State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 61,610 Minnesota births in 1980 across 1,018 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#76Kristine#189 nationally
#47Kari#158 nationally
#95Alyssaoutside the national top 200
#99Rossoutside the national top 200
#68Jodi#167 nationally
#40Molly#133 nationally
#77Mitchell#164 nationally
#98Neil#181 nationally
#56Ann#136 nationally
#45Anne#112 nationally
#87Bridget#153 nationally
#89Trevor#155 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,146US #1
#2Jessica907US #3
#3Sarah865US #5
#4Melissa785US #4
#5Amanda782US #2
#6Angela590US #12
#7Amy566US #8
#8Nicole564US #7
#9Elizabeth480US #9
#10Sara451US #27
#11Michelle408US #10
#12Heather399US #6
#13Kelly396US #19
#14Rebecca388US #17
#15Stephanie387US #13
#16Lisa375US #16
#17Erin366US #20
#18Katie333US #44
#19Laura310US #21
#20Emily304US #31
#21Andrea285US #28
#22Rachel285US #23
#23Amber280US #22
#24Kimberly268US #11
#25Katherine261US #35
#26Jamie257US #24
#27Megan250US #30
#28Heidi240US #79
#29Christina236US #15
#30Shannon211US #29
#31Julie206US #32
#32Kristin206US #37
#33Tiffany202US #14
#34Jill200US #66
#35Kathryn197US #50
#36Stacy190US #53
#37Crystal189US #18
#38Mary178US #25
#39Anna175US #55
#40Molly168US #133
#41Carrie167US #46
#42Danielle165US #33
#43Holly154US #52
#44Leah150US #84
#45Anne148US #112
#46Christine145US #41
#47Kari144US #158
#48Tara144US #43
#49April141US #26
#50Kristina140US #73
#51Tracy133US #56
#52Kristen128US #39
#53Alicia124US #47
#54Beth121US #106
#55Lindsay119US #71
#56Ann118US #136
#57Brooke105US #57
#58Krista103US #121
#59Erica102US #34
#60Nichole101US #102
#61Karen100US #54
#62Tanya100US #88
#63Lindsey99US #91
#64Allison98US #59
#65Tina97US #72
#66Gina91US #100
#67Susan90US #62
#68Jodi89US #167
#69Kristi89US #122
#70Melanie89US #60
#71Natalie88US #65
#72Kathleen86US #82
#73Alison84US #101
#74Maria83US #36
#75Dawn82US #67
#76Kristine82US #189
#77Theresa80US #104
#78Catherine79US #77
#79Jenny78US #117
#80Dana76US #68
#81Meghan76US #114
#82Wendy74US #75
#83Jaime70US #116
#84Lori69US #76
#85Teresa69US #94
#86Bethany68US #124
#87Bridget68US #153
#88Jacqueline68US #81
#89Samantha68US #58
#90Courtney67US #48
#91Mindy66US #131
#92Stacey66US #74
#93Melinda65US #92
#94Tammy63US #96
#95Alyssa62
#96Pamela61US #86
#97Tamara61US #108
#98Rachael59US #142
#99Cassandra58US #138
#100Monica58US #45

Boys

#1Michael1,351US #1
#2Matthew1,099US #6
#3Joshua981US #7
#4Ryan887US #15
#5Jason885US #3
#6Christopher837US #2
#7Andrew783US #19
#8Nicholas777US #17
#9Daniel762US #11
#10Joseph719US #10
#11Justin708US #13
#12David704US #4
#13Adam683US #22
#14John606US #8
#15Brian605US #12
#16Eric588US #16
#17Benjamin533US #32
#18James522US #5
#19Nathan498US #36
#20Jeffrey483US #27
#21Jeremy477US #18
#22Robert452US #9
#23Aaron435US #34
#24Timothy433US #20
#25Jesse400US #45
#26Thomas390US #25
#27Scott386US #33
#28Chad362US #39
#29Jacob361US #43
#30Anthony352US #24
#31Paul335US #35
#32Jonathan333US #21
#33Travis333US #37
#34Mark324US #30
#35Brandon311US #31
#36Steven279US #28
#37Dustin277US #44
#38Patrick276US #38
#39William273US #14
#40Kevin261US #23
#41Peter249US #55
#42Richard212US #26
#43Charles210US #29
#44Bradley201US #51
#45Derek196US #50
#46Shawn196US #47
#47Kyle194US #57
#48Luke187US #97
#49Erik186US #64
#50Gregory162US #42
#51Bryan158US #49
#52Brent157US #84
#53Joel148US #67
#54Lucas143US #98
#55Shane136US #69
#56Cory131US #83
#57Samuel125US #54
#58Sean122US #48
#59Craig118US #73
#60Jared116US #61
#61Corey115US #68
#62Jeremiah109US #76
#63Kenneth105US #41
#64Stephen101US #40
#65Zachary99US #72
#66Troy94US #106
#67Douglas91US #62
#68Jon91US #127
#69Todd89US #75
#70Phillip88US #65
#71Tyler85US #114
#72Jamie84US #105
#73Keith84US #56
#74Nathaniel80US #86
#75Seth80US #99
#76Philip79US #82
#77Mitchell76US #164
#78Casey69US #93
#79Donald65US #53
#80Shaun65US #79
#81Randy64US #87
#82Brett63US #96
#83Curtis63US #89
#84Alexander58US #91
#85Gary58US #63
#86Carl56US #103
#87Russell56US #92
#88Tony54US #108
#89Trevor54US #155
#90Jay53US #141
#91Derrick52US #74
#92Martin51US #123
#93Lee49US #125
#94Dennis48US #80
#95Ian48US #104
#96Kristopher48US #138
#97Lance48US #152
#98Neil48US #181
#99Ross48
#100Edward47US #52

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑42Kristen#52
↑22Tyler#71
↑19Lindsey#63
↑18Lindsay#55
↑17Phillip#70
↑16Tiffany#33
↑16Dustin#37
↑14Samuel#57

Falling

↓26Mindy#91
↓25Tammy#94
↓23Lori#84
↓21Edward#100
↓16Dawn#75
↓15Troy#66
↓13Melinda#93
↓13Kristopher#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.