State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1960 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 81,184 Minnesota births in 1960 across 922 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#79Jodioutside the national top 200
#75Jody#196 nationally
#98Allan#197 nationally
#95Kay#192 nationally
#96Roxanne#193 nationally
#86Heidi#170 nationally
#80Shelly#157 nationally
#73Kent#148 nationally
#61Duane#127 nationally
#68Brad#134 nationally
#55Sue#120 nationally
#43Colleen#107 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,468US #1
#2Susan1,030US #2
#3Julie950US #28
#4Lori895US #20
#5Karen728US #4
#6Linda699US #3
#7Nancy661US #15
#8Debra647US #8
#9Lisa617US #6
#10Barbara580US #12
#11Patricia548US #7
#12Diane539US #22
#13Brenda532US #13
#14Sandra517US #11
#15Pamela482US #14
#16Cynthia478US #9
#17Laurie457US #37
#18Cindy447US #30
#19Cheryl446US #17
#20Kathleen423US #27
#21Carol372US #23
#22Kimberly367US #26
#23Elizabeth357US #18
#24Dawn346US #57
#25Denise343US #29
#26Debbie330US #24
#27Kim326US #34
#28Ann321US #51
#29Michelle319US #39
#30Kathy317US #21
#31Sharon311US #16
#32Deborah307US #10
#33Jane304US #67
#34Lynn304US #64
#35Laura296US #25
#36Jean295US #86
#37Wendy295US #63
#38Teresa291US #19
#39Tammy279US #31
#40Donna276US #5
#41Margaret254US #36
#42Theresa250US #35
#43Colleen237US #107
#44Connie237US #47
#45Beth236US #72
#46Jill234US #76
#47Catherine232US #42
#48Kathryn231US #82
#49Rebecca230US #38
#50Janet229US #32
#51Joan214US #80
#52Judy212US #48
#53Kelly209US #52
#54Christine207US #40
#55Sue207US #120
#56Peggy198US #69
#57Robin190US #33
#58Terri186US #49
#59Vicki179US #73
#60Renee171US #93
#61Paula165US #55
#62Bonnie162US #71
#63Anne160US #88
#64Amy151US #77
#65Jennifer149US #61
#66Gail148US #90
#67Becky140US #111
#68Judith139US #74
#69Jeanne138US #129
#70Suzanne137US #78
#71Rhonda136US #44
#72Sheila136US #56
#73Cathy134US #46
#74Janice132US #41
#75Jody132US #196
#76Tamara132US #124
#77Katherine128US #81
#78Tracy126US #84
#79Jodi125
#80Shelly121US #157
#81Annette120US #62
#82Sherry119US #54
#83Marie117US #103
#84Penny115US #113
#85Sandy114US #126
#86Heidi110US #170
#87Carolyn109US #43
#88Patty108US #145
#89Michele107US #89
#90Carrie106US #139
#91Joanne106US #99
#92Jacqueline104US #85
#93Maureen102US #106
#94Rita101US #96
#95Kay100US #192
#96Roxanne100US #193
#97Ruth97US #97
#98Valerie97US #65
#99Joyce96US #58
#100Anita91US #87

Boys

#1David1,978US #1
#2Mark1,759US #6
#3Michael1,667US #2
#4John1,519US #4
#5James1,464US #3
#6Thomas1,229US #9
#7Robert1,224US #5
#8Steven1,165US #10
#9Scott1,155US #23
#10Timothy958US #11
#11Daniel901US #17
#12Kevin897US #15
#13Jeffrey870US #14
#14Paul838US #18
#15Richard838US #8
#16Brian741US #20
#17William617US #7
#18Joseph525US #12
#19Gary517US #22
#20Gregory504US #24
#21Todd487US #71
#22Randy485US #32
#23Douglas463US #30
#24Ronald394US #21
#25Bruce383US #39
#26Charles381US #13
#27Craig371US #41
#28Donald365US #19
#29Bradley359US #90
#30Steve351US #43
#31Kenneth347US #16
#32Tim338US #60
#33Patrick335US #45
#34Mike326US #36
#35Dale319US #54
#36Peter306US #42
#37Dennis305US #31
#38Keith302US #35
#39Terry290US #34
#40Dean274US #94
#41Jeff266US #49
#42Larry259US #28
#43Tom247US #86
#44Jay244US #78
#45Christopher238US #29
#46Jon236US #97
#47Joel224US #110
#48Roger223US #47
#49Stephen220US #27
#50Greg204US #83
#51Jim200US #75
#52Alan196US #50
#53Wayne195US #58
#54Dan192US #111
#55Randall183US #59
#56Gerald170US #62
#57Ricky167US #38
#58Edward164US #26
#59Eric163US #44
#60Anthony161US #25
#61Duane159US #127
#62Rick151US #101
#63Curtis149US #79
#64Jerry148US #37
#65Chris147US #63
#66Bryan143US #88
#67Dave133US #122
#68Brad132US #134
#69Russell131US #56
#70Kurt129US #130
#71Joe128US #57
#72Jeffery124US #55
#73Kent118US #148
#74Matthew115US #61
#75Rodney114US #68
#76Bob113US #131
#77Allen111US #99
#78Philip110US #76
#79Andrew109US #51
#80George106US #33
#81Danny105US #48
#82Kelly102US #128
#83Bill97US #95
#84Lee97US #116
#85Mitchell95US #126
#86Raymond93US #46
#87Jerome92US #133
#88Martin91US #77
#89Frank90US #40
#90Lawrence83US #64
#91Tony82US #52
#92Micheal79US #105
#93Brett77US #151
#94Perry77US #146
#95Glen72US #143
#96Glenn72US #74
#97Karl72US #135
#98Allan70US #197
#99Eugene70US #109
#100Barry69US #72

On the move since 1959

Rising

↑20Jodi#79
↑18Kelly#82
↑17Suzanne#70
↑14Marie#83
↑14Chris#65
↑14Bob#76
↑12Laurie#17
↑12Amy#64

Falling

↓26Ruth#97
↓16Roxanne#96
↓16George#80
↓15Janet#50
↓14Kathy#30
↓12Donna#40
↓12Joanne#91
↓12Valerie#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1959 rankings.