State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1990 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,656 Minnesota births in 1990 across 1,149 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#80Coleoutside the national top 200
#81Abbyoutside the national top 200
#84Heidi#200 nationally
#89Karioutside the national top 200
#96Madeline#198 nationally
#99Tanneroutside the national top 200
#86Grant#183 nationally
#98Maxwell#189 nationally
#73Kirsten#157 nationally
#95Jack#166 nationally
#94Anne#155 nationally
#97Claire#158 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley882US #2
#2Amanda675US #4
#3Jessica635US #1
#4Samantha617US #5
#5Brittany566US #3
#6Emily558US #12
#7Megan518US #11
#8Sarah504US #6
#9Nicole462US #13
#10Kayla452US #14
#11Elizabeth438US #9
#12Rachel385US #16
#13Jennifer380US #8
#14Stephanie369US #7
#15Kelsey336US #32
#16Laura334US #29
#17Alyssa326US #27
#18Hannah314US #30
#19Danielle308US #18
#20Lauren301US #10
#21Courtney271US #17
#22Amber266US #15
#23Anna255US #45
#24Melissa249US #20
#25Rebecca247US #21
#26Katherine231US #26
#27Heather226US #19
#28Michelle221US #22
#29Cassandra218US #49
#30Katie218US #53
#31Sara215US #34
#32Kelly203US #41
#33Alexandra202US #37
#34Amy201US #38
#35Molly192US #80
#36Erin191US #43
#37Allison186US #48
#38Brianna183US #61
#39Andrea175US #40
#40Angela173US #52
#41Jenna172US #81
#42Chelsea171US #24
#43Lindsey158US #51
#44Kathryn157US #57
#45Leah149US #82
#46Caitlin143US #50
#47Alicia141US #54
#48Mary134US #35
#49Tiffany133US #23
#50Christina131US #25
#51Jamie129US #55
#52Katelyn128US #75
#53Whitney117US #60
#54Jordan116US #59
#55Kimberly114US #31
#56Taylor113US #46
#57Abigail112US #90
#58Natalie110US #63
#59Paige108US #79
#60Brittney107US #44
#61Kristin105US #65
#62Shannon104US #68
#63Christine100US #62
#64Erica100US #36
#65Breanna98US #113
#66Meghan98US #91
#67Kristen97US #42
#68Kristina97US #77
#69Lisa96US #64
#70Brooke95US #70
#71Lindsay93US #69
#72Chelsey92US #128
#73Kirsten90US #157
#74Bethany86US #107
#75Kaitlyn86US #78
#76Victoria86US #33
#77Emma81US #130
#78Kathleen78US #92
#79Kaitlin77US #101
#80Morgan76US #58
#81Abby75
#82Catherine75US #71
#83Tara75US #85
#84Heidi74US #200
#85Marissa73US #87
#86Holly72US #89
#87Katrina72US #127
#88Maria72US #47
#89Kari71
#90Margaret71US #102
#91Crystal70US #39
#92Dana70US #114
#93Alison69US #132
#94Anne69US #155
#95Julia67US #83
#96Madeline67US #198
#97Claire66US #158
#98Natasha65US #105
#99April64US #73
#100Krista63US #145

Boys

#1Michael1,075US #1
#2Andrew943US #7
#3Matthew940US #3
#4Nicholas768US #14
#5Jacob738US #20
#6Joshua737US #4
#7Daniel662US #5
#8Tyler642US #21
#9Joseph640US #10
#10Christopher634US #2
#11Ryan634US #11
#12David546US #6
#13Kyle538US #18
#14Zachary508US #22
#15Anthony477US #15
#16Benjamin472US #33
#17Alexander448US #28
#18Justin443US #9
#19Jordan435US #29
#20John403US #12
#21Brandon392US #19
#22Thomas384US #26
#23Adam382US #32
#24Cody364US #31
#25Eric357US #24
#26Aaron347US #34
#27Samuel346US #45
#28James344US #8
#29Robert334US #13
#30Travis330US #42
#31Nathan326US #44
#32Timothy293US #30
#33Jonathan287US #17
#34William281US #16
#35Kevin279US #23
#36Steven270US #25
#37Brian258US #27
#38Derek246US #54
#39Jesse243US #48
#40Patrick234US #36
#41Alex225US #59
#42Jeffrey211US #43
#43Mitchell198US #93
#44Dustin196US #50
#45Jason194US #46
#46Jared189US #63
#47Paul184US #49
#48Scott184US #53
#49Charles182US #38
#50Jeremy181US #40
#51Peter181US #74
#52Taylor176US #64
#53Ethan164US #58
#54Cory161US #67
#55Mark160US #47
#56Lucas153US #112
#57Sean153US #37
#58Richard150US #35
#59Bradley148US #65
#60Luke145US #118
#61Trevor135US #76
#62Erik134US #96
#63Dylan133US #83
#64Blake128US #91
#65Shane128US #73
#66Stephen115US #39
#67Evan113US #71
#68Chad110US #85
#69Brett107US #84
#70Corey106US #56
#71Ian103US #70
#72Bryan99US #57
#73Casey99US #89
#74Spencer97US #105
#75Gregory93US #51
#76Nathaniel88US #86
#77Logan87US #104
#78Shawn87US #69
#79Austin86US #55
#80Cole86
#81Joel86US #95
#82Jake83US #140
#83Garrett80US #99
#84Colin79US #122
#85Cameron77US #62
#86Grant76US #183
#87Brent75US #127
#88Caleb70US #88
#89Philip69US #111
#90Seth69US #102
#91Isaac68US #132
#92Devin66US #98
#93Phillip65US #81
#94Douglas64US #103
#95Jack63US #166
#96Troy61US #128
#97Jonathon60US #124
#98Maxwell60US #189
#99Tanner59
#100Christian58US #60

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑38Jordan#54
↑29Paige#59
↑23Emma#77
↑20Whitney#53
↑18Ethan#53
↑14Breanna#65
↑13Hannah#18
↑13Jordan#19

Falling

↓28Anne#94
↓23Crystal#91
↓23Alison#93
↓22Lisa#69
↓18Tara#83
↓17Holly#86
↓16Lindsay#71
↓14Gregory#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.