State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1984 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 60,269 Minnesota births in 1984 across 998 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#67Brianna#197 nationally
#81Coleoutside the national top 200
#60Kelsey#177 nationally
#89Abbyoutside the national top 200
#98Bradyoutside the national top 200
#58Kari#156 nationally
#99Kristine#196 nationally
#46Molly#131 nationally
#79Bridget#163 nationally
#96Alyssa#180 nationally
#74Ross#155 nationally
#80Ann#160 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,052US #1
#2Amanda822US #4
#3Jessica822US #2
#4Sarah716US #5
#5Ashley691US #3
#6Nicole642US #7
#7Melissa505US #8
#8Emily467US #24
#9Elizabeth450US #10
#10Amy447US #13
#11Megan414US #11
#12Laura411US #19
#13Stephanie409US #6
#14Rachel406US #15
#15Heather386US #9
#16Katie377US #44
#17Angela370US #26
#18Kelly357US #27
#19Amber349US #18
#20Erin339US #25
#21Rebecca332US #23
#22Michelle306US #17
#23Sara304US #32
#24Danielle284US #16
#25Katherine280US #30
#26Andrea266US #28
#27Lindsey250US #35
#28Jenna231US #54
#29Lisa231US #29
#30Lindsay220US #36
#31Crystal213US #12
#32Jamie207US #31
#33Anna203US #57
#34Cassandra201US #63
#35Kathryn195US #48
#36Christina194US #20
#37Kimberly193US #22
#38Tiffany191US #14
#39Samantha184US #39
#40Alicia168US #40
#41Kristin164US #47
#42Christine156US #43
#43Leah155US #83
#44Heidi153US #101
#45Mary149US #33
#46Molly144US #131
#47Holly136US #53
#48Shannon135US #37
#49Brittany133US #41
#50Allison129US #51
#51Kristen124US #38
#52Stacy124US #67
#53Tara124US #49
#54Kristina120US #68
#55Meghan119US #65
#56Erica118US #34
#57Lauren115US #21
#58Kari114US #156
#59Jill111US #120
#60Kelsey111US #177
#61Julie110US #52
#62Chelsea108US #84
#63Anne107US #127
#64Courtney106US #46
#65Kayla103US #100
#66Natalie102US #55
#67Brianna100US #197
#68Carrie100US #78
#69Catherine99US #69
#70April98US #42
#71Maria98US #50
#72Jacqueline92US #56
#73Krista91US #133
#74Gina87US #109
#75Bethany86US #93
#76Nichole85US #97
#77Tracy82US #91
#78Alison80US #110
#79Bridget79US #163
#80Ann78US #160
#81Vanessa78US #45
#82Hannah77US #126
#83Brooke73US #99
#84Tanya73US #140
#85Kathleen72US #71
#86Theresa71US #121
#87Dana70US #73
#88Margaret67US #92
#89Abby65
#90Kristi65US #159
#91Miranda65US #114
#92Melanie64US #85
#93Susan64US #90
#94Alexandra62US #96
#95Karen62US #82
#96Alyssa61US #180
#97Natasha61US #77
#98Patricia59US #66
#99Kristine58US #196
#100Katrina57US #105

Boys

#1Matthew1,245US #3
#2Michael1,209US #1
#3Daniel897US #6
#4Ryan872US #12
#5Christopher868US #2
#6Andrew863US #14
#7Adam839US #18
#8Joshua837US #4
#9Joseph797US #10
#10David707US #5
#11Nicholas689US #20
#12John526US #8
#13Jacob525US #37
#14Brian522US #17
#15Jason514US #11
#16Eric513US #22
#17Benjamin498US #30
#18Brandon494US #15
#19Justin482US #13
#20Anthony449US #21
#21Nathan433US #38
#22James426US #7
#23Thomas421US #25
#24Robert404US #9
#25Aaron385US #29
#26Timothy385US #26
#27Jonathan379US #19
#28Kyle364US #34
#29Jeffrey336US #28
#30Mark326US #32
#31Steven305US #23
#32Tyler299US #47
#33Dustin294US #41
#34Scott282US #39
#35Travis278US #42
#36Jeremy276US #31
#37Kevin276US #24
#38Paul272US #40
#39William270US #16
#40Patrick263US #36
#41Peter239US #60
#42Jesse237US #50
#43Chad228US #51
#44Derek222US #52
#45Zachary220US #45
#46Richard188US #27
#47Bradley184US #53
#48Charles183US #33
#49Alexander152US #54
#50Bryan145US #48
#51Brent140US #89
#52Erik139US #84
#53Samuel137US #55
#54Gregory135US #44
#55Luke135US #110
#56Jared134US #59
#57Cory132US #83
#58Shawn128US #56
#59Jordan126US #65
#60Stephen126US #35
#61Cody125US #62
#62Lucas124US #130
#63Sean117US #43
#64Mitchell114US #125
#65Joel107US #66
#66Corey103US #69
#67Brett95US #72
#68Keith90US #61
#69Craig89US #75
#70Nathaniel89US #80
#71Philip89US #81
#72Blake84US #103
#73Douglas80US #71
#74Ross80US #155
#75Troy79US #114
#76Jeremiah77US #102
#77Mathew75US #139
#78Kenneth74US #46
#79Seth72US #99
#80Casey71US #82
#81Cole68
#82Evan68US #98
#83Lee68US #124
#84Marcus68US #57
#85Ian65US #78
#86Todd65US #92
#87Donald63US #63
#88Alex62US #93
#89Grant60US #169
#90Jon57US #147
#91Phillip57US #70
#92Randy57US #100
#93Darren56US #172
#94Lance55US #127
#95Curtis54US #96
#96Shane54US #85
#97Trevor54US #115
#98Brady52
#99Carl52US #108
#100Drew50US #153

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑53Jenna#28
↑24Philip#71
↑19Cody#61
↑18Brianna#67
↑18Gina#74
↑17Danielle#24
↑16Tyler#32
↑16Alexander#49

Falling

↓29Shane#96
↓25Alyssa#96
↓22Carrie#68
↓20Kathleen#85
↓15Kayla#65
↓15Abby#89
↓15Todd#86
↓14Julie#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.