State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 51,077 Minnesota births in 1976 across 895 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#74Wadeoutside the national top 200
#79Gretchen#198 nationally
#87Lukeoutside the national top 200
#93Beckyoutside the national top 200
#43Molly#150 nationally
#22Kari#127 nationally
#81Trevor#182 nationally
#86Kristine#187 nationally
#91Mathew#192 nationally
#63Krista#163 nationally
#65Katie#162 nationally
#74Jody#164 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,272US #1
#2Amy803US #2
#3Jessica662US #8
#4Angela645US #5
#5Sarah577US #15
#6Melissa568US #3
#7Heather510US #4
#8Sara451US #27
#9Lisa413US #9
#10Michelle412US #6
#11Nicole387US #13
#12Rebecca333US #12
#13Kelly318US #19
#14Shannon307US #17
#15Kimberly291US #7
#16Stephanie271US #11
#17Julie256US #21
#18Laura256US #20
#19Rachel253US #23
#20Elizabeth252US #16
#21Jamie235US #18
#22Kari220US #127
#23Carrie217US #28
#24Heidi213US #70
#25Erin212US #24
#26Stacy212US #38
#27Amanda200US #10
#28Jill200US #52
#29Andrea196US #25
#30Christine179US #26
#31Christina170US #14
#32Tara170US #42
#33Dawn167US #35
#34Mary156US #22
#35Megan149US #62
#36Emily141US #50
#37Jodi141US #102
#38Lori136US #47
#39Tanya135US #61
#40Tracy135US #37
#41Tammy131US #41
#42Susan130US #40
#43Molly127US #150
#44Tina127US #48
#45Jaime126US #29
#46Katherine124US #57
#47Kristin123US #74
#48Amber120US #49
#49Holly119US #56
#50Anne116US #124
#51Melanie113US #53
#52Danielle108US #33
#53Karen108US #31
#54Gina103US #94
#55Anna100US #78
#56April97US #30
#57Kathryn97US #88
#58Tiffany96US #32
#59Ann95US #108
#60Kristina94US #97
#61Leah93US #119
#62Jenny92US #109
#63Krista89US #163
#64Brenda88US #77
#65Katie88US #162
#66Stacey87US #51
#67Wendy86US #39
#68Dana82US #64
#69Allison78US #67
#70Cynthia76US #44
#71Kristen76US #73
#72Theresa74US #89
#73Teresa73US #66
#74Jody71US #164
#75Tamara70US #91
#76Kristi69US #104
#77Michele68US #63
#78Nancy68US #87
#79Gretchen65US #198
#80Bridget63US #154
#81Kathleen63US #82
#82Monica63US #45
#83Alicia62US #71
#84Erica61US #54
#85Denise60US #69
#86Kristine58US #187
#87Mandy58US #100
#88Nichole58US #148
#89Patricia57US #43
#90Robin57US #75
#91Deanna56US #128
#92Sheila56US #143
#93Becky55
#94Beth54US #114
#95Catherine54US #72
#96Kara54US #138
#97Maria54US #34
#98Renee54US #86
#99Alison53US #118
#100Margaret53US #103

Boys

#1Michael1,143US #1
#2Jason1,118US #2
#3Matthew916US #9
#4Christopher809US #3
#5Ryan733US #16
#6Brian686US #8
#7Jeremy681US #14
#8Daniel611US #10
#9David596US #4
#10Chad550US #29
#11Eric536US #13
#12Joshua485US #18
#13Nathan485US #39
#14Scott476US #24
#15Jeffrey468US #17
#16Joseph467US #12
#17James447US #5
#18Andrew442US #27
#19John434US #6
#20Robert427US #7
#21Mark390US #25
#22Aaron379US #30
#23Benjamin359US #32
#24Timothy325US #21
#25Paul309US #28
#26Steven301US #20
#27Anthony300US #22
#28Justin297US #33
#29Adam292US #36
#30Thomas284US #23
#31Shawn281US #34
#32Kevin271US #15
#33Jesse247US #55
#34William238US #11
#35Jonathan217US #31
#36Bradley197US #51
#37Richard194US #19
#38Travis194US #46
#39Brent185US #78
#40Patrick185US #41
#41Brandon178US #40
#42Peter176US #54
#43Troy167US #73
#44Jacob165US #63
#45Gregory162US #35
#46Todd159US #50
#47Charles156US #26
#48Shane153US #57
#49Joel148US #72
#50Corey144US #64
#51Jamie143US #62
#52Cory138US #83
#53Bryan131US #43
#54Craig130US #61
#55Nicholas128US #77
#56Sean119US #42
#57Kyle116US #80
#58Derek115US #84
#59Keith111US #48
#60Erik109US #94
#61Jon107US #111
#62Stephen98US #37
#63Douglas92US #56
#64Dustin91US #82
#65Zachary81US #97
#66Jared75US #90
#67Tony74US #86
#68Gary72US #52
#69Jay72US #126
#70Randy72US #79
#71Jeremiah71US #93
#72Samuel71US #59
#73Donald69US #47
#74Wade69
#75Kenneth66US #38
#76Brett65US #109
#77Philip60US #89
#78Kelly59US #158
#79Edward58US #45
#80Terry55US #75
#81Trevor53US #182
#82Nathaniel52US #114
#83Phillip51US #69
#84Wayne50US #131
#85Casey49US #123
#86Gabriel49US #81
#87Luke49
#88Seth49US #128
#89Christian48US #112
#90Jeffery48US #76
#91Mathew48US #192
#92Neil48US #173
#93Curtis47US #105
#94Ronald47US #49
#95Carl46US #95
#96Lance46US #144
#97Alan45US #115
#98Dennis45US #66
#99Martin43US #118
#100Brad41US #108

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑47Jamie#21
↑36Gina#54
↑30Jenny#62
↑25Allison#69
↑21Megan#35
↑19Katie#65
↑19Jeremiah#71
↑17Kristi#76

Falling

↓32Kara#96
↓30Catherine#95
↓29Patricia#89
↓25Sheila#92
↓24Dennis#98
↓21Brenda#64
↓18Wendy#67
↓18Jeffery#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.