State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 54,651 Minnesota births in 1977 across 944 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#77Lucasoutside the national top 200
#84Wadeoutside the national top 200
#75Luke#190 nationally
#76Mathew#191 nationally
#88Rossoutside the national top 200
#94Joleneoutside the national top 200
#35Molly#141 nationally
#69Kristine#174 nationally
#79Jody#184 nationally
#97Darinoutside the national top 200
#100Janelleoutside the national top 200
#87Mitchell#186 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,310US #1
#2Jessica805US #4
#3Sarah753US #11
#4Amy729US #3
#5Melissa654US #2
#6Angela633US #6
#7Kelly505US #10
#8Heather482US #5
#9Michelle440US #7
#10Nicole430US #15
#11Sara423US #27
#12Rebecca378US #17
#13Elizabeth355US #13
#14Lisa355US #12
#15Stephanie290US #14
#16Amanda281US #9
#17Laura274US #20
#18Erin263US #23
#19Shannon262US #19
#20Kimberly256US #8
#21Christina249US #16
#22Carrie241US #28
#23Jill240US #41
#24Julie239US #22
#25Andrea236US #24
#26Heidi231US #81
#27Jamie228US #18
#28Rachel221US #26
#29Katherine209US #44
#30Emily196US #37
#31Stacy196US #42
#32Kari194US #130
#33Christine192US #30
#34Tara174US #35
#35Molly163US #141
#36Amber159US #33
#37Mary155US #21
#38Kathryn145US #70
#39Katie143US #115
#40Kristin141US #82
#41Jodi140US #105
#42Megan138US #54
#43Tracy138US #50
#44Dawn136US #43
#45Holly133US #52
#46Tanya121US #67
#47Tina118US #58
#48Lori114US #57
#49Anne113US #123
#50April112US #29
#51Leah111US #112
#52Tammy107US #55
#53Susan106US #45
#54Danielle105US #31
#55Melanie104US #53
#56Jaime103US #46
#57Karen101US #32
#58Jenny98US #108
#59Kristina98US #83
#60Allison96US #66
#61Ann96US #118
#62Beth95US #97
#63Anna94US #74
#64Crystal92US #25
#65Erica92US #38
#66Tiffany92US #34
#67Dana85US #62
#68Kara83US #120
#69Kristine83US #174
#70Kathleen82US #80
#71Theresa82US #98
#72Alison80US #122
#73Brenda79US #91
#74Kristi78US #104
#75Wendy78US #49
#76Gina77US #88
#77Catherine75US #75
#78Stacey75US #56
#79Jody74US #184
#80Alicia73US #60
#81Kristen72US #72
#82Tamara68US #93
#83Krista67US #155
#84Michele67US #77
#85Denise66US #78
#86Nichole65US #142
#87Mandy64US #94
#88Patricia64US #47
#89Kristy63US #68
#90Renee62US #87
#91Teresa62US #79
#92Natalie61US #69
#93Maria60US #36
#94Jolene59
#95Cynthia58US #48
#96Joy57US #136
#97Bridget56US #165
#98Lindsay56US #110
#99Robin56US #84
#100Janelle54

Boys

#1Michael1,199US #1
#2Jason1,107US #2
#3Matthew931US #9
#4Ryan896US #16
#5Christopher767US #3
#6Brian732US #8
#7Daniel710US #11
#8Jeremy649US #15
#9David601US #4
#10Joshua594US #14
#11John578US #7
#12Joseph557US #10
#13Eric554US #17
#14Andrew548US #24
#15James492US #5
#16Jeffrey482US #19
#17Chad476US #34
#18Nathan468US #36
#19Benjamin423US #29
#20Scott396US #27
#21Timothy396US #18
#22Aaron389US #32
#23Justin386US #30
#24Robert381US #6
#25Paul346US #31
#26Mark334US #25
#27Thomas329US #22
#28Anthony325US #21
#29Adam322US #33
#30Steven301US #23
#31Jesse291US #54
#32Kevin287US #13
#33William266US #12
#34Shawn259US #37
#35Nicholas226US #51
#36Patrick220US #40
#37Travis217US #44
#38Bradley208US #49
#39Jacob206US #56
#40Jonathan203US #28
#41Richard202US #20
#42Cory198US #67
#43Brandon196US #41
#44Peter196US #55
#45Gregory171US #35
#46Brent169US #85
#47Charles160US #26
#48Corey158US #52
#49Todd158US #50
#50Troy152US #88
#51Craig147US #64
#52Erik146US #94
#53Bryan139US #42
#54Kyle137US #79
#55Shane135US #61
#56Joel132US #73
#57Jamie123US #82
#58Jeremiah119US #69
#59Sean119US #43
#60Derek118US #84
#61Keith118US #48
#62Jared106US #76
#63Samuel98US #60
#64Dustin96US #81
#65Douglas92US #59
#66Stephen91US #38
#67Jon87US #117
#68Randy85US #86
#69Zachary83US #95
#70Donald82US #46
#71Kenneth77US #39
#72Seth76US #118
#73Jay75US #130
#74Brett73US #109
#75Luke67US #190
#76Mathew64US #191
#77Lucas62
#78Trevor62US #168
#79Lance61US #139
#80Darren60US #158
#81Philip59US #90
#82Phillip59US #70
#83Tony59US #92
#84Wade58
#85Dennis56US #68
#86Jeffery56US #78
#87Mitchell56US #186
#88Ross56
#89Kristopher55US #113
#90Gary53US #58
#91Nathaniel51US #107
#92Lee50US #133
#93Edward48US #47
#94Ronald48US #53
#95Terry48US #83
#96Wesley47US #66
#97Darin46
#98Christian45US #116
#99Neil45US #169
#100Alan44US #126

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑32Beth#62
↑28Kara#68
↑27Alison#72
↑26Katie#39
↑20Nicholas#35
↑19Kathryn#38
↑19Erica#65
↑18Catherine#77

Falling

↓25Cynthia#95
↓22Gina#76
↓22Gary#90
↓20Krista#83
↓18Teresa#91
↓17Bridget#97
↓16Tony#83
↓15Terry#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.