State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1996 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,274 Minnesota births in 1996 across 1,225 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#50Brady#176 nationally
#85Abbyoutside the national top 200
#89Carteroutside the national top 200
#91Ellenoutside the national top 200
#83Maxwell#177 nationally
#63Riley#146 nationally
#88Levi#163 nationally
#99Lydia#173 nationally
#66Kendra#136 nationally
#40Cole#106 nationally
#93Mckenzie#158 nationally
#73Wyatt#134 nationally

Girls

#1Emily542US #1
#2Samantha469US #5
#3Hannah449US #7
#4Ashley404US #3
#5Megan402US #12
#6Sarah375US #4
#7Rachel374US #9
#8Elizabeth370US #10
#9Taylor353US #6
#10Jessica321US #2
#11Anna294US #33
#12Madison293US #15
#13Amanda273US #13
#14Kayla272US #11
#15Nicole267US #22
#16Alexis266US #8
#17Abigail258US #32
#18Madeline230US #67
#19Alexandra225US #26
#20Emma221US #53
#21Katherine213US #31
#22Lauren207US #16
#23Allison201US #38
#24Alyssa200US #23
#25Courtney195US #21
#26Brianna187US #17
#27Danielle185US #29
#28Rebecca184US #24
#29Paige180US #65
#30Sydney178US #39
#31Olivia176US #34
#32Amber170US #27
#33Jennifer167US #19
#34Morgan164US #25
#35Kelsey161US #36
#36Brittany159US #14
#37Haley155US #30
#38Shelby151US #35
#39Katelyn150US #64
#40Mackenzie146US #75
#41Mariah146US #63
#42Grace145US #94
#43Kaitlyn144US #40
#44Laura143US #66
#45Stephanie143US #20
#46Natalie139US #46
#47Brooke137US #45
#48Jenna134US #83
#49Erin133US #51
#50Marissa130US #59
#51Molly129US #99
#52Julia122US #48
#53Bailey118US #85
#54Jordan118US #49
#55Mary116US #44
#56Hailey115US #93
#57Miranda113US #76
#58Sara113US #50
#59Maria111US #37
#60Leah109US #98
#61Amy107US #88
#62Cassandra104US #89
#63Claire104US #116
#64Victoria101US #18
#65Gabrielle95US #54
#66Kendra95US #136
#67Margaret95US #105
#68Breanna94US #74
#69Sophia94US #125
#70Kathryn92US #87
#71Kaitlin89US #103
#72Alicia87US #91
#73Andrea87US #61
#74Caitlin87US #84
#75Katie87US #81
#76Jasmine85US #28
#77Kelly81US #73
#78Heather80US #71
#79Lindsey80US #86
#80Michelle80US #47
#81Kaylee79US #110
#82Melissa78US #42
#83Angela76US #90
#84Chloe76US #112
#85Abby74
#86Meghan72US #113
#87Savannah71US #43
#88Mikayla70US #143
#89Sabrina68US #58
#90Alexa67US #100
#91Ellen67
#92Jamie67US #96
#93Mckenzie67US #158
#94Michaela66US #102
#95Sierra66US #62
#96Carly65US #126
#97Chelsea65US #55
#98Shannon62US #80
#99Lydia60US #173
#100Rachael60US #128

Boys

#1Jacob819US #3
#2Nicholas647US #6
#3Matthew642US #2
#4Tyler573US #7
#5Michael571US #1
#6Andrew511US #10
#7Zachary511US #14
#8Joseph494US #12
#9Austin482US #9
#10Ryan481US #16
#11Samuel479US #30
#12Alexander476US #22
#13Joshua450US #5
#14Benjamin442US #29
#15Brandon407US #8
#16John375US #15
#17Daniel350US #11
#18Kyle349US #25
#19Anthony332US #19
#20Thomas331US #28
#21Jordan315US #27
#22Cody313US #31
#23Nathan300US #37
#24Christopher296US #4
#25William287US #18
#26Dylan273US #33
#27Justin262US #20
#28David247US #13
#29Jonathan247US #21
#30Aaron240US #34
#31Logan239US #42
#32Jack237US #89
#33James237US #17
#34Noah232US #50
#35Adam230US #39
#36Mitchell226US #88
#37Alex209US #53
#38Robert199US #23
#39Hunter196US #47
#40Cole192US #106
#41Eric185US #35
#42Connor177US #54
#43Lucas173US #93
#44Luke172US #75
#45Blake166US #84
#46Christian164US #24
#47Tanner161US #90
#48Kevin157US #26
#49Jesse156US #51
#50Brady150US #176
#51Derek142US #101
#52Patrick139US #44
#53Ethan138US #62
#54Peter136US #95
#55Taylor136US #82
#56Caleb135US #48
#57Charles135US #43
#58Isaac131US #86
#59Brian128US #36
#60Jason128US #41
#61Travis124US #73
#62Grant123US #119
#63Riley122US #146
#64Chase121US #76
#65Trevor121US #63
#66Jared120US #64
#67Timothy119US #40
#68Evan118US #65
#69Tristan112US #68
#70Ian107US #70
#71Isaiah105US #71
#72Spencer105US #109
#73Wyatt105US #134
#74Mason103US #104
#75Steven103US #38
#76Brett101US #110
#77Devin101US #60
#78Sean100US #46
#79Collin99US #115
#80Colton98US #105
#81Nathaniel97US #69
#82Mark96US #55
#83Maxwell96US #177
#84Alec92US #117
#85Garrett92US #85
#86Jeremy87US #56
#87Paul87US #78
#88Levi85US #163
#89Carter83
#90Jake83US #114
#91Bradley82US #83
#92Bryce80US #120
#93Dalton80US #99
#94Dustin79US #79
#95Erik79US #122
#96Jackson78US #136
#97Cameron75US #49
#98Dakota73US #58
#99Richard73US #45
#100Seth73US #103

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑31Hailey#56
↑31Noah#34
↑24Andrea#73
↑23Alicia#72
↑22Hunter#39
↑21Margaret#67
↑20Mason#74
↑18Emma#20

Falling

↓25Timothy#67
↓25Evan#68
↓20Victoria#64
↓20Alec#84
↓20Erik#95
↓19Katie#75
↓19Heather#78
↓19Steven#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.