Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1967

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1967 were Lisa for girls (1,114 babies) and Michael for boys (1,600). Social Security records list 58,858 babies born in Minnesota in 1967 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1967

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: 138 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Janelle: 52 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jolene: 30 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Renae: 26 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Janell: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jodi: 230 babies, 4× the national rate
Jody: 111 babies, 4× the national rate
Leann: 39 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Darcy: 34 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kris: 43 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Cory: 30 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Chad: 197 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dean: 245 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Loren: 36 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Darwin: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Corey: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Blaine: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bradley: 243 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Joel: 187 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kent: 76 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1967

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Lisa	1,114	–	1
2	Michelle	744	↑2	3
3	Julie	668	↓1	16
4	Kimberly	538	↑2	2
5	Mary	533	↓2	4
6	Susan	530	↓1	5
7	Jennifer	459	–	10
8	Amy	452	↑2	12
9	Lori	394	–	24
10	Christine	393	↑3	14
11	Brenda	377	↑1	31
12	Karen	359	↓4	6
13	Kelly	355	↑2	23
14	Dawn	337	↓3	27
15	Jill	321	↑1	50
16	Laura	314	↑9	15
17	Wendy	288	↑9	32
18	Pamela	287	↑4	17
19	Ann	279	↑5	57
20	Patricia	276	↓3	11
21	Nancy	274	↓7	37
22	Sandra	272	↓4	20
23	Melissa	264	↑16	9
24	Tammy	264	↓4	8
25	Barbara	253	↓6	33
26	Debra	249	↓5	38
27	Elizabeth	246	↓4	13
28	Jodi	230	↑17	>100
29	Stephanie	228	new	25
30	Kathleen	221	↑2	40
31	Rebecca	220	↑11	39
32	Cheryl	217	↑8	35
33	Linda	216	↓5	26
34	Denise	213	↑3	34
35	Angela	211	↑9	7
36	Tracy	211	↓7	29
37	Heidi	209	↓3	88
38	Michele	203	↓7	36
39	Teresa	198	↑2	28
40	Kristin	195	↑9	97
41	Kristine	189	↑9	>100
42	Paula	186	↓7	46
43	Cynthia	185	↓13	18
44	Deborah	183	↓17	22
45	Lynn	181	↓2	81
46	Diane	173	↓13	44
47	Theresa	172	↓11	43
48	Beth	171	↓2	67
49	Sheila	167	new	56
50	Anne	162	new	84

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Michael	1,600	–	1
2	David	1,358	–	2
3	John	1,079	–	4
4	James	969	–	3
5	Scott	938	–	16
6	Mark	902	–	7
7	Jeffrey	821	↑2	13
8	Thomas	792	↑2	12
9	Robert	776	↓2	5
10	Timothy	771	↑1	11
11	Brian	765	↑2	10
12	Steven	759	↓4	14
13	Daniel	720	↓1	19
14	Paul	670	–	18
15	Todd	621	–	29
16	Richard	555	–	8
17	Christopher	505	↑1	9
18	Kevin	434	↓1	17
19	William	412	–	6
20	Joseph	394	↑2	15
21	Patrick	374	–	30
22	Eric	370	↑7	23
23	Troy	344	↑1	40
24	Gregory	327	↓4	25
25	Douglas	309	↓2	33
26	Matthew	282	↑12	28
27	Anthony	266	↑3	21
28	Ronald	251	↓3	24
29	Peter	250	↓1	39
30	Dean	245	↑2	78
31	Bradley	243	↓5	66
32	Craig	233	↓1	46
33	Kenneth	231	↑1	22
34	Gary	218	↓7	32
35	Jon	216	↓2	71
36	Keith	207	↑3	34
37	Chad	197	↑11	>100
38	Joel	187	↑5	90
39	Stephen	186	↑2	26
40	Charles	185	↓5	20
41	Donald	185	↓5	27
42	Randy	175	↓5	49
43	Dennis	174	↑2	43
44	Bruce	173	↓4	55
45	Jason	166	new	54
46	Andrew	162	↓4	35
47	Terry	151	new	42
48	Dale	148	↓1	89
49	Jay	148	↓5	87
50	Shawn	143	new	51

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