Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1969

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1969 were Lisa for girls (1,033 babies) and Michael for boys (1,623). Social Security records list 60,238 babies born in Minnesota in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1969

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: 199 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Janelle: 62 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Jolene: 34 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Molly: 88 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kris: 42 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Darcy: 46 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Renae: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Jodi: 258 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jody: 118 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Janell: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Robb: 28 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Kraig: 19 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Chad: 296 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dean: 214 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ross: 55 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lyle: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Wade: 79 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kris: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cory: 100 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jon: 229 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Lisa	1,033	–	1
2	Michelle	834	–	2
3	Jennifer	768	–	3
4	Amy	698	↑3	6
5	Julie	655	↓1	12
6	Kimberly	533	↓1	4
7	Kelly	424	↑2	15
8	Melissa	412	↑5	5
9	Susan	412	↓3	11
10	Christine	410	–	14
11	Dawn	342	↑1	21
12	Mary	337	↓4	8
13	Lori	335	↓2	20
14	Tammy	332	↑1	9
15	Brenda	316	↑2	38
16	Angela	307	↑3	7
17	Laura	305	↓1	10
18	Tracy	296	↑3	17
19	Jill	294	↓1	51
20	Karen	291	↓6	13
21	Elizabeth	258	↑5	16
22	Jodi	258	↓2	95
23	Stephanie	253	↑12	19
24	Rebecca	251	↑5	28
25	Heather	250	new	34
26	Pamela	229	↓2	24
27	Kristin	228	↓2	76
28	Shannon	228	new	31
29	Heidi	227	↑3	80
30	Wendy	226	↓7	29
31	Ann	221	↓9	57
32	Debra	217	↑1	43
33	Stacy	215	↑12	53
34	Nancy	212	↓7	45
35	Kari	199	↑4	>100
36	Cynthia	195	↑10	23
37	Michele	194	↓7	30
38	Denise	192	↑6	35
39	Sarah	191	↑10	72
40	Patricia	185	↓12	18
41	Teresa	184	↓1	32
42	Barbara	181	↓11	39
43	Kristine	179	↓7	>100
44	Tamara	174	new	78
45	Kathleen	172	↓7	42
46	Lynn	167	↓4	>100
47	Deborah	165	↓6	27
48	Sandra	162	↓11	25
49	Tina	158	↓1	22
50	Paula	154	↓16	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	1,623	–	1
2	David	1,222	–	2
3	John	957	–	4
4	Scott	956	↑1	12
5	Mark	888	↓1	8
6	Robert	858	↑1	5
7	James	826	↓1	3
8	Jeffrey	790	–	11
9	Daniel	777	↑1	18
10	Brian	764	↓1	9
11	Steven	728	–	14
12	Christopher	723	↑4	7
13	Todd	663	–	28
14	Thomas	654	↓2	13
15	Jason	643	↑11	25
16	Timothy	633	↓2	17
17	Paul	596	↓2	22
18	Richard	464	↓1	10
19	Eric	455	↑1	21
20	Kevin	436	↓2	16
21	William	399	↑2	6
22	Troy	392	↓3	42
23	Matthew	390	↓1	24
24	Joseph	366	↓3	15
25	Gregory	344	–	26
26	Patrick	341	↓2	31
27	Anthony	300	↑4	20
28	Bradley	298	↓1	53
29	Chad	296	↑12	69
30	Craig	281	↓1	39
31	Douglas	273	↓3	34
32	Peter	258	↓2	43
33	Andrew	237	↑5	33
34	Jon	229	↑1	68
35	Shawn	225	↑1	41
36	Dean	214	↓4	89
37	Kenneth	195	↑3	23
38	Stephen	195	↓1	27
39	Charles	193	↓6	19
40	Gary	188	↑2	35
41	Joel	182	↑2	80
42	Ronald	180	↓8	29
43	Sean	165	↑5	37
44	Donald	163	↓5	30
45	Keith	162	↓1	36
46	Brent	156	new	92
47	Corey	153	new	58
48	Jonathan	152	new	46
49	Dennis	144	↓4	44
50	Shane	137	new	87

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