State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1974 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 50,252 Minnesota births in 1974 across 887 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#47Molly#179 nationally
#70Darinoutside the national top 200
#69Wade#197 nationally
#77Joleneoutside the national top 200
#33Kari#153 nationally
#92Mathewoutside the national top 200
#93Rossoutside the national top 200
#80Dean#184 nationally
#100Gretchen#199 nationally
#49Kristine#147 nationally
#94Kurt#182 nationally
#97Mitchell#183 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,386US #1
#2Amy836US #2
#3Heather606US #4
#4Michelle553US #3
#5Angela504US #5
#6Melissa473US #7
#7Lisa421US #8
#8Sarah416US #20
#9Nicole397US #11
#10Jessica394US #17
#11Kimberly354US #6
#12Rebecca334US #10
#13Kelly292US #15
#14Sara288US #61
#15Stephanie286US #9
#16Julie280US #14
#17Heidi260US #60
#18Shannon235US #18
#19Christine227US #19
#20Stacy213US #38
#21Dawn205US #22
#22Jill197US #58
#23Elizabeth194US #12
#24Tina190US #25
#25Tracy190US #23
#26Rachel187US #36
#27Tanya184US #46
#28Mary182US #13
#29Laura178US #21
#30Jodi177US #91
#31Andrea174US #35
#32Tara172US #39
#33Kari167US #153
#34Carrie162US #42
#35Lori162US #30
#36Brenda157US #59
#37Tammy157US #24
#38Christina156US #16
#39Kristin152US #72
#40Susan145US #27
#41Ann137US #100
#42Erin133US #47
#43Holly126US #56
#44Karen118US #26
#45Michele114US #50
#46Melanie112US #51
#47Molly111US #179
#48Katherine110US #62
#49Kristine107US #147
#50Kristen106US #45
#51Teresa105US #52
#52Anne101US #120
#53Wendy100US #32
#54April97US #28
#55Denise97US #53
#56Tamara93US #64
#57Theresa93US #79
#58Stacey92US #48
#59Danielle90US #40
#60Emily89US #69
#61Kathryn87US #98
#62Amanda85US #34
#63Anna83US #82
#64Catherine80US #73
#65Dana80US #55
#66Megan80US #105
#67Kara79US #125
#68Pamela79US #54
#69Tonya79US #37
#70Beth77US #117
#71Jody77US #154
#72Tiffany77US #41
#73Jenny76US #131
#74Kathleen76US #76
#75Leah75US #149
#76Krista74US #152
#77Jolene72
#78Nancy72US #78
#79Patricia72US #29
#80Sheila72US #121
#81Allison70US #99
#82Kristina70US #101
#83Gina68US #84
#84Jacqueline68US #83
#85Cheryl67US #88
#86Shelly67US #107
#87Kristi66US #102
#88Renee65US #85
#89Amber64US #92
#90Bridget63US #134
#91Barbara62US #77
#92Deborah62US #68
#93Debra61US #94
#94Suzanne61US #111
#95Becky60US #177
#96Maria59US #31
#97Paula59US #96
#98Cynthia58US #33
#99Deanna58US #115
#100Gretchen57US #199

Boys

#1Jason1,273US #2
#2Michael1,140US #1
#3Christopher803US #3
#4Matthew796US #9
#5Brian719US #8
#6Chad708US #26
#7David658US #4
#8Ryan571US #25
#9Daniel570US #11
#10Jeremy554US #24
#11John531US #6
#12Scott509US #18
#13Jeffrey505US #15
#14Eric494US #13
#15James467US #5
#16Mark466US #16
#17Robert413US #7
#18Andrew399US #28
#19Aaron386US #32
#20Steven368US #19
#21Timothy358US #22
#22Joseph337US #12
#23Thomas330US #20
#24Joshua329US #29
#25Kevin305US #14
#26Shawn275US #30
#27Paul273US #27
#28William269US #10
#29Benjamin253US #46
#30Nathan249US #52
#31Todd241US #39
#32Anthony238US #21
#33Troy229US #63
#34Peter210US #50
#35Richard209US #17
#36Jonathan207US #33
#37Justin198US #43
#38Bradley196US #58
#39Adam193US #36
#40Gregory185US #31
#41Patrick179US #38
#42Charles175US #23
#43Jesse171US #67
#44Travis166US #54
#45Shane155US #56
#46Brent146US #76
#47Joel144US #75
#48Brandon141US #51
#49Bryan141US #45
#50Corey140US #77
#51Cory140US #114
#52Jon132US #94
#53Keith131US #44
#54Craig129US #57
#55Sean129US #37
#56Jamie126US #68
#57Erik125US #90
#58Douglas118US #53
#59Stephen114US #35
#60Nicholas106US #80
#61Kenneth100US #34
#62Derek97US #74
#63Jacob84US #88
#64Jay84US #111
#65Kyle84US #97
#66Donald82US #41
#67Randy81US #79
#68Gary80US #48
#69Wade75US #197
#70Darin74
#71Jeffery74US #66
#72Brett72US #95
#73Ronald71US #42
#74Edward66US #40
#75Dustin65US #121
#76Terry64US #69
#77Dennis63US #59
#78Kelly60US #143
#79Samuel58US #60
#80Dean57US #184
#81Alan56US #118
#82Lee56US #124
#83Tony56US #81
#84Chris55US #116
#85Marc52US #85
#86Curtis51US #98
#87Phillip51US #70
#88Bruce50US #136
#89Jared49US #131
#90Philip49US #86
#91Dale48US #145
#92Mathew48
#93Ross48
#94Kurt47US #182
#95Lance47US #159
#96Allen46US #125
#97Mitchell46US #183
#98Wayne46US #120
#99Darren44US #127
#100Shannon44US #101

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑29Amanda#62
↑28Michele#45
↑25Anna#63
↑24Emily#60
↑23Tiffany#72
↑19Jenny#73
↑18Erin#42
↑18Tonya#69

Falling

↓39Debra#93
↓37Renee#88
↓36Paula#97
↓32Sheila#80
↓24Darren#99
↓22Cynthia#98
↓21Jody#71
↓19Pamela#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.