State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 57,479 Minnesota births in 1987 across 1,040 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#70Bradyoutside the national top 200
#89Kristine#199 nationally
#91Kirstenoutside the national top 200
#80Chelsey#186 nationally
#96Coleoutside the national top 200
#100Annoutside the national top 200
#75Grant#175 nationally
#98Jill#197 nationally
#100Bryce#195 nationally
#74Kari#167 nationally
#97Jay#185 nationally
#61Heidi#144 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,059US #2
#2Amanda846US #3
#3Jessica819US #1
#4Sarah584US #5
#5Jennifer578US #4
#6Nicole538US #8
#7Emily468US #19
#8Megan447US #12
#9Danielle413US #14
#10Samantha412US #11
#11Elizabeth411US #10
#12Laura404US #22
#13Rachel359US #17
#14Melissa353US #13
#15Stephanie352US #6
#16Heather342US #9
#17Katie341US #38
#18Brittany332US #7
#19Amber322US #15
#20Amy310US #24
#21Sara301US #29
#22Kayla293US #27
#23Kelly276US #30
#24Angela261US #35
#25Katherine253US #28
#26Kelsey249US #67
#27Michelle244US #21
#28Rebecca238US #25
#29Anna230US #52
#30Erin229US #34
#31Jenna224US #57
#32Andrea207US #36
#33Allison188US #44
#34Cassandra179US #68
#35Molly173US #97
#36Christina167US #20
#37Kimberly165US #23
#38Lisa165US #40
#39Alyssa160US #60
#40Lauren160US #16
#41Lindsey160US #41
#42Jamie154US #39
#43Kathryn154US #51
#44Alicia151US #46
#45Tiffany149US #18
#46Hannah141US #66
#47Lindsay139US #49
#48Courtney133US #33
#49Chelsea129US #47
#50Leah129US #82
#51Kristin125US #55
#52Alexandra120US #59
#53Kristina117US #62
#54Mary116US #37
#55Brianna114US #122
#56Natalie113US #56
#57Shannon113US #45
#58Whitney112US #32
#59Christine110US #48
#60Vanessa110US #43
#61Heidi105US #144
#62Tara99US #69
#63Kristen98US #42
#64Julie96US #65
#65Caitlin92US #63
#66Holly92US #71
#67Krista89US #108
#68Erica87US #31
#69Bethany86US #87
#70Catherine83US #74
#71Crystal83US #26
#72Alison81US #100
#73Kathleen81US #72
#74Kari80US #167
#75Maria78US #53
#76Anne77US #147
#77Meghan77US #78
#78Abigail75US #138
#79Brooke71US #94
#80Chelsey71US #186
#81Dana71US #83
#82Margaret71US #90
#83Mallory69US #91
#84Stacy69US #101
#85April68US #58
#86Natasha68US #73
#87Kendra67US #77
#88Jacqueline66US #54
#89Kristine65US #199
#90Kara64US #104
#91Kirsten62
#92Rachael62US #98
#93Nichole61US #111
#94Victoria61US #50
#95Katelyn60US #127
#96Carrie59US #119
#97Brittney58US #61
#98Jill57US #197
#99Lacey56US #117
#100Ann54

Boys

#1Michael1,144US #1
#2Andrew1,095US #6
#3Matthew991US #3
#4Daniel800US #7
#5Nicholas740US #16
#6Joshua727US #4
#7Christopher694US #2
#8Joseph659US #12
#9Ryan658US #13
#10David611US #5
#11Jacob595US #31
#12Adam525US #27
#13Justin517US #9
#14Kyle508US #22
#15Benjamin472US #28
#16Brandon465US #14
#17John458US #11
#18Anthony443US #17
#19Thomas441US #24
#20Eric419US #21
#21Tyler410US #39
#22Brian394US #20
#23Jason367US #23
#24Nathan353US #45
#25Robert350US #10
#26Alexander345US #37
#27James342US #8
#28Zachary332US #33
#29Kevin326US #19
#30Travis320US #42
#31Jonathan307US #18
#32Timothy305US #26
#33Jeffrey297US #32
#34Aaron295US #34
#35Steven288US #25
#36Derek284US #54
#37Scott273US #43
#38Dustin260US #44
#39William257US #15
#40Mark229US #36
#41Jordan228US #52
#42Jeremy225US #29
#43Samuel224US #50
#44Patrick222US #41
#45Paul218US #46
#46Cody213US #49
#47Peter203US #64
#48Jesse187US #55
#49Charles182US #35
#50Bryan168US #51
#51Alex162US #60
#52Chad162US #63
#53Sean149US #40
#54Cory147US #62
#55Richard143US #30
#56Bradley142US #56
#57Mitchell141US #101
#58Jared139US #58
#59Shawn136US #59
#60Luke131US #111
#61Corey130US #57
#62Shane127US #65
#63Lucas120US #121
#64Brett115US #71
#65Erik115US #94
#66Stephen113US #38
#67Gregory108US #47
#68Brent102US #103
#69Nathaniel99US #78
#70Brady93
#71Joel87US #75
#72Casey84US #80
#73Blake81US #106
#74Evan76US #83
#75Grant75US #175
#76Keith75US #69
#77Troy75US #122
#78Seth73US #89
#79Trevor73US #93
#80Philip71US #84
#81Ross71US #162
#82Dylan68US #141
#83Phillip68US #68
#84Craig66US #88
#85Kenneth62US #53
#86Lance60US #142
#87Caleb58US #115
#88Spencer58US #124
#89Ian57US #81
#90Jake57US #166
#91Taylor57US #117
#92Tony57US #123
#93Douglas56US #85
#94Lee56US #154
#95Curtis55US #100
#96Cole53
#97Jay52US #185
#98Jon52US #181
#99Edward50US #61
#100Bryce49US #195

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑24Chelsea#49
↑23Alexandra#52
↑20Alyssa#39
↑19Kathleen#73
↑17Danielle#9
↑17Brooke#79
↑16Margaret#82
↑13Brady#70

Falling

↓28Jill#98
↓18Cole#96
↓17Crystal#71
↓15Rachael#92
↓14Krista#67
↓13Jamie#42
↓13Stacy#84
↓12Mary#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.