State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1957 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 79,621 Minnesota births in 1957 across 916 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#66Roxanne#198 nationally
#64Jody#176 nationally
#96Terranceoutside the national top 200
#42Todd#143 nationally
#45Duane#136 nationally
#98Allan#187 nationally
#70Brad#153 nationally
#81Kay#163 nationally
#93Gayle#173 nationally
#83Kim#162 nationally
#34Bradley#107 nationally
#77Kent#150 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,731US #1
#2Susan1,215US #2
#3Debra1,164US #4
#4Cynthia940US #7
#5Linda833US #3
#6Nancy809US #11
#7Julie795US #28
#8Karen768US #5
#9Barbara736US #9
#10Patricia674US #8
#11Cindy616US #19
#12Diane566US #17
#13Pamela547US #12
#14Carol536US #18
#15Cheryl534US #16
#16Kathleen516US #21
#17Deborah489US #6
#18Lori458US #45
#19Sandra457US #15
#20Brenda369US #13
#21Sharon353US #14
#22Kim340US #35
#23Jean336US #67
#24Denise332US #25
#25Jane310US #56
#26Kathy300US #20
#27Ann290US #44
#28Elizabeth289US #22
#29Kimberly287US #42
#30Debbie286US #27
#31Donna280US #10
#32Janet278US #23
#33Lynn275US #61
#34Dawn267US #93
#35Margaret265US #29
#36Laurie263US #73
#37Joan260US #60
#38Wendy257US #101
#39Judy254US #38
#40Kathryn248US #65
#41Teresa240US #24
#42Laura235US #31
#43Theresa230US #36
#44Rebecca226US #34
#45Catherine223US #37
#46Lisa222US #26
#47Robin220US #30
#48Connie219US #47
#49Peggy212US #62
#50Vicki200US #51
#51Judith195US #53
#52Bonnie190US #64
#53Colleen189US #118
#54Gail185US #54
#55Michelle183US #79
#56Janice182US #32
#57Jill182US #100
#58Christine179US #41
#59Paula166US #49
#60Jennifer155US #87
#61Renee152US #111
#62Beverly151US #48
#63Joyce150US #40
#64Jody149US #176
#65Jeanne148US #117
#66Roxanne138US #198
#67Ruth138US #84
#68Beth131US #108
#69Katherine130US #72
#70Sheila129US #58
#71Anne128US #86
#72Joanne121US #94
#73Sue121US #104
#74Cathy119US #39
#75Rita119US #78
#76Valerie115US #76
#77Becky114US #127
#78Suzanne111US #102
#79Victoria109US #88
#80Sheryl107US #112
#81Kay106US #163
#82Rhonda106US #52
#83Roberta106US #121
#84Terri106US #68
#85Carolyn103US #33
#86Sherry100US #55
#87Michele99US #99
#88Shirley99US #46
#89Leslie97US #77
#90Marcia97US #126
#91Maureen93US #103
#92Annette92US #97
#93Gayle92US #173
#94Jan92US #140
#95Vickie92US #70
#96Betty91US #50
#97Diana90US #43
#98Joann89US #137
#99Patti88US #148
#100Tammy87US #107

Boys

#1David1,940US #3
#2Michael1,903US #1
#3Mark1,620US #7
#4James1,461US #2
#5John1,446US #5
#6Steven1,275US #10
#7Thomas1,247US #9
#8Robert1,222US #4
#9Richard1,065US #8
#10Scott919US #32
#11Daniel888US #16
#12Jeffrey843US #21
#13Timothy803US #19
#14Paul800US #18
#15Kevin793US #20
#16William730US #6
#17Gregory642US #23
#18Gary635US #13
#19Brian615US #26
#20Bruce590US #34
#21Randy539US #31
#22Douglas531US #30
#23Ronald481US #17
#24Donald464US #15
#25Charles436US #11
#26Joseph432US #12
#27Kenneth425US #14
#28Patrick385US #41
#29Dale356US #50
#30Dennis343US #28
#31Peter334US #37
#32Larry324US #22
#33Keith315US #36
#34Bradley314US #107
#35Craig311US #55
#36Terry292US #33
#37Roger287US #42
#38Dean276US #93
#39Stephen263US #24
#40Steve231US #44
#41Wayne231US #47
#42Todd222US #143
#43Alan205US #48
#44Gerald193US #51
#45Duane191US #136
#46Edward187US #25
#47Joel182US #104
#48Mike180US #53
#49Jon174US #110
#50Jeffery163US #52
#51Anthony158US #27
#52Randall155US #59
#53Rick153US #87
#54Ricky146US #40
#55Curtis142US #80
#56Jerry142US #35
#57Jeff141US #96
#58Lawrence141US #46
#59Tim140US #119
#60Jay138US #88
#61Raymond131US #39
#62Lee129US #105
#63Tom123US #116
#64Allen119US #91
#65Christopher118US #43
#66Rodney117US #70
#67Greg116US #127
#68George114US #29
#69Kurt114US #141
#70Brad113US #153
#71Jerome111US #126
#72Russell108US #54
#73Micheal107US #85
#74Dan105US #121
#75Jim105US #106
#76Frank103US #38
#77Kent103US #150
#78Bryan97US #115
#79Jack95US #67
#80Eugene94US #92
#81Danny93US #45
#82Philip91US #68
#83Kim89US #162
#84Eric82US #60
#85Dave81US #155
#86Matthew81US #83
#87Barry79US #72
#88Martin79US #69
#89Andrew78US #56
#90Glen78US #129
#91Gordon75US #140
#92Chris73US #120
#93Bill72US #123
#94Glenn72US #62
#95Mitchell70US #125
#96Terrance70
#97Darrell67US #90
#98Allan64US #187
#99Phillip63US #79
#100Gene61US #169

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑32Jennifer#60
↑32Jeff#57
↑27Mike#48
↑25Debbie#30
↑21Lisa#46
↑18Brenda#20
↑17Cathy#74
↑17Greg#67

Falling

↓27Kim#83
↓20Russell#72
↓20Gordon#91
↓19Philip#82
↓16Glenn#94
↓14Terri#84
↓14Martin#88
↓14Darrell#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.