State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1959 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 81,960 Minnesota births in 1959 across 931 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#64Jody#190 nationally
#80Roxanneoutside the national top 200
#85Gregg#187 nationally
#99Jodioutside the national top 200
#95Heidi#187 nationally
#73Brad#149 nationally
#28Bradley#103 nationally
#29Todd#99 nationally
#72Kent#141 nationally
#48Joel#116 nationally
#62Duane#126 nationally
#43Jon#105 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,636US #1
#2Susan1,088US #2
#3Julie1,022US #26
#4Debra821US #7
#5Linda761US #3
#6Karen736US #4
#7Lori716US #27
#8Nancy715US #14
#9Barbara645US #11
#10Diane596US #19
#11Patricia588US #6
#12Pamela547US #12
#13Sandra545US #13
#14Cynthia537US #8
#15Cheryl479US #18
#16Kathy477US #15
#17Cindy475US #25
#18Kathleen441US #23
#19Brenda429US #16
#20Lisa423US #10
#21Dawn421US #54
#22Carol419US #22
#23Debbie410US #20
#24Deborah376US #9
#25Kim368US #35
#26Ann351US #44
#27Sharon347US #17
#28Donna346US #5
#29Laurie339US #56
#30Elizabeth326US #21
#31Denise320US #29
#32Kimberly311US #33
#33Jane300US #67
#34Lynn299US #63
#35Janet285US #28
#36Jean285US #77
#37Teresa285US #24
#38Tammy281US #31
#39Michelle278US #47
#40Theresa261US #34
#41Wendy261US #83
#42Laura259US #30
#43Judy248US #41
#44Margaret237US #36
#45Jill235US #86
#46Christine234US #43
#47Beth231US #80
#48Joan225US #76
#49Kathryn218US #69
#50Rebecca218US #38
#51Connie213US #48
#52Catherine212US #40
#53Colleen199US #110
#54Sue193US #107
#55Peggy191US #57
#56Becky188US #102
#57Robin182US #32
#58Bonnie179US #71
#59Vicki179US #73
#60Gail176US #75
#61Renee169US #100
#62Kelly167US #74
#63Anne163US #82
#64Jody157US #190
#65Terri157US #46
#66Katherine151US #79
#67Janice149US #37
#68Paula146US #51
#69Cathy144US #39
#70Judith141US #70
#71Ruth139US #97
#72Annette137US #64
#73Jennifer135US #78
#74Rhonda131US #45
#75Sheila129US #52
#76Amy125US #85
#77Jeanne122US #129
#78Carolyn121US #42
#79Joanne121US #92
#80Roxanne120
#81Sandy119US #133
#82Tamara115US #121
#83Michele114US #89
#84Beverly111US #55
#85Patty107US #140
#86Valerie107US #60
#87Suzanne106US #96
#88Wanda106US #65
#89Joann102US #130
#90Patti102US #152
#91Sally102US #114
#92Sherry101US #58
#93Sheryl101US #128
#94Diana100US #49
#95Heidi100US #187
#96Joyce100US #50
#97Marie97US #104
#98Pam96US #125
#99Jodi95
#100Maureen95US #106

Boys

#1David1,854US #2
#2Michael1,832US #1
#3Mark1,692US #6
#4James1,443US #3
#5John1,434US #4
#6Thomas1,223US #9
#7Steven1,157US #10
#8Robert1,123US #5
#9Scott1,100US #24
#10Timothy1,015US #12
#11Daniel901US #18
#12Jeffrey890US #16
#13Richard889US #8
#14Kevin883US #14
#15Paul823US #17
#16Brian786US #22
#17William699US #7
#18Randy547US #31
#19Gary536US #20
#20Gregory516US #23
#21Douglas513US #30
#22Bruce490US #38
#23Ronald465US #21
#24Joseph459US #13
#25Donald384US #19
#26Charles382US #11
#27Dale372US #49
#28Bradley358US #103
#29Todd354US #99
#30Craig336US #44
#31Patrick335US #43
#32Keith329US #39
#33Mike329US #37
#34Kenneth328US #15
#35Peter328US #40
#36Dennis326US #29
#37Terry311US #33
#38Jeff292US #52
#39Larry282US #25
#40Steve282US #41
#41Tim279US #60
#42Dean278US #95
#43Jon234US #105
#44Tom234US #82
#45Roger226US #47
#46Stephen217US #28
#47Jim206US #70
#48Joel199US #116
#49Wayne194US #51
#50Alan188US #50
#51Greg186US #91
#52Edward185US #27
#53Randall185US #59
#54Dan183US #110
#55Christopher180US #35
#56Jay179US #88
#57Jerry171US #36
#58Ricky164US #34
#59Gerald163US #61
#60Curtis160US #75
#61Rick158US #89
#62Duane151US #126
#63Russell148US #56
#64George146US #32
#65Dave144US #119
#66Eric142US #46
#67Anthony138US #26
#68Rodney138US #67
#69Jeffery135US #55
#70Bryan130US #94
#71Bill124US #93
#72Kent116US #141
#73Brad114US #149
#74Raymond114US #45
#75Allen112US #97
#76Danny103US #48
#77Joe103US #57
#78Kurt101US #129
#79Chris100US #72
#80Matthew100US #63
#81Philip100US #68
#82Jerome95US #133
#83Lee93US #115
#84Martin90US #79
#85Gregg86US #187
#86Micheal86US #96
#87Frank85US #42
#88Lawrence81US #62
#89Andrew79US #58
#90Bob77US #128
#91Glen75US #134
#92Brent74US #151
#93Jack73US #85
#94Brett72US #154
#95Gordon71US #155
#96Mitchell70US #127
#97Phillip70US #74
#98Eugene68US #106
#99Perry68US #132
#100Kelly66US #143

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑21Amy#76
↑19Annette#72
↑19Sandy#81
↑17Tammy#38
↑17Beth#47
↑16Dawn#21
↑16Kelly#62
↑14Tamara#82

Falling

↓35Joyce#96
↓19Peggy#55
↓17Pam#98
↓17Jeffery#69
↓15Kathryn#49
↓15Jodi#99
↓14Jerome#82
↓13Anthony#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.