Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1966

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1966 were Lisa for girls (1,142 babies) and Michael for boys (1,593). Social Security records list 61,215 babies born in Minnesota in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1966

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

Girls

Kari: 135 babies, 8× the national rate
Renae: 30 babies, 6× the national rate
Jolene: 42 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Janelle: 41 babies, 5× the national rate
Luann: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kristi: 120 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Darcy: 33 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jody: 114 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Leann: 40 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jodi: 181 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Lane: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Loren: 45 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Chad: 144 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bradley: 281 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ross: 58 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dean: 247 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Duane: 128 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cory: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Grant: 35 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jon: 224 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	1,142	–	1
2	Julie	720	↑1	13
3	Mary	669	↓1	3
4	Michelle	640	↑4	4
5	Susan	623	↓1	6
6	Kimberly	536	–	2
7	Jennifer	465	↑2	10
8	Karen	441	↓3	5
9	Lori	441	↓2	21
10	Amy	415	↑2	30
11	Dawn	403	–	24
12	Brenda	394	↓2	25
13	Christine	353	↑1	20
14	Nancy	349	↑2	33
15	Kelly	338	↑5	26
16	Jill	321	↑6	49
17	Patricia	320	↓4	7
18	Sandra	302	↑3	17
19	Barbara	297	↓1	27
20	Tammy	292	↓1	8
21	Debra	284	↑2	35
22	Pamela	281	↓5	15
23	Elizabeth	274	↑1	16
24	Ann	272	↑1	61
25	Laura	262	↑2	19
26	Wendy	259	–	41
27	Deborah	248	↑6	14
28	Linda	241	↓13	18
29	Tracy	238	↑9	31
30	Cynthia	235	↓2	11
31	Michele	228	↑12	36
32	Kathleen	224	–	37
33	Diane	217	↑2	45
34	Heidi	217	↑13	87
35	Paula	211	new	50
36	Theresa	209	–	46
37	Denise	203	↓8	32
38	Kim	203	↓1	43
39	Melissa	197	new	22
40	Cheryl	194	↓10	34
41	Teresa	194	↑3	29
42	Rebecca	191	↓11	40
43	Lynn	188	↓1	81
44	Angela	187	↑4	9
45	Jodi	181	↓6	>100
46	Beth	174	↑4	65
47	Laurie	173	↓13	63
48	Jane	172	↓3	>100
49	Kristin	169	new	>100
50	Kristine	162	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	1,593	–	1
2	David	1,349	–	2
3	John	1,168	–	4
4	James	1,011	–	3
5	Scott	987	↑1	16
6	Mark	918	↓1	7
7	Robert	907	–	5
8	Steven	848	↑3	13
9	Jeffrey	845	–	9
10	Thomas	817	↓2	10
11	Timothy	789	↑3	11
12	Daniel	782	↓2	19
13	Brian	728	↑2	14
14	Paul	716	↓2	18
15	Todd	704	↓2	29
16	Richard	575	–	8
17	Kevin	534	–	17
18	Christopher	459	↑3	12
19	William	432	–	6
20	Gregory	379	–	23
21	Patrick	379	↑1	31
22	Joseph	367	↓4	15
23	Douglas	317	–	33
24	Troy	286	↑10	48
25	Ronald	282	↑2	24
26	Bradley	281	↓2	68
27	Gary	268	↑2	28
28	Peter	266	↓3	39
29	Eric	265	↓1	25
30	Anthony	258	↑6	22
31	Craig	255	↓1	46
32	Dean	247	↑3	84
33	Jon	224	↓1	76
34	Kenneth	223	↓8	21
35	Charles	217	↓4	20
36	Donald	214	↓3	27
37	Randy	213	–	45
38	Matthew	211	↑1	34
39	Keith	199	↓1	32
40	Bruce	197	–	53
41	Stephen	184	↑1	26
42	Andrew	172	↑8	36
43	Joel	172	↑6	>100
44	Jay	169	–	91
45	Dennis	166	↑1	44
46	Wayne	160	new	59
47	Dale	155	↓6	85
48	Chad	144	new	>100
49	Jeffery	144	new	42
50	Kurt	137	new	>100

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