State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1952 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 73,001 Minnesota births in 1952 across 824 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#58Roxanne#187 nationally
#75Terranceoutside the national top 200
#82Bonita#199 nationally
#89Toddoutside the national top 200
#83Daryl#193 nationally
#91Lyleoutside the national top 200
#93Lorenoutside the national top 200
#65Kent#164 nationally
#99Monica#197 nationally
#82Kurt#178 nationally
#46Bradley#141 nationally
#41Duane#131 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,756US #2
#2Linda1,336US #1
#3Susan1,188US #5
#4Barbara1,019US #6
#5Patricia1,000US #3
#6Nancy873US #7
#7Kathleen868US #11
#8Deborah749US #4
#9Diane717US #16
#10Debra675US #9
#11Karen653US #8
#12Carol588US #12
#13Sandra585US #10
#14Cynthia535US #18
#15Pamela437US #17
#16Cheryl432US #31
#17Sharon429US #14
#18Janet406US #19
#19Christine380US #20
#20Margaret371US #21
#21Jane329US #42
#22Judith327US #25
#23Jean322US #50
#24Janice320US #23
#25Kathryn320US #48
#26Bonnie313US #41
#27Donna297US #13
#28Julie291US #85
#29Joan284US #37
#30Elizabeth282US #22
#31Rebecca268US #30
#32Gail266US #39
#33Judy254US #26
#34Lynn235US #71
#35Marilyn235US #38
#36Ann233US #45
#37Catherine230US #34
#38Beverly229US #35
#39Peggy214US #43
#40Vicki214US #61
#41Colleen212US #108
#42Joyce206US #27
#43Jeanne185US #98
#44Connie181US #44
#45Shirley180US #28
#46Katherine174US #59
#47Denise167US #33
#48Darlene166US #77
#49Ruth162US #57
#50Joanne160US #78
#51Victoria156US #74
#52Brenda155US #15
#53Marcia155US #80
#54Wendy155US #105
#55Laurie149US #115
#56Theresa149US #60
#57Paula147US #47
#58Roxanne147US #187
#59Rita142US #66
#60Virginia141US #49
#61Kathy138US #29
#62Lois138US #86
#63Suzanne138US #84
#64Jacqueline137US #58
#65Betty135US #32
#66Carolyn132US #24
#67Gloria131US #36
#68Constance129US #92
#69Roberta129US #88
#70Dianne124US #96
#71Joann121US #116
#72Sally119US #81
#73Teresa111US #52
#74Elaine110US #73
#75Martha110US #40
#76Jill107US #118
#77Marlene104US #117
#78Renee104US #154
#79Sheila104US #64
#80Vickie102US #76
#81Anne101US #79
#82Bonita99US #199
#83Kay99US #133
#84Kristine95US #165
#85Rose95US #62
#86Marsha91US #75
#87Valerie91US #87
#88Jennifer90US #107
#89Laura89US #53
#90Maureen88US #94
#91Diana86US #51
#92Gayle82US #135
#93Dorothy79US #46
#94Eileen79US #100
#95Sheryl77US #151
#96Charlene76US #106
#97Dawn76US #166
#98Marjorie76US #141
#99Monica75US #197
#100Marie74US #82

Boys

#1Michael1,864US #4
#2David1,777US #5
#3James1,651US #1
#4Steven1,478US #11
#5John1,469US #3
#6Thomas1,400US #8
#7Robert1,399US #2
#8Richard1,338US #7
#9Mark1,091US #17
#10Gary1,005US #10
#11William933US #6
#12Daniel777US #20
#13Bruce665US #25
#14Gregory637US #24
#15Dennis628US #18
#16Paul581US #19
#17Donald557US #13
#18Ronald548US #15
#19Charles533US #9
#20Timothy521US #27
#21Douglas507US #28
#22Larry500US #14
#23Kenneth444US #16
#24Jeffrey416US #31
#25Stephen412US #21
#26Roger376US #30
#27Joseph355US #12
#28Scott352US #54
#29Dale351US #46
#30Kevin339US #43
#31Gerald319US #39
#32Patrick318US #37
#33Craig303US #59
#34Wayne292US #38
#35Randy242US #41
#36Brian238US #64
#37Peter237US #36
#38Dean232US #103
#39Terry221US #29
#40Keith216US #49
#41Duane203US #131
#42Edward199US #23
#43Lawrence191US #35
#44Alan190US #42
#45Jerry187US #26
#46Bradley181US #141
#47George160US #22
#48Jerome158US #105
#49Raymond146US #33
#50Curtis145US #86
#51Randall138US #63
#52Rodney132US #84
#53Allen127US #78
#54Eugene121US #71
#55Russell120US #70
#56Anthony113US #34
#57Glenn108US #61
#58Philip106US #60
#59Stanley103US #58
#60Gordon102US #110
#61Kim99US #126
#62Lee95US #92
#63Jon93US #135
#64Frank90US #32
#65Kent89US #164
#66Glen88US #121
#67Darrell87US #109
#68Allan86US #146
#69Jack86US #52
#70Gene84US #138
#71Micheal82US #94
#72Christopher80US #57
#73Harold80US #51
#74Jay79US #106
#75Terrance79
#76Joel78US #132
#77Steve76US #85
#78Barry75US #69
#79Danny75US #40
#80Martin75US #80
#81Ricky75US #81
#82Kurt74US #178
#83Daryl73US #193
#84Howard72US #73
#85Neil70US #147
#86Leonard68US #83
#87Marvin68US #95
#88Walter68US #44
#89Todd66
#90Carl65US #45
#91Lyle65
#92Warren65US #117
#93Loren64
#94Roy64US #55
#95Arthur63US #47
#96Theodore62US #100
#97Bernard61US #111
#98Leslie61US #125
#99Wesley61US #166
#100Leroy60US #116

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑31Roxanne#58
↑30Kim#61
↑27Laurie#55
↑24Paula#57
↑22Glen#66
↑20Victoria#51
↑19Renee#78
↑15Martha#75

Falling

↓24Theodore#96
↓23Gayle#92
↓17Lois#62
↓16Marvin#87
↓15Eileen#94
↓14Gloria#67
↓13Kay#83
↓13Marie#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.