Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1984

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1984 were Jennifer for girls (1,052 babies) and Matthew for boys (1,245). Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 60,270 babies born in Minnesota in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1984

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

Girls

Pa: 19 babies, 20.3× the national rate
Britta: 15 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Maren: 15 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Mai: 23 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Greta: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Brianna: 100 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kelsey: 111 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Molly: 144 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Abbie: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kari: 114 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Darrin: 31 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Brady: 52 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Reid: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lucas: 124 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cole: 68 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Josiah: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Elliot: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Luke: 135 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Wade: 36 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kory: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,052	–	1
2	Amanda	822	↑2	4
3	Jessica	822	↓1	2
4	Sarah	716	↓1	5
5	Ashley	691	↑2	3
6	Nicole	642	↓1	7
7	Melissa	505	↓1	8
8	Emily	467	↑5	24
9	Elizabeth	450	↑1	10
10	Amy	447	↓1	13
11	Megan	414	↑5	11
12	Laura	411	–	19
13	Stephanie	409	↑2	6
14	Rachel	406	↓3	15
15	Heather	386	↑2	9
16	Katie	377	↑3	44
17	Angela	370	↓9	26
18	Kelly	357	↑2	27
19	Amber	349	↑4	18
20	Erin	339	↓6	25
21	Rebecca	332	↓3	23
22	Michelle	306	–	17
23	Sara	304	↓2	32
24	Danielle	284	↑17	16
25	Katherine	281	↑1	30
26	Andrea	266	↓2	28
27	Lindsey	250	↑6	35
28	Jenna	232	new	54
29	Lisa	231	↓4	29
30	Lindsay	220	–	36
31	Crystal	213	↓3	12
32	Jamie	207	↓5	31
33	Anna	203	↑1	57
34	Cassandra	201	↑2	63
35	Kathryn	195	↓4	48
36	Christina	194	↓4	20
37	Kimberly	193	↓8	22
38	Tiffany	191	↑5	14
39	Samantha	184	–	39
40	Alicia	168	↑4	40
41	Kristin	164	↓6	47
42	Christine	156	↑6	43
43	Leah	155	new	83
44	Heidi	153	↓2	>100
45	Mary	149	new	33
46	Molly	144	↓8	>100
47	Holly	136	↓7	53
48	Shannon	135	↓11	37
49	Brittany	133	new	41
50	Allison	129	new	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Matthew	1,245	–	3
2	Michael	1,209	–	1
3	Daniel	897	↑2	6
4	Ryan	872	↑2	12
5	Christopher	868	↓1	2
6	Andrew	863	↓3	14
7	Adam	839	–	18
8	Joshua	837	–	4
9	Joseph	797	–	10
10	David	707	↑1	5
11	Nicholas	689	↓1	20
12	John	526	↑4	8
13	Jacob	525	↑5	37
14	Brian	522	↓1	17
15	Jason	514	↓1	11
16	Eric	513	↑1	22
17	Benjamin	498	↑2	30
18	Brandon	494	↓3	15
19	Justin	482	↓7	13
20	Anthony	449	↑6	21
21	Nathan	433	↓1	38
22	James	426	↑1	7
23	Thomas	421	↑2	25
24	Robert	404	↓2	9
25	Aaron	385	↓4	29
26	Timothy	385	↑3	26
27	Jonathan	379	↓3	19
28	Kyle	364	–	34
29	Jeffrey	336	↓2	28
30	Mark	326	↑5	32
31	Steven	305	↓1	23
32	Tyler	299	↑16	47
33	Dustin	294	↑3	41
34	Scott	282	↓1	39
35	Travis	278	↓4	42
36	Jeremy	276	↓4	31
37	Kevin	275	↑2	24
38	Paul	272	↑3	40
39	William	270	↓2	16
40	Patrick	263	↓2	36
41	Peter	239	↑2	60
42	Jesse	237	↓8	50
43	Chad	228	↓3	51
44	Derek	223	↓2	52
45	Zachary	220	–	45
46	Richard	188	–	27
47	Bradley	184	↑2	53
48	Charles	183	↓4	33
49	Alexander	152	new	54
50	Bryan	145	new	48

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