State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,411 Minnesota births in 1986 across 1,019 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#78Coleoutside the national top 200
#83Bradyoutside the national top 200
#81Kristine#191 nationally
#93Abbyoutside the national top 200
#68Kari#170 nationally
#57Brianna#154 nationally
#88Grant#179 nationally
#70Jill#159 nationally
#83Bridget#172 nationally
#70Ross#152 nationally
#94Marie#176 nationally
#51Heidi#131 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley949US #2
#2Amanda902US #3
#3Jessica852US #1
#4Sarah687US #5
#5Jennifer665US #4
#6Nicole635US #7
#7Emily471US #24
#8Megan448US #11
#9Elizabeth410US #10
#10Stephanie407US #6
#11Laura396US #20
#12Katie374US #38
#13Rachel372US #15
#14Amber362US #13
#15Amy362US #22
#16Heather328US #9
#17Sara319US #27
#18Brittany318US #8
#19Melissa312US #12
#20Angela299US #33
#21Kelly292US #29
#22Samantha284US #21
#23Rebecca281US #26
#24Jenna261US #55
#25Katherine257US #28
#26Danielle255US #16
#27Andrea246US #36
#28Michelle227US #23
#29Jamie224US #34
#30Erin212US #30
#31Cassandra207US #60
#32Kayla197US #64
#33Anna195US #51
#34Allison191US #42
#35Kelsey186US #112
#36Kimberly185US #18
#37Lindsey181US #39
#38Christina174US #19
#39Lindsay172US #46
#40Kathryn171US #48
#41Lisa168US #40
#42Mary160US #37
#43Molly159US #110
#44Alicia156US #45
#45Kristin155US #50
#46Shannon150US #44
#47Tiffany148US #17
#48Lauren145US #14
#49Christine138US #47
#50Leah133US #78
#51Heidi127US #131
#52Kristen127US #41
#53Krista125US #93
#54Crystal124US #25
#55Hannah124US #82
#56Courtney123US #35
#57Brianna122US #154
#58Holly121US #63
#59Alyssa116US #85
#60Whitney115US #32
#61Erica113US #31
#62Kristina113US #62
#63Natalie104US #52
#64Alison100US #96
#65Julie95US #58
#66Vanessa95US #43
#67Tara94US #56
#68Kari93US #170
#69Meghan89US #71
#70Jill87US #159
#71Stacy86US #87
#72Caitlin84US #69
#73Chelsea81US #73
#74Bethany79US #91
#75Alexandra77US #72
#76Catherine76US #67
#77Rachael76US #103
#78Jacqueline75US #57
#79Anne73US #151
#80Tracy71US #117
#81Kristine70US #191
#82April68US #53
#83Bridget67US #172
#84Mallory67US #83
#85Maria66US #49
#86Nichole66US #105
#87Dana65US #92
#88Gina65US #119
#89Kara63US #102
#90Natasha63US #70
#91Miranda62US #137
#92Kathleen61US #68
#93Abby60
#94Marie60US #176
#95Julia59US #88
#96Brooke58US #104
#97Katrina58US #99
#98Margaret58US #90
#99Victoria58US #54
#100Brittney56US #65

Boys

#1Matthew1,185US #3
#2Michael1,142US #1
#3Andrew1,097US #8
#4Christopher805US #2
#5Ryan795US #11
#6Daniel767US #6
#7Nicholas743US #17
#8Joshua706US #4
#9Joseph644US #12
#10David584US #5
#11Adam552US #24
#12Jacob546US #31
#13Brandon542US #13
#14Kyle500US #23
#15Benjamin488US #30
#16John463US #10
#17Justin460US #14
#18Eric456US #22
#19Anthony451US #19
#20Jason397US #18
#21Robert392US #9
#22Thomas386US #26
#23Tyler378US #40
#24James372US #7
#25Brian367US #20
#26Nathan363US #43
#27Aaron361US #33
#28Jonathan354US #16
#29Timothy352US #27
#30Kevin307US #21
#31Alexander302US #41
#32Steven300US #25
#33Jeremy291US #28
#34Jeffrey285US #32
#35Scott282US #44
#36Dustin275US #42
#37Jesse272US #48
#38William267US #15
#39Zachary263US #38
#40Travis262US #49
#41Patrick260US #39
#42Paul252US #45
#43Mark240US #35
#44Peter226US #60
#45Derek215US #57
#46Jordan186US #53
#47Bradley178US #54
#48Sean178US #37
#49Charles177US #34
#50Richard176US #29
#51Samuel166US #52
#52Jared149US #58
#53Cody147US #56
#54Stephen147US #36
#55Chad145US #59
#56Erik144US #92
#57Alex142US #64
#58Gregory135US #46
#59Luke134US #106
#60Mitchell134US #105
#61Bryan131US #47
#62Shawn131US #55
#63Lucas127US #126
#64Brett125US #69
#65Corey125US #62
#66Cory114US #68
#67Joel103US #72
#68Shane100US #67
#69Brent94US #94
#70Ross93US #152
#71Casey86US #83
#72Nathaniel83US #78
#73Trevor81US #98
#74Craig77US #80
#75Blake75US #101
#76Kenneth75US #50
#77Evan71US #81
#78Cole70
#79Dylan70US #149
#80Seth70US #97
#81Ian67US #85
#82Phillip67US #70
#83Brady66
#84Troy64US #123
#85Douglas62US #82
#86Keith62US #66
#87Philip62US #86
#88Grant60US #179
#89Todd60US #110
#90Drew59US #138
#91Jeremiah59US #118
#92Lee59US #145
#93Carl58US #114
#94Mathew55US #141
#95Alan53US #107
#96Jake53US #171
#97Jonathon53US #129
#98Caleb52US #131
#99Lance52US #134
#100Taylor52US #136

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑28Kayla#32
↑19Hannah#55
↑18Rachael#77
↑18Casey#71
↑15Krista#53
↑14Alexander#31
↑14Jordan#46
↑14Jared#52

Falling

↓29Kathleen#92
↓18Tara#67
↓15Crystal#54
↓15Stacy#71
↓15Anne#79
↓14Kristina#62
↓13Grant#88
↓11Julie#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.