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Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 1999 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 54,048 Minnesota births in 1999 across 1,360 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#50Carter#179 nationally
#66Brady#184 nationally
#62Kendra#170 nationally
#94Ellieoutside the national top 200
#98Annikaoutside the national top 200
#82Abby#174 nationally
#97Sophie#184 nationally
#79Madelyn#164 nationally
#49Riley#127 nationally
#94Levi#170 nationally
#93Isabelle#162 nationally
#84Lily#152 nationally

Girls

#1Emily585US #1
#2Samantha416US #5
#3Hannah411US #2
#4Emma382US #17
#5Madison370US #7
#6Elizabeth361US #10
#7Megan361US #15
#8Grace354US #27
#9Anna347US #29
#10Taylor326US #8
#11Alexis310US #3
#12Rachel294US #19
#13Ashley291US #6
#14Lauren282US #12
#15Sarah281US #4
#16Abigail270US #18
#17Sydney256US #23
#18Morgan245US #24
#19Olivia238US #20
#20Kayla227US #13
#21Alyssa226US #11
#22Nicole221US #25
#23Jessica199US #9
#24Amanda193US #22
#25Sophia187US #53
#26Allison186US #40
#27Madeline181US #70
#28Alexandra171US #32
#29Julia163US #30
#30Kaitlyn163US #33
#31Paige158US #67
#32Natalie155US #34
#33Brianna154US #14
#34Haley153US #31
#35Katherine146US #36
#36Claire144US #86
#37Jenna141US #61
#38Hailey136US #54
#39Maria136US #39
#40Jennifer131US #21
#41Mackenzie131US #52
#42Victoria131US #16
#43Gabrielle130US #46
#44Katelyn128US #55
#45Brooke126US #47
#46Danielle126US #43
#47Amber122US #41
#48Courtney122US #44
#49Erin120US #58
#50Bailey111US #65
#51Rebecca111US #38
#52Mariah109US #68
#53Chloe107US #63
#54Molly107US #102
#55Brittany104US #35
#56Sara104US #50
#57Jasmine102US #26
#58Stephanie102US #37
#59Jordan96US #48
#60Mary93US #45
#61Katie92US #92
#62Kendra92US #170
#63Cassandra91US #87
#64Mikayla91US #85
#65Lindsey89US #96
#66Isabel88US #97
#67Shelby87US #62
#68Kylie86US #109
#69Autumn84US #77
#70Laura84US #81
#71Alexa81US #89
#72Kaylee81US #69
#73Makayla80US #66
#74Miranda80US #94
#75Leah79US #103
#76Andrea77US #59
#77Kathryn76US #91
#78Kelsey73US #72
#79Madelyn73US #164
#80Isabella72US #60
#81Margaret72US #110
#82Abby71US #174
#83Lydia71US #148
#84Lily70US #152
#85Maya67US #113
#86Savannah67US #42
#87Marissa66US #73
#88Sierra66US #49
#89Cassidy65US #99
#90Jade65US #117
#91Amy64US #105
#92Faith63US #76
#93Isabelle61US #162
#94Ellie59
#95Kimberly59US #51
#96Mckenzie59US #141
#97Sophie59US #184
#98Annika58
#99Breanna58US #74
#100Angela57US #90

Boys

#1Jacob755US #1
#2Nicholas549US #5
#3Matthew538US #3
#4Benjamin515US #29
#5Andrew501US #7
#6Tyler482US #10
#7Austin470US #13
#8Zachary470US #17
#9Samuel456US #27
#10Michael447US #2
#11Joseph436US #8
#12Alexander434US #21
#13Ryan420US #12
#14Joshua409US #4
#15Dylan404US #23
#16Noah402US #24
#17Jack383US #52
#18Nathan344US #32
#19Brandon339US #11
#20Logan321US #42
#21Thomas301US #31
#22John295US #15
#23William295US #14
#24Hunter293US #36
#25Daniel280US #9
#26Anthony271US #18
#27Ethan267US #37
#28Cole257US #75
#29Christopher251US #6
#30Jordan249US #30
#31James243US #19
#32Kyle238US #28
#33David234US #16
#34Justin228US #20
#35Luke219US #67
#36Adam213US #44
#37Blake203US #84
#38Connor194US #48
#39Cody190US #45
#40Jonathan190US #22
#41Evan187US #57
#42Mason181US #71
#43Maxwell178US #106
#44Alex176US #58
#45Mitchell168US #112
#46Aaron167US #38
#47Caleb160US #41
#48Jackson156US #83
#49Riley153US #127
#50Carter150US #179
#51Tanner150US #87
#52Eric148US #39
#53Christian147US #25
#54Isaac147US #64
#55Jared146US #54
#56Trevor142US #66
#57Kevin140US #34
#58Charles137US #50
#59Lucas133US #90
#60Cameron132US #33
#61Robert129US #26
#62Isaiah125US #51
#63Spencer123US #92
#64Chase122US #76
#65Devin120US #68
#66Brady117US #184
#67Jake113US #97
#68Grant108US #128
#69Ian108US #72
#70Jason108US #40
#71Wyatt108US #131
#72Peter104US #105
#73Seth103US #65
#74Elijah100US #60
#75Sean100US #56
#76Parker99US #124
#77Timothy99US #49
#78Gavin97US #101
#79Brian96US #43
#80Jesse95US #82
#81Nathaniel95US #62
#82Patrick95US #63
#83Gabriel91US #53
#84Derek89US #113
#85Garrett89US #78
#86Colton87US #109
#87Dawson79US #136
#88Owen79US #153
#89Erik78US #139
#90Henry77US #129
#91Alec75US #132
#92Bryce75US #93
#93Travis75US #102
#94Levi74US #170
#95Taylor74US #120
#96Dalton73US #86
#97Dominic73US #118
#98Steven73US #47
#99Jeremy71US #81
#100Paul71US #94

On the move since 1998

Rising

↑26Sophia#25
↑26Isabel#66
↑19Maxwell#43
↑17Grace#8
↑17Kendra#62
↑17Mason#42
↑16Hailey#38
↑16Maria#39

Falling

↓24Laura#70
↓23Marissa#87
↓19Breanna#99
↓18Sierra#88
↓18Mckenzie#96
↓18Robert#61
↓16Rebecca#51
↓16Travis#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1998 rankings.