Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1976

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (1,272 babies) and Michael for boys (1,143). Social Security records list 51,079 babies born in Minnesota in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1976

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: 220 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Renae: 24 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Molly: 127 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Janel: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jolene: 45 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kirsten: 42 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Sara: 451 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Krista: 89 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Katie: 88 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Heidi: 213 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Jed: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Wade: 69 babies, 4× the national rate
Nathan: 485 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brent: 185 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ross: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Trent: 31 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kory: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Luke: 49 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Darin: 35 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Chad: 550 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,272	–	1
2	Amy	803	–	2
3	Jessica	662	↑4	8
4	Angela	645	↓1	5
5	Sarah	577	↑1	15
6	Melissa	568	↓1	3
7	Heather	510	↓3	4
8	Sara	451	↑5	27
9	Lisa	413	↑1	9
10	Michelle	412	↓1	6
11	Nicole	387	↓3	13
12	Rebecca	333	–	12
13	Kelly	318	↓2	19
14	Shannon	307	↑12	17
15	Kimberly	291	↓1	7
16	Stephanie	271	↓1	11
17	Julie	256	↓1	21
18	Laura	256	↑3	20
19	Rachel	253	↓2	23
20	Elizabeth	252	↓1	16
21	Jamie	235	new	18
22	Kari	220	↑2	>100
23	Carrie	217	↓1	28
24	Heidi	213	↓4	70
25	Erin	212	↑5	24
26	Stacy	212	↓1	38
27	Amanda	200	↑7	10
28	Jill	200	↓10	52
29	Andrea	196	–	25
30	Christine	179	↓7	26
31	Christina	170	↑1	14
32	Tara	170	↑7	42
33	Dawn	167	↓6	35
34	Mary	156	↑6	22
35	Megan	149	new	62
36	Emily	141	↑2	50
37	Jodi	141	↓2	>100
38	Lori	136	↑4	47
39	Tanya	135	↓8	61
40	Tracy	135	↓12	37
41	Tammy	131	–	41
42	Susan	130	↓6	40
43	Molly	127	↑2	>100
44	Tina	127	↓11	48
45	Jaime	126	new	29
46	Katherine	123	–	57
47	Kristin	123	↓10	74
48	Amber	120	new	49
49	Holly	119	↓5	56
50	Anne	116	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	1,143	↑1	1
2	Jason	1,118	↓1	2
3	Matthew	916	–	9
4	Christopher	809	–	3
5	Ryan	733	–	16
6	Brian	685	–	8
7	Jeremy	681	↑2	14
8	Daniel	611	↑2	10
9	David	595	↓1	4
10	Chad	550	↓3	29
11	Eric	536	↑3	13
12	Joshua	485	↑6	18
13	Nathan	485	↑8	39
14	Scott	476	↓2	24
15	Jeffrey	468	↓4	17
16	Joseph	467	↑4	12
17	James	447	↓2	5
18	Andrew	442	↓2	27
19	John	434	↓6	6
20	Robert	427	↓3	7
21	Mark	390	↓2	25
22	Aaron	379	↑4	30
23	Benjamin	359	↑2	32
24	Timothy	325	↓2	21
25	Paul	309	↑4	28
26	Steven	301	↓3	20
27	Anthony	300	–	22
28	Justin	297	↑5	33
29	Adam	292	↑3	36
30	Thomas	284	↓2	23
31	Shawn	281	↓7	34
32	Kevin	271	↓2	15
33	Jesse	247	↑6	55
34	William	238	↓3	11
35	Jonathan	217	↑1	31
36	Bradley	197	↓1	51
37	Richard	194	↓3	19
38	Travis	194	↑3	46
39	Brent	185	↑6	78
40	Patrick	185	↑4	41
41	Brandon	178	↑2	40
42	Peter	176	↓5	54
43	Troy	167	↓5	73
44	Jacob	165	new	63
45	Gregory	162	↓3	35
46	Todd	159	↓6	50
47	Charles	156	↑1	26
48	Shane	153	↓1	57
49	Joel	148	new	72
50	Corey	144	new	64

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