State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 73,491 Minnesota births in 1951 across 844 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#67Terranceoutside the national top 200
#81Daryl#196 nationally
#89Roxanneoutside the national top 200
#90Lorenoutside the national top 200
#92Lyleoutside the national top 200
#40Bradley#146 nationally
#89Terrence#193 nationally
#97Toddoutside the national top 200
#91Bonita#190 nationally
#41Duane#130 nationally
#91Kim#172 nationally
#59Jon#138 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,856US #2
#2Linda1,619US #1
#3Susan1,239US #6
#4Patricia1,177US #3
#5Barbara1,041US #5
#6Kathleen938US #10
#7Nancy922US #7
#8Deborah715US #4
#9Diane705US #15
#10Sandra703US #9
#11Carol680US #11
#12Karen630US #8
#13Sharon521US #13
#14Cheryl444US #30
#15Pamela440US #16
#16Cynthia436US #20
#17Debra423US #18
#18Judith412US #25
#19Janet399US #19
#20Margaret395US #17
#21Donna367US #12
#22Jean327US #49
#23Kathryn322US #45
#24Bonnie318US #37
#25Judy293US #26
#26Elizabeth287US #23
#27Janice284US #21
#28Christine283US #24
#29Jane273US #43
#30Joan263US #39
#31Julie263US #99
#32Rebecca254US #32
#33Gail253US #36
#34Ann242US #46
#35Beverly240US #33
#36Catherine238US #34
#37Joyce237US #28
#38Colleen234US #114
#39Lynn228US #72
#40Peggy215US #40
#41Shirley213US #27
#42Katherine203US #55
#43Connie191US #44
#44Marilyn189US #41
#45Lois185US #85
#46Wendy179US #110
#47Ruth178US #53
#48Vicki178US #58
#49Darlene166US #79
#50Rita166US #61
#51Jeanne164US #98
#52Joanne163US #73
#53Gloria152US #31
#54Marcia152US #74
#55Betty149US #29
#56Kathy149US #35
#57Constance146US #86
#58Carolyn136US #22
#59Denise134US #48
#60Brenda133US #14
#61Jacqueline129US #56
#62Theresa129US #64
#63Roberta124US #92
#64Dianne123US #90
#65Virginia122US #47
#66Elaine120US #66
#67Joann119US #104
#68Sally119US #77
#69Gayle118US #124
#70Kay113US #120
#71Victoria112US #81
#72Sheila111US #69
#73Suzanne110US #83
#74Marlene108US #118
#75Teresa106US #63
#76Ellen104US #68
#77Laura102US #60
#78Anne100US #82
#79Eileen100US #95
#80Maureen99US #93
#81Paula99US #51
#82Laurie98US #139
#83Jill97US #130
#84Paulette95US #148
#85Rose92US #65
#86Sherry92US #70
#87Marie91US #78
#88Marsha91US #76
#89Roxanne91
#90Martha89US #38
#91Bonita85US #190
#92Dorothy85US #42
#93Helen85US #54
#94Rosemary85US #109
#95Jeanette84US #132
#96Candace81US #173
#97Renee81US #164
#98Charlene80US #103
#99Diana79US #50
#100Lynda78US #116

Boys

#1James1,759US #1
#2David1,736US #5
#3Michael1,696US #4
#4John1,540US #3
#5Robert1,464US #2
#6Thomas1,460US #8
#7Steven1,347US #13
#8Richard1,277US #7
#9Mark1,059US #20
#10Gary1,040US #10
#11William914US #6
#12Dennis660US #17
#13Ronald650US #12
#14Daniel630US #21
#15Gregory624US #25
#16Bruce592US #26
#17Charles591US #9
#18Donald561US #15
#19Paul557US #18
#20Larry526US #11
#21Douglas523US #27
#22Stephen513US #19
#23Kenneth482US #16
#24Timothy481US #28
#25Roger430US #29
#26Jeffrey404US #35
#27Joseph368US #14
#28Gerald354US #36
#29Patrick328US #39
#30Dale322US #49
#31Kevin308US #53
#32Wayne293US #37
#33Craig292US #63
#34Scott274US #68
#35Terry260US #30
#36Edward214US #23
#37Keith214US #59
#38Lawrence214US #33
#39Alan209US #40
#40Bradley206US #146
#41Duane205US #130
#42Brian197US #75
#43Dean192US #105
#44Peter191US #38
#45George188US #22
#46Jerry175US #24
#47Allen167US #72
#48Randy164US #56
#49Jerome162US #103
#50Raymond148US #32
#51Eugene143US #65
#52Rodney136US #84
#53Lee128US #92
#54Russell119US #73
#55Randall117US #66
#56Frank112US #31
#57Curtis108US #91
#58Jack108US #48
#59Jon104US #138
#60Allan97US #137
#61Philip96US #55
#62Anthony95US #34
#63Gordon95US #108
#64Glenn93US #58
#65Harold93US #46
#66Stanley90US #54
#67Terrance90
#68Darrell86US #109
#69Joel86US #129
#70Barry85US #71
#71Marvin85US #96
#72Theodore85US #99
#73Ralph81US #51
#74Martin80US #81
#75Frederick79US #78
#76Gene78US #126
#77Carl72US #43
#78Christopher72US #61
#79Danny72US #41
#80Lynn72US #155
#81Daryl71US #196
#82Warren71US #118
#83Jay70US #116
#84Micheal70US #97
#85Howard69US #74
#86Leonard69US #80
#87Walter69US #42
#88Glen67US #127
#89Terrence67US #193
#90Loren66
#91Kim64US #172
#92Lyle64
#93Arthur63US #44
#94Leslie62US #124
#95Bernard61US #107
#96Neil61US #149
#97Todd61
#98Roy60US #52
#99Vernon60US #131
#100Norman58US #90

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑35Debra#17
↑29Julie#31
↑24Kay#70
↑24Anthony#62
↑22Christopher#78
↑20Victoria#71
↑20Danny#79
↑18Gayle#69

Falling

↓33Suzanne#73
↓26Diana#99
↓26Roy#98
↓21Bonita#91
↓19Helen#93
↓19Lynda#100
↓19Terrence#89
↓16Lyle#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.