State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1973 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 48,362 Minnesota births in 1973 across 860 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#172 nationally
#63Molly#195 nationally
#69Wade#198 nationally
#79Darinoutside the national top 200
#50Jody#163 nationally
#67Leah#175 nationally
#97Trevoroutside the national top 200
#85Neil#182 nationally
#95Jeff#192 nationally
#73Dean#168 nationally
#92Kurt#186 nationally
#46Kristine#133 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,372US #1
#2Amy769US #2
#3Michelle597US #3
#4Heather495US #8
#5Lisa495US #5
#6Melissa451US #6
#7Angela381US #7
#8Nicole379US #11
#9Julie365US #12
#10Kimberly356US #4
#11Sarah313US #35
#12Rebecca310US #10
#13Stephanie293US #9
#14Kelly254US #18
#15Heidi249US #65
#16Jessica246US #34
#17Christine234US #17
#18Shannon232US #22
#19Tammy217US #15
#20Tracy217US #20
#21Dawn210US #21
#22Elizabeth205US #13
#23Stacy205US #32
#24Sara203US #89
#25Andrea196US #30
#26Lori186US #28
#27Mary183US #14
#28Tina172US #24
#29Brenda171US #53
#30Jill171US #62
#31Susan171US #25
#32Carrie168US #46
#33Tara168US #37
#34Jodi167US #100
#35Kari164US #172
#36Tanya164US #50
#37Laura156US #19
#38Rachel147US #42
#39Karen143US #23
#40Wendy136US #29
#41Ann131US #93
#42Melanie130US #43
#43Kristin126US #78
#44Christina117US #16
#45Holly115US #54
#46Kristine111US #133
#47Denise109US #38
#48Sheila107US #101
#49Pamela101US #47
#50Jody97US #163
#51Renee94US #80
#52Katherine93US #64
#53Theresa92US #69
#54Debra90US #84
#55Kristen88US #58
#56Stacey88US #41
#57Teresa88US #45
#58Dana86US #59
#59Anne85US #122
#60Erin85US #79
#61Paula85US #87
#62Tamara85US #66
#63Molly84US #195
#64April83US #33
#65Danielle83US #49
#66Catherine82US #67
#67Leah82US #175
#68Nancy82US #77
#69Patricia82US #27
#70Gina80US #83
#71Kathleen78US #68
#72Kathryn78US #107
#73Michele77US #44
#74Sandra77US #39
#75Cheryl76US #74
#76Cynthia76US #26
#77Krista75US #143
#78Linda75US #61
#79Deborah73US #56
#80Tricia73US #123
#81Shelly72US #104
#82Lynn70US #145
#83Beth69US #117
#84Emily69US #99
#85Barbara68US #63
#86Bridget67US #112
#87Tonya65US #36
#88Anna63US #86
#89Colleen63US #125
#90Kristi63US #108
#91Amanda62US #51
#92Jenny62US #139
#93Laurie62US #106
#94Kristina61US #97
#95Tiffany61US #52
#96Becky59US #170
#97Jacqueline58US #88
#98Deanna55US #111
#99Margaret55US #94
#100Nichole55US #160

Boys

#1Jason1,320US #3
#2Michael1,125US #1
#3Christopher837US #2
#4Chad738US #25
#5Brian731US #8
#6Matthew675US #10
#7David674US #5
#8Daniel635US #11
#9Scott568US #18
#10John524US #6
#11James520US #4
#12Jeffrey470US #17
#13Eric464US #13
#14Mark453US #15
#15Robert418US #7
#16Ryan390US #30
#17Timothy364US #22
#18Jeremy354US #33
#19Steven354US #20
#20Thomas343US #19
#21Joseph312US #12
#22Andrew298US #29
#23Kevin294US #14
#24Troy292US #59
#25Paul291US #24
#26Aaron282US #34
#27Todd276US #35
#28Shawn275US #27
#29William265US #9
#30Anthony231US #21
#31Patrick229US #37
#32Joshua228US #42
#33Richard214US #16
#34Jonathan211US #31
#35Nathan210US #63
#36Bradley193US #62
#37Justin185US #51
#38Peter185US #52
#39Gregory179US #26
#40Charles170US #23
#41Shane166US #54
#42Joel156US #73
#43Craig154US #48
#44Brent152US #80
#45Adam147US #45
#46Jamie147US #70
#47Benjamin146US #55
#48Travis141US #53
#49Cory139US #128
#50Keith138US #41
#51Douglas133US #47
#52Erik130US #86
#53Jesse124US #75
#54Jon122US #94
#55Kyle122US #110
#56Sean121US #36
#57Bryan120US #43
#58Derek113US #69
#59Nicholas113US #85
#60Corey109US #89
#61Kenneth106US #28
#62Stephen101US #32
#63Brandon100US #58
#64Donald99US #38
#65Brett93US #88
#66Gary93US #44
#67Dennis85US #56
#68Jay82US #118
#69Wade79US #198
#70Ronald76US #40
#71Terry75US #65
#72Jacob73US #122
#73Dean69US #168
#74Tony65US #78
#75Darren64US #113
#76Edward64US #39
#77Kelly57US #147
#78Randy57US #79
#79Darin55
#80Russell55US #77
#81Dustin54US #153
#82Bruce53US #134
#83Christian53US #97
#84Jeffery53US #64
#85Neil53US #182
#86Chris52US #96
#87Jared51US #155
#88Lee51US #123
#89Brad50US #137
#90Wayne50US #107
#91Dale49US #141
#92Kurt49US #186
#93Marc49US #81
#94Roger49US #84
#95Jeff46US #192
#96Lance45US #148
#97Trevor44
#98Curtis43US #98
#99Jerry43US #57
#100Allen42US #124

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑36Erin#60
↑32Kristen#55
↑27Leah#67
↑25Renee#51
↑24April#64
↑23Jacob#72
↑22Katherine#52
↑21Joshua#32

Falling

↓32Tiffany#95
↓28Barbara#85
↓25Michele#73
↓23Kristi#90
↓23Kristina#94
↓22Lance#96
↓20Lynn#82
↓18Cynthia#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.