Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1981

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (1,159 babies) and Michael for boys (1,373). Social Security records list 61,942 babies born in Minnesota in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1981

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

Girls

Britta: 20 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Mai: 25 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Maren: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Greta: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Molly: 165 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kelsey: 38 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kari: 148 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Karissa: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Sadie: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jolene: 50 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Tou: 17 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Reed: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Reid: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jed: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Brady: 37 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Darin: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ross: 72 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Luke: 173 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Neal: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dane: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,159	–	1
2	Jessica	977	–	2
3	Sarah	864	–	4
4	Amanda	746	↑1	3
5	Melissa	661	↓1	5
6	Nicole	582	↑2	7
7	Angela	548	↓1	15
8	Amy	532	↓1	6
9	Rebecca	458	↑5	12
10	Elizabeth	446	↓1	9
11	Sara	424	↓1	26
12	Heather	403	–	10
13	Emily	389	↑7	29
14	Katie	384	↑4	44
15	Andrea	358	↑6	24
16	Lisa	350	–	18
17	Michelle	346	↓6	11
18	Amber	343	↑5	20
19	Kelly	340	↓6	23
20	Laura	340	↓1	21
21	Stephanie	337	↓6	8
22	Erin	331	↓5	19
23	Rachel	329	↓1	22
24	Kristin	268	↑8	31
25	Kimberly	253	↓1	13
26	Megan	245	↑1	33
27	Katherine	239	↓2	39
28	Jamie	236	↓2	28
29	Heidi	215	↓1	84
30	Christina	209	↓1	17
31	Tiffany	209	↑2	14
32	Julie	207	↓1	37
33	Kathryn	206	↑2	48
34	Crystal	200	↑3	16
35	Shannon	191	↓5	32
36	Danielle	190	↑6	30
37	Anna	185	↑2	54
38	Leah	174	↑6	81
39	Mary	172	↓1	27
40	Molly	165	–	>100
41	Jill	163	↓7	78
42	Anne	158	↑3	>100
43	Lindsay	150	new	47
44	Kari	148	↑3	>100
45	Tara	145	↑3	45
46	Alicia	144	new	46
47	Kristen	144	new	38
48	April	143	↑1	25
49	Kristina	143	↑1	72
50	Lindsey	139	new	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	1,373	–	1
2	Matthew	1,233	–	3
3	Joshua	963	–	6
4	Ryan	944	–	13
5	Andrew	819	↑2	18
6	Christopher	800	–	2
7	Nicholas	772	↑1	21
8	Daniel	754	↑1	10
9	Joseph	738	↑1	11
10	Jason	735	↓5	4
11	David	713	↑1	5
12	Adam	687	↑1	20
13	Justin	643	↓2	12
14	John	622	↑1	8
15	Brian	571	↓1	14
16	Benjamin	560	↑1	32
17	James	515	↑1	7
18	Eric	490	↓2	17
19	Nathan	471	–	36
20	Aaron	452	↑3	30
21	Robert	448	↑1	9
22	Timothy	444	↑2	24
23	Brandon	436	↑12	19
24	Jesse	436	↑1	37
25	Scott	429	↑2	34
26	Jonathan	427	↑6	16
27	Jeremy	412	↓6	22
28	Jeffrey	400	↓8	29
29	Anthony	396	↑1	23
30	Thomas	368	↓4	26
31	Jacob	367	↓2	43
32	Mark	354	↑2	33
33	Steven	333	↑3	28
34	Chad	313	↓6	47
35	Dustin	306	↑2	42
36	Paul	299	↓5	35
37	Travis	294	↓4	40
38	Kevin	290	↑2	25
39	William	272	–	15
40	Derek	241	↑5	53
41	Patrick	225	↓3	38
42	Peter	224	↓1	55
43	Bradley	204	↑1	50
44	Kyle	199	↑3	52
45	Richard	190	↓3	27
46	Charles	187	↓3	31
47	Bryan	176	new	48
48	Luke	173	–	100
49	Lucas	170	new	89
50	Shawn	168	↓4	49

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