State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1972 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 50,850 Minnesota births in 1972 across 853 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#34Kari#186 nationally
#75Mollyoutside the national top 200
#81Wadeoutside the national top 200
#53Jody#172 nationally
#90Darinoutside the national top 200
#92Karlaoutside the national top 200
#99Rossoutside the national top 200
#94Neil#185 nationally
#68Dean#156 nationally
#49Cory#136 nationally
#94Leah#179 nationally
#45Kristine#127 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,489US #1
#2Amy713US #5
#3Michelle650US #2
#4Lisa581US #3
#5Melissa448US #7
#6Julie411US #12
#7Angela405US #6
#8Kimberly402US #4
#9Nicole390US #10
#10Heather362US #9
#11Rebecca277US #14
#12Kelly270US #23
#13Stacy263US #33
#14Stephanie263US #8
#15Shannon260US #22
#16Heidi252US #64
#17Sarah249US #49
#18Christine242US #16
#19Lori225US #28
#20Tammy221US #11
#21Dawn218US #20
#22Susan215US #24
#23Tracy214US #19
#24Jill210US #62
#25Mary206US #13
#26Laura205US #17
#27Jessica201US #46
#28Tina201US #18
#29Brenda193US #44
#30Sara190US #101
#31Elizabeth188US #15
#32Jodi181US #97
#33Andrea169US #30
#34Kari165US #186
#35Carrie161US #53
#36Karen160US #21
#37Kristin159US #67
#38Tara159US #38
#39Rachel156US #40
#40Wendy147US #29
#41Tanya145US #54
#42Denise142US #35
#43Ann132US #91
#44Pamela130US #34
#45Kristine127US #127
#46Tamara127US #84
#47Christina125US #26
#48Michele124US #36
#49Teresa123US #39
#50Holly116US #71
#51Melanie115US #42
#52Sheila109US #90
#53Jody108US #172
#54Patricia108US #27
#55Debra107US #66
#56Stacey103US #41
#57Barbara101US #58
#58Cynthia98US #25
#59Kathleen98US #57
#60Nancy93US #63
#61Sandra92US #31
#62Lynn89US #135
#63Tiffany88US #61
#64Anne87US #134
#65Kathryn87US #103
#66Dana86US #52
#67Kristi86US #102
#68Theresa86US #68
#69Beth85US #113
#70Cindy85US #80
#71Kristina84US #112
#72Gina83US #78
#73Paula80US #72
#74Katherine77US #69
#75Molly77
#76Renee76US #77
#77Shelly76US #94
#78Cheryl74US #56
#79Jenny74US #119
#80Tricia74US #120
#81Linda71US #51
#82Catherine70US #65
#83Nichole70US #146
#84Tonya70US #37
#85Laurie68US #98
#86Robin68US #55
#87Kristen67US #85
#88April66US #48
#89Colleen66US #123
#90Deborah66US #43
#91Becky65US #165
#92Karla65
#93Krista65US #142
#94Leah65US #179
#95Bridget63US #156
#96Erin62US #93
#97Maria61US #32
#98Traci60US #121
#99Deanna59US #107
#100Diane59US #105

Boys

#1Jason1,268US #7
#2Michael1,118US #1
#3Christopher924US #2
#4Chad835US #25
#5David761US #4
#6Brian729US #8
#7Scott673US #11
#8Daniel615US #15
#9John615US #5
#10James573US #3
#11Matthew571US #10
#12Jeffrey548US #17
#13Robert519US #6
#14Eric516US #16
#15Mark504US #18
#16Timothy414US #21
#17Steven395US #19
#18Thomas389US #20
#19Todd355US #31
#20Paul353US #24
#21Kevin341US #13
#22Joseph332US #12
#23Troy324US #49
#24William308US #9
#25Jeremy302US #42
#26Ryan297US #39
#27Shawn270US #28
#28Richard262US #14
#29Andrew257US #30
#30Patrick244US #35
#31Aaron240US #40
#32Gregory238US #26
#33Anthony235US #22
#34Bradley212US #61
#35Peter200US #48
#36Jonathan176US #37
#37Craig173US #46
#38Charles169US #23
#39Brent166US #77
#40Joel158US #78
#41Nathan154US #79
#42Derek153US #67
#43Jon151US #89
#44Sean151US #33
#45Douglas150US #43
#46Shane147US #55
#47Erik144US #86
#48Travis142US #57
#49Cory139US #136
#50Keith137US #38
#51Justin131US #60
#52Adam130US #51
#53Joshua127US #59
#54Brett123US #80
#55Stephen115US #29
#56Ronald113US #32
#57Kenneth111US #27
#58Corey110US #95
#59Benjamin108US #64
#60Gary107US #41
#61Jamie107US #72
#62Jesse107US #88
#63Bryan102US #45
#64Donald98US #36
#65Dennis94US #52
#66Randy94US #70
#67Jay93US #115
#68Dean90US #156
#69Darren89US #106
#70Chris88US #82
#71Kyle87US #113
#72Brandon84US #63
#73Dale83US #131
#74Lance81US #126
#75Terry75US #62
#76Edward74US #34
#77Jeffery70US #58
#78Christian66US #96
#79Marc65US #83
#80Nicholas65US #99
#81Wade65
#82Wayne64US #103
#83Curtis62US #92
#84Kurt61US #164
#85Tony61US #68
#86Bruce60US #121
#87Kelly60US #140
#88Roger59US #76
#89Shannon58US #94
#90Darin57
#91Alan55US #110
#92Brad55US #149
#93Lee55US #125
#94Neil50US #185
#95Jacob49US #155
#96Larry48US #47
#97Dustin47US #165
#98Duane46US #158
#99Ross46
#100Kirk44US #180

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑37Tiffany#63
↑34Justin#51
↑27Kristina#71
↑27Brandon#72
↑23Tanya#41
↑22Joshua#53
↑18Michele#48
↑18Nathan#41

Falling

↓26Cheryl#78
↓25Deborah#90
↓20Erin#96
↓19Paula#73
↓18Theresa#68
↓18Alan#91
↓16Kelly#87
↓14Deanna#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.