Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1971

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (1,282 babies) and Michael for boys (1,345). Social Security records list 56,772 babies born in Minnesota in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1971

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: 15 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Kari: 192 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Jolene: 28 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Janelle: 52 babies, 5× the national rate
Renae: 28 babies, 5× the national rate
Kay: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jodi: 237 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sara: 198 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Darcy: 40 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Deann: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Brant: 22 babies, 6× the national rate
Kraig: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Cory: 140 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Wade: 81 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Chad: 732 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bryce: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Daren: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ross: 47 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Troy: 377 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dean: 108 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,282	–	1
2	Amy	793	↑2	5
3	Michelle	734	–	2
4	Lisa	678	↓2	3
5	Julie	499	–	10
6	Kimberly	482	–	4
7	Melissa	476	–	7
8	Angela	440	–	6
9	Heather	383	↑3	12
10	Kelly	326	↑1	22
11	Shannon	305	↑8	21
12	Tammy	302	↑6	8
13	Lori	288	↑4	25
14	Rebecca	286	↑13	23
15	Christine	281	↓1	18
16	Susan	279	↓7	17
17	Nicole	272	↑12	27
18	Dawn	269	↓8	14
19	Heidi	267	↑4	77
20	Brenda	256	↑6	43
21	Sarah	249	↑13	58
22	Laura	248	↓2	16
23	Tracy	246	↓10	13
24	Mary	240	↓9	9
25	Stephanie	238	↓4	11
26	Jodi	237	↓2	94
27	Tina	229	↑8	20
28	Stacy	217	–	32
29	Jill	209	↓13	59
30	Wendy	204	↓8	29
31	Sara	198	↑10	>100
32	Jessica	195	new	64
33	Kristin	195	↓2	71
34	Elizabeth	194	↓4	19
35	Kari	192	↑1	>100
36	Karen	177	↓11	15
37	Andrea	176	↑11	35
38	Ann	175	↓6	78
39	Carrie	175	new	55
40	Pamela	166	↓7	28
41	Teresa	155	↑3	34
42	Tamara	153	↑3	80
43	Kristine	152	↓4	>100
44	Denise	147	↓7	36
45	Debra	144	↓3	57
46	Rachel	144	new	54
47	Patricia	142	–	26
48	Sandra	137	↓8	31
49	Cynthia	133	↓3	24
50	Theresa	131	new	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	1,345	–	1
2	Jason	1,234	–	8
3	David	911	–	3
4	Scott	887	↑1	10
5	Christopher	807	↑5	6
6	John	756	↓2	4
7	Chad	732	↑12	29
8	Robert	683	↑1	5
9	James	681	↓3	2
10	Brian	674	↑2	9
11	Daniel	658	–	20
12	Jeffrey	651	↓5	12
13	Mark	620	↓5	13
14	Steven	569	↓1	16
15	Matthew	559	↑5	19
16	Timothy	504	↓1	21
17	Eric	494	↑1	18
18	Thomas	486	↓2	17
19	Todd	472	↓5	30
20	Paul	406	↓3	24
21	Kevin	397	↑1	14
22	Troy	377	↑3	46
23	William	360	↓2	7
24	Joseph	350	–	15
25	Richard	344	↓2	11
26	Patrick	282	↑3	35
27	Anthony	278	–	23
28	Shawn	276	↑4	28
29	Gregory	272	↓1	26
30	Bradley	265	↓4	58
31	Andrew	264	–	33
32	Jeremy	245	new	45
33	Craig	212	↓3	43
34	Charles	209	↑1	22
35	Aaron	204	↑13	41
36	Peter	198	↓3	47
37	Brent	181	↑9	73
38	Jonathan	180	↑3	40
39	Ryan	173	new	51
40	Douglas	169	↓6	39
41	Shane	169	↑9	60
42	Jon	163	↓6	78
43	Brett	150	new	90
44	Joel	150	↓6	86
45	Sean	145	–	36
46	Stephen	145	↓6	27
47	Adam	142	new	57
48	Keith	141	↓5	37
49	Cory	140	new	>100
50	Derek	138	new	63

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