Baby Names US
Minnesota ★ 1981

Top names in Minnesota, 1981

Jennifer led for girls with 1,159 babies ; Michael for boys with 1,373. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#NameBabies
1 Jennifer 1,159
2 Jessica 977
3 Sarah 864
4 Amanda 746
5 Melissa 661
6 Nicole 582
7 Angela 548
8 Amy 532
9 Rebecca 458
10 Elizabeth 446
11 Sara 424
12 Heather 403
13 Emily 389
14 Katie 384
15 Andrea 358
16 Lisa 350
17 Michelle 346
18 Amber 343
19 Kelly 340
19 Laura 340
21 Stephanie 337
22 Erin 331
23 Rachel 329
24 Kristin 268
25 Kimberly 253
26 Megan 245
27 Katherine 239
28 Jamie 236
29 Heidi 215
30 Christina 209
30 Tiffany 209
32 Julie 207
33 Kathryn 206
34 Crystal 200
35 Shannon 191
36 Danielle 190
37 Anna 185
38 Leah 174
39 Mary 172
40 Molly 165
41 Jill 163
42 Anne 158
43 Lindsay 150
44 Kari 148
45 Tara 145
46 Alicia 144
46 Kristen 144
48 April 143
48 Kristina 143
50 Lindsey 139
51 Stacy 137
52 Christine 128
53 Carrie 123
53 Tanya 123
55 Tracy 119
56 Holly 116
57 Brooke 114
58 Allison 110
59 Ann 104
60 Erica 99
60 Krista 99
60 Melanie 99
63 Dana 96
64 Samantha 92
65 Natalie 89
66 Courtney 87
66 Karen 87
68 Susan 86
69 Dawn 83
69 Theresa 83
71 Alison 82
72 Kathleen 81
73 Bridget 80
73 Jacqueline 80
75 Nichole 79
75 Tina 79
77 Maria 78
78 Ashley 75
78 Cassandra 75
78 Gina 75
81 Jenny 74
82 Catherine 72
82 Meghan 72
84 Teresa 70
85 Bethany 69
86 Beth 66
86 Kristine 66
86 Lori 66
89 Kristi 65
90 Jenna 64
91 Alyssa 63
91 Jessie 63
93 Kara 59
94 Brenda 58
94 Marie 58
94 Miranda 58
97 Gretchen 57
97 Lauren 57
97 Pamela 57
97 Patricia 57

Boys

#NameBabies
1 Michael 1,373
2 Matthew 1,233
3 Joshua 963
4 Ryan 944
5 Andrew 819
6 Christopher 800
7 Nicholas 772
8 Daniel 754
9 Joseph 738
10 Jason 735
11 David 713
12 Adam 687
13 Justin 643
14 John 622
15 Brian 571
16 Benjamin 560
17 James 515
18 Eric 490
19 Nathan 471
20 Aaron 452
21 Robert 448
22 Timothy 444
23 Brandon 436
23 Jesse 436
25 Scott 429
26 Jonathan 427
27 Jeremy 412
28 Jeffrey 400
29 Anthony 396
30 Thomas 368
31 Jacob 367
32 Mark 354
33 Steven 333
34 Chad 313
35 Dustin 306
36 Paul 299
37 Travis 294
38 Kevin 290
39 William 272
40 Derek 241
41 Patrick 225
42 Peter 224
43 Bradley 204
44 Kyle 199
45 Richard 190
46 Charles 187
47 Bryan 176
48 Luke 173
49 Lucas 170
50 Shawn 168
51 Erik 159
52 Brent 156
53 Gregory 139
54 Sean 135
55 Joel 134
56 Shane 132
57 Cory 130
58 Jared 125
58 Zachary 125
60 Samuel 120
61 Jeremiah 113
62 Douglas 110
62 Keith 110
62 Stephen 110
65 Mitchell 104
66 Craig 102
66 Todd 102
68 Seth 98
69 Corey 94
70 Casey 91
71 Troy 89
72 Alexander 87
73 Tyler 86
74 Brett 85
74 Jordan 85
74 Phillip 85
77 Nathaniel 76
77 Shaun 76
79 Jamie 73
80 Ross 72
81 Jon 71
81 Philip 71
81 Trevor 71
84 Jay 68
84 Randy 68
86 Kenneth 67
87 Lee 65
88 Donald 64
89 Edward 63
90 Mathew 62
91 Blake 61
92 Cody 52
93 Alan 51
93 Gary 51
93 Ian 51
93 Karl 51
93 Tony 51
98 Carl 50
98 Derrick 50
98 Jeffery 50