Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1982

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (1,122 babies) and Matthew for boys (1,317). Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 62,005 babies born in Minnesota in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1982

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: 15 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Mai: 22 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Maren: 19 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Greta: 17 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Molly: 177 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kari: 166 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kelsey: 56 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Renae: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Jolene: 50 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Heidi: 210 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Brady: 43 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Reid: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Luke: 165 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cole: 50 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Wade: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Trent: 33 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lucas: 133 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ross: 72 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Karl: 47 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jacob: 474 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,122	–	1
2	Jessica	1,003	–	2
3	Sarah	894	–	4
4	Amanda	759	–	3
5	Melissa	612	–	5
6	Nicole	579	–	6
7	Angela	507	–	16
8	Amy	496	–	10
9	Elizabeth	448	↑1	8
10	Emily	430	↑3	24
11	Sara	413	–	28
12	Rachel	403	↑11	21
13	Rebecca	401	↓4	15
14	Stephanie	399	↑7	7
15	Erin	396	↑7	20
16	Katie	381	↓2	45
17	Kelly	372	↑2	25
18	Amber	365	–	18
19	Laura	365	↑1	22
20	Heather	353	↓8	12
21	Michelle	347	↓4	11
22	Andrea	308	↓7	27
23	Lisa	308	↓7	23
24	Crystal	282	↑10	9
25	Kristin	261	↓1	37
26	Katherine	258	↑1	36
27	Jamie	256	↑1	29
28	Megan	253	↓2	34
29	Lindsay	244	↑14	39
30	Kimberly	237	↓5	14
31	Lindsey	233	↑19	40
32	Mary	224	↑7	30
33	Christina	221	↓3	19
34	Heidi	210	↓5	86
35	Anna	204	↑2	56
36	Kathryn	194	↓3	48
37	Julie	192	↓5	41
38	Tiffany	186	↓7	13
39	Cassandra	179	new	62
40	Molly	177	–	>100
41	Shannon	174	↓6	38
42	Danielle	173	↓6	31
43	Kari	166	↑1	>100
44	Tara	154	↑1	47
45	April	150	↑3	32
46	Holly	150	new	61
47	Leah	150	↓9	79
48	Kristen	147	↓1	33
49	Christine	145	new	46
50	Samantha	140	new	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Matthew	1,317	↑1	3
2	Michael	1,302	↓1	1
3	Christopher	965	↑3	2
4	Joshua	927	↓1	7
5	Andrew	865	–	17
6	Ryan	850	↓2	13
7	Daniel	811	↑1	10
8	Joseph	745	↑1	11
9	Adam	739	↑3	19
10	Jason	719	–	4
11	Nicholas	679	↓4	22
12	David	670	↓1	5
13	Justin	665	–	12
14	Brian	577	↑1	14
15	John	564	↓1	8
16	Benjamin	539	–	33
17	James	486	–	6
18	Eric	483	–	20
19	Jacob	474	↑12	41
20	Robert	463	↑1	9
21	Nathan	460	↓2	36
22	Aaron	455	↓2	30
23	Anthony	434	↑6	21
24	Thomas	432	↑6	23
25	Timothy	428	↓3	24
26	Brandon	403	↓3	18
27	Jeffrey	401	↑1	29
28	Jonathan	401	↓2	16
29	Jeremy	370	↓2	28
30	Jesse	345	↓6	43
31	Scott	337	↓6	34
32	Mark	332	–	32
33	Dustin	327	↑2	42
34	Travis	315	↑3	39
35	Steven	309	↓2	26
36	Paul	306	–	35
37	William	289	↑2	15
38	Derek	280	↑2	50
39	Kevin	267	↓1	25
40	Kyle	264	↑4	47
41	Chad	257	↓7	48
42	Patrick	245	↓1	37
43	Richard	237	↑2	27
44	Peter	228	↓2	57
45	Charles	193	↑1	31
46	Bradley	180	↓3	51
47	Zachary	177	new	55
48	Sean	172	new	44
49	Luke	165	↓1	>100
50	Erik	161	new	80

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