State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1989 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,834 Minnesota births in 1989 across 1,132 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#78Abbyoutside the national top 200
#64Kirsten#183 nationally
#86Coleoutside the national top 200
#87Bradyoutside the national top 200
#96Karioutside the national top 200
#80Grant#180 nationally
#84Heidi#181 nationally
#99Kristine#194 nationally
#93Bryce#181 nationally
#66Anne#153 nationally
#79Breanna#163 nationally
#94Ross#168 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley879US #2
#2Amanda750US #4
#3Jessica694US #1
#4Sarah563US #5
#5Brittany561US #3
#6Emily556US #13
#7Samantha524US #6
#8Megan516US #11
#9Nicole469US #12
#10Jennifer456US #7
#11Rachel425US #18
#12Elizabeth422US #10
#13Kayla390US #20
#14Stephanie390US #8
#15Laura371US #25
#16Kelsey364US #31
#17Danielle330US #17
#18Heather280US #15
#19Lauren276US #9
#20Melissa276US #19
#21Rebecca272US #24
#22Amber268US #14
#23Alyssa262US #33
#24Katherine259US #26
#25Katie255US #45
#26Sara252US #29
#27Amy243US #35
#28Anna238US #51
#29Cassandra238US #54
#30Michelle237US #22
#31Hannah230US #42
#32Courtney214US #21
#33Alexandra207US #43
#34Kelly206US #37
#35Angela201US #47
#36Andrea198US #39
#37Allison195US #46
#38Brianna193US #77
#39Erin192US #40
#40Tiffany178US #16
#41Jenna174US #71
#42Caitlin163US #49
#43Christina160US #23
#44Jamie160US #52
#45Molly158US #93
#46Chelsea156US #27
#47Lisa155US #55
#48Lindsey149US #48
#49Alicia148US #53
#50Kathryn143US #58
#51Kimberly142US #28
#52Katelyn135US #76
#53Leah134US #83
#54Mary125US #38
#55Lindsay123US #63
#56Kristen122US #36
#57Natalie108US #62
#58Brittney105US #41
#59Kristina104US #65
#60Abigail102US #94
#61Kristin101US #60
#62Christine100US #59
#63Erica100US #34
#64Kirsten96US #183
#65Tara96US #70
#66Anne95US #153
#67Shannon95US #61
#68Crystal94US #32
#69Holly94US #79
#70Alison90US #119
#71Chelsey88US #140
#72Vanessa82US #50
#73Whitney82US #57
#74Bethany80US #102
#75Meghan79US #80
#76Catherine76US #67
#77Maria76US #56
#78Abby74
#79Breanna74US #163
#80Rachael74US #109
#81Victoria74US #44
#82Brooke73US #74
#83Julia72US #96
#84Heidi71US #181
#85Kathleen71US #90
#86Margaret70US #97
#87Marissa70US #81
#88Paige69US #124
#89Briana68US #126
#90Kaitlin68US #100
#91April67US #66
#92Jordan67US #72
#93Jacqueline66US #64
#94Melanie64US #88
#95Katrina63US #114
#96Kari62
#97Natasha62US #87
#98Krista60US #137
#99Kristine60US #194
#100Emma59US #149

Boys

#1Michael1,090US #1
#2Andrew1,031US #7
#3Matthew1,028US #3
#4Nicholas773US #14
#5Jacob735US #26
#6Joshua726US #4
#7Daniel685US #6
#8Christopher661US #2
#9Ryan651US #13
#10Joseph642US #11
#11David549US #5
#12Benjamin543US #29
#13Tyler543US #30
#14Justin517US #8
#15Kyle505US #20
#16John502US #12
#17Anthony471US #16
#18Adam443US #27
#19Alexander421US #32
#20Brandon413US #18
#21Zachary408US #25
#22Thomas405US #23
#23James388US #9
#24Nathan383US #43
#25Aaron373US #31
#26Eric360US #21
#27Robert359US #10
#28Brian319US #24
#29Jonathan305US #17
#30Kevin292US #19
#31Samuel291US #47
#32Jordan283US #44
#33Travis280US #41
#34William279US #15
#35Timothy277US #28
#36Steven276US #22
#37Cody266US #45
#38Derek254US #54
#39Dustin251US #48
#40Jesse240US #50
#41Jason236US #35
#42Jeffrey227US #37
#43Scott212US #51
#44Jeremy210US #34
#45Alex204US #60
#46Patrick200US #38
#47Peter176US #66
#48Mark174US #42
#49Cory173US #61
#50Charles171US #36
#51Paul170US #49
#52Sean170US #39
#53Jared166US #57
#54Mitchell166US #93
#55Lucas153US #114
#56Luke153US #121
#57Bradley147US #58
#58Richard146US #33
#59Blake129US #97
#60Erik127US #95
#61Gregory122US #52
#62Taylor120US #72
#63Brett119US #81
#64Trevor119US #83
#65Stephen118US #40
#66Bryan116US #56
#67Corey109US #55
#68Evan105US #69
#69Nathaniel105US #84
#70Chad104US #74
#71Ethan101US #87
#72Shane101US #71
#73Ian96US #68
#74Dylan91US #115
#75Brent86US #118
#76Garrett86US #102
#77Logan86US #104
#78Shawn82US #65
#79Casey79US #90
#80Grant78US #180
#81Spencer77US #107
#82Austin75US #59
#83Caleb74US #91
#84Seth73US #94
#85Cameron72US #64
#86Cole71
#87Brady70
#88Kenneth70US #53
#89Marcus69US #67
#90Joel68US #88
#91Philip68US #101
#92Drew67US #150
#93Bryce65US #181
#94Ross65US #168
#95Colin64US #126
#96Donald62US #82
#97Keith61US #70
#98Douglas58US #92
#99Phillip58US #75
#100Edward57US #62

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑34Kirsten#64
↑33Abigail#60
↑19Logan#77
↑15Alexandra#33
↑14Brittney#58
↑14Julia#83
↑14Ian#73
↑13Katelyn#52

Falling

↓41Krista#98
↓24Heidi#84
↓22Kari#96
↓18Ross#94
↓17Natasha#97
↓15Colin#95
↓14Jenna#41
↓13Kathryn#50

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.