
#77Warren76US #109
#78Leonard75US #71
#79Carl74US #42
#80Danny74US #39
#81Glen73US #133
#82Ralph73US #51
#83Roy73US #49
#84Loren71
#85Daryl70
#86Randy70US #99
#87Terrance70
#88Greg69US #178
#89Clifford68US #105
#90Dan68US #113
#91Leslie68US #129
#92Theodore68US #104
#93Lyle67
#94Martin67US #88
#95Jay64US #123
#96Fred63US #66
#97Norman63US #85
#98Joel61US #137
#99Micheal61US #148
#100Phillip61US #69

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑56Deborah#39
↑31Colleen#53
↑24Christine#52
↑22Bradley#67
↑18Rebecca#62
↑18Charlene#79
↑17Roy#83
↑16Vicki#59

Falling

↓27Norman#97
↓26Eileen#91
↓21Ralph#82
↓19Fred#96
↓17Jacqueline#74
↓17Carole#89
↓16Leroy#76
↓15Diana#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.