Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1968

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1968 were Lisa for girls (1,111 babies) and Michael for boys (1,575). Social Security records list 59,038 babies born in Minnesota in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1968

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

Girls

Joleen: 18 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Kari: 192 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Renae: 34 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Jolene: 36 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Janell: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Deann: 29 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Janelle: 41 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Luann: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jodi: 249 babies, 4× the national rate
Janel: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Kraig: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Cory: 54 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Chad: 188 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bradley: 280 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dean: 224 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Blaine: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Darwin: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Troy: 417 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Joel: 187 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jon: 209 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	1,111	–	1
2	Michelle	797	–	2
3	Jennifer	737	↑4	4
4	Julie	625	↓1	16
5	Kimberly	520	↓1	3
6	Susan	516	–	10
7	Amy	513	↑1	13
8	Mary	443	↓3	6
9	Kelly	429	↑4	12
10	Christine	422	–	14
11	Lori	396	↓2	22
12	Dawn	361	↑2	21
13	Melissa	345	↑10	5
14	Karen	343	↓2	9
15	Tammy	339	↑9	8
16	Laura	334	–	11
17	Brenda	331	↓6	34
18	Jill	287	↓3	46
19	Angela	284	↑16	7
20	Jodi	249	↑8	97
21	Tracy	248	↑15	25
22	Ann	244	↓3	54
23	Wendy	239	↓6	31
24	Pamela	238	↓6	20
25	Kristin	237	↑15	84
26	Elizabeth	229	↑1	17
27	Nancy	227	↓6	39
28	Patricia	227	↓8	15
29	Rebecca	223	↑2	33
30	Michele	218	↑8	29
31	Barbara	215	↓6	36
32	Heidi	215	↑5	89
33	Debra	210	↓7	38
34	Paula	209	↑8	45
35	Stephanie	207	↓6	23
36	Kristine	203	↑5	>100
37	Sandra	203	↓15	26
38	Kathleen	196	↓8	40
39	Kari	192	new	>100
40	Teresa	191	↓1	30
41	Deborah	188	↑3	27
42	Lynn	186	↑3	85
43	Cheryl	176	↓11	37
44	Denise	176	↓10	35
45	Stacy	175	new	64
46	Cynthia	174	↓3	19
47	Linda	171	↓14	28
48	Tina	171	new	18
49	Sarah	165	new	78
50	Theresa	155	↓3	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	1,575	–	1
2	David	1,271	–	2
3	John	1,021	–	3
4	Mark	943	↑2	7
5	Scott	938	–	14
6	James	877	↓2	4
7	Robert	831	↑2	5
8	Jeffrey	824	↓1	11
9	Brian	795	↑2	10
10	Daniel	759	↑3	18
11	Steven	746	↑1	15
12	Thomas	718	↓4	12
13	Todd	704	↑2	28
14	Timothy	697	↓4	13
15	Paul	644	↓1	19
16	Christopher	577	↑1	9
17	Richard	522	↓1	8
18	Kevin	461	–	17
19	Troy	417	↑4	40
20	Eric	385	↑2	22
21	Joseph	381	↓1	16
22	Matthew	358	↑4	24
23	William	356	↓4	6
24	Patrick	339	↓3	30
25	Gregory	328	↓1	26
26	Jason	309	↑19	47
27	Bradley	280	↑4	57
28	Douglas	261	↓3	33
29	Craig	249	↑3	41
30	Peter	231	↓1	39
31	Anthony	227	↓4	21
32	Dean	224	↓2	78
33	Charles	223	↑7	20
34	Ronald	212	↓6	25
35	Jon	209	–	65
36	Shawn	198	↑14	43
37	Stephen	198	↑2	27
38	Andrew	197	↑8	34
39	Donald	197	↑2	29
40	Kenneth	191	↓7	23
41	Chad	188	↓4	>100
42	Gary	188	↓8	32
43	Joel	187	↓5	80
44	Keith	169	↓8	35
45	Dennis	163	↓2	45
46	Randy	155	↓4	54
47	Jay	148	↑2	88
48	Sean	144	new	37
49	Terry	138	↓2	48
50	Dale	134	↓2	91

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