State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,005 Minnesota births in 1978 across 951 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#80Jodyoutside the national top 200
#82Rossoutside the national top 200
#37Molly#142 nationally
#34Kari#137 nationally
#95Janelle#186 nationally
#97Mitchell#186 nationally
#71Kristine#157 nationally
#89Trisha#171 nationally
#100Mathew#182 nationally
#88Trevor#169 nationally
#64Luke#139 nationally
#81Krista#156 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,247US #1
#2Jessica783US #3
#3Sarah783US #8
#4Melissa724US #2
#5Angela657US #7
#6Amy603US #4
#7Nicole546US #10
#8Kelly476US #12
#9Heather420US #5
#10Lisa415US #11
#11Sara415US #28
#12Michelle401US #9
#13Rebecca376US #17
#14Elizabeth343US #14
#15Amanda310US #6
#16Erin310US #21
#17Christina300US #15
#18Laura287US #19
#19Andrea276US #23
#20Jill276US #46
#21Stephanie275US #16
#22Julie253US #26
#23Rachel247US #25
#24Kimberly235US #13
#25Katie229US #90
#26Katherine226US #38
#27Shannon222US #22
#28Emily218US #33
#29Jamie215US #20
#30Stacy192US #44
#31Amber191US #30
#32Christine189US #29
#33Heidi186US #83
#34Kari179US #137
#35Carrie178US #35
#36Kathryn177US #57
#37Molly172US #142
#38Megan169US #41
#39Mary150US #24
#40Kristina149US #64
#41Tracy141US #47
#42Kristin140US #78
#43Tina139US #45
#44Danielle137US #31
#45Crystal136US #18
#46Tara131US #40
#47Holly127US #55
#48Erica121US #34
#49Dawn120US #52
#50Melanie117US #54
#51Anne116US #119
#52Tanya113US #82
#53Anna111US #65
#54Jodi109US #128
#55Leah109US #108
#56Susan108US #49
#57Karen107US #39
#58April106US #27
#59Beth104US #107
#60Alicia97US #58
#61Tiffany95US #32
#62Kristi94US #98
#63Ann93US #125
#64Stacey93US #53
#65Gina89US #93
#66Nichole89US #116
#67Lori85US #60
#68Allison84US #75
#69Kathleen84US #79
#70Kristen84US #62
#71Kristine84US #157
#72Theresa84US #101
#73Lindsay79US #95
#74Natalie77US #66
#75Dana74US #71
#76Brenda73US #103
#77Kara73US #127
#78Jenny72US #111
#79Tammy72US #67
#80Jody71
#81Krista71US #156
#82Kristy71US #51
#83Wendy71US #56
#84Catherine70US #72
#85Jaime69US #70
#86Mandy67US #96
#87Maria66US #36
#88Michele66US #86
#89Trisha64US #171
#90Teresa62US #88
#91Melinda61US #84
#92Jacqueline59US #81
#93Kelli58US #124
#94Alison57US #123
#95Janelle57US #186
#96Marie57US #148
#97Bridget56US #163
#98Jaclyn54US #131
#99Debra53US #147
#100Samantha52US #74

Boys

#1Michael1,275US #1
#2Jason1,038US #2
#3Matthew982US #6
#4Ryan865US #14
#5Christopher763US #3
#6David694US #4
#7Joshua693US #12
#8Andrew667US #22
#9Daniel640US #11
#10Brian633US #9
#11Joseph600US #10
#12Jeremy579US #18
#13Nicholas562US #25
#14Eric530US #16
#15John512US #7
#16James489US #5
#17Jeffrey481US #19
#18Nathan466US #36
#19Chad444US #35
#20Timothy440US #17
#21Robert432US #8
#22Aaron413US #32
#23Adam412US #29
#24Benjamin408US #34
#25Justin387US #28
#26Scott383US #30
#27Mark370US #26
#28Thomas345US #23
#29Anthony343US #20
#30Paul326US #33
#31Jesse318US #51
#32Steven309US #24
#33Kevin286US #15
#34Jacob244US #50
#35William240US #13
#36Brandon235US #40
#37Shawn225US #39
#38Jonathan214US #31
#39Travis214US #46
#40Patrick211US #42
#41Peter200US #54
#42Richard198US #21
#43Bradley188US #53
#44Charles179US #27
#45Kyle177US #63
#46Brent165US #87
#47Todd157US #56
#48Cory151US #73
#49Gregory149US #38
#50Bryan148US #43
#51Corey142US #61
#52Shane140US #65
#53Sean137US #45
#54Troy137US #88
#55Erik134US #85
#56Shaun127US #52
#57Jeremiah126US #81
#58Derek123US #75
#59Dustin123US #68
#60Stephen122US #37
#61Craig116US #66
#62Joel114US #74
#63Samuel109US #57
#64Luke105US #139
#65Zachary103US #89
#66Keith101US #49
#67Jared100US #72
#68Lucas96US #136
#69Jamie95US #95
#70Douglas94US #59
#71Jay87US #119
#72Jon83US #108
#73Casey79US #92
#74Kenneth79US #41
#75Donald76US #48
#76Nathaniel74US #94
#77Seth72US #106
#78Randy67US #86
#79Brett65US #112
#80Phillip60US #67
#81Ronald59US #55
#82Ross59
#83Curtis58US #96
#84Dennis58US #71
#85Edward57US #47
#86Kristopher57US #104
#87Russell57US #93
#88Trevor57US #169
#89Gary56US #60
#90Philip55US #84
#91Tony54US #97
#92Tyler53US #150
#93Gabriel52US #90
#94Alan51US #122
#95Lee50US #133
#96Lance49US #134
#97Mitchell49US #186
#98Neil49US #159
#99Alexander48US #98
#100Mathew48US #182

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑25Lindsay#73
↑22Nicholas#13
↑20Alicia#60
↑20Nichole#66
↑19Kristina#40
↑19Crystal#45
↑18Natalie#74
↑17Erica#48

Falling

↓29Jaime#85
↓27Tammy#79
↓24Mathew#100
↓22Alison#94
↓20Jenny#78
↓19Lori#67
↓17Lance#96
↓13Carrie#35

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.