State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1998 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,770 Minnesota births in 1998 across 1,311 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#57Carter#189 nationally
#83Abby#194 nationally
#56Brady#163 nationally
#100Ellieoutside the national top 200
#60Wyatt#137 nationally
#53Riley#128 nationally
#79Kendra#154 nationally
#62Maxwell#136 nationally
#93Madelyn#162 nationally
#78Mckenzie#142 nationally
#41Mitchell#103 nationally
#91Lydia#153 nationally

Girls

#1Emily577US #1
#2Hannah496US #2
#3Samantha406US #3
#4Madison396US #9
#5Megan366US #13
#6Emma349US #22
#7Taylor349US #7
#8Elizabeth345US #10
#9Sarah337US #4
#10Anna320US #31
#11Alexis317US #6
#12Ashley312US #5
#13Abigail304US #18
#14Rachel299US #15
#15Morgan262US #23
#16Jessica260US #8
#17Alyssa247US #11
#18Olivia245US #21
#19Sydney240US #28
#20Madeline238US #50
#21Kayla227US #12
#22Lauren221US #14
#23Amanda217US #19
#24Nicole217US #24
#25Grace208US #53
#26Allison191US #38
#27Brianna190US #17
#28Alexandra188US #27
#29Katherine185US #33
#30Paige170US #63
#31Haley164US #36
#32Natalie160US #40
#33Brooke153US #46
#34Kaitlyn150US #35
#35Rebecca148US #30
#36Claire142US #91
#37Mariah142US #62
#38Danielle141US #41
#39Courtney138US #39
#40Brittany137US #25
#41Erin133US #57
#42Julia132US #32
#43Victoria132US #16
#44Bailey129US #60
#45Jennifer129US #20
#46Laura128US #74
#47Jenna127US #65
#48Mackenzie127US #64
#49Amber126US #37
#50Katelyn126US #58
#51Sophia125US #73
#52Gabrielle123US #47
#53Mikayla123US #82
#54Hailey121US #70
#55Maria117US #43
#56Jordan115US #42
#57Sara115US #48
#58Molly114US #108
#59Stephanie114US #29
#60Autumn105US #77
#61Shelby105US #49
#62Cassandra103US #85
#63Kelsey101US #56
#64Marissa98US #66
#65Chloe94US #87
#66Katie93US #88
#67Kathryn90US #89
#68Miranda89US #80
#69Caitlin88US #78
#70Sierra88US #51
#71Jasmine87US #26
#72Leah86US #106
#73Mary86US #44
#74Makayla85US #71
#75Kaylee84US #86
#76Margaret84US #114
#77Michaela84US #103
#78Mckenzie82US #142
#79Kendra81US #154
#80Breanna80US #76
#81Isabella79US #84
#82Savannah78US #45
#83Abby75US #194
#84Amy73US #96
#85Kelly73US #90
#86Angela72US #100
#87Melissa72US #59
#88Andrea70US #61
#89Heather70US #99
#90Kaitlin70US #120
#91Lydia70US #153
#92Isabel65US #118
#93Madelyn64US #162
#94Michelle64US #55
#95Jade63US #125
#96Carly62US #141
#97Vanessa62US #52
#98Christina58US #69
#99Destiny58US #34
#100Ellie58

Boys

#1Jacob801US #2
#2Matthew605US #3
#3Nicholas579US #6
#4Tyler526US #8
#5Andrew521US #9
#6Michael517US #1
#7Samuel492US #28
#8Austin471US #10
#9Zachary466US #16
#10Benjamin442US #30
#11Alexander441US #22
#12Joseph437US #11
#13Joshua426US #4
#14Ryan421US #17
#15Brandon373US #7
#16Jack363US #61
#17Dylan356US #25
#18Noah352US #29
#19Nathan349US #34
#20John302US #15
#21William299US #14
#22Daniel292US #12
#23Thomas289US #31
#24Jordan278US #27
#25Hunter262US #36
#26Kyle262US #24
#27David257US #13
#28Cole254US #77
#29Logan250US #44
#30Anthony244US #19
#31Ethan236US #38
#32Christopher234US #5
#33Adam216US #45
#34Jonathan215US #21
#35Aaron213US #37
#36Justin212US #20
#37Connor206US #47
#38James204US #18
#39Cody202US #43
#40Isaac186US #65
#41Mitchell177US #103
#42Luke174US #75
#43Robert169US #23
#44Eric164US #39
#45Alex162US #55
#46Tanner158US #82
#47Caleb157US #42
#48Blake155US #85
#49Charles155US #48
#50Lucas151US #93
#51Evan147US #63
#52Trevor143US #58
#53Riley138US #128
#54Jared135US #51
#55Cameron132US #35
#56Brady131US #163
#57Carter131US #189
#58Chase131US #67
#59Mason130US #83
#60Wyatt129US #137
#61Kevin125US #32
#62Maxwell125US #136
#63Christian124US #26
#64Jackson121US #100
#65Ian115US #73
#66Devin113US #62
#67Nathaniel113US #60
#68Isaiah111US #59
#69Jake110US #102
#70Timothy110US #49
#71Derek109US #110
#72Jason109US #40
#73Sean107US #50
#74Grant105US #127
#75Jesse105US #70
#76Spencer104US #84
#77Travis104US #98
#78Patrick101US #57
#79Alec98US #112
#80Gabriel97US #54
#81Peter97US #111
#82Tristan94US #92
#83Seth91US #86
#84Brian89US #41
#85Elijah89US #66
#86Parker89US #142
#87Collin88US #130
#88Taylor88US #104
#89Colton87US #106
#90Steven87US #46
#91Dalton86US #88
#92Gavin84US #116
#93Garrett81US #80
#94Henry81US #135
#95Bryce79US #94
#96Brett78US #133
#97Mark76US #64
#98Erik74US #140
#99Dakota73US #72
#100Jeremy73US #68

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑33Chloe#65
↑32Autumn#60
↑29Cameron#55
↑29Ian#65
↑24Chase#58
↑22Natalie#32
↑17Caitlin#69
↑16Jackson#64

Falling

↓28Taylor#88
↓25Michelle#94
↓20Melissa#87
↓19Garrett#93
↓16Travis#77
↓16Peter#81
↓15Jennifer#45
↓14Dakota#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.