Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1965

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1965 were Lisa for girls (1,209 babies) and Michael for boys (1,652). Social Security records list 65,105 babies born in Minnesota in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1965

Names given at least 15 times in Minnesota that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Barb: 21 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Kari: 122 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Renae: 31 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Janelle: 46 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Jolene: 38 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Luann: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Janell: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jodi: 207 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jody: 106 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Molly: 71 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Kraig: 20 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Bradley: 315 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Chad: 77 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ross: 64 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Corey: 33 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Loren: 41 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dean: 231 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Todd: 767 babies, 3× the national rate
Jon: 251 babies, 3× the national rate
Tom: 133 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	1,209	↑1	1
2	Mary	821	↓1	2
3	Julie	778	–	14
4	Susan	688	–	5
5	Karen	619	↑1	3
6	Kimberly	514	↑3	4
7	Lori	486	↓2	19
8	Michelle	462	–	18
9	Jennifer	414	↑20	20
10	Brenda	413	↓3	23
11	Dawn	400	↑3	26
12	Amy	380	↑11	35
13	Patricia	366	–	6
14	Christine	358	↑10	21
15	Linda	354	↓5	8
16	Nancy	349	↓5	32
17	Pamela	344	↓2	12
18	Barbara	343	↓6	25
19	Tammy	329	↑7	11
20	Kelly	319	↓1	30
21	Sandra	316	↓5	15
22	Jill	314	↑6	51
23	Debra	311	↓5	27
24	Elizabeth	311	↑7	16
25	Ann	300	↓8	59
26	Wendy	292	↑11	39
27	Laura	286	↓2	17
28	Cynthia	282	↑5	9
29	Denise	275	↓9	28
30	Cheryl	263	↓8	31
31	Rebecca	257	↑13	41
32	Kathleen	244	↓2	34
33	Deborah	239	↑3	13
34	Laurie	232	↓2	60
35	Diane	231	↓14	40
36	Theresa	221	↑3	45
37	Kim	219	↓10	43
38	Tracy	209	new	36
39	Jodi	207	new	>100
40	Sharon	206	↑7	22
41	Carol	205	↓7	42
42	Lynn	201	↓2	80
43	Michele	199	new	48
44	Teresa	193	↓6	24
45	Jane	192	↓4	95
46	Sheila	191	new	50
47	Heidi	184	new	>100
48	Angela	182	new	10
49	Jean	178	↓3	>100
50	Beth	174	↓15	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	1,652	↑1	1
2	David	1,367	↓1	3
3	John	1,300	–	2
4	James	1,140	↑1	4
5	Mark	1,005	↓1	7
6	Scott	981	–	15
7	Robert	910	–	5
8	Thomas	900	–	9
9	Jeffrey	870	↑2	10
10	Daniel	846	–	17
11	Steven	841	↓2	14
12	Paul	826	↑1	16
13	Todd	767	↓1	30
14	Timothy	759	↑1	12
15	Brian	737	↓1	19
16	Richard	614	–	8
17	Kevin	611	–	13
18	Joseph	449	↑1	11
19	William	445	↓1	6
20	Gregory	415	–	23
21	Christopher	400	↑2	18
22	Patrick	397	–	31
23	Douglas	337	↓2	32
24	Bradley	315	–	72
25	Peter	299	↑1	39
26	Kenneth	277	↑6	21
27	Ronald	271	↑2	24
28	Eric	264	↑9	25
29	Gary	262	↓4	27
30	Craig	261	↑1	46
31	Charles	254	↓4	20
32	Jon	251	↑3	78
33	Donald	246	↓3	26
34	Troy	232	↑2	53
35	Dean	231	↓2	88
36	Anthony	227	↑10	22
37	Randy	225	↓3	42
38	Keith	224	–	35
39	Matthew	208	↑6	36
40	Bruce	207	↓12	50
41	Dale	195	–	83
42	Stephen	193	–	28
43	Terry	178	↑1	40
44	Jay	176	↓1	90
45	Jeff	175	↑2	62
46	Dennis	164	↓6	44
47	Mike	148	↓8	51
48	Chris	147	new	60
49	Joel	145	new	>100
50	Andrew	144	–	37

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