State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1991 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,411 Minnesota births in 1991 across 1,152 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Minnesota more than they say America.

#73Abbyoutside the national top 200
#91Ellenoutside the national top 200
#94Bradyoutside the national top 200
#93Mackenzie#199 nationally
#98Heidioutside the national top 200
#88Grant#182 nationally
#58Madeline#151 nationally
#70Cole#162 nationally
#88Anne#178 nationally
#98Maxwell#188 nationally
#85Jack#166 nationally
#48Luke#113 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley747US #1
#2Samantha660US #5
#3Jessica573US #2
#4Emily568US #10
#5Amanda551US #4
#6Sarah501US #6
#7Kayla480US #12
#8Brittany450US #3
#9Megan437US #11
#10Rachel423US #14
#11Elizabeth417US #9
#12Nicole405US #15
#13Kelsey389US #26
#14Stephanie347US #7
#15Hannah337US #29
#16Alyssa311US #30
#17Jennifer309US #8
#18Lauren305US #13
#19Laura282US #35
#20Rebecca272US #21
#21Danielle267US #17
#22Amber252US #16
#23Anna252US #46
#24Katherine251US #25
#25Courtney249US #19
#26Alexandra230US #36
#27Melissa224US #20
#28Katie217US #53
#29Brianna214US #51
#30Michelle212US #22
#31Cassandra211US #54
#32Erin208US #44
#33Taylor200US #32
#34Molly199US #74
#35Sara196US #37
#36Amy191US #43
#37Heather191US #23
#38Chelsea187US #18
#39Allison185US #50
#40Kelly185US #42
#41Andrea169US #39
#42Shelby163US #33
#43Angela161US #59
#44Jenna155US #80
#45Caitlin134US #55
#46Kathryn134US #57
#47Tiffany131US #27
#48Leah129US #91
#49Paige129US #76
#50Mary124US #38
#51Mariah122US #69
#52Lindsey121US #52
#53Jamie120US #60
#54Katelyn119US #75
#55Breanna114US #107
#56Christina114US #31
#57Alicia109US #63
#58Madeline106US #151
#59Jordan105US #62
#60Victoria105US #28
#61Abigail102US #92
#62Brooke101US #65
#63Lisa101US #83
#64Haley99US #79
#65Christine98US #73
#66Maria97US #45
#67Brittney93US #58
#68Miranda93US #90
#69Kimberly91US #34
#70Natalie89US #64
#71Julia88US #67
#72Kristina85US #87
#73Abby83
#74Emma83US #123
#75Shannon83US #71
#76Erica82US #40
#77Catherine81US #72
#78Whitney81US #68
#79Kristen80US #48
#80Kristin80US #86
#81Kaitlyn79US #82
#82Holly78US #105
#83Olivia78US #61
#84Alexis77US #47
#85Ariel76US #66
#86Grace76US #133
#87Morgan76US #49
#88Anne75US #178
#89Chelsey75US #129
#90Meghan74US #94
#91Ellen73
#92Kendra72US #118
#93Mackenzie72US #199
#94Tara72US #104
#95Crystal71US #41
#96Marissa71US #81
#97Bethany70US #109
#98Heidi69
#99Rachael69US #114
#100Krista68US #155

Boys

#1Michael1,036US #1
#2Matthew857US #3
#3Andrew850US #5
#4Tyler751US #16
#5Jacob728US #17
#6Nicholas712US #12
#7Joshua699US #4
#8Joseph659US #9
#9Ryan613US #11
#10Daniel567US #6
#11Christopher540US #2
#12Zachary525US #22
#13Cody495US #24
#14Benjamin493US #33
#15Kyle487US #21
#16Brandon473US #15
#17John439US #10
#18Anthony436US #18
#19Alexander430US #26
#20David426US #8
#21Justin415US #14
#22Jordan399US #29
#23James365US #7
#24Adam356US #36
#25Samuel353US #39
#26Thomas353US #28
#27Eric336US #25
#28Nathan335US #42
#29Aaron317US #31
#30Travis286US #44
#31Robert284US #13
#32Kevin271US #23
#33William264US #19
#34Derek260US #59
#35Jonathan253US #20
#36Patrick246US #35
#37Steven232US #27
#38Timothy230US #32
#39Dylan229US #46
#40Mitchell219US #96
#41Alex212US #63
#42Taylor212US #52
#43Brian211US #30
#44Jeffrey208US #45
#45Charles204US #38
#46Jesse193US #51
#47Dustin174US #56
#48Luke171US #113
#49Scott164US #57
#50Lucas159US #107
#51Jared155US #64
#52Paul155US #53
#53Peter152US #77
#54Jeremy149US #43
#55Sean148US #40
#56Jason145US #49
#57Blake143US #86
#58Richard141US #34
#59Erik134US #95
#60Evan129US #70
#61Mark129US #47
#62Shane128US #75
#63Cory127US #74
#64Austin124US #50
#65Trevor121US #69
#66Ethan120US #65
#67Brett117US #88
#68Stephen116US #41
#69Cameron111US #62
#70Cole110US #162
#71Corey110US #58
#72Ian107US #73
#73Casey106US #90
#74Christian103US #48
#75Bradley102US #67
#76Spencer102US #105
#77Caleb101US #78
#78Tanner100US #141
#79Nathaniel97US #84
#80Bryan90US #61
#81Garrett89US #91
#82Logan89US #94
#83Dillon88US #103
#84Isaac84US #130
#85Jack84US #166
#86Shawn83US #71
#87Chad81US #104
#88Grant81US #182
#89Seth78US #99
#90Connor76US #133
#91Chase74US #108
#92Kenneth74US #54
#93Jake73US #119
#94Brady71
#95Colin71US #139
#96Gregory70US #55
#97Brent69US #146
#98Maxwell69US #188
#99Marcus66US #76
#100Devin62US #83

On the move since 1990

Rising

↑38Madeline#58
↑26Christian#74
↑24Julia#71
↑24Dylan#39
↑23Taylor#33
↑22Maria#66
↑21Tanner#78
↑16Victoria#60

Falling

↓25Whitney#78
↓24Meghan#90
↓23Bethany#97
↓21Gregory#96
↓19Kristin#80
↓19Chad#87
↓17Chelsey#89
↓16Bradley#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1990 rankings.