Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1980

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (1,146 babies) and Michael for boys (1,351). Social Security records list 61,600 babies born in Minnesota in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1980

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

Girls

Maren: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Mara: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kari: 144 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Molly: 168 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Renae: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Sadie: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jolene: 47 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Breanna: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jesse: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Karin: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Brady: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Darin: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Luke: 187 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mitchell: 76 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dean: 40 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jesse: 400 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lucas: 143 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Nathan: 498 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ross: 48 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Wade: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,146	–	1
2	Jessica	907	↑1	3
3	Sarah	865	↑1	5
4	Melissa	785	↓2	4
5	Amanda	782	↑1	2
6	Angela	590	↓1	12
7	Amy	566	–	8
8	Nicole	564	–	7
9	Elizabeth	480	↑6	9
10	Sara	451	↑3	27
11	Michelle	408	–	10
12	Heather	399	↓2	6
13	Kelly	396	↓4	19
14	Rebecca	388	–	17
15	Stephanie	387	↑3	13
16	Lisa	375	↓4	16
17	Erin	366	↑3	20
18	Katie	333	↑1	44
19	Laura	310	↓3	21
20	Emily	304	↑2	31
21	Andrea	285	↓4	28
22	Rachel	285	↓1	23
23	Amber	280	↑6	22
24	Kimberly	268	–	11
25	Katherine	261	–	35
26	Jamie	257	↑4	24
27	Megan	250	–	30
28	Heidi	240	↓2	79
29	Christina	236	↓6	15
30	Shannon	211	↑2	29
31	Julie	206	↓3	32
32	Kristin	206	↑5	37
33	Tiffany	202	↑16	14
34	Jill	200	↓3	66
35	Kathryn	197	↑4	50
36	Stacy	190	↓3	53
37	Crystal	189	↑5	18
38	Mary	178	↓3	25
39	Anna	175	↑7	55
40	Molly	168	↓2	>100
41	Carrie	167	↓5	46
42	Danielle	165	↑5	33
43	Holly	154	↑1	52
44	Leah	150	new	84
45	Anne	148	↓2	>100
46	Christine	145	↓12	41
47	Kari	144	↑3	>100
48	Tara	144	↓8	43
49	April	141	↓1	26
50	Kristina	140	↓5	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	1,351	–	1
2	Matthew	1,099	–	6
3	Joshua	981	↑1	7
4	Ryan	887	↑2	15
5	Jason	885	↓2	3
6	Christopher	837	↓1	2
7	Andrew	783	↑1	19
8	Nicholas	777	↓1	17
9	Daniel	762	–	11
10	Joseph	719	↑2	10
11	Justin	708	↑9	13
12	David	704	↓2	4
13	Adam	683	↑2	22
14	Brian	605	↓3	12
15	John	605	↓2	8
16	Eric	587	–	16
17	Benjamin	533	↑4	32
18	James	521	–	5
19	Nathan	498	↓2	36
20	Jeffrey	483	↓1	27
21	Jeremy	477	↓7	18
22	Robert	452	↑1	9
23	Aaron	435	↑1	34
24	Timothy	433	↓2	20
25	Jesse	400	↑5	45
26	Thomas	390	↑2	25
27	Scott	386	↓2	33
28	Chad	362	↓2	39
29	Jacob	361	↑6	43
30	Anthony	352	↓1	24
31	Paul	335	↑2	35
32	Jonathan	334	↑8	21
33	Travis	333	↓1	37
34	Mark	324	↓7	30
35	Brandon	311	↑1	31
36	Steven	279	↓5	28
37	Dustin	277	new	44
38	Patrick	276	–	38
39	William	272	↓2	14
40	Kevin	261	↓6	23
41	Peter	249	↓2	55
42	Richard	212	↑1	26
43	Charles	210	↓2	29
44	Bradley	201	↓2	51
45	Derek	196	new	50
46	Shawn	196	↓2	47
47	Kyle	194	↓2	57
48	Luke	187	new	97
49	Erik	186	↓3	64
50	Gregory	162	↓1	42

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