State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1992 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,689 Minnesota births in 1992 across 1,168 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#75Bradyoutside the national top 200
#95Abbyoutside the national top 200
#97Heidioutside the national top 200
#83Anne#182 nationally
#82Bailey#177 nationally
#67Jack#155 nationally
#53Madeline#139 nationally
#83Grant#167 nationally
#87Maxwell#171 nationally
#98Drew#182 nationally
#65Cole#143 nationally
#97Alec#172 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley686US #1
#2Emily623US #7
#3Samantha621US #6
#4Jessica542US #2
#5Amanda490US #3
#6Megan477US #10
#7Sarah456US #5
#8Nicole402US #14
#9Rachel385US #16
#10Elizabeth380US #9
#11Kayla364US #13
#12Brittany331US #4
#13Hannah325US #26
#14Kelsey316US #23
#15Jennifer309US #11
#16Lauren285US #12
#17Stephanie276US #8
#18Alyssa271US #30
#19Taylor269US #17
#20Danielle267US #18
#21Laura258US #38
#22Rebecca247US #20
#23Chelsea241US #15
#24Alexandra233US #29
#25Anna224US #49
#26Amber206US #19
#27Courtney200US #21
#28Jenna198US #67
#29Katherine197US #27
#30Melissa197US #24
#31Brianna195US #43
#32Sara193US #37
#33Katie187US #54
#34Paige178US #64
#35Allison176US #48
#36Erin176US #46
#37Kelly172US #47
#38Cassandra167US #52
#39Amy165US #51
#40Michelle163US #25
#41Molly157US #83
#42Kaitlyn156US #42
#43Heather147US #31
#44Brooke145US #59
#45Kathryn142US #60
#46Mary138US #36
#47Haley134US #56
#48Katelyn133US #65
#49Shelby130US #34
#50Mariah127US #74
#51Lindsey122US #57
#52Andrea121US #39
#53Madeline119US #139
#54Leah118US #96
#55Morgan116US #41
#56Victoria115US #22
#57Angela112US #69
#58Emma111US #104
#59Alicia110US #71
#60Christina110US #33
#61Caitlin109US #62
#62Natalie105US #61
#63Julia103US #70
#64Kimberly102US #35
#65Tiffany102US #32
#66Abigail101US #86
#67Meghan101US #91
#68Jordan100US #63
#69Mackenzie100US #126
#70Miranda97US #89
#71Olivia95US #58
#72Alexis89US #40
#73Erica89US #44
#74Grace87US #127
#75Chelsey86US #117
#76Maria86US #45
#77Breanna85US #94
#78Margaret85US #102
#79Carly84US #134
#80Marissa83US #72
#81Shannon78US #66
#82Bailey76US #177
#83Anne75US #182
#84Claire75US #158
#85Lisa75US #88
#86Brittney74US #68
#87Jamie71US #75
#88Holly70US #99
#89Catherine67US #78
#90Whitney67US #85
#91Katrina66US #131
#92Bethany65US #115
#93Lindsay65US #81
#94Rachael65US #123
#95Abby64
#96Briana64US #79
#97Heidi64
#98Kaitlin64US #113
#99Kristen64US #53
#100Christine63US #82

Boys

#1Michael908US #1
#2Tyler791US #8
#3Andrew790US #5
#4Matthew781US #3
#5Jacob721US #15
#6Nicholas693US #12
#7Ryan606US #13
#8Joshua596US #4
#9Joseph594US #11
#10Zachary589US #16
#11Alexander563US #23
#12Cody539US #24
#13Brandon523US #6
#14Daniel516US #7
#15Kyle484US #22
#16Benjamin463US #33
#17Christopher453US #2
#18John426US #14
#19Dylan403US #28
#20Jordan394US #32
#21David384US #10
#22Anthony375US #19
#23Justin371US #18
#24Samuel366US #40
#25Aaron336US #30
#26James321US #9
#27Thomas320US #27
#28Nathan315US #44
#29Adam314US #36
#30Eric297US #26
#31Robert279US #17
#32William279US #20
#33Travis269US #48
#34Jonathan262US #21
#35Alex249US #54
#36Derek240US #62
#37Mitchell225US #91
#38Kevin216US #25
#39Brian213US #31
#40Taylor206US #52
#41Austin199US #38
#42Patrick197US #39
#43Timothy188US #34
#44Jesse184US #50
#45Steven181US #29
#46Sean170US #42
#47Charles164US #43
#48Luke162US #93
#49Scott161US #61
#50Trevor160US #63
#51Peter155US #81
#52Blake151US #84
#53Jeffrey151US #51
#54Jason150US #46
#55Jared145US #67
#56Lucas142US #106
#57Tanner140US #101
#58Jeremy139US #47
#59Mark138US #49
#60Christian135US #35
#61Paul135US #55
#62Evan131US #66
#63Shane130US #77
#64Dustin129US #58
#65Cole124US #143
#66Connor124US #80
#67Jack117US #155
#68Dillon116US #73
#69Jake115US #119
#70Ian111US #68
#71Caleb108US #74
#72Logan107US #89
#73Erik106US #98
#74Brett105US #97
#75Brady103
#76Cameron103US #53
#77Cory101US #83
#78Ethan100US #76
#79Nathaniel98US #79
#80Bradley90US #72
#81Richard90US #41
#82Spencer88US #99
#83Grant87US #167
#84Garrett85US #88
#85Bryan82US #57
#86Gregory80US #60
#87Maxwell79US #171
#88Chad77US #108
#89Devin74US #75
#90Seth73US #94
#91Stephen73US #45
#92Corey72US #65
#93Shawn71US #71
#94Isaac70US #124
#95Chase68US #116
#96Colin68US #126
#97Alec66US #172
#98Drew66US #182
#99Casey65US #105
#100Dalton61US #121

On the move since 1991

Rising

↑39Kaitlyn#42
↑32Morgan#55
↑24Mackenzie#69
↑24Connor#66
↑24Jake#69
↑23Meghan#67
↑23Austin#41
↑21Tanner#57

Falling

↓35Christine#100
↓34Jamie#87
↓26Casey#99
↓23Richard#81
↓23Stephen#91
↓22Breanna#77
↓22Lisa#85
↓22Abby#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1991 rankings.