State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 67,439 Minnesota births in 1949 across 808 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#71Terranceoutside the national top 200
#73Lyleoutside the national top 200
#64Bonita#186 nationally
#54Bradley#174 nationally
#95Daryloutside the national top 200
#100Lorenoutside the national top 200
#49Colleen#146 nationally
#41Duane#137 nationally
#71Renee#166 nationally
#89Terrence#181 nationally
#46Dean#129 nationally
#62Jon#144 nationally

Girls

#1Linda2,119US #1
#2Mary1,639US #2
#3Susan1,216US #5
#4Kathleen1,015US #9
#5Barbara1,000US #4
#6Patricia989US #3
#7Nancy775US #7
#8Carol745US #8
#9Sandra741US #6
#10Diane666US #19
#11Sharon572US #10
#12Judith560US #16
#13Karen558US #11
#14Cheryl421US #28
#15Margaret400US #14
#16Pamela360US #21
#17Janet359US #23
#18Janice351US #24
#19Judy325US #20
#20Donna320US #12
#21Bonnie319US #35
#22Jean307US #45
#23Deborah298US #15
#24Jane285US #41
#25Cynthia278US #27
#26Shirley256US #18
#27Elizabeth255US #25
#28Kathryn244US #52
#29Marilyn232US #33
#30Joan231US #36
#31Beverly230US #31
#32Joyce229US #26
#33Darlene193US #75
#34Catherine187US #37
#35Ann185US #44
#36Katherine184US #59
#37Christine176US #30
#38Gail175US #51
#39Rebecca172US #40
#40Gloria170US #29
#41Julie168US #113
#42Rita166US #54
#43Ruth165US #47
#44Lynn164US #74
#45Peggy160US #38
#46Betty155US #22
#47Connie155US #43
#48Virginia154US #39
#49Colleen153US #146
#50Jeanne152US #92
#51Joanne152US #61
#52Suzanne151US #62
#53Carolyn145US #17
#54Lois137US #73
#55Constance133US #83
#56Vicki133US #70
#57Elaine129US #57
#58Kathy129US #42
#59Dianne125US #85
#60Joann124US #101
#61Marcia121US #78
#62Marlene117US #110
#63Wendy114US #122
#64Bonita112US #186
#65Dorothy110US #32
#66Paulette108US #125
#67Theresa104US #63
#68Rose103US #66
#69Kay100US #119
#70Diana98US #48
#71Renee98US #166
#72Paula96US #55
#73Phyllis95US #50
#74Sheila95US #76
#75Roberta94US #97
#76Victoria93US #96
#77Maureen91US #89
#78Brenda89US #13
#79Jacqueline89US #58
#80Laura89US #65
#81Gayle88US #137
#82Marie88US #67
#83Rosemary88US #98
#84Charlene86US #100
#85Sally86US #77
#86Anne85US #86
#87Lynda81US #93
#88Eileen80US #95
#89Helen79US #46
#90Charlotte76US #71
#91Jennifer75US #121
#92Marjorie75US #116
#93Louise74US #104
#94Claudia73US #127
#95Alice72US #53
#96Ellen72US #64
#97Terry71US #115
#98Carole70US #118
#99Teresa70US #82
#100Jill68US #152

Boys

#1James1,685US #1
#2David1,648US #6
#3Michael1,552US #5
#4John1,533US #3
#5Robert1,533US #2
#6Thomas1,400US #8
#7Richard1,223US #7
#8Steven982US #20
#9Gary933US #12
#10William823US #4
#11Dennis701US #16
#12Ronald696US #11
#13Charles622US #9
#14Larry620US #10
#15Mark600US #24
#16Donald589US #13
#17Bruce588US #26
#18Daniel551US #22
#19Gregory477US #31
#20Douglas476US #29
#21Kenneth458US #15
#22Paul457US #17
#23Stephen455US #19
#24Roger453US #25
#25Gerald336US #33
#26Timothy329US #34
#27Dale328US #54
#28Joseph303US #14
#29Patrick303US #39
#30Wayne295US #35
#31Jeffrey264US #48
#32Terry245US #28
#33George236US #18
#34Craig214US #77
#35Lawrence210US #32
#36Peter203US #38
#37Edward199US #21
#38Jerry196US #23
#39Alan186US #45
#40Keith172US #85
#41Duane171US #137
#42Raymond170US #30
#43Brian163US #86
#44Jerome155US #104
#45Eugene147US #58
#46Dean144US #129
#47Allen137US #71
#48Rodney134US #87
#49Gordon130US #113
#50Scott129US #99
#51Philip128US #55
#52Curtis126US #97
#53Frank122US #27
#54Bradley117US #174
#55Russell112US #69
#56Darrell110US #117
#57Kevin108US #95
#58Lee107US #93
#59Gene106US #119
#60Steve105US #68
#61Mike100US #88
#62Jon95US #144
#63Allan92US #143
#64Anthony92US #36
#65Leroy92US #101
#66Harold91US #42
#67Randall91US #79
#68Randy91US #92
#69Stanley87US #60
#70Ralph85US #50
#71Terrance85
#72Glenn83US #61
#73Lyle80
#74Marvin80US #89
#75Tom80US #114
#76Bernard79US #111
#77Frederick79US #70
#78Leonard79US #74
#79Arthur78US #44
#80Glen78US #127
#81Jack77US #47
#82Walter76US #37
#83Barry75US #73
#84Francis72US #78
#85Warren72US #115
#86Carl70US #43
#87Jay70US #118
#88Leslie68US #126
#89Terrence67US #181
#90Howard64US #63
#91Lynn62US #159
#92Micheal62US #122
#93Theodore61US #100
#94Arnold60US #158
#95Daryl60
#96Joel60US #138
#97Danny59US #40
#98Lloyd58US #124
#99Fred56US #72
#100Loren56

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑27Renee#71
↑23Rebecca#39
↑22Paulette#66
↑20Lyle#73
↑19Bonita#64
↑19Victoria#76
↑18Randy#68
↑17Gail#38

Falling

↓29Tom#75
↓26Jack#81
↓23Kathy#58
↓23Dianne#59
↓20Sally#85
↓17Helen#89
↓17Howard#90
↓17Danny#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.