Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1987

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1987 were Ashley for girls (1,059 babies) and Michael for boys (1,144). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 57,475 babies born in Minnesota in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1987

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: 17 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Greta: 16 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Britta: 20 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Mai: 16 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Gretchen: 31 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Andria: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kelsie: 26 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kelsi: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kirsten: 62 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jolene: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Brady: 93 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Reed: 24 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Reid: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Darrin: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Alec: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lucas: 120 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Cole: 53 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Luke: 131 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Mitchell: 141 babies, 3× the national rate
Grant: 75 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Ashley	1,059	–	2
2	Amanda	846	–	3
3	Jessica	819	–	1
4	Sarah	584	–	5
5	Jennifer	578	–	4
6	Nicole	538	–	8
7	Emily	468	–	19
8	Megan	447	–	12
9	Danielle	413	↑17	14
10	Samantha	412	↑12	11
11	Elizabeth	411	↓2	10
12	Laura	404	↓1	22
13	Rachel	359	–	17
14	Melissa	353	↑5	13
15	Stephanie	352	↓5	6
16	Heather	342	–	9
17	Katie	341	↓5	38
18	Brittany	332	–	7
19	Amber	322	↓5	15
20	Amy	310	↓5	24
21	Sara	301	↓4	29
22	Kayla	293	↑10	27
23	Kelly	276	↓2	30
24	Angela	261	↓4	35
25	Katherine	253	–	28
26	Kelsey	249	↑9	67
27	Michelle	244	↑1	21
28	Rebecca	238	↓5	25
29	Anna	230	↑4	52
30	Erin	229	–	34
31	Jenna	224	↓7	57
32	Andrea	207	↓5	36
33	Allison	188	↑1	44
34	Cassandra	179	↓3	68
35	Molly	173	↑8	97
36	Christina	167	↑2	20
37	Kimberly	165	↓1	23
38	Lisa	165	↑3	40
39	Alyssa	160	new	60
40	Lauren	160	↑8	16
41	Lindsey	160	↓4	41
42	Jamie	154	↓13	39
43	Kathryn	154	↓3	51
44	Alicia	151	–	46
45	Tiffany	149	↑2	18
46	Hannah	141	new	66
47	Lindsay	139	↓8	49
48	Courtney	133	new	33
49	Chelsea	129	new	47
50	Leah	129	–	82

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Michael	1,144	↑1	1
2	Andrew	1,095	↑1	6
3	Matthew	991	↓2	3
4	Daniel	800	↑2	7
5	Nicholas	740	↑2	16
6	Joshua	727	↑2	4
7	Christopher	694	↓3	2
8	Joseph	659	↑1	12
9	Ryan	658	↓4	13
10	David	611	–	5
11	Jacob	595	↑1	31
12	Adam	525	↓1	27
13	Justin	517	↑4	9
14	Kyle	508	–	22
15	Benjamin	472	–	28
16	Brandon	465	↓3	14
17	John	458	↓1	11
18	Anthony	443	↑1	17
19	Thomas	441	↑3	24
20	Eric	419	↓2	21
21	Tyler	410	↑2	39
22	Brian	394	↑3	20
23	Jason	367	↓3	23
24	Nathan	353	↑2	45
25	Robert	350	↓4	10
26	Alexander	345	↑5	37
27	James	342	↓3	8
28	Zachary	332	↑11	33
29	Kevin	326	↑1	19
30	Travis	320	↑10	42
31	Jonathan	307	↓3	18
32	Timothy	305	↓3	26
33	Jeffrey	297	↑1	32
34	Aaron	295	↓7	34
35	Steven	288	↓3	25
36	Derek	284	↑9	54
37	Scott	273	↓2	43
38	Dustin	260	↓2	44
39	William	257	↓1	15
40	Mark	229	↑3	36
41	Jordan	228	↑5	52
42	Jeremy	225	↓9	29
43	Samuel	224	new	50
44	Patrick	222	↓3	41
45	Paul	218	↓3	46
46	Cody	213	new	49
47	Peter	203	↓3	64
48	Jesse	187	↓11	55
49	Charles	182	–	35
50	Bryan	168	new	51

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