State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1985 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 60,167 Minnesota births in 1985 across 1,002 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#190 nationally
#46Kelsey#168 nationally
#82Coleoutside the national top 200
#84Abbyoutside the national top 200
#86Bradyoutside the national top 200
#59Kari#166 nationally
#88Ann#187 nationally
#91Kristine#188 nationally
#75Grant#166 nationally
#82Bridget#173 nationally
#93Kate#179 nationally
#64Anne#146 nationally

Girls

#1Amanda893US #4
#2Ashley893US #2
#3Jennifer878US #3
#4Jessica800US #1
#5Nicole627US #7
#6Sarah605US #5
#7Laura513US #14
#8Megan477US #10
#9Elizabeth453US #9
#10Emily445US #24
#11Melissa424US #11
#12Stephanie421US #6
#13Heather415US #8
#14Amy412US #20
#15Katie396US #39
#16Rachel395US #13
#17Sara357US #30
#18Amber348US #16
#19Angela342US #31
#20Rebecca307US #25
#21Danielle301US #18
#22Erin294US #26
#23Andrea290US #33
#24Jenna290US #50
#25Kelly287US #28
#26Katherine276US #32
#27Brittany265US #17
#28Jamie255US #27
#29Michelle248US #22
#30Anna237US #54
#31Lindsey232US #37
#32Cassandra225US #62
#33Samantha224US #29
#34Lisa211US #36
#35Christina208US #12
#36Kimberly207US #19
#37Kathryn186US #48
#38Lindsay186US #40
#39Crystal182US #21
#40Christine170US #44
#41Allison161US #46
#42Molly153US #119
#43Kristin151US #49
#44Alicia146US #45
#45Heidi145US #125
#46Kelsey145US #168
#47Mary144US #35
#48Kristina142US #57
#49Tara142US #51
#50Tiffany140US #23
#51Shannon139US #41
#52Leah133US #78
#53Lauren126US #15
#54Julie123US #55
#55Kristen123US #38
#56Stacy120US #67
#57Erica119US #34
#58Holly115US #56
#59Kari115US #166
#60Kayla112US #109
#61Meghan104US #63
#62Alyssa98US #130
#63Kathleen97US #68
#64Anne94US #146
#65Courtney94US #43
#66Natalie90US #58
#67Brianna89US #190
#68Krista88US #134
#69Alison87US #97
#70Tracy84US #107
#71Catherine79US #65
#72Bethany78US #94
#73Chelsea78US #75
#74Hannah76US #117
#75Jill76US #143
#76Vanessa76US #42
#77Krystal74US #53
#78Nichole74US #95
#79Carrie73US #96
#80Maria73US #52
#81Theresa72US #136
#82Bridget70US #173
#83Jacqueline70US #60
#84Abby69
#85April67US #47
#86Brooke67US #102
#87Tanya66US #139
#88Ann65US #187
#89Gina65US #113
#90Victoria65US #59
#91Kristine64US #188
#92Margaret64US #90
#93Kate63US #179
#94Karen62US #87
#95Rachael61US #100
#96Dana60US #82
#97Melanie59US #88
#98Brittney58US #84
#99Abigail57US #153
#100Marie57US #178

Boys

#1Matthew1,235US #3
#2Michael1,146US #1
#3Andrew989US #11
#4Daniel901US #5
#5Joshua866US #4
#6Ryan806US #12
#7Christopher794US #2
#8Joseph726US #10
#9Nicholas713US #19
#10David652US #6
#11Adam629US #22
#12Jacob566US #35
#13John541US #9
#14Brandon532US #13
#15Eric500US #21
#16Anthony485US #20
#17Justin475US #15
#18Robert454US #8
#19Benjamin452US #31
#20Jason449US #14
#21Kyle444US #27
#22James442US #7
#23Brian407US #18
#24Thomas407US #25
#25Nathan396US #40
#26Timothy387US #26
#27Jonathan365US #17
#28Tyler355US #43
#29Jeffrey353US #29
#30Aaron339US #33
#31Steven331US #24
#32Scott313US #44
#33Dustin309US #41
#34Kevin308US #23
#35William290US #16
#36Mark279US #32
#37Jesse270US #51
#38Zachary262US #39
#39Jeremy256US #30
#40Travis256US #46
#41Patrick242US #37
#42Paul240US #42
#43Derek236US #56
#44Peter234US #60
#45Alexander211US #50
#46Chad187US #57
#47Bradley181US #53
#48Samuel177US #54
#49Charles175US #34
#50Richard163US #28
#51Cody159US #52
#52Luke151US #106
#53Bryan146US #48
#54Sean142US #38
#55Cory141US #81
#56Erik138US #87
#57Shawn133US #55
#58Mitchell124US #115
#59Gregory119US #45
#60Jordan119US #62
#61Stephen116US #36
#62Brent115US #89
#63Corey115US #63
#64Lucas115US #122
#65Shane115US #68
#66Jared113US #58
#67Brett100US #70
#68Alex97US #80
#69Nathaniel95US #77
#70Kenneth94US #47
#71Ross94US #147
#72Joel87US #67
#73Blake85US #100
#74Craig85US #79
#75Grant84US #166
#76Ian76US #78
#77Philip73US #84
#78Keith71US #64
#79Marcus71US #61
#80Seth71US #104
#81Trevor71US #105
#82Cole70
#83Troy69US #123
#84Mathew67US #148
#85Phillip66US #69
#86Brady65
#87Evan64US #91
#88Jeremiah64US #111
#89Casey63US #86
#90Alan62US #109
#91Todd62US #99
#92Drew61US #126
#93Jon61US #151
#94Lee61US #142
#95Colin60US #156
#96Douglas58US #76
#97Edward58US #59
#98Donald54US #66
#99Derrick52US #83
#100Garrett52US #138

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑34Alyssa#62
↑31Shane#65
↑22Brittany#27
↑22Kathleen#63
↑20Alex#68
↑16Trevor#81
↑14Kelsey#46
↑14Grant#75

Falling

↓23Douglas#96
↓16Jill#75
↓15April#85
↓15Gina#89
↓12Tiffany#50
↓12Jeremiah#88
↓11Holly#58
↓11Chelsea#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.