State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1971 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,772 Minnesota births in 1971 across 932 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#35Kari#179 nationally
#76Wadeoutside the national top 200
#89Karlaoutside the national top 200
#59Jody#162 nationally
#49Cory#150 nationally
#92Darin#193 nationally
#100Trevoroutside the national top 200
#31Sara#114 nationally
#92Jean#173 nationally
#43Kristine#120 nationally
#78Kurt#155 nationally
#64Dean#137 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,282US #1
#2Amy793US #5
#3Michelle734US #2
#4Lisa678US #3
#5Julie499US #10
#6Kimberly482US #4
#7Melissa476US #7
#8Angela440US #6
#9Heather383US #12
#10Kelly326US #22
#11Shannon305US #21
#12Tammy302US #8
#13Lori288US #25
#14Rebecca286US #23
#15Christine281US #18
#16Susan279US #17
#17Nicole272US #27
#18Dawn269US #14
#19Heidi267US #77
#20Brenda256US #43
#21Sarah249US #58
#22Laura248US #16
#23Tracy246US #13
#24Mary240US #9
#25Stephanie238US #11
#26Jodi237US #94
#27Tina229US #20
#28Stacy217US #32
#29Jill209US #59
#30Wendy204US #29
#31Sara198US #114
#32Jessica195US #64
#33Kristin195US #71
#34Elizabeth194US #19
#35Kari192US #179
#36Karen177US #15
#37Andrea176US #35
#38Ann175US #78
#39Carrie175US #55
#40Pamela166US #28
#41Teresa155US #34
#42Tamara153US #80
#43Kristine152US #120
#44Denise146US #36
#45Debra144US #57
#46Rachel144US #54
#47Patricia142US #26
#48Sandra137US #31
#49Cynthia133US #24
#50Theresa131US #61
#51Nancy130US #52
#52Cheryl129US #50
#53Dana128US #44
#54Paula128US #63
#55Tara128US #49
#56Sheila127US #81
#57Barbara120US #47
#58Holly120US #76
#59Jody116US #162
#60Kathleen115US #53
#61Melanie115US #66
#62Christina113US #30
#63Stacey113US #41
#64Tanya112US #72
#65Deborah110US #33
#66Michele110US #39
#67Lynn109US #128
#68Katherine107US #67
#69Rhonda105US #46
#70Beth100US #100
#71Shelly100US #103
#72Anne99US #122
#73Laurie98US #96
#74Linda98US #42
#75Catherine96US #65
#76Erin96US #93
#77Kristi96US #113
#78Renee95US #73
#79Kristen93US #87
#80Gina92US #69
#81Kathryn91US #111
#82Colleen89US #121
#83Jacqueline89US #75
#84Tricia88US #109
#85Deanna87US #95
#86Robin84US #51
#87Cindy82US #70
#88Krista82US #134
#89Karla81
#90Leslie79US #68
#91Suzanne77US #88
#92Jean76US #173
#93Diane75US #83
#94Becky74US #163
#95Jenny69US #142
#96Stacie69US #131
#97Shelley66US #140
#98Kristina65US #117
#99Margaret65US #86
#100Tiffany64US #62

Boys

#1Michael1,346US #1
#2Jason1,235US #8
#3David911US #3
#4Scott887US #10
#5Christopher807US #6
#6John756US #4
#7Chad732US #29
#8Robert683US #5
#9James681US #2
#10Brian674US #9
#11Daniel658US #20
#12Jeffrey651US #12
#13Mark620US #13
#14Steven569US #16
#15Matthew559US #19
#16Timothy504US #21
#17Eric494US #18
#18Thomas485US #17
#19Todd472US #30
#20Paul405US #24
#21Kevin397US #14
#22Troy377US #46
#23William360US #7
#24Joseph350US #15
#25Richard344US #11
#26Patrick282US #35
#27Anthony278US #23
#28Shawn276US #28
#29Gregory272US #26
#30Bradley265US #58
#31Andrew264US #33
#32Jeremy245US #45
#33Craig212US #43
#34Charles209US #22
#35Aaron204US #41
#36Peter198US #47
#37Brent181US #73
#38Jonathan180US #40
#39Ryan173US #51
#40Douglas169US #39
#41Shane169US #60
#42Jon163US #78
#43Brett150US #90
#44Joel150US #86
#45Sean145US #36
#46Stephen145US #27
#47Adam142US #57
#48Keith141US #37
#49Cory140US #150
#50Derek138US #63
#51Travis137US #61
#52Corey133US #77
#53Erik131US #97
#54Gary131US #38
#55Bryan129US #48
#56Ronald128US #31
#57Kenneth124US #25
#58Jay123US #114
#59Nathan122US #104
#60Donald119US #34
#61Dennis118US #49
#62Edward114US #32
#63Kyle111US #116
#64Dean108US #137
#65Lance105US #98
#66Jamie100US #96
#67Chris99US #68
#68Terry94US #56
#69Benjamin92US #69
#70Jesse92US #107
#71Kelly89US #136
#72Randy89US #67
#73Alan88US #99
#74Dale88US #125
#75Joshua81US #80
#76Wade81
#77Tony80US #62
#78Kurt79US #155
#79Wayne79US #92
#80Jeffery77US #53
#81Bruce76US #108
#82Darren76US #100
#83Roger75US #71
#84Marc73US #70
#85Justin70US #103
#86Lee70US #128
#87Russell69US #64
#88Curtis67US #89
#89Jerry67US #50
#90Larry66US #44
#91Nicholas65US #123
#92Darin63US #193
#93Brad60US #139
#94Jeff59US #140
#95Kirk59US #159
#96Shannon59US #106
#97Gerald58US #83
#98Martin54US #105
#99Brandon53US #95
#100Trevor53

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑51Ryan#39
↑37Dana#53
↑36Adam#47
↑32Jessica#32
↑31Derek#50
↑23Jeremy#32
↑22Carrie#39
↑22Tanya#64

Falling

↓28Michele#66
↓21Kristen#79
↓20Darren#82
↓18Randy#72
↓18Dale#74
↓18Curtis#88
↓17Gary#54
↓17Ronald#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.