State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,249 Minnesota births in 1988 across 1,063 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#79Bradyoutside the national top 200
#85Coleoutside the national top 200
#74Kari#187 nationally
#90Abbyoutside the national top 200
#91Breannaoutside the national top 200
#98Kirstenoutside the national top 200
#60Heidi#162 nationally
#95Kristine#196 nationally
#96Jill#197 nationally
#92Bridget#178 nationally
#88Grant#172 nationally
#67Chelsey#149 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley991US #2
#2Amanda769US #3
#3Jessica752US #1
#4Sarah601US #4
#5Jennifer573US #5
#6Nicole524US #9
#7Samantha490US #8
#8Emily489US #18
#9Megan448US #12
#10Elizabeth412US #10
#11Brittany401US #6
#12Stephanie393US #7
#13Laura389US #23
#14Danielle364US #17
#15Rachel364US #19
#16Heather362US #14
#17Kayla326US #20
#18Melissa313US #16
#19Amber294US #15
#20Katie290US #40
#21Amy283US #29
#22Rebecca278US #26
#23Kelsey275US #64
#24Katherine274US #27
#25Kelly266US #32
#26Sara255US #30
#27Jenna237US #66
#28Alyssa229US #47
#29Lauren225US #11
#30Anna221US #54
#31Michelle216US #21
#32Angela212US #38
#33Erin212US #37
#34Tiffany209US #13
#35Andrea201US #35
#36Cassandra199US #59
#37Kathryn191US #55
#38Lindsey177US #48
#39Allison173US #46
#40Courtney167US #24
#41Hannah163US #61
#42Molly158US #86
#43Alicia156US #50
#44Caitlin156US #44
#45Brianna155US #96
#46Kimberly150US #25
#47Jamie146US #45
#48Alexandra145US #49
#49Lisa144US #43
#50Chelsea143US #33
#51Mary129US #34
#52Lindsay123US #57
#53Christina120US #22
#54Kristin120US #58
#55Shannon116US #56
#56Christine114US #51
#57Krista108US #112
#58Erica107US #31
#59Leah105US #82
#60Heidi103US #162
#61Natalie102US #63
#62Crystal101US #28
#63Holly101US #72
#64Whitney100US #39
#65Katelyn99US #84
#66Tara99US #67
#67Chelsey96US #149
#68Kristina96US #68
#69Kristen95US #36
#70Alison89US #113
#71Anne89US #153
#72Brittney89US #52
#73Meghan88US #81
#74Kari86US #187
#75Bethany82US #89
#76Stacy82US #125
#77Catherine80US #69
#78Kathleen76US #75
#79Vanessa76US #41
#80Natasha72US #73
#81Jacqueline69US #62
#82Maria66US #60
#83April65US #65
#84Julie65US #71
#85Brooke64US #87
#86Kendra64US #80
#87Margaret64US #93
#88Carrie63US #132
#89Katrina63US #110
#90Abby62
#91Breanna62
#92Bridget62US #178
#93Abigail60US #118
#94Kaitlin60US #98
#95Kristine59US #196
#96Jill58US #197
#97Julia58US #88
#98Kirsten56
#99Nichole55US #115
#100Dana54US #90

Boys

#1Michael1,096US #1
#2Matthew1,078US #3
#3Andrew1,053US #5
#4Joshua761US #4
#5Daniel711US #8
#6Nicholas682US #14
#7Jacob667US #28
#8Ryan665US #13
#9Joseph648US #12
#10Christopher639US #2
#11Justin579US #7
#12David533US #6
#13Benjamin529US #30
#14Kyle521US #21
#15Tyler504US #33
#16Adam488US #26
#17Anthony474US #18
#18Brandon472US #17
#19Eric451US #19
#20John438US #11
#21Thomas419US #23
#22Zachary404US #29
#23Alexander382US #34
#24Aaron377US #31
#25James375US #9
#26Robert354US #10
#27Brian351US #22
#28Nathan346US #44
#29Timothy338US #25
#30Jonathan336US #15
#31Travis320US #41
#32Samuel307US #45
#33Kevin281US #20
#34Steven277US #24
#35Jason259US #27
#36William259US #16
#37Derek250US #53
#38Cody247US #43
#39Jeffrey245US #36
#40Dustin243US #48
#41Patrick229US #42
#42Jordan225US #52
#43Jeremy214US #35
#44Scott201US #47
#45Alex200US #58
#46Paul195US #46
#47Jesse191US #55
#48Peter181US #64
#49Mark176US #39
#50Mitchell170US #95
#51Charles169US #37
#52Cory169US #59
#53Sean164US #38
#54Jared153US #60
#55Richard152US #32
#56Bradley151US #57
#57Luke141US #119
#58Corey138US #56
#59Erik128US #92
#60Lucas127US #112
#61Chad121US #65
#62Stephen117US #40
#63Brett115US #73
#64Shane115US #67
#65Bryan111US #54
#66Gregory105US #50
#67Blake98US #103
#68Casey98US #83
#69Shawn95US #61
#70Taylor91US #91
#71Trevor91US #87
#72Evan88US #74
#73Dylan86US #137
#74Nathaniel82US #81
#75Brent77US #107
#76Ross76US #158
#77Seth75US #90
#78Cameron74US #69
#79Brady72
#80Colin71US #131
#81Philip68US #94
#82Austin66US #63
#83Kenneth66US #51
#84Marcus66US #66
#85Cole64
#86Garrett64US #118
#87Ian64US #77
#88Grant62US #172
#89Caleb61US #108
#90Joel61US #85
#91Isaac60US #143
#92Spencer60US #114
#93Keith57US #70
#94Drew55US #159
#95Phillip55US #71
#96Logan54US #109
#97Craig53US #96
#98Curtis53US #105
#99Douglas53US #88
#100Carl52US #126

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑30Katelyn#65
↑25Brittney#72
↑21Caitlin#44
↑21Taylor#70
↑13Chelsey#67
↑11Alyssa#28
↑11Lauren#29
↑11Tiffany#34

Falling

↓20Julie#84
↓19Vanessa#79
↓19Dana#100
↓19Joel#90
↓17Christina#53
↓17Keith#93
↓15Kristina#68
↓15Abigail#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.