Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1972

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (1,489 babies) and Jason for boys (1,268). Jason ranked #7 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 50,850 babies born in Minnesota in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1972

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: 165 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Nicolle: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Janelle: 45 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Renae: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Janell: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Janel: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jody: 108 babies, 4× the national rate
Jolene: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Molly: 77 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Darcy: 32 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Robb: 16 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Cory: 139 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ross: 46 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Chad: 835 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Wade: 65 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lyle: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dean: 90 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Troy: 324 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Darin: 57 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Luke: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,489	–	1
2	Amy	713	–	5
3	Michelle	650	–	2
4	Lisa	581	–	3
5	Melissa	448	↑2	7
6	Julie	411	↓1	12
7	Angela	405	↑1	6
8	Kimberly	402	↓2	4
9	Nicole	390	↑8	10
10	Heather	362	↓1	9
11	Rebecca	277	↑3	14
12	Kelly	270	↓2	23
13	Stacy	263	↑15	33
14	Stephanie	263	↑11	8
15	Shannon	260	↓4	22
16	Heidi	252	↑3	64
17	Sarah	249	↑4	49
18	Christine	242	↓3	16
19	Lori	225	↓6	28
20	Tammy	221	↓8	11
21	Dawn	218	↓3	20
22	Susan	215	↓6	24
23	Tracy	214	–	19
24	Jill	210	↑5	62
25	Mary	206	↓1	13
26	Laura	205	↓4	17
27	Jessica	201	↑5	46
28	Tina	201	↓1	18
29	Brenda	193	↓9	44
30	Sara	190	↑1	>100
31	Elizabeth	188	↑3	15
32	Jodi	181	↓6	97
33	Andrea	169	↑4	30
34	Kari	165	↑1	>100
35	Carrie	161	↑4	53
36	Karen	160	–	21
37	Kristin	159	↓4	67
38	Tara	159	new	38
39	Rachel	156	↑7	40
40	Wendy	147	↓10	29
41	Tanya	145	new	54
42	Denise	142	↑2	35
43	Ann	132	↓5	91
44	Pamela	130	↓4	34
45	Kristine	127	↓2	>100
46	Tamara	127	↓4	84
47	Christina	125	new	26
48	Michele	124	new	36
49	Teresa	123	↓8	39
50	Holly	116	new	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jason	1,268	↑1	7
2	Michael	1,118	↓1	1
3	Christopher	926	↑2	2
4	Chad	835	↑3	25
5	David	761	↓2	4
6	Brian	728	↑4	8
7	Scott	673	↓3	11
8	Daniel	615	↑3	15
9	John	615	↓3	5
10	James	573	↓1	3
11	Matthew	571	↑4	10
12	Jeffrey	548	–	17
13	Robert	519	↓5	6
14	Eric	516	↑3	16
15	Mark	504	↓2	18
16	Timothy	414	–	21
17	Steven	395	↓3	19
18	Thomas	388	–	20
19	Todd	354	–	31
20	Paul	353	–	24
21	Kevin	341	–	13
22	Joseph	332	↑2	12
23	Troy	324	↓1	49
24	William	308	↓1	9
25	Jeremy	302	↑7	42
26	Ryan	297	↑13	39
27	Shawn	270	↑1	28
28	Richard	262	↓3	14
29	Andrew	257	↑2	30
30	Patrick	244	↓4	35
31	Aaron	240	↑4	40
32	Gregory	238	↓3	26
33	Anthony	235	↓6	22
34	Bradley	212	↓4	61
35	Peter	200	↑1	48
36	Jonathan	176	↑2	37
37	Craig	173	↓4	46
38	Charles	169	↓4	23
39	Brent	166	↓2	77
40	Joel	158	↑4	78
41	Nathan	154	new	79
42	Derek	153	↑8	67
43	Jon	151	↓1	89
44	Sean	151	↑1	33
45	Douglas	150	↓5	43
46	Shane	148	↓5	55
47	Erik	144	new	86
48	Travis	142	new	57
49	Cory	139	–	>100
50	Keith	137	↓2	38

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