State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1993 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,633 Minnesota births in 1993 across 1,162 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#58Brady#174 nationally
#87Anne#199 nationally
#92Abbyoutside the national top 200
#99Rileyoutside the national top 200
#72Claire#165 nationally
#92Maxwell#182 nationally
#85Michaela#169 nationally
#60Jack#143 nationally
#90Drew#173 nationally
#46Madeline#127 nationally
#59Cole#130 nationally
#87Grant#151 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley656US #2
#2Emily634US #5
#3Samantha578US #4
#4Sarah494US #3
#5Jessica470US #1
#6Nicole431US #13
#7Rachel420US #14
#8Megan417US #11
#9Amanda412US #8
#10Taylor385US #7
#11Kayla381US #16
#12Hannah341US #21
#13Elizabeth330US #9
#14Brittany312US #6
#15Kelsey286US #24
#16Lauren273US #12
#17Danielle267US #18
#18Jennifer264US #15
#19Alexandra256US #28
#20Alyssa249US #26
#21Anna237US #47
#22Stephanie236US #10
#23Amber223US #17
#24Rebecca213US #22
#25Courtney210US #20
#26Katherine204US #29
#27Laura197US #43
#28Haley189US #42
#29Allison188US #41
#30Brianna184US #32
#31Erin182US #48
#32Cassandra180US #66
#33Katelyn176US #54
#34Jenna174US #70
#35Katie170US #63
#36Heather163US #38
#37Paige163US #60
#38Sara161US #40
#39Shelby157US #37
#40Amy149US #65
#41Molly149US #87
#42Andrea147US #44
#43Emma143US #80
#44Mary142US #36
#45Abigail140US #67
#46Madeline140US #127
#47Brooke139US #52
#48Kelly138US #51
#49Chelsea137US #25
#50Kaitlyn137US #46
#51Lindsey137US #56
#52Michelle137US #31
#53Morgan137US #34
#54Leah135US #92
#55Kathryn134US #68
#56Melissa132US #30
#57Marissa131US #59
#58Alexis127US #27
#59Olivia122US #50
#60Mariah118US #81
#61Victoria116US #19
#62Mackenzie111US #113
#63Tiffany107US #33
#64Alicia106US #76
#65Breanna105US #83
#66Grace105US #123
#67Christina103US #35
#68Angela101US #73
#69Jordan100US #58
#70Caitlin98US #64
#71Natalie91US #62
#72Claire89US #165
#73Kimberly89US #39
#74Maria88US #45
#75Miranda86US #89
#76Hailey84US #130
#77Julia83US #72
#78Lindsay80US #88
#79Meghan79US #93
#80Jasmine78US #23
#81Erica77US #49
#82Kaitlin77US #99
#83Shannon77US #53
#84Whitney77US #82
#85Michaela76US #169
#86Bailey75US #146
#87Anne74US #199
#88Lisa74US #100
#89Madison73US #78
#90Holly71US #108
#91Jamie71US #79
#92Abby68
#93Margaret68US #102
#94Kendra67US #128
#95Bethany64US #115
#96Briana63US #71
#97Chelsey62US #145
#98Alexa61US #107
#99Alison60US #141
#100Carly60US #137

Boys

#1Tyler783US #5
#2Matthew772US #3
#3Michael762US #1
#4Nicholas687US #8
#5Jacob684US #9
#6Andrew669US #10
#7Zachary641US #15
#8Joseph567US #12
#9Alexander543US #21
#10Joshua521US #4
#11Ryan508US #13
#12Daniel502US #7
#13Brandon498US #6
#14Cody484US #24
#15Samuel463US #37
#16Benjamin454US #32
#17Christopher414US #2
#18John403US #16
#19Kyle400US #23
#20David396US #11
#21Jordan387US #28
#22Dylan371US #33
#23Austin364US #26
#24Nathan345US #41
#25Thomas344US #27
#26Anthony327US #19
#27James290US #14
#28Adam287US #39
#29Justin283US #20
#30Aaron277US #30
#31William256US #18
#32Robert253US #17
#33Mitchell252US #81
#34Kevin245US #25
#35Travis232US #50
#36Eric229US #29
#37Derek213US #67
#38Alex211US #52
#39Luke211US #87
#40Taylor202US #51
#41Patrick197US #43
#42Jonathan190US #22
#43Jesse188US #48
#44Lucas183US #95
#45Connor182US #57
#46Steven181US #31
#47Timothy172US #38
#48Charles158US #44
#49Brian156US #34
#50Tanner155US #98
#51Trevor153US #64
#52Jason144US #45
#53Sean144US #42
#54Logan143US #76
#55Peter136US #82
#56Paul134US #56
#57Evan131US #62
#58Brady130US #174
#59Cole129US #130
#60Jack129US #143
#61Blake128US #83
#62Jared126US #63
#63Jeremy126US #46
#64Mark126US #49
#65Scott120US #69
#66Dustin119US #59
#67Shane115US #84
#68Christian113US #35
#69Erik113US #105
#70Spencer113US #96
#71Brett109US #102
#72Dillon108US #90
#73Caleb105US #66
#74Cameron100US #54
#75Ethan97US #92
#76Bradley94US #73
#77Seth94US #93
#78Ian93US #70
#79Jake93US #111
#80Richard93US #40
#81Nathaniel91US #75
#82Jeffrey90US #53
#83Cory88US #94
#84Devin87US #71
#85Isaac87US #110
#86Garrett86US #79
#87Grant83US #151
#88Stephen81US #47
#89Corey80US #68
#90Drew80US #173
#91Chase79US #116
#92Maxwell78US #182
#93Dakota77US #85
#94Alec76US #154
#95Chad75US #114
#96Marcus74US #74
#97Bryan71US #61
#98Shawn71US #77
#99Riley68
#100Dalton65US #106

On the move since 1992

Rising

↑23Marissa#57
↑21Abigail#45
↑21Connor#45
↑19Haley#28
↑18Austin#23
↑18Logan#54
↑17Brady#58
↑16Kaitlin#82

Falling

↓29Jeffrey#82
↓26Chelsea#49
↓26Melissa#56
↓22Chelsey#97
↓21Carly#100
↓16Scott#65
↓15Margaret#93
↓14Julia#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1992 rankings.