State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1997 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,816 Minnesota births in 1997 across 1,278 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#70Carteroutside the national top 200
#71Abby#192 nationally
#45Brady#159 nationally
#63Maxwell#148 nationally
#58Riley#135 nationally
#82Kendra#153 nationally
#69Wyatt#137 nationally
#85Mckenzie#150 nationally
#36Mitchell#96 nationally
#49Claire#108 nationally
#42Lucas#98 nationally
#100Levi#156 nationally

Girls

#1Emily613US #1
#2Hannah510US #5
#3Samantha444US #6
#4Megan378US #11
#5Sarah371US #4
#6Taylor352US #7
#7Ashley338US #3
#8Elizabeth331US #9
#9Madison328US #10
#10Rachel321US #13
#11Anna297US #33
#12Jessica292US #2
#13Nicole272US #21
#14Amanda262US #16
#15Emma259US #36
#16Alexis253US #8
#17Madeline250US #59
#18Kayla248US #12
#19Abigail242US #26
#20Lauren228US #14
#21Alyssa216US #15
#22Morgan212US #22
#23Sydney210US #35
#24Alexandra208US #30
#25Allison191US #39
#26Courtney188US #28
#27Olivia186US #27
#28Grace181US #69
#29Rebecca171US #25
#30Jennifer168US #18
#31Haley167US #31
#32Katherine160US #32
#33Bailey154US #65
#34Brianna154US #17
#35Danielle150US #34
#36Erin147US #52
#37Paige147US #64
#38Brooke144US #45
#39Kaitlyn140US #41
#40Katelyn140US #63
#41Julia138US #37
#42Amber134US #29
#43Laura134US #66
#44Jenna132US #76
#45Mariah132US #67
#46Brittany127US #20
#47Molly127US #98
#48Victoria126US #19
#49Claire124US #108
#50Jordan122US #40
#51Stephanie121US #23
#52Gabrielle120US #51
#53Mackenzie120US #71
#54Natalie120US #48
#55Shelby118US #43
#56Maria116US #38
#57Sophia115US #94
#58Cassandra114US #81
#59Hailey110US #80
#60Sara110US #50
#61Mary109US #46
#62Marissa104US #60
#63Katie99US #87
#64Mikayla99US #112
#65Miranda99US #70
#66Jasmine96US #24
#67Melissa95US #44
#68Kelsey94US #57
#69Michelle91US #55
#70Leah89US #104
#71Abby86US #192
#72Breanna86US #74
#73Amy85US #92
#74Kelly84US #83
#75Kathryn82US #86
#76Michaela81US #100
#77Lindsey77US #95
#78Sabrina77US #53
#79Sierra76US #56
#80Andrea75US #58
#81Margaret74US #110
#82Kendra73US #153
#83Meghan72US #113
#84Savannah72US #47
#85Mckenzie71US #150
#86Caitlin70US #88
#87Kaitlin70US #119
#88Monica70US #79
#89Angela69US #93
#90Kaylee69US #107
#91Christina67US #62
#92Autumn65US #91
#93Heather65US #90
#94Carly64US #137
#95Alicia63US #89
#96Vanessa62US #54
#97Shannon61US #85
#98Chloe60US #109
#99Alexa59US #106
#100Destiny59US #42

Boys

#1Jacob823US #2
#2Matthew657US #3
#3Nicholas628US #6
#4Andrew569US #7
#5Austin523US #9
#6Michael508US #1
#7Tyler504US #10
#8Samuel480US #27
#9Joseph474US #12
#10Zachary471US #13
#11Benjamin462US #29
#12Alexander458US #22
#13Joshua452US #5
#14Ryan401US #16
#15Brandon377US #8
#16John349US #15
#17Daniel347US #11
#18Dylan320US #30
#19Nathan314US #34
#20Kyle311US #24
#21Jordan310US #26
#22Christopher306US #4
#23Logan289US #42
#24William284US #19
#25Noah281US #38
#26Cody273US #36
#27Jack272US #76
#28Thomas268US #31
#29Anthony267US #18
#30Cole258US #72
#31David251US #14
#32Aaron244US #33
#33Justin241US #20
#34Adam224US #39
#35Jonathan221US #21
#36Mitchell218US #96
#37James215US #17
#38Hunter214US #44
#39Connor213US #52
#40Alex199US #55
#41Ethan196US #46
#42Lucas195US #98
#43Tanner194US #82
#44Luke188US #78
#45Brady170US #159
#46Robert164US #23
#47Jared155US #56
#48Blake146US #80
#49Trevor145US #62
#50Charles144US #49
#51Isaac140US #73
#52Kevin140US #28
#53Christian138US #25
#54Eric135US #35
#55Evan135US #61
#56Caleb134US #47
#57Devin132US #59
#58Riley130US #135
#59Timothy128US #43
#60Taylor127US #87
#61Travis124US #81
#62Grant121US #115
#63Maxwell120US #148
#64Jason119US #41
#65Peter119US #102
#66Spencer119US #104
#67Jesse115US #63
#68Mason114US #89
#69Wyatt113US #137
#70Carter111
#71Derek111US #106
#72Patrick110US #50
#73Nathaniel106US #65
#74Garrett105US #85
#75Isaiah104US #60
#76Jake104US #101
#77Brian103US #37
#78Sean103US #48
#79Steven102US #40
#80Jackson100US #124
#81Alec99US #123
#82Chase99US #77
#83Tristan97US #92
#84Cameron95US #45
#85Dakota94US #66
#86Gabriel93US #57
#87Mark91US #58
#88Erik90US #134
#89Colton86US #108
#90Collin85US #122
#91Bradley84US #94
#92Paul83US #79
#93Dustin82US #88
#94Ian81US #70
#95Elijah79US #74
#96Parker79US #150
#97Seth78US #97
#98Brett77US #116
#99Henry71US #139
#100Levi71US #156

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑24Mikayla#64
↑20Bailey#33
↑20Devin#57
↑20Maxwell#63
↑19Jared#47
↑19Carter#70
↑18Michaela#76
↑16Victoria#48

Falling

↓33Kelsey#68
↓24Ian#94
↓23Alicia#95
↓22Brett#98
↓20Derek#71
↓20Patrick#72
↓18Jesse#67
↓18Brian#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.