Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1974

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (1,386 babies) and Jason for boys (1,273). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 50,250 babies born in Minnesota in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1974

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: 167 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Joleen: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Renae: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Molly: 111 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jolene: 72 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Janelle: 41 babies, 4× the national rate
Sara: 288 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kristine: 107 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Leann: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Heidi: 260 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Hans: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Darin: 74 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ross: 48 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Wade: 75 babies, 4× the national rate
Cory: 140 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Chad: 708 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bryce: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Troy: 229 babies, 3× the national rate
Trent: 32 babies, 3× the national rate
Jon: 132 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,386	–	1
2	Amy	836	–	2
3	Heather	606	↑1	4
4	Michelle	553	↓1	3
5	Angela	504	↑2	5
6	Melissa	473	–	7
7	Lisa	421	↓2	8
8	Sarah	416	↑3	20
9	Nicole	397	↓1	11
10	Jessica	394	↑6	17
11	Kimberly	354	↓1	6
12	Rebecca	334	–	10
13	Kelly	292	↑1	15
14	Sara	288	↑10	61
15	Stephanie	286	↓2	9
16	Julie	280	↓7	14
17	Heidi	260	↓2	60
18	Shannon	235	–	18
19	Christine	227	↓2	19
20	Stacy	213	↑3	38
21	Dawn	205	–	22
22	Jill	197	↑8	58
23	Elizabeth	193	↓1	12
24	Tina	190	↑4	25
25	Tracy	190	↓5	23
26	Rachel	187	↑12	36
27	Tanya	184	↑9	46
28	Mary	182	↓1	13
29	Laura	178	↑8	21
30	Jodi	177	↑4	91
31	Andrea	174	↓6	35
32	Tara	172	↑1	39
33	Kari	167	↑2	>100
34	Carrie	162	↓2	42
35	Lori	162	↓9	30
36	Brenda	157	↓7	59
37	Tammy	157	↓18	24
38	Christina	156	↑6	16
39	Kristin	152	↑4	72
40	Susan	145	↓9	27
41	Ann	137	–	100
42	Erin	133	new	47
43	Holly	126	↑2	56
44	Karen	118	↓5	26
45	Michele	114	new	50
46	Melanie	112	↓4	51
47	Molly	111	new	>100
48	Katherine	110	new	62
49	Kristine	107	↓3	>100
50	Kristen	106	new	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jason	1,273	–	2
2	Michael	1,140	–	1
3	Christopher	803	–	3
4	Matthew	796	↑2	9
5	Brian	719	–	8
6	Chad	708	↓2	26
7	David	658	–	4
8	Ryan	571	↑8	25
9	Daniel	570	↓1	11
10	Jeremy	554	↑8	24
11	John	531	↓1	6
12	Scott	509	↓3	18
13	Jeffrey	505	↓1	15
14	Eric	494	↓1	13
15	James	467	↓4	5
16	Mark	466	↓2	16
17	Robert	413	↓2	7
18	Andrew	399	↑4	28
19	Aaron	386	↑7	32
20	Steven	368	↓1	19
21	Timothy	358	↓4	22
22	Joseph	337	↓1	12
23	Thomas	330	↓3	20
24	Joshua	329	↑8	29
25	Kevin	306	↓2	14
26	Shawn	275	↑2	30
27	Paul	273	↓2	27
28	William	269	↑1	10
29	Benjamin	253	↑18	46
30	Nathan	249	↑5	52
31	Todd	241	↓4	39
32	Anthony	238	↓2	21
33	Troy	229	↓9	63
34	Peter	210	↑4	50
35	Richard	209	↓2	17
36	Jonathan	207	↓2	33
37	Justin	198	–	43
38	Bradley	196	↓2	58
39	Adam	193	↑6	36
40	Gregory	185	↓1	31
41	Patrick	179	↓10	38
42	Charles	175	↓2	23
43	Jesse	171	new	67
44	Travis	166	↑4	54
45	Shane	155	↓4	56
46	Brent	146	↓2	76
47	Joel	144	↓5	75
48	Brandon	141	new	51
49	Bryan	141	new	45
50	Corey	140	new	77

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