Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1983

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (1,045 babies) and Matthew for boys (1,261). Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 59,212 babies born in Minnesota in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1983

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

Girls

Mai: 21 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Greta: 15 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Molly: 170 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kelsey: 81 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kari: 139 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Brianna: 66 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Renae: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Jolene: 44 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Alyssa: 77 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jenna: 70 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Darrin: 30 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Darin: 37 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Reed: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Matt: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Brady: 35 babies, 4× the national rate
Luke: 174 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Reid: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lucas: 134 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Trent: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cole: 63 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,045	–	1
2	Jessica	814	–	2
3	Sarah	780	–	5
4	Amanda	690	–	3
5	Nicole	626	↑1	7
6	Melissa	560	↓1	6
7	Ashley	509	new	4
8	Angela	467	↓1	22
9	Amy	461	↓1	12
10	Elizabeth	446	↓1	10
11	Rachel	417	↑1	20
12	Laura	399	↑7	23
13	Emily	396	↓3	25
14	Erin	387	↑1	18
15	Stephanie	387	↓1	8
16	Megan	386	↑12	21
17	Heather	379	↑3	9
18	Rebecca	368	↓5	19
19	Katie	366	↓3	45
20	Kelly	362	↓3	26
21	Sara	358	↓10	31
22	Michelle	321	↓1	13
23	Amber	312	↓5	17
24	Andrea	311	↓2	30
25	Lisa	287	↓2	27
26	Katherine	273	–	34
27	Jamie	252	–	28
28	Crystal	236	↓4	11
29	Kimberly	235	↑1	15
30	Lindsay	220	↓1	36
31	Kathryn	211	↑5	50
32	Christina	203	↑1	16
33	Lindsey	190	↓2	35
34	Anna	187	↑1	55
35	Kristin	186	↓10	42
36	Cassandra	175	↑3	70
37	Shannon	172	↑4	38
38	Molly	170	↑2	>100
39	Samantha	165	↑11	40
40	Holly	163	↑6	48
41	Danielle	161	↑1	29
42	Heidi	159	↓8	95
43	Tiffany	158	↓5	14
44	Alicia	156	new	41
45	Stacy	155	new	61
46	Carrie	148	new	65
47	Julie	146	↓10	46
48	Christine	144	↑1	47
49	Tara	143	↓5	51
50	Kayla	141	new	81

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Matthew	1,261	–	3
2	Michael	1,225	–	1
3	Andrew	907	↑2	15
4	Christopher	900	↓1	2
5	Daniel	846	↑2	8
6	Ryan	831	–	13
7	Adam	809	↑2	18
8	Joshua	805	↓4	5
9	Joseph	739	↓1	11
10	Nicholas	707	↑1	21
11	David	620	↑1	4
12	Justin	590	↑1	12
13	Brian	583	↑1	14
14	Jason	574	↓4	7
15	Brandon	507	↑11	17
16	John	506	↓1	9
17	Eric	497	↑1	20
18	Jacob	474	↑1	36
19	Benjamin	473	↓3	32
20	Nathan	436	↑1	40
21	Aaron	431	↑1	29
22	Robert	420	↓2	10
23	James	413	↓6	6
24	Jonathan	400	↑4	19
25	Thomas	388	↓1	24
26	Anthony	380	↓3	22
27	Jeffrey	377	–	28
28	Kyle	368	↑12	34
29	Timothy	344	↓4	26
30	Steven	326	↑5	23
31	Travis	325	↑3	41
32	Jeremy	318	↓3	30
33	Scott	308	↓2	38
34	Jesse	307	↓4	46
35	Mark	290	↓3	31
36	Dustin	282	↓3	43
37	William	279	–	16
38	Patrick	271	↑4	37
39	Kevin	268	–	25
40	Chad	255	↑1	49
41	Paul	251	↓5	39
42	Derek	229	↓4	51
43	Peter	200	↑1	59
44	Charles	199	↑1	33
45	Zachary	199	↑2	50
46	Richard	175	↓3	27
47	Luke	174	↑2	>100
48	Tyler	171	new	57
49	Bradley	159	↓3	52
50	Erik	158	–	80

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