State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1994 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 54,734 Minnesota births in 1994 across 1,179 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#70Abbyoutside the national top 200
#55Brady#173 nationally
#88Anneoutside the national top 200
#90Ellenoutside the national top 200
#81Maxwell#182 nationally
#94Riley#194 nationally
#67Grant#152 nationally
#51Jack#127 nationally
#38Cole#111 nationally
#79Claire#149 nationally
#31Madeline#92 nationally
#99Noah#159 nationally

Girls

#1Emily596US #3
#2Samantha561US #4
#3Ashley531US #2
#4Megan444US #10
#5Taylor428US #6
#6Sarah422US #5
#7Nicole405US #11
#8Jessica395US #1
#9Hannah386US #16
#10Amanda378US #8
#11Rachel371US #13
#12Elizabeth365US #9
#13Kayla330US #12
#14Lauren278US #14
#15Brittany274US #7
#16Anna263US #41
#17Alexandra252US #28
#18Danielle249US #20
#19Alyssa240US #26
#20Kelsey230US #29
#21Rebecca225US #24
#22Courtney221US #22
#23Stephanie220US #15
#24Morgan208US #25
#25Jennifer206US #17
#26Abigail203US #42
#27Brianna202US #27
#28Katherine190US #30
#29Amber189US #21
#30Haley186US #36
#31Madeline186US #92
#32Paige182US #63
#33Allison179US #34
#34Laura177US #46
#35Alexis174US #18
#36Jenna173US #80
#37Erin160US #45
#38Mariah158US #75
#39Marissa156US #53
#40Cassandra152US #66
#41Brooke149US #54
#42Sara149US #43
#43Katie146US #70
#44Miranda143US #61
#45Victoria143US #19
#46Emma139US #74
#47Jordan135US #52
#48Katelyn135US #58
#49Amy132US #77
#50Natalie132US #56
#51Kaitlyn128US #48
#52Molly127US #96
#53Heather121US #44
#54Shelby121US #40
#55Andrea118US #49
#56Madison118US #51
#57Angela116US #81
#58Melissa115US #31
#59Kelly114US #62
#60Grace113US #103
#61Michelle112US #33
#62Leah109US #101
#63Lindsey109US #69
#64Sydney109US #76
#65Mackenzie107US #102
#66Mary106US #37
#67Jasmine105US #23
#68Tiffany105US #35
#69Chelsea97US #38
#70Abby94
#71Kathryn94US #79
#72Kendra94US #126
#73Maria94US #47
#74Breanna93US #85
#75Olivia93US #50
#76Hailey89US #119
#77Jamie88US #87
#78Alicia87US #83
#79Claire86US #149
#80Christina83US #39
#81Julia83US #72
#82Michaela83US #109
#83Gabrielle82US #67
#84Kimberly81US #32
#85Bailey79US #137
#86Shannon78US #60
#87Caitlin75US #78
#88Anne74
#89Holly74US #112
#90Ellen71
#91Margaret71US #106
#92Kristen70US #55
#93Whitney70US #91
#94Erica69US #57
#95Alexa68US #95
#96Lindsay68US #107
#97Catherine63US #84
#98Kristina63US #113
#99Jacqueline62US #65
#100Kaitlin61US #93

Boys

#1Jacob779US #7
#2Tyler726US #5
#3Michael702US #1
#4Matthew667US #3
#5Nicholas665US #9
#6Andrew647US #10
#7Zachary590US #12
#8Joseph572US #11
#9Alexander549US #22
#10Joshua502US #4
#11Ryan500US #16
#12Brandon485US #6
#13Austin475US #17
#14Daniel459US #8
#15Benjamin447US #31
#16Samuel433US #33
#17Cody415US #25
#18Kyle413US #24
#19Christopher390US #2
#20Jordan381US #29
#21John366US #15
#22Anthony342US #18
#23David341US #13
#24Nathan337US #40
#25Thomas317US #27
#26Adam312US #38
#27Mitchell293US #71
#28Dylan291US #32
#29James283US #14
#30William281US #19
#31Aaron280US #28
#32Justin266US #20
#33Jonathan212US #23
#34Eric210US #30
#35Kevin210US #26
#36Alex207US #50
#37Jesse187US #45
#38Cole185US #111
#39Robert184US #21
#40Taylor183US #54
#41Derek182US #77
#42Timothy179US #39
#43Travis176US #53
#44Luke170US #91
#45Connor167US #59
#46Tanner164US #96
#47Blake160US #81
#48Patrick159US #42
#49Lucas157US #95
#50Logan156US #70
#51Jack155US #127
#52Charles154US #43
#53Trevor154US #58
#54Peter149US #87
#55Brady143US #173
#56Brian141US #37
#57Steven141US #34
#58Dustin135US #56
#59Evan135US #62
#60Sean131US #44
#61Jared130US #63
#62Caleb129US #60
#63Jeffrey119US #55
#64Paul117US #64
#65Scott117US #80
#66Spencer115US #98
#67Grant113US #152
#68Jake110US #106
#69Jason109US #46
#70Christian107US #35
#71Jeremy106US #47
#72Ian103US #74
#73Alec101US #109
#74Nathaniel101US #78
#75Erik100US #99
#76Mark99US #48
#77Isaac95US #103
#78Richard95US #41
#79Ethan92US #89
#80Brett91US #107
#81Maxwell91US #182
#82Seth91US #90
#83Dakota88US #69
#84Shane86US #92
#85Chase84US #114
#86Devin84US #61
#87Bradley83US #83
#88Hunter83US #67
#89Dillon80US #101
#90Cory79US #102
#91Garrett79US #82
#92Marcus78US #75
#93Dalton75US #85
#94Riley75US #194
#95Cameron73US #52
#96Gabriel70US #68
#97Stephen68US #49
#98Collin67US #151
#99Noah63US #159
#100Bryce62US #150

On the move since 1993

Rising

↑33Madison#56
↑31Miranda#44
↑29Morgan#24
↑23Alexis#35
↑22Mariah#38
↑22Jordan#47
↑22Abby#70
↑22Kendra#72

Falling

↓22Mary#66
↓21Cameron#95
↓20Chelsea#69
↓18Lindsay#96
↓18Kaitlin#100
↓17Heather#53
↓17Caitlin#87
↓17Jason#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1993 rankings.