Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1977

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (1,310 babies) and Michael for boys (1,199). Social Security records list 54,652 babies born in Minnesota in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1977

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

Girls

Joleen: 22 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Kari: 194 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Molly: 163 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jolene: 59 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Mollie: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Heidi: 231 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kirsten: 43 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shari: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kami: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Katie: 143 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Bjorn: 18 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Brady: 31 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Darin: 46 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Nathanael: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ross: 56 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Wade: 58 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lucas: 62 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Luke: 67 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Erik: 146 babies, 3× the national rate
Jesse: 291 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,310	–	1
2	Jessica	805	↑1	4
3	Sarah	753	↑2	11
4	Amy	729	↓2	3
5	Melissa	654	↑1	2
6	Angela	633	↓2	6
7	Kelly	505	↑6	10
8	Heather	482	↓1	5
9	Michelle	440	↑1	7
10	Nicole	430	↑1	15
11	Sara	423	↓3	27
12	Rebecca	378	–	17
13	Elizabeth	355	↑7	13
14	Lisa	355	↓5	12
15	Stephanie	290	↑1	14
16	Amanda	281	↑11	9
17	Laura	274	↑1	20
18	Erin	263	↑7	23
19	Shannon	262	↓5	19
20	Kimberly	256	↓5	8
21	Christina	249	↑10	16
22	Carrie	241	↑1	28
23	Jill	240	↑5	41
24	Julie	239	↓7	22
25	Andrea	236	↑4	24
26	Heidi	231	↓2	81
27	Jamie	228	↓6	18
28	Rachel	221	↓9	26
29	Katherine	209	↑17	44
30	Emily	196	↑6	37
31	Stacy	196	↓5	42
32	Kari	194	↓10	>100
33	Christine	192	↓3	30
34	Tara	174	↓2	35
35	Molly	163	↑8	>100
36	Amber	159	↑12	33
37	Mary	155	↓3	21
38	Kathryn	145	new	70
39	Katie	143	new	>100
40	Kristin	141	↑7	82
41	Jodi	140	↓4	>100
42	Megan	138	↓7	54
43	Tracy	138	↓3	50
44	Dawn	136	↓11	43
45	Holly	133	↑4	52
46	Tanya	121	↓7	67
47	Tina	118	↓3	58
48	Lori	114	↓10	57
49	Anne	113	↑1	>100
50	April	112	new	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Michael	1,199	–	1
2	Jason	1,107	–	2
3	Matthew	931	–	9
4	Ryan	895	↑1	16
5	Christopher	767	↓1	3
6	Brian	732	–	8
7	Daniel	710	↑1	11
8	Jeremy	649	↓1	15
9	David	601	–	4
10	Joshua	594	↑2	14
11	John	578	↑8	7
12	Joseph	557	↑4	10
13	Eric	554	↓2	17
14	Andrew	548	↑4	24
15	James	492	↑2	5
16	Jeffrey	482	↓1	19
17	Chad	476	↓7	34
18	Nathan	468	↓5	36
19	Benjamin	423	↑4	29
20	Scott	396	↓6	27
21	Timothy	396	↑3	18
22	Aaron	389	–	32
23	Justin	386	↑5	30
24	Robert	381	↓4	6
25	Paul	346	–	31
26	Mark	334	↓5	25
27	Thomas	329	↑3	22
28	Anthony	325	↓1	21
29	Adam	322	–	33
30	Steven	301	↓4	23
31	Jesse	291	↑2	54
32	Kevin	287	–	13
33	William	266	↑1	12
34	Shawn	259	↓3	37
35	Nicholas	226	new	51
36	Patrick	220	↑4	40
37	Travis	217	↑1	44
38	Bradley	208	↓2	49
39	Jacob	206	↑5	56
40	Jonathan	203	↓5	28
41	Richard	202	↓4	20
42	Cory	198	new	67
43	Brandon	196	↓2	41
44	Peter	196	↓2	55
45	Gregory	171	–	35
46	Brent	169	↓7	85
47	Charles	160	–	26
48	Corey	158	↑2	52
49	Todd	158	↓3	50
50	Troy	152	↓7	88

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