Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1985

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1985 were Amanda for girls (893 babies) and Matthew for boys (1,235). Amanda ranked #4 nationally for girls. Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 60,170 babies born in Minnesota in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1985

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, 9.8× the national rate
Mai: 23 babies, 8× the national rate
Kelsey: 145 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Chelsie: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Mara: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Sonja: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Chelsey: 56 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kari: 115 babies, 4× the national rate
Gretchen: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
Renae: 16 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Lukas: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Brady: 65 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Darrin: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Reid: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Darin: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Alec: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cole: 70 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Luke: 151 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Wade: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Mitchell: 124 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Amanda	893	↑1	4
2	Ashley	893	↑3	2
3	Jennifer	878	↓2	3
4	Jessica	800	↓1	1
5	Nicole	627	↑1	7
6	Sarah	605	↓2	5
7	Laura	513	↑5	14
8	Megan	477	↑3	10
9	Elizabeth	453	–	9
10	Emily	445	↓2	24
11	Melissa	424	↓4	11
12	Stephanie	421	↑1	6
13	Heather	415	↑2	8
14	Amy	412	↓4	20
15	Katie	396	↑1	39
16	Rachel	395	↓2	13
17	Sara	357	↑6	30
18	Amber	348	↑1	16
19	Angela	342	↓2	31
20	Rebecca	307	↑1	25
21	Danielle	301	↑3	18
22	Erin	294	↓2	26
23	Andrea	290	↑3	33
24	Jenna	290	↑4	50
25	Kelly	287	↓7	28
26	Katherine	276	↓1	32
27	Brittany	265	↑22	17
28	Jamie	255	↑4	27
29	Michelle	248	↓7	22
30	Anna	237	↑3	54
31	Lindsey	232	↓4	37
32	Cassandra	225	↑2	62
33	Samantha	224	↑6	29
34	Lisa	211	↓5	36
35	Christina	208	↑1	12
36	Kimberly	207	↑1	19
37	Kathryn	186	↓2	48
38	Lindsay	186	↓8	40
39	Crystal	182	↓8	21
40	Christine	170	↑2	44
41	Allison	161	↑9	46
42	Molly	153	↑4	>100
43	Kristin	151	↓2	49
44	Alicia	146	↓4	45
45	Heidi	145	↓1	>100
46	Kelsey	145	new	>100
47	Mary	144	↓2	35
48	Kristina	142	new	57
49	Tara	142	new	51
50	Tiffany	140	↓12	23

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Matthew	1,235	–	3
2	Michael	1,146	–	1
3	Andrew	989	↑3	11
4	Daniel	901	↓1	5
5	Joshua	866	↑3	4
6	Ryan	806	↓2	12
7	Christopher	794	↓2	2
8	Joseph	726	↑1	10
9	Nicholas	713	↑2	19
10	David	652	–	6
11	Adam	629	↓4	22
12	Jacob	566	↑1	35
13	John	541	↓1	9
14	Brandon	532	↑4	13
15	Eric	500	↑1	21
16	Anthony	486	↑4	20
17	Justin	475	↑2	15
18	Robert	454	↑6	8
19	Benjamin	452	↓2	31
20	Jason	449	↓5	14
21	Kyle	444	↑7	27
22	James	441	–	7
23	Brian	407	↓9	18
24	Thomas	407	↓1	25
25	Nathan	396	↓4	40
26	Timothy	387	–	26
27	Jonathan	365	–	17
28	Tyler	355	↑4	43
29	Jeffrey	353	–	29
30	Aaron	340	↓5	33
31	Steven	331	–	24
32	Scott	313	↑2	44
33	Dustin	309	–	41
34	Kevin	308	↑3	23
35	William	290	↑4	16
36	Mark	279	↓6	32
37	Jesse	270	↑5	51
38	Zachary	262	↑7	39
39	Jeremy	256	↓3	30
40	Travis	256	↓5	46
41	Patrick	242	↓1	37
42	Paul	240	↓4	42
43	Derek	236	↑1	56
44	Peter	234	↓3	60
45	Alexander	211	↑4	50
46	Chad	187	↓3	57
47	Bradley	181	–	53
48	Samuel	177	new	54
49	Charles	175	↓1	34
50	Richard	163	↓4	28

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