State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1995 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,300 Minnesota births in 1995 across 1,189 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#71Abbyoutside the national top 200
#63Brady#188 nationally
#77Ellenoutside the national top 200
#83Anneoutside the national top 200
#73Riley#170 nationally
#88Maxwell#178 nationally
#91Mckenzie#165 nationally
#37Jack#110 nationally
#47Cole#118 nationally
#58Claire#129 nationally
#91Drew#160 nationally
#98Alison#162 nationally

Girls

#1Samantha561US #4
#2Emily552US #3
#3Ashley438US #2
#4Megan421US #13
#5Rachel420US #12
#6Hannah396US #7
#7Sarah394US #5
#8Taylor394US #6
#9Jessica371US #1
#10Elizabeth344US #10
#11Nicole301US #19
#12Kayla298US #11
#13Amanda294US #9
#14Anna292US #31
#15Alexandra255US #26
#16Courtney248US #17
#17Abigail230US #36
#18Brittany223US #8
#19Madison220US #29
#20Madeline216US #79
#21Alyssa214US #27
#22Lauren209US #15
#23Danielle205US #24
#24Haley201US #32
#25Brianna199US #21
#26Paige199US #58
#27Katherine197US #30
#28Laura195US #56
#29Allison192US #34
#30Jennifer183US #18
#31Morgan182US #23
#32Alexis177US #14
#33Kelsey177US #33
#34Erin173US #49
#35Stephanie173US #16
#36Amber171US #22
#37Rebecca170US #28
#38Emma169US #67
#39Mackenzie153US #88
#40Olivia151US #39
#41Sydney148US #43
#42Natalie144US #51
#43Jenna140US #84
#44Victoria139US #20
#45Brooke138US #52
#46Marissa137US #53
#47Bailey134US #96
#48Mariah134US #71
#49Jordan131US #50
#50Cassandra128US #78
#51Miranda125US #57
#52Shelby125US #38
#53Molly122US #98
#54Katelyn119US #59
#55Grace116US #97
#56Katie116US #77
#57Sara113US #48
#58Claire108US #129
#59Heather107US #54
#60Kaitlyn107US #42
#61Mary105US #40
#62Kathryn104US #83
#63Amy103US #75
#64Michelle101US #41
#65Kelly99US #64
#66Julia97US #62
#67Maria97US #44
#68Lindsey96US #82
#69Melissa95US #35
#70Angela92US #85
#71Abby91
#72Leah89US #103
#73Breanna88US #76
#74Jasmine88US #25
#75Christina85US #45
#76Gabrielle84US #61
#77Ellen82
#78Kendra82US #133
#79Caitlin81US #81
#80Michaela81US #107
#81Erica77US #69
#82Kaitlin77US #94
#83Anne76
#84Tiffany76US #46
#85Kimberly74US #37
#86Mikayla74US #146
#87Hailey73US #111
#88Margaret72US #104
#89Alexa71US #100
#90Sierra71US #60
#91Mckenzie69US #165
#92Carly68US #122
#93Chelsea68US #47
#94Shannon68US #73
#95Alicia66US #89
#96Jamie66US #93
#97Andrea65US #55
#98Alison63US #162
#99Natasha63US #154
#100Autumn61US #110

Boys

#1Jacob748US #4
#2Tyler703US #6
#3Matthew673US #2
#4Nicholas655US #7
#5Andrew641US #11
#6Michael589US #1
#7Austin550US #10
#8Zachary531US #14
#9Alexander496US #21
#10Ryan488US #15
#11Joshua479US #5
#12Joseph471US #12
#13Brandon433US #8
#14Benjamin421US #31
#15Daniel410US #9
#16Samuel403US #33
#17Jordan363US #29
#18Cody356US #26
#19John356US #13
#20Kyle343US #24
#21Nathan323US #39
#22Christopher316US #3
#23Thomas300US #27
#24David298US #16
#25Justin295US #18
#26Anthony293US #19
#27Dylan290US #34
#28Mitchell265US #79
#29Adam262US #38
#30Aaron260US #30
#31James253US #17
#32William251US #20
#33Logan220US #51
#34Alex214US #47
#35Connor202US #55
#36Eric186US #32
#37Jack186US #110
#38Jonathan184US #23
#39Luke181US #82
#40Kevin176US #25
#41Robert176US #22
#42Timothy172US #40
#43Evan166US #60
#44Jesse166US #46
#45Tanner164US #86
#46Lucas163US #91
#47Cole162US #118
#48Derek155US #83
#49Travis154US #66
#50Jared151US #63
#51Blake147US #77
#52Trevor146US #61
#53Grant145US #116
#54Taylor143US #69
#55Charles140US #44
#56Steven140US #37
#57Christian135US #28
#58Peter129US #89
#59Brian124US #36
#60Caleb124US #54
#61Hunter122US #53
#62Patrick121US #43
#63Brady117US #188
#64Alec116US #112
#65Noah116US #99
#66Spencer114US #104
#67Isaac112US #98
#68Jason112US #41
#69Sean112US #45
#70Ethan110US #75
#71Ian106US #67
#72Jake104US #108
#73Riley104US #170
#74Brett103US #106
#75Erik101US #111
#76Mark99US #52
#77Chase97US #95
#78Dustin97US #62
#79Cameron92US #49
#80Devin92US #58
#81Scott91US #92
#82Paul90US #71
#83Nathaniel89US #73
#84Wyatt86US #128
#85Jeremy84US #48
#86Seth82US #97
#87Colton81US #105
#88Maxwell81US #178
#89Bradley78US #78
#90Dalton77US #87
#91Drew77US #160
#92Levi77US #154
#93Gabriel76US #65
#94Mason76US #102
#95Dakota73US #56
#96Corey71US #74
#97Garrett71US #80
#98Jackson71US #161
#99Jeffrey71US #64
#100Elijah70US #93

On the move since 1994

Rising

↑38Bailey#47
↑37Madison#19
↑35Olivia#40
↑34Noah#65
↑27Hunter#61
↑26Mackenzie#39
↑23Sydney#41
↑21Claire#58

Falling

↓42Andrea#97
↓36Jeffrey#99
↓24Chelsea#93
↓20Dustin#78
↓19Jamie#96
↓18Paul#82
↓17Alicia#95
↓16Rebecca#37

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1994 rankings.