Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1973

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (1,372 babies) and Jason for boys (1,321). Jason ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 48,359 babies born in Minnesota in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1973

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: 164 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Janelle: 53 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Renae: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jolene: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Janell: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Molly: 84 babies, 4× the national rate
Sara: 203 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jody: 97 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Heidi: 249 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jodi: 167 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Jamison: 28 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Wade: 79 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cory: 139 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jess: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ross: 42 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Chad: 738 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Troy: 292 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Darrin: 38 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kris: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Darin: 55 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,372	–	1
2	Amy	769	–	2
3	Michelle	597	–	3
4	Heather	495	↑6	8
5	Lisa	495	↓1	5
6	Melissa	451	↓1	6
7	Angela	381	–	7
8	Nicole	379	↑1	11
9	Julie	365	↓3	12
10	Kimberly	356	↓2	4
11	Sarah	313	↑6	35
12	Rebecca	310	↓1	10
13	Stephanie	293	↑1	9
14	Kelly	254	↓2	18
15	Heidi	249	↑1	65
16	Jessica	246	↑11	34
17	Christine	234	↑1	17
18	Shannon	232	↓3	22
19	Tammy	217	↑1	15
20	Tracy	217	↑3	20
21	Dawn	210	–	21
22	Elizabeth	205	↑9	13
23	Stacy	205	↓10	32
24	Sara	203	↑6	89
25	Andrea	196	↑8	30
26	Lori	186	↓7	28
27	Mary	183	↓2	14
28	Tina	172	–	24
29	Brenda	171	–	53
30	Jill	171	↓6	62
31	Susan	171	↓9	25
32	Carrie	168	↑3	46
33	Tara	168	↑5	37
34	Jodi	167	↓2	100
35	Kari	164	↓1	>100
36	Tanya	164	↑5	50
37	Laura	156	↓11	19
38	Rachel	147	↑1	42
39	Karen	143	↓3	23
40	Wendy	136	–	29
41	Ann	131	↑2	93
42	Melanie	130	new	43
43	Kristin	126	↓6	78
44	Christina	117	↑3	16
45	Holly	115	↑5	54
46	Kristine	111	↓1	>100
47	Denise	109	↓5	38
48	Sheila	107	new	>100
49	Pamela	101	↓5	47
50	Jody	97	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jason	1,321	–	3
2	Michael	1,125	–	1
3	Christopher	837	–	2
4	Chad	738	–	25
5	Brian	731	↑1	8
6	Matthew	675	↑5	10
7	David	673	↓2	5
8	Daniel	635	–	11
9	Scott	568	↓2	18
10	John	524	↓1	6
11	James	520	↓1	4
12	Jeffrey	470	–	17
13	Eric	464	↑1	13
14	Mark	453	↑1	15
15	Robert	418	↓2	7
16	Ryan	389	↑10	30
17	Timothy	364	↓1	22
18	Jeremy	354	↑7	33
19	Steven	354	↓2	20
20	Thomas	343	↓2	19
21	Joseph	312	↑1	12
22	Andrew	298	↑7	29
23	Kevin	294	↓2	14
24	Troy	292	↓1	59
25	Paul	291	↓5	24
26	Aaron	282	↑5	34
27	Todd	276	↓8	35
28	Shawn	275	↓1	27
29	William	265	↓5	9
30	Anthony	231	↑3	21
31	Patrick	229	↓1	37
32	Joshua	228	new	42
33	Richard	214	↓5	16
34	Jonathan	211	↑2	31
35	Nathan	210	↑6	63
36	Bradley	193	↓2	62
37	Justin	185	new	51
38	Peter	185	↓3	52
39	Gregory	179	↓7	26
40	Charles	170	↓2	23
41	Shane	165	↑5	54
42	Joel	156	↓2	73
43	Craig	154	↓6	48
44	Brent	152	↓5	80
45	Adam	147	new	45
46	Jamie	147	new	70
47	Benjamin	146	new	55
48	Travis	141	–	53
49	Cory	139	–	>100
50	Keith	138	–	41

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