State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1969 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 60,244 Minnesota births in 1969 across 898 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#35Karioutside the national top 200
#77Wade#193 nationally
#90Mollyoutside the national top 200
#99Karlaoutside the national top 200
#100Kentoutside the national top 200
#62Cory#160 nationally
#67Jody#165 nationally
#65Darin#159 nationally
#73Duane#156 nationally
#56Kurt#132 nationally
#95Jane#170 nationally
#22Jodi#95 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,033US #1
#2Michelle834US #2
#3Jennifer768US #3
#4Amy698US #6
#5Julie655US #12
#6Kimberly533US #4
#7Kelly424US #15
#8Melissa412US #5
#9Susan412US #11
#10Christine410US #14
#11Dawn342US #21
#12Mary337US #8
#13Lori335US #20
#14Tammy332US #9
#15Brenda315US #38
#16Angela307US #7
#17Laura305US #10
#18Tracy296US #17
#19Jill294US #51
#20Karen291US #13
#21Elizabeth258US #16
#22Jodi258US #95
#23Stephanie253US #19
#24Rebecca251US #28
#25Heather250US #34
#26Pamela229US #24
#27Kristin228US #76
#28Shannon228US #31
#29Heidi227US #80
#30Wendy226US #29
#31Ann221US #57
#32Debra217US #43
#33Stacy215US #53
#34Nancy212US #45
#35Kari199
#36Cynthia195US #23
#37Michele194US #30
#38Denise192US #35
#39Sarah191US #72
#40Patricia185US #18
#41Teresa184US #32
#42Barbara181US #39
#43Kristine179US #110
#44Tamara174US #78
#45Kathleen172US #42
#46Lynn167US #103
#47Deborah165US #27
#48Sandra163US #25
#49Tina158US #22
#50Paula154US #50
#51Theresa152US #49
#52Cheryl151US #41
#53Sara150US #124
#54Andrea147US #48
#55Linda147US #33
#56Sheila145US #68
#57Beth142US #82
#58Anne131US #101
#59Diane130US #61
#60Catherine129US #58
#61Kathryn124US #104
#62Carrie123US #94
#63Katherine121US #70
#64Nicole121US #47
#65Shelly121US #102
#66Kristen119US #96
#67Jody118US #165
#68Renee116US #67
#69Kim111US #66
#70Rachel110US #69
#71Cindy109US #74
#72Jacqueline108US #62
#73Stacey108US #52
#74Connie107US #105
#75Laurie107US #79
#76Suzanne107US #75
#77Dana105US #60
#78Holly105US #87
#79Gina104US #63
#80Carol103US #56
#81Deanna103US #88
#82Colleen102US #109
#83Rhonda99US #44
#84Donna95US #26
#85Sharon95US #36
#86Robin93US #46
#87Christina92US #37
#88Kristi91US #129
#89Becky89US #155
#90Molly88
#91Margaret87US #73
#92Tricia85US #119
#93Terri82US #93
#94Jean80US #167
#95Jane76US #170
#96Janet76US #84
#97Leslie76US #64
#98Kathy74US #77
#99Karla73
#100Melanie72US #92

Boys

#1Michael1,623US #1
#2David1,223US #2
#3John957US #4
#4Scott956US #12
#5Mark888US #8
#6Robert858US #5
#7James826US #3
#8Jeffrey790US #11
#9Daniel778US #18
#10Brian764US #9
#11Steven728US #14
#12Christopher723US #7
#13Todd663US #28
#14Thomas654US #13
#15Jason643US #25
#16Timothy633US #17
#17Paul596US #22
#18Richard464US #10
#19Eric455US #21
#20Kevin436US #16
#21William399US #6
#22Troy392US #42
#23Matthew390US #24
#24Joseph366US #15
#25Gregory344US #26
#26Patrick341US #31
#27Anthony300US #20
#28Bradley298US #53
#29Chad296US #69
#30Craig281US #39
#31Douglas273US #34
#32Peter258US #43
#33Andrew237US #33
#34Jon230US #68
#35Shawn225US #41
#36Dean214US #89
#37Kenneth195US #23
#38Stephen195US #27
#39Charles193US #19
#40Gary188US #35
#41Joel182US #80
#42Ronald180US #29
#43Sean165US #37
#44Donald163US #30
#45Keith162US #36
#46Brent156US #92
#47Corey153US #58
#48Jonathan152US #46
#49Dennis144US #44
#50Shane137US #87
#51Terry127US #52
#52Jay125US #95
#53Dale124US #96
#54Bryan123US #51
#55Randy118US #55
#56Kurt112US #132
#57Bruce108US #72
#58Erik108US #119
#59Jeffery107US #48
#60Darren103US #60
#61Aaron100US #61
#62Cory100US #160
#63Curtis99US #81
#64Chris98US #66
#65Darin97US #159
#66Edward96US #32
#67Brett94US #94
#68Roger89US #59
#69Tony87US #54
#70Jeff86US #106
#71Wayne86US #75
#72Lance85US #103
#73Duane83US #156
#74Lee82US #118
#75Alan81US #76
#76Russell79US #57
#77Wade79US #193
#78Steve77US #98
#79Marc76US #63
#80Randall76US #85
#81Larry75US #40
#82Jerry74US #45
#83Kyle74US #143
#84Jeremy72US #147
#85Rodney72US #49
#86Mike71US #112
#87Travis70US #113
#88Nathan67US #154
#89Ryan67US #135
#90Gerald66US #65
#91Nicholas66US #123
#92George63US #38
#93Allen62US #111
#94Benjamin62US #91
#95Kelly62US #115
#96Theodore62US #153
#97Brad60US #145
#98Mitchell60US #168
#99Barry59US #99
#100Kent58

On the move since 1968

Rising

↑47Corey#47
↑35Cory#62
↑33Shane#50
↑32Heather#25
↑26Shannon#28
↑24Aaron#61
↑23Kristen#66
↑23Lance#72

Falling

↓25Sharon#85
↓25Jane#95
↓24Kelly#95
↓22Gerald#90
↓21Colleen#82
↓17Mike#86
↓16Paula#50
↓16Jean#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1968 rankings.