State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 61,946 Minnesota births in 1981 across 1,008 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#80Ross#200 nationally
#91Alyssaoutside the national top 200
#87Kristine#196 nationally
#92Jessieoutside the national top 200
#90Jenna#197 nationally
#96Karloutside the national top 200
#97Gretchenoutside the national top 200
#44Kari#145 nationally
#40Molly#135 nationally
#61Krista#153 nationally
#73Bridget#150 nationally
#65Mitchell#140 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,159US #1
#2Jessica977US #2
#3Sarah864US #4
#4Amanda746US #3
#5Melissa661US #5
#6Nicole582US #7
#7Angela548US #15
#8Amy532US #6
#9Rebecca458US #12
#10Elizabeth446US #9
#11Sara424US #26
#12Heather403US #10
#13Emily389US #29
#14Katie384US #44
#15Andrea358US #24
#16Lisa351US #18
#17Michelle347US #11
#18Amber343US #20
#19Kelly340US #23
#20Laura340US #21
#21Stephanie337US #8
#22Erin331US #19
#23Rachel329US #22
#24Kristin268US #31
#25Kimberly253US #13
#26Megan245US #33
#27Katherine239US #39
#28Jamie236US #28
#29Heidi215US #84
#30Christina209US #17
#31Tiffany209US #14
#32Julie207US #37
#33Kathryn206US #48
#34Crystal200US #16
#35Shannon191US #32
#36Danielle190US #30
#37Anna185US #54
#38Leah174US #81
#39Mary172US #27
#40Molly165US #135
#41Jill163US #78
#42Anne158US #105
#43Lindsay150US #47
#44Kari148US #145
#45Tara145US #45
#46Alicia144US #46
#47Kristen144US #38
#48April143US #25
#49Kristina143US #72
#50Lindsey139US #58
#51Stacy137US #65
#52Christine128US #42
#53Carrie123US #55
#54Tanya123US #92
#55Tracy119US #77
#56Holly116US #63
#57Brooke114US #52
#58Allison110US #57
#59Ann104US #133
#60Erica99US #36
#61Krista99US #153
#62Melanie99US #66
#63Dana96US #70
#64Samantha92US #51
#65Natalie89US #60
#66Courtney87US #43
#67Karen87US #64
#68Susan86US #71
#69Dawn83US #79
#70Theresa83US #100
#71Alison82US #113
#72Kathleen81US #82
#73Bridget80US #150
#74Jacqueline80US #67
#75Nichole79US #109
#76Tina79US #80
#77Maria78US #40
#78Ashley75US #34
#79Cassandra75US #104
#80Gina75US #106
#81Jenny74US #123
#82Catherine72US #73
#83Meghan72US #116
#84Teresa70US #97
#85Bethany69US #114
#86Beth66US #125
#87Kristine66US #196
#88Lori66US #91
#89Kristi65US #129
#90Jenna64US #197
#91Alyssa63
#92Jessie63
#93Kara59US #121
#94Brenda58US #112
#95Marie58US #143
#96Miranda58US #128
#97Gretchen57
#98Lauren57US #35
#99Pamela57US #76
#100Patricia57US #53

Boys

#1Michael1,373US #1
#2Matthew1,233US #3
#3Joshua963US #6
#4Ryan944US #13
#5Andrew819US #18
#6Christopher800US #2
#7Nicholas772US #21
#8Daniel754US #10
#9Joseph738US #11
#10Jason735US #4
#11David713US #5
#12Adam687US #20
#13Justin643US #12
#14John622US #8
#15Brian571US #14
#16Benjamin560US #32
#17James515US #7
#18Eric490US #17
#19Nathan471US #36
#20Aaron452US #30
#21Robert448US #9
#22Timothy444US #24
#23Brandon436US #19
#24Jesse436US #37
#25Scott429US #34
#26Jonathan428US #16
#27Jeremy412US #22
#28Jeffrey400US #29
#29Anthony396US #23
#30Thomas368US #26
#31Jacob367US #43
#32Mark354US #33
#33Steven333US #28
#34Chad313US #47
#35Dustin306US #42
#36Paul299US #35
#37Travis294US #40
#38Kevin290US #25
#39William272US #15
#40Derek241US #53
#41Patrick225US #38
#42Peter224US #55
#43Bradley204US #50
#44Kyle199US #52
#45Richard190US #27
#46Charles187US #31
#47Bryan176US #48
#48Luke173US #100
#49Lucas170US #89
#50Shawn168US #49
#51Erik159US #76
#52Brent156US #88
#53Gregory139US #46
#54Sean135US #44
#55Joel134US #65
#56Shane132US #81
#57Cory130US #90
#58Jared125US #57
#59Zachary125US #63
#60Samuel120US #54
#61Jeremiah113US #77
#62Douglas110US #64
#63Keith110US #58
#64Stephen110US #39
#65Mitchell104US #140
#66Craig102US #72
#67Todd102US #74
#68Seth98US #95
#69Corey94US #69
#70Casey91US #85
#71Troy89US #114
#72Alexander87US #70
#73Tyler86US #96
#74Brett85US #79
#75Jordan85US #102
#76Phillip85US #66
#77Nathaniel76US #80
#78Shaun76US #86
#79Jamie73US #118
#80Ross72US #200
#81Jon71US #132
#82Philip71US #84
#83Trevor71US #155
#84Jay68US #153
#85Randy68US #91
#86Kenneth67US #41
#87Lee65US #123
#88Donald64US #56
#89Edward63US #51
#90Mathew62US #165
#91Blake61US #159
#92Cody52US #119
#93Alan51US #112
#94Gary51US #62
#95Ian51US #101
#96Karl51
#97Tony51US #111
#98Carl50US #106
#99Derrick50US #78
#100Jeffery50US #93

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑25Samantha#64
↑24Courtney#66
↑20Cassandra#79
↑19Ross#80
↑17Dana#63
↑14Bridget#73
↑14Jacqueline#74
↑13Lindsey#50

Falling

↓32Beth#86
↓23Kenneth#86
↓20Kristi#89
↓15Stacy#51
↓15Nichole#75
↓14Gina#80
↓13Holly#56
↓13Jon#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.