State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1983 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,221 Minnesota births in 1983 across 963 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#69Kelseyoutside the national top 200
#71Alyssaoutside the national top 200
#74Abby#200 nationally
#81Jennaoutside the national top 200
#85Briannaoutside the national top 200
#86Coleoutside the national top 200
#79Ross#186 nationally
#96Theodoreoutside the national top 200
#100Neil#195 nationally
#52Kari#145 nationally
#38Molly#129 nationally
#68Ann#157 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,045US #1
#2Jessica814US #2
#3Sarah780US #5
#4Amanda690US #3
#5Nicole626US #7
#6Melissa560US #6
#7Ashley509US #4
#8Angela466US #22
#9Amy461US #12
#10Elizabeth446US #10
#11Rachel417US #20
#12Laura399US #23
#13Emily396US #25
#14Erin387US #18
#15Stephanie387US #8
#16Megan386US #21
#17Heather379US #9
#18Rebecca368US #19
#19Katie366US #45
#20Kelly363US #26
#21Sara358US #31
#22Michelle321US #13
#23Amber312US #17
#24Andrea311US #30
#25Lisa287US #27
#26Katherine273US #34
#27Jamie252US #28
#28Crystal236US #11
#29Kimberly235US #15
#30Lindsay220US #36
#31Kathryn211US #50
#32Christina203US #16
#33Lindsey190US #35
#34Anna187US #55
#35Kristin186US #42
#36Cassandra175US #70
#37Shannon172US #38
#38Molly170US #129
#39Samantha165US #40
#40Holly163US #48
#41Danielle161US #29
#42Heidi159US #95
#43Tiffany158US #14
#44Alicia156US #41
#45Stacy155US #61
#46Carrie148US #65
#47Julie146US #46
#48Christine144US #47
#49Tara143US #51
#50Kayla141US #81
#51Mary140US #32
#52Kari139US #145
#53Leah137US #82
#54Kristen131US #37
#55Anne128US #130
#56Jill118US #98
#57Natalie118US #52
#58Kristina117US #63
#59April111US #39
#60Meghan102US #75
#61Allison99US #59
#62Erica97US #33
#63Brittany91US #64
#64Courtney91US #44
#65Kathleen84US #73
#66Lauren84US #24
#67Tracy84US #89
#68Ann83US #157
#69Kelsey81
#70Maria79US #43
#71Alyssa77
#72Krista77US #142
#73Nichole76US #93
#74Abby75US #200
#75Hannah75US #124
#76Catherine74US #66
#77Alison73US #116
#78Miranda73US #118
#79Bethany72US #99
#80Jacqueline70US #53
#81Jenna70
#82Dana68US #72
#83Karen68US #77
#84Lacey68US #128
#85Brianna66
#86Bridget66US #162
#87Susan66US #86
#88Brooke64US #96
#89Margaret63US #92
#90Melanie63US #79
#91Tanya63US #134
#92Gina62US #121
#93Kelli60US #136
#94Theresa60US #122
#95Victoria60US #58
#96Kristi58US #154
#97Marie58US #161
#98Natasha58US #71
#99Teresa58US #103
#100Jodi57US #188

Boys

#1Matthew1,261US #3
#2Michael1,225US #1
#3Andrew907US #15
#4Christopher901US #2
#5Daniel847US #8
#6Ryan831US #13
#7Adam809US #18
#8Joshua805US #5
#9Joseph739US #11
#10Nicholas707US #21
#11David620US #4
#12Justin590US #12
#13Brian583US #14
#14Jason574US #7
#15Brandon507US #17
#16John506US #9
#17Eric497US #20
#18Jacob474US #36
#19Benjamin473US #32
#20Nathan436US #40
#21Aaron432US #29
#22Robert420US #10
#23James413US #6
#24Jonathan400US #19
#25Thomas388US #24
#26Anthony380US #22
#27Jeffrey377US #28
#28Kyle368US #34
#29Timothy344US #26
#30Steven326US #23
#31Travis325US #41
#32Jeremy318US #30
#33Scott308US #38
#34Jesse307US #46
#35Mark290US #31
#36Dustin282US #43
#37William279US #16
#38Patrick271US #37
#39Kevin268US #25
#40Chad255US #49
#41Paul251US #39
#42Derek229US #51
#43Peter200US #59
#44Charles199US #33
#45Zachary199US #50
#46Richard175US #27
#47Luke174US #105
#48Tyler171US #57
#49Bradley159US #52
#50Erik158US #80
#51Jared144US #56
#52Samuel141US #54
#53Gregory136US #42
#54Lucas134US #117
#55Shawn133US #53
#56Brent132US #94
#57Bryan132US #47
#58Jordan123US #72
#59Cory122US #83
#60Sean120US #44
#61Corey116US #74
#62Brett104US #73
#63Joel104US #67
#64Stephen102US #35
#65Alexander100US #63
#66Craig97US #70
#67Shane92US #84
#68Nathaniel89US #79
#69Troy89US #113
#70Keith86US #61
#71Todd85US #87
#72Blake81US #109
#73Kenneth81US #45
#74Mitchell81US #143
#75Seth76US #98
#76Casey75US #90
#77Phillip74US #66
#78Douglas68US #69
#79Ross67US #186
#80Cody66US #81
#81Jeremiah66US #99
#82Noah65US #169
#83Trevor65US #130
#84Edward64US #55
#85Ian64US #77
#86Cole63
#87Lee63US #138
#88Caleb60US #159
#89Grant60US #167
#90Jon60US #148
#91Carl58US #106
#92Evan58US #93
#93Mathew57US #146
#94Curtis56US #100
#95Philip52US #82
#96Theodore52
#97Donald51US #60
#98Alex50US #123
#99Darren50US #164
#100Neil50US #195

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑45Ashley#7
↑31Brittany#63
↑26Meghan#60
↑24Kayla#50
↑16Jordan#58
↑15Tracy#67
↑14Lauren#66
↑14Noah#82

Falling

↓30Theresa#94
↓21Melanie#90
↓20Tanya#91
↓20Philip#95
↓19Mary#51
↓19Susan#87
↓14April#59
↓14Bethany#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.