State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1975 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 51,041 Minnesota births in 1975 across 900 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#45Molly#170 nationally
#76Joleneoutside the national top 200
#73Wade#197 nationally
#78Rossoutside the national top 200
#82Lukeoutside the national top 200
#87Janelleoutside the national top 200
#89Deanoutside the national top 200
#69Trevor#180 nationally
#84Katie#194 nationally
#93Darinoutside the national top 200
#94Kurtoutside the national top 200
#24Kari#129 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,322US #1
#2Amy893US #2
#3Angela644US #5
#4Heather632US #3
#5Melissa601US #4
#6Sarah509US #17
#7Jessica464US #13
#8Nicole423US #10
#9Michelle422US #6
#10Lisa417US #8
#11Kelly338US #16
#12Rebecca330US #11
#13Sara316US #54
#14Kimberly306US #7
#15Stephanie282US #9
#16Julie278US #18
#17Rachel247US #26
#18Jill240US #46
#19Elizabeth239US #15
#20Heidi234US #66
#21Laura229US #20
#22Carrie222US #29
#23Christine222US #22
#24Kari221US #129
#25Stacy219US #34
#26Shannon218US #21
#27Dawn209US #23
#28Tracy204US #24
#29Andrea191US #28
#30Erin188US #38
#31Tanya178US #50
#32Christina171US #12
#33Tina170US #35
#34Amanda166US #14
#35Jodi158US #94
#36Susan158US #32
#37Kristin155US #74
#38Emily152US #48
#39Tara145US #41
#40Mary141US #19
#41Tammy138US #31
#42Lori127US #39
#43Brenda123US #67
#44Holly120US #55
#45Molly119US #170
#46Katherine116US #58
#47Karen114US #27
#48Ann113US #104
#49Wendy112US #33
#50April109US #25
#51Danielle109US #42
#52Stacey109US #44
#53Amber104US #59
#54Kristen103US #60
#55Anne99US #124
#56Megan99US #69
#57Melanie97US #52
#58Teresa90US #61
#59Jody89US #162
#60Patricia87US #36
#61Tiffany87US #37
#62Kathryn86US #99
#63Leah84US #132
#64Kara81US #118
#65Catherine80US #73
#66Michele80US #56
#67Sheila77US #134
#68Jamie76US #68
#69Krista76US #159
#70Kristina76US #103
#71Anna75US #79
#72Nichole75US #153
#73Theresa75US #78
#74Dana74US #62
#75Cynthia73US #40
#76Jolene73
#77Kristine73US #169
#78Tonya72US #45
#79Denise71US #64
#80Tamara71US #77
#81Kathleen70US #80
#82Erica68US #63
#83Paula68US #108
#84Katie67US #194
#85Shelly66US #113
#86Tricia65US #148
#87Janelle62
#88Renee62US #87
#89Robin62US #65
#90Gina61US #84
#91Pamela61US #70
#92Jenny60US #135
#93Kristi60US #109
#94Allison58US #89
#95Beth58US #120
#96Sandra58US #51
#97Alison57US #127
#98Alicia56US #76
#99Joy56US #123
#100Christy54US #53

Boys

#1Jason1,240US #2
#2Michael1,182US #1
#3Matthew913US #9
#4Christopher822US #3
#5Ryan675US #23
#6Brian669US #8
#7Chad654US #27
#8David611US #5
#9Jeremy582US #24
#10Daniel569US #11
#11Jeffrey512US #14
#12Scott499US #17
#13John481US #7
#14Eric473US #13
#15James461US #4
#16Andrew455US #28
#17Robert448US #6
#18Joshua426US #26
#19Mark375US #19
#20Joseph365US #12
#21Nathan364US #45
#22Timothy354US #22
#23Steven332US #18
#24Shawn329US #31
#25Benjamin326US #36
#26Aaron325US #32
#27Anthony285US #21
#28Thomas283US #20
#29Paul281US #29
#30Kevin268US #15
#31William266US #10
#32Adam253US #38
#33Justin225US #37
#34Richard221US #16
#35Bradley211US #52
#36Jonathan208US #30
#37Peter199US #54
#38Troy198US #69
#39Jesse197US #64
#40Todd197US #43
#41Travis179US #51
#42Gregory178US #33
#43Brandon173US #44
#44Patrick168US #39
#45Brent163US #79
#46Craig159US #58
#47Shane158US #57
#48Charles156US #25
#49Cory156US #99
#50Jamie144US #62
#51Sean139US #40
#52Joel133US #74
#53Corey131US #71
#54Bryan129US #47
#55Erik121US #87
#56Jacob120US #75
#57Jon116US #102
#58Kyle108US #88
#59Keith107US #49
#60Derek104US #83
#61Stephen96US #34
#62Douglas95US #55
#63Nicholas93US #81
#64Jay91US #117
#65Donald85US #42
#66Kenneth85US #35
#67Brett84US #92
#68Gary84US #50
#69Trevor75US #180
#70Randy73US #78
#71Jared71US #100
#72Jeffery71US #70
#73Wade69US #197
#74Dennis66US #59
#75Tony65US #80
#76Dustin62US #96
#77Samuel62US #61
#78Ross60
#79Terry59US #67
#80Darren56US #126
#81Kelly56US #150
#82Luke56
#83Ronald56US #46
#84Edward54US #41
#85Seth53US #136
#86Alan52US #115
#87Philip52US #85
#88Chris50US #132
#89Dean50
#90Jeremiah50US #149
#91Lance49US #163
#92Curtis48US #113
#93Darin48
#94Kurt46
#95Nathaniel46US #131
#96Lee45US #137
#97Marc45US #89
#98Casey44US #130
#99Dale44US #159
#100Mitchell44US #191

On the move since 1974

Rising

↑36Amber#53
↑28Amanda#34
↑23Cynthia#75
↑22Emily#38
↑19Patricia#60
↑19Darren#80
↑18Jared#71
↑15Ross#78

Falling

↓28Kristine#77
↓25Beth#95
↓24Denise#79
↓24Tamara#80
↓23Pamela#91
↓23Darin#93
↓21Michele#66
↓19Jenny#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1974 rankings.