Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1970

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1970 were Jennifer for girls (1,152 babies) and Michael for boys (1,568). Social Security records list 62,267 babies born in Minnesota in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1970

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: 196 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Jolene: 36 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Janelle: 56 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Renae: 29 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Nicolle: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kris: 30 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Marni: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Molly: 78 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Deann: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jodi: 266 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Cory: 133 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Chad: 489 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Robb: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Loren: 37 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Wade: 91 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Darin: 89 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ross: 50 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dean: 161 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Trevor: 54 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jayson: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,152	↑2	1
2	Lisa	867	↓1	2
3	Michelle	829	↓1	4
4	Amy	726	–	5
5	Julie	625	–	11
6	Kimberly	505	–	3
7	Melissa	456	↑1	7
8	Angela	392	↑8	6
9	Susan	390	–	15
10	Dawn	372	↑1	16
11	Kelly	369	↓4	20
12	Heather	357	↑13	19
13	Tracy	353	↑5	10
14	Christine	349	↓4	14
15	Mary	344	↓3	9
16	Jill	317	↑3	52
17	Lori	315	↓4	23
18	Tammy	309	↓4	8
19	Shannon	297	↑9	22
20	Laura	278	↓3	13
21	Stephanie	276	↑2	17
22	Wendy	271	↑8	28
23	Heidi	268	↑6	81
24	Jodi	266	↓2	95
25	Karen	262	↓5	12
26	Brenda	261	↓11	40
27	Rebecca	252	↓3	29
28	Stacy	251	↑5	42
29	Nicole	244	new	30
30	Elizabeth	242	↓9	18
31	Kristin	241	↓4	63
32	Ann	228	↓1	62
33	Pamela	218	↓7	26
34	Sarah	217	↑5	65
35	Tina	217	↑14	21
36	Kari	196	↓1	>100
37	Denise	195	↑1	36
38	Michele	185	↓1	31
39	Kristine	182	↑4	>100
40	Sandra	175	↑8	27
41	Sara	174	new	>100
42	Debra	168	↓10	47
43	Nancy	166	↓9	50
44	Teresa	165	↓3	34
45	Tamara	163	↓1	79
46	Cynthia	162	↓10	25
47	Patricia	161	↓7	24
48	Andrea	160	new	43
49	Cheryl	156	new	44
50	Paula	152	–	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	1,568	–	1
2	Jason	1,143	↑13	13
3	David	1,135	↓1	3
4	John	948	↓1	4
5	Scott	925	↓1	12
6	James	882	↑1	2
7	Jeffrey	819	↑1	11
8	Mark	809	↓3	9
9	Robert	808	↓3	5
10	Christopher	780	↑2	6
11	Daniel	775	↓2	19
12	Brian	744	↓2	8
13	Steven	623	↓2	15
14	Todd	603	↓1	28
15	Timothy	600	↑1	20
16	Thomas	598	↓2	17
17	Paul	573	–	23
18	Eric	519	↑1	18
19	Chad	489	↑10	51
20	Matthew	467	↑3	24
21	William	460	–	7
22	Kevin	448	↓2	14
23	Richard	437	↓5	10
24	Joseph	426	–	16
25	Troy	414	↓3	41
26	Bradley	354	↑2	47
27	Anthony	316	–	22
28	Gregory	297	↓3	26
29	Patrick	297	↓3	33
30	Craig	286	–	39
31	Andrew	282	↑2	32
32	Shawn	278	↑3	34
33	Peter	255	↓1	44
34	Douglas	223	↓3	36
35	Charles	220	↑4	21
36	Jon	205	↓2	68
37	Gary	189	↑3	35
38	Joel	184	↑3	82
39	Ronald	177	↑3	29
40	Stephen	176	↓2	27
41	Jonathan	174	↑7	42
42	Kenneth	170	↓5	25
43	Keith	169	↑2	38
44	Donald	168	–	30
45	Sean	167	↓2	37
46	Brent	163	–	74
47	Dean	161	↓11	>100
48	Aaron	159	new	52
49	Corey	156	↓2	84
50	Shane	150	–	64

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