Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1975

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (1,322 babies) and Jason for boys (1,240). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 51,041 babies born in Minnesota in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1975

Names given at least 15 times in Minnesota that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Nicolle: 19 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Kari: 221 babies, 6× the national rate
Renae: 27 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Janelle: 62 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Molly: 119 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jolene: 73 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Janel: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Sara: 316 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Alissa: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Heidi: 234 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Ross: 60 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kory: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Luke: 56 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Brady: 31 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Wade: 69 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cory: 156 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Trent: 40 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Trevor: 75 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Darin: 48 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jamison: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,322	–	1
2	Amy	893	–	2
3	Angela	644	↑2	5
4	Heather	632	↓1	3
5	Melissa	601	↑1	4
6	Sarah	509	↑2	17
7	Jessica	464	↑3	13
8	Nicole	423	↑1	10
9	Michelle	422	↓5	6
10	Lisa	417	↓3	8
11	Kelly	338	↑2	16
12	Rebecca	330	–	11
13	Sara	316	↑1	54
14	Kimberly	306	↓3	7
15	Stephanie	282	–	9
16	Julie	278	–	18
17	Rachel	247	↑9	26
18	Jill	240	↑4	46
19	Elizabeth	239	↑4	15
20	Heidi	234	↓3	66
21	Laura	229	↑8	20
22	Carrie	222	↑12	29
23	Christine	222	↓4	22
24	Kari	221	↑9	>100
25	Stacy	219	↓5	34
26	Shannon	218	↓8	21
27	Dawn	209	↓6	23
28	Tracy	204	↓3	24
29	Andrea	191	↑2	28
30	Erin	188	↑12	38
31	Tanya	178	↓4	50
32	Christina	171	↑6	12
33	Tina	170	↓9	35
34	Amanda	166	new	14
35	Jodi	158	↓5	94
36	Susan	158	↑4	32
37	Kristin	155	↑2	74
38	Emily	152	new	48
39	Tara	145	↓7	41
40	Mary	141	↓12	19
41	Tammy	138	↓4	31
42	Lori	127	↓7	39
43	Brenda	123	↓7	67
44	Holly	120	↓1	55
45	Molly	119	↑2	>100
46	Katherine	116	↑2	58
47	Karen	114	↓3	27
48	Ann	113	↓7	>100
49	Wendy	112	new	33
50	April	109	new	25

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jason	1,240	–	2
2	Michael	1,182	–	1
3	Matthew	913	↑1	9
4	Christopher	822	↓1	3
5	Ryan	675	↑3	23
6	Brian	669	↓1	8
7	Chad	654	↓1	27
8	David	612	↓1	5
9	Jeremy	582	↑1	24
10	Daniel	569	↓1	11
11	Jeffrey	512	↑2	14
12	Scott	499	–	17
13	John	481	↓2	7
14	Eric	473	–	13
15	James	461	–	4
16	Andrew	455	↑2	28
17	Robert	448	–	6
18	Joshua	426	↑6	26
19	Mark	375	↓3	19
20	Joseph	365	↑2	12
21	Nathan	364	↑9	45
22	Timothy	354	↓1	22
23	Steven	332	↓3	18
24	Shawn	329	↑2	31
25	Benjamin	326	↑4	36
26	Aaron	325	↓7	32
27	Anthony	285	↑5	21
28	Thomas	283	↓5	20
29	Paul	281	↓2	29
30	Kevin	268	↓5	15
31	William	266	↓3	10
32	Adam	253	↑7	38
33	Justin	225	↑4	37
34	Richard	221	↑1	16
35	Bradley	211	↑3	52
36	Jonathan	208	–	30
37	Peter	199	↓3	54
38	Troy	198	↓5	69
39	Jesse	197	↑4	64
40	Todd	197	↓9	43
41	Travis	179	↑3	51
42	Gregory	178	↓2	33
43	Brandon	173	↑5	44
44	Patrick	168	↓3	39
45	Brent	163	↑1	79
46	Craig	159	new	58
47	Shane	158	↓2	57
48	Charles	156	↓6	25
49	Cory	156	new	99
50	Jamie	144	new	62

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