State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,011 Minnesota births in 1982 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.

#70Abbyoutside the national top 200
#97Coleoutside the national top 200
#78Ross#179 nationally
#73Krista#173 nationally
#61Ann#155 nationally
#43Kari#136 nationally
#40Molly#131 nationally
#87Jodi#176 nationally
#66Beth#148 nationally
#89Jay#164 nationally
#49Luke#119 nationally
#53Anne#122 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,122US #1
#2Jessica1,002US #2
#3Sarah894US #4
#4Amanda759US #3
#5Melissa612US #5
#6Nicole579US #6
#7Angela507US #16
#8Amy496US #10
#9Elizabeth448US #8
#10Emily430US #24
#11Sara413US #28
#12Rachel403US #21
#13Rebecca401US #15
#14Stephanie399US #7
#15Erin396US #20
#16Katie381US #45
#17Kelly372US #25
#18Amber365US #18
#19Laura365US #22
#20Heather353US #12
#21Michelle347US #11
#22Andrea308US #27
#23Lisa308US #23
#24Crystal282US #9
#25Kristin261US #37
#26Katherine258US #36
#27Jamie256US #29
#28Megan253US #34
#29Lindsay244US #39
#30Kimberly237US #14
#31Lindsey233US #40
#32Mary224US #30
#33Christina221US #19
#34Heidi210US #86
#35Anna204US #56
#36Kathryn194US #48
#37Julie192US #41
#38Tiffany186US #13
#39Cassandra179US #62
#40Molly177US #131
#41Shannon174US #38
#42Danielle173US #31
#43Kari166US #136
#44Tara154US #47
#45April150US #32
#46Holly150US #61
#47Leah150US #79
#48Kristen147US #33
#49Christine145US #46
#50Samantha140US #44
#51Jill139US #89
#52Ashley138US #17
#53Anne135US #122
#54Stacy135US #72
#55Kristina127US #70
#56Alicia126US #53
#57Carrie117US #57
#58Erica116US #35
#59Allison111US #58
#60Courtney97US #43
#61Ann95US #155
#62Natalie90US #51
#63Maria88US #42
#64Theresa86US #109
#65Bethany85US #112
#66Beth82US #148
#67Kathleen82US #77
#68Susan82US #76
#69Melanie81US #65
#70Abby80
#71Tanya80US #114
#72Catherine79US #73
#73Krista79US #173
#74Kayla78US #133
#75Jacqueline77US #54
#76Patricia76US #59
#77Nichole75US #99
#78Dana74US #67
#79Karen73US #68
#80Lauren72US #26
#81Alison71US #111
#82Tracy70US #88
#83Cassie69US #137
#84Gina69US #124
#85Kara69US #113
#86Meghan69US #110
#87Jodi68US #176
#88Valerie68US #75
#89Tina67US #90
#90Natasha65US #71
#91Bridget63US #147
#92Rachael63US #120
#93Renee62US #101
#94Brittany61US #94
#95Dawn61US #95
#96Katrina61US #87
#97Kelli61US #127
#98Vanessa61US #49
#99Krystal60US #83
#100Jillian59US #96

Boys

#1Matthew1,317US #3
#2Michael1,302US #1
#3Christopher965US #2
#4Joshua927US #7
#5Andrew865US #17
#6Ryan850US #13
#7Daniel811US #10
#8Joseph745US #11
#9Adam739US #19
#10Jason719US #4
#11Nicholas679US #22
#12David670US #5
#13Justin665US #12
#14Brian577US #14
#15John564US #8
#16Benjamin539US #33
#17James486US #6
#18Eric483US #20
#19Jacob474US #41
#20Robert463US #9
#21Nathan460US #36
#22Aaron455US #30
#23Anthony434US #21
#24Thomas432US #23
#25Timothy428US #24
#26Brandon403US #18
#27Jeffrey401US #29
#28Jonathan401US #16
#29Jeremy370US #28
#30Jesse345US #43
#31Scott337US #34
#32Mark332US #32
#33Dustin327US #42
#34Travis315US #39
#35Steven309US #26
#36Paul306US #35
#37William289US #15
#38Derek280US #50
#39Kevin267US #25
#40Kyle264US #47
#41Chad257US #48
#42Patrick245US #37
#43Richard237US #27
#44Peter228US #57
#45Charles193US #31
#46Bradley180US #51
#47Zachary177US #55
#48Sean172US #44
#49Luke165US #119
#50Erik162US #80
#51Brent149US #91
#52Gregory148US #40
#53Tyler139US #66
#54Lucas133US #106
#55Bryan129US #49
#56Shawn127US #52
#57Stephen121US #38
#58Samuel115US #56
#59Jared114US #54
#60Craig113US #73
#61Joel110US #69
#62Keith110US #59
#63Cory107US #93
#64Brett106US #72
#65Troy105US #115
#66Corey102US #74
#67Todd95US #82
#68Kenneth94US #45
#69Mitchell94US #135
#70Casey93US #86
#71Nathaniel93US #75
#72Jeremiah92US #89
#73Shane92US #84
#74Jordan88US #85
#75Philip87US #79
#76Alexander80US #65
#77Phillip77US #67
#78Ross72US #179
#79Blake71US #120
#80Trevor71US #146
#81Douglas69US #68
#82Seth69US #102
#83Cody68US #95
#84Jon68US #141
#85Lee67US #123
#86Donald65US #58
#87Curtis64US #101
#88Jamie61US #131
#89Jay61US #164
#90Randy60US #94
#91Ian59US #83
#92Carl57US #104
#93Mathew57US #160
#94Edward56US #53
#95Evan55US #108
#96Noah54US #154
#97Cole50
#98Lance50US #142
#99Isaac49US #151
#100Ronald49US #60

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑40Cassandra#39
↑26Ashley#52
↑24Patricia#76
↑20Bethany#65
↑20Beth#66
↑20Tyler#53
↑19Lindsey#31
↑18Lauren#80

Falling

↓27Tracy#82
↓26Dawn#95
↓19Douglas#81
↓18Bridget#91
↓17Tanya#71
↓17Shane#73
↓15Dana#78
↓14Seth#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.