State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1967 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,856 Minnesota births in 1967 across 846 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#56Karioutside the national top 200
#75Jody#194 nationally
#83Wade#192 nationally
#80Kent#181 nationally
#91Karla#190 nationally
#87Dan#184 nationally
#65Sara#155 nationally
#89Tom#175 nationally
#80Kristi#165 nationally
#28Jodi#103 nationally
#58Erik#133 nationally
#63Kyle#138 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,114US #1
#2Michelle744US #3
#3Julie668US #16
#4Kimberly538US #2
#5Mary533US #4
#6Susan529US #5
#7Jennifer459US #10
#8Amy452US #12
#9Lori394US #24
#10Christine393US #14
#11Brenda377US #31
#12Karen359US #6
#13Kelly355US #23
#14Dawn337US #27
#15Jill321US #50
#16Laura314US #15
#17Wendy288US #32
#18Pamela287US #17
#19Ann279US #57
#20Patricia276US #11
#21Nancy274US #37
#22Sandra272US #20
#23Melissa264US #9
#24Tammy264US #8
#25Barbara253US #33
#26Debra249US #38
#27Elizabeth246US #13
#28Jodi230US #103
#29Stephanie228US #25
#30Kathleen221US #40
#31Rebecca220US #39
#32Cheryl217US #35
#33Linda216US #26
#34Denise213US #34
#35Angela211US #7
#36Tracy211US #29
#37Heidi209US #88
#38Michele203US #36
#39Teresa198US #28
#40Kristin195US #97
#41Kristine189US #106
#42Paula186US #46
#43Cynthia185US #18
#44Deborah183US #22
#45Lynn181US #81
#46Diane173US #44
#47Theresa172US #43
#48Beth171US #67
#49Sheila167US #56
#50Anne162US #84
#51Sharon151US #30
#52Renee150US #62
#53Kim146US #49
#54Sarah142US #83
#55Colleen140US #96
#56Kari138
#57Carol137US #47
#58Laurie135US #72
#59Shelly135US #94
#60Tina134US #21
#61Jane130US #127
#62Rhonda128US #41
#63Donna126US #19
#64Stacy126US #74
#65Sara125US #155
#66Jacqueline123US #52
#67Kathryn123US #92
#68Shannon123US #101
#69Suzanne120US #63
#70Cindy118US #59
#71Janet117US #61
#72Connie114US #75
#73Catherine113US #55
#74Joan113US #149
#75Jody111US #194
#76Tamara111US #86
#77Gina101US #54
#78Carrie100US #107
#79Margaret100US #58
#80Kristi98US #165
#81Terri98US #77
#82Jean96US #136
#83Kathy96US #64
#84Robin94US #45
#85Stacey92US #69
#86Kristen89US #124
#87Shelley88US #141
#88Deanna86US #104
#89Sherri86US #89
#90Dana85US #71
#91Karla85US #190
#92Andrea84US #48
#93Carolyn82US #60
#94Sheri81US #115
#95Christina80US #53
#96Katherine80US #76
#97Heather76US #87
#98Holly76US #109
#99Bonnie75US #102
#100Carla75US #82

Boys

#1Michael1,600US #1
#2David1,358US #2
#3John1,079US #4
#4James969US #3
#5Scott937US #16
#6Mark902US #7
#7Jeffrey821US #13
#8Thomas792US #12
#9Robert776US #5
#10Timothy771US #11
#11Brian765US #10
#12Steven759US #14
#13Daniel720US #19
#14Paul670US #18
#15Todd621US #29
#16Richard555US #8
#17Christopher505US #9
#18Kevin434US #17
#19William412US #6
#20Joseph394US #15
#21Patrick374US #30
#22Eric370US #23
#23Troy344US #40
#24Gregory327US #25
#25Douglas309US #33
#26Matthew282US #28
#27Anthony266US #21
#28Ronald251US #24
#29Peter250US #39
#30Dean245US #78
#31Bradley243US #66
#32Craig233US #46
#33Kenneth231US #22
#34Gary218US #32
#35Jon216US #71
#36Keith207US #34
#37Chad197US #105
#38Joel187US #90
#39Stephen186US #26
#40Charles185US #20
#41Donald185US #27
#42Randy175US #49
#43Dennis174US #43
#44Bruce173US #55
#45Jason166US #54
#46Andrew162US #35
#47Terry152US #42
#48Dale148US #89
#49Jay148US #87
#50Shawn143US #51
#51Jeffery123US #47
#52Kurt121US #113
#53Brent117US #108
#54Chris117US #60
#55Wayne113US #62
#56Alan112US #61
#57Bryan108US #52
#58Erik107US #133
#59Jeff107US #88
#60Sean106US #44
#61Lee101US #103
#62Rodney101US #37
#63Kyle99US #138
#64Curtis98US #77
#65Kelly98US #102
#66Larry98US #38
#67Edward93US #31
#68Darin92US #142
#69Roger92US #53
#70Tim92US #116
#71Brett91US #111
#72Gerald90US #59
#73Randall90US #72
#74Russell90US #58
#75Steve90US #79
#76Tony89US #50
#77Jonathan88US #56
#78Mike87US #84
#79Jerry84US #41
#80Kent76US #181
#81Darren74US #63
#82Duane70US #139
#83Wade66US #192
#84Shane65US #145
#85Allen64US #100
#86Raymond64US #48
#87Dan63US #184
#88Greg58US #140
#89Tom58US #175
#90Frank55US #45
#91Lance55US #152
#92Lawrence54US #67
#93Micheal54US #115
#94Rick53US #167
#95Barry51US #96
#96Marc51US #101
#97Phillip51US #73
#98Ricky51US #75
#99George50US #36
#100Philip49US #82

On the move since 1966

Rising

↑31Lee#61
↑29Stephanie#29
↑29Sara#65
↑27Erik#58
↑23Sean#60
↑17Jodi#28
↑16Melissa#23
↑15Jason#45

Falling

↓27Andrea#92
↓26Duane#82
↓23Jean#82
↓17Deborah#44
↓17Mike#78
↓17Tom#89
↓16Cindy#70
↓15Kim#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1966 rankings.