State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1955 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 75,507 Minnesota births in 1955 across 873 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#63Luannoutside the national top 200
#77Terranceoutside the national top 200
#83Gregg#198 nationally
#60Todd#173 nationally
#88Lorenoutside the national top 200
#97Lyleoutside the national top 200
#62Roxanne#165 nationally
#99Gregoutside the national top 200
#89Terrence#181 nationally
#48Duane#135 nationally
#72Allan#157 nationally
#69Brad#153 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,721US #1
#2Debra1,390US #4
#3Susan1,289US #5
#4Linda895US #3
#5Barbara887US #7
#6Patricia887US #6
#7Nancy863US #9
#8Deborah729US #2
#9Cynthia669US #11
#10Kathleen640US #17
#11Diane633US #14
#12Karen597US #8
#13Pamela553US #12
#14Carol543US #15
#15Sandra524US #13
#16Cheryl501US #19
#17Julie437US #67
#18Sharon350US #16
#19Jean335US #60
#20Janet322US #20
#21Jane317US #50
#22Lynn316US #62
#23Donna297US #10
#24Margaret288US #24
#25Elizabeth286US #21
#26Rebecca280US #27
#27Ann261US #43
#28Kathryn260US #59
#29Denise254US #23
#30Joan249US #46
#31Gail246US #42
#32Catherine238US #28
#33Vicki238US #52
#34Judith237US #31
#35Bonnie236US #45
#36Janice233US #25
#37Colleen232US #110
#38Laurie232US #91
#39Dawn223US #103
#40Connie220US #35
#41Wendy218US #90
#42Lori215US #89
#43Kathy207US #22
#44Peggy203US #51
#45Judy200US #32
#46Brenda198US #18
#47Teresa196US #26
#48Joyce190US #29
#49Christine182US #40
#50Katherine176US #65
#51Beverly173US #34
#52Jill172US #102
#53Robin169US #33
#54Cindy166US #79
#55Theresa166US #38
#56Renee160US #117
#57Paula158US #39
#58Laura155US #41
#59Ruth146US #70
#60Kim145US #75
#61Joanne143US #88
#62Roxanne141US #165
#63Luann137
#64Suzanne134US #86
#65Michele133US #93
#66Marilyn131US #49
#67Sheila131US #57
#68Jeanne126US #115
#69Rita124US #72
#70Constance122US #118
#71Victoria119US #82
#72Anne118US #84
#73Sherry118US #56
#74Shirley115US #37
#75Lisa111US #48
#76Terri111US #85
#77Beth110US #133
#78Debbie110US #63
#79Michelle110US #97
#80Jacqueline108US #73
#81Lois106US #124
#82Vickie106US #68
#83Darlene103US #76
#84Marcia102US #98
#85Valerie101US #80
#86Kimberly100US #111
#87Sheryl98US #125
#88Rose95US #54
#89Sally95US #95
#90Betty94US #36
#91Marie94US #92
#92Joann93US #136
#93Virginia93US #66
#94Terry90US #83
#95Gloria89US #47
#96Marlene87US #142
#97Jennifer86US #104
#98Kay86US #157
#99Roberta85US #113
#100Carolyn84US #30

Boys

#1David2,048US #2
#2Michael1,897US #1
#3Mark1,503US #9
#4James1,447US #3
#5John1,441US #5
#6Steven1,391US #10
#7Robert1,330US #4
#8Thomas1,310US #8
#9Richard1,117US #7
#10Daniel862US #17
#11Jeffrey795US #20
#12Gary793US #12
#13William772US #6
#14Paul728US #16
#15Timothy675US #22
#16Kevin649US #27
#17Gregory630US #24
#18Scott595US #38
#19Douglas545US #29
#20Bruce541US #32
#21Ronald509US #18
#22Donald490US #14
#23Joseph487US #13
#24Randy484US #30
#25Charles475US #11
#26Dennis400US #23
#27Brian396US #40
#28Kenneth373US #15
#29Larry366US #19
#30Dale359US #52
#31Patrick345US #41
#32Craig344US #50
#33Stephen323US #21
#34Keith315US #39
#35Roger303US #37
#36Peter285US #35
#37Terry284US #28
#38Wayne274US #44
#39Bradley270US #107
#40Gerald242US #48
#41Alan225US #43
#42Dean202US #111
#43Edward199US #25
#44Randall185US #53
#45Rodney177US #65
#46George175US #26
#47Lawrence174US #42
#48Duane167US #135
#49Jon153US #115
#50Jerry142US #33
#51Curtis137US #79
#52Kim137US #98
#53Jerome134US #112
#54Russell132US #57
#55Joel131US #121
#56Anthony129US #31
#57Jeffery123US #73
#58Ricky122US #46
#59Lee117US #96
#60Todd115US #173
#61Allen112US #84
#62Micheal112US #87
#63Raymond112US #36
#64Frank106US #34
#65Philip106US #62
#66Eugene102US #81
#67Rick99US #109
#68Glenn96US #59
#69Brad95US #153
#70Jay95US #103
#71Steve95US #72
#72Allan90US #157
#73Gordon88US #128
#74Kurt88US #150
#75Martin85US #77
#76Christopher82US #49
#77Terrance82
#78Jack74US #60
#79Glen72US #131
#80Andrew70US #66
#81Ralph69US #67
#82Danny68US #45
#83Gregg66US #198
#84Gene65US #152
#85Carl64US #47
#86Phillip63US #74
#87Howard62US #83
#88Loren62
#89Terrence62US #181
#90Leroy60US #133
#91Stanley59US #64
#92Marvin58US #94
#93Roy58US #58
#94Harold57US #63
#95Kent57US #156
#96Kerry57US #174
#97Lyle57
#98Walter57US #51
#99Greg56
#100Daryl54US #178

On the move since 1954

Rising

↑25Kurt#74
↑22Constance#70
↑16Dawn#39
↑16Jacqueline#80
↑15Brad#69
↑14Jill#52
↑14Renee#56
↑13Rick#67

Falling

↓32Marilyn#66
↓21Michelle#79
↓21Betty#90
↓19Joann#92
↓19Virginia#93
↓17Paula#57
↓17Sally#89
↓16Jeanne#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1954 rankings.