State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1953 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 73,231 Minnesota births in 1953 across 845 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#66Toddoutside the national top 200
#72Luannoutside the national top 200
#53Roxanne#179 nationally
#78Terranceoutside the national top 200
#80Lorenoutside the national top 200
#82Lyleoutside the national top 200
#94Bonitaoutside the national top 200
#89Daryl#187 nationally
#71Kent#166 nationally
#45Duane#132 nationally
#68Allan#153 nationally
#37Bradley#118 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,681US #1
#2Susan1,236US #5
#3Linda1,182US #2
#4Debra1,038US #7
#5Barbara968US #6
#6Patricia961US #4
#7Nancy935US #8
#8Deborah784US #3
#9Kathleen734US #14
#10Diane674US #17
#11Karen617US #9
#12Cynthia615US #12
#13Sandra583US #11
#14Pamela578US #10
#15Carol555US #16
#16Sharon449US #15
#17Cheryl401US #28
#18Julie361US #74
#19Jean354US #52
#20Margaret350US #20
#21Janet345US #19
#22Joan313US #37
#23Rebecca309US #24
#24Jane302US #43
#25Donna301US #13
#26Elizabeth286US #21
#27Bonnie283US #45
#28Kathryn282US #48
#29Judith270US #30
#30Ann266US #46
#31Janice264US #22
#32Gail242US #39
#33Judy242US #27
#34Catherine234US #35
#35Lynn233US #67
#36Vicki218US #61
#37Joyce217US #26
#38Beverly214US #34
#39Marilyn214US #36
#40Christine204US #32
#41Connie196US #47
#42Denise196US #31
#43Colleen180US #115
#44Peggy176US #44
#45Wendy176US #110
#46Jeanne169US #97
#47Laurie166US #103
#48Ruth165US #62
#49Shirley162US #29
#50Joanne159US #71
#51Teresa159US #42
#52Kathy155US #23
#53Roxanne155US #179
#54Brenda151US #18
#55Suzanne145US #78
#56Theresa145US #50
#57Paula142US #40
#58Katherine141US #63
#59Lois137US #91
#60Marcia135US #84
#61Gloria131US #38
#62Victoria127US #82
#63Jill126US #114
#64Betty124US #33
#65Jacqueline121US #58
#66Joann120US #121
#67Roberta117US #90
#68Laura115US #51
#69Darlene114US #75
#70Dawn113US #138
#71Gayle111US #136
#72Luann111
#73Virginia111US #53
#74Sheila109US #60
#75Anne108US #80
#76Rita108US #64
#77Carolyn107US #25
#78Sally107US #81
#79Constance105US #95
#80Marlene105US #128
#81Renee104US #134
#82Michelle102US #107
#83Elaine99US #77
#84Jennifer98US #116
#85Robin97US #66
#86Dianne91US #109
#87Kay91US #146
#88Sherry90US #70
#89Vickie90US #79
#90Marie87US #86
#91Cindy85US #99
#92Rose85US #59
#93Beth84US #142
#94Bonita83
#95Dorothy83US #49
#96Valerie83US #88
#97Martha79US #41
#98Charlene77US #113
#99Eileen77US #108
#100Maureen76US #92

Boys

#1David1,868US #5
#2Michael1,866US #3
#3James1,553US #2
#4John1,435US #4
#5Steven1,378US #11
#6Robert1,364US #1
#7Thomas1,306US #8
#8Richard1,292US #7
#9Mark1,179US #12
#10Gary936US #10
#11William804US #6
#12Daniel742US #20
#13Paul673US #16
#14Gregory662US #24
#15Bruce626US #28
#16Jeffrey580US #25
#17Charles577US #9
#18Ronald575US #15
#19Timothy559US #26
#20Donald530US #14
#21Dennis511US #19
#22Douglas495US #27
#23Kevin423US #36
#24Scott421US #46
#25Kenneth413US #17
#26Larry404US #18
#27Roger403US #31
#28Joseph396US #13
#29Stephen373US #21
#30Dale357US #48
#31Craig340US #60
#32Patrick331US #39
#33Gerald279US #42
#34Wayne270US #40
#35Randy264US #35
#36Terry261US #30
#37Bradley250US #118
#38Brian241US #53
#39Keith241US #47
#40Alan227US #43
#41Peter226US #38
#42Dean188US #105
#43Edward188US #23
#44George187US #22
#45Duane178US #132
#46Lawrence177US #37
#47Rodney169US #58
#48Randall149US #64
#49Jerome147US #107
#50Jerry147US #29
#51Curtis141US #86
#52Raymond136US #34
#53Allen133US #81
#54Jon131US #120
#55Eugene126US #75
#56Anthony117US #32
#57Ricky113US #51
#58Gordon112US #116
#59Frank110US #33
#60Kim109US #127
#61Lee108US #93
#62Philip107US #61
#63Glenn99US #67
#64Russell98US #71
#65Joel96US #134
#66Todd96
#67Jay95US #99
#68Allan89US #153
#69Jeffery89US #109
#70Stanley87US #62
#71Kent81US #166
#72Neil81US #146
#73Christopher79US #63
#74Martin79US #82
#75Micheal79US #88
#76Jack77US #57
#77Steve76US #84
#78Terrance76
#79Ralph74US #59
#80Loren72
#81Danny71US #41
#82Lyle70
#83Carl69US #44
#84Leonard69US #85
#85Brad68US #164
#86Eric68US #89
#87Walter68US #45
#88Darrell67US #103
#89Daryl66US #187
#90Marvin66US #94
#91Leroy65US #126
#92Rick65US #101
#93Barry64US #73
#94Glen63US #129
#95Howard62US #77
#96Roy62US #55
#97Warren62US #124
#98Dan61US #139
#99Leslie61US #135
#100Arthur60US #50

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑27Dawn#70
↑24Ricky#57
↑23Todd#66
↑22Teresa#51
↑21Laura#68
↑21Gayle#71
↑13Jill#63
↑13Neil#72

Falling

↓28Glen#94
↓22Martha#97
↓21Christine#40
↓21Darlene#69
↓21Darrell#88
↓17Rita#76
↓16Dianne#86
↓15Barry#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.