State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 2000 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 54,972 Minnesota births in 2000 across 1,402 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#64Brady#189 nationally
#76Ellieoutside the national top 200
#32Carter#152 nationally
#91Abbyoutside the national top 200
#93Josephineoutside the national top 200
#88Kendra#187 nationally
#94Mckenna#188 nationally
#87Ava#180 nationally
#48Mitchell#132 nationally
#85Sophie#160 nationally
#70Isabelle#144 nationally
#73Lydia#147 nationally

Girls

#1Emily559US #1
#2Hannah484US #2
#3Grace429US #19
#4Emma412US #17
#5Elizabeth373US #9
#6Samantha356US #7
#7Madison353US #3
#8Anna347US #22
#9Megan338US #18
#10Lauren312US #11
#11Abigail311US #14
#12Olivia311US #16
#13Alexis295US #6
#14Ashley285US #4
#15Sarah282US #5
#16Rachel277US #21
#17Sydney275US #23
#18Taylor270US #10
#19Jessica228US #8
#20Morgan226US #25
#21Madeline205US #56
#22Kayla194US #13
#23Kaitlyn192US #30
#24Sophia191US #42
#25Alyssa188US #12
#26Julia187US #29
#27Nicole181US #31
#28Brianna178US #15
#29Allison175US #44
#30Amanda173US #32
#31Mackenzie170US #43
#32Paige169US #69
#33Alexandra168US #36
#34Hailey165US #35
#35Haley163US #28
#36Chloe158US #38
#37Katherine158US #33
#38Natalie151US #34
#39Katelyn146US #54
#40Claire144US #86
#41Jenna135US #63
#42Victoria130US #20
#43Courtney126US #59
#44Erin126US #61
#45Isabella125US #45
#46Jennifer124US #26
#47Maria124US #41
#48Brooke122US #51
#49Gabrielle118US #49
#50Rebecca117US #39
#51Danielle115US #48
#52Molly115US #96
#53Bailey106US #68
#54Jasmine102US #27
#55Savannah101US #37
#56Amber98US #47
#57Faith90US #66
#58Kaylee89US #72
#59Mary88US #46
#60Sierra88US #53
#61Laura87US #85
#62Mariah87US #75
#63Kathryn86US #89
#64Lily86US #124
#65Stephanie85US #40
#66Autumn83US #77
#67Isabel83US #94
#68Jordan83US #50
#69Kylie83US #104
#70Isabelle82US #144
#71Cassandra81US #100
#72Madelyn81US #126
#73Lydia80US #147
#74Caitlin79US #76
#75Lindsey78US #103
#76Ellie77
#77Shelby74US #70
#78Destiny73US #24
#79Leah73US #97
#80Katie71US #95
#81Amy70US #105
#82Breanna70US #80
#83Michelle70US #52
#84Sara70US #57
#85Sophie70US #160
#86Mikayla69US #108
#87Ava68US #180
#88Kendra68US #187
#89Margaret68US #110
#90Makayla66US #67
#91Abby65
#92Brittany63US #60
#93Josephine62
#94Mckenna61US #188
#95Mckenzie61US #133
#96Andrea60US #55
#97Marissa60US #78
#98Payton60US #163
#99Miranda59US #112
#100Trinity59US #74

Boys

#1Jacob752US #1
#2Nicholas536US #6
#3Matthew510US #3
#4Andrew501US #7
#5Samuel491US #28
#6Benjamin476US #26
#7Tyler452US #10
#8Zachary451US #15
#9Michael449US #2
#10Joseph440US #8
#11Alexander414US #20
#12Joshua403US #4
#13Jack384US #46
#14Ethan365US #25
#15Ryan364US #13
#16Nathan348US #30
#17Dylan347US #24
#18Brandon344US #12
#19Noah336US #27
#20William324US #11
#21Austin323US #23
#22Hunter314US #35
#23John314US #14
#24Logan298US #40
#25Thomas292US #33
#26Daniel278US #9
#27Cole255US #71
#28Kyle253US #37
#29Anthony242US #17
#30Christopher231US #5
#31Luke231US #59
#32Carter221US #152
#33Adam219US #45
#34Jordan217US #36
#35Justin215US #19
#36David205US #16
#37Isaac204US #53
#38James196US #18
#39Aaron193US #41
#40Jonathan193US #21
#41Connor183US #50
#42Alex176US #62
#43Evan176US #55
#44Caleb175US #38
#45Mason174US #64
#46Jackson173US #72
#47Cody162US #60
#48Mitchell159US #132
#49Blake158US #80
#50Cameron157US #31
#51Lucas155US #83
#52Kevin152US #32
#53Charles151US #51
#54Maxwell150US #113
#55Christian144US #22
#56Riley136US #109
#57Elijah134US #52
#58Wyatt134US #110
#59Isaiah132US #47
#60Eric130US #42
#61Gavin130US #85
#62Ian130US #73
#63Robert129US #29
#64Brady128US #189
#65Jared128US #56
#66Chase127US #77
#67Devin125US #69
#68Gabriel122US #44
#69Trevor122US #75
#70Grant116US #123
#71Tanner115US #93
#72Bryce110US #92
#73Jason108US #39
#74Peter108US #125
#75Timothy107US #58
#76Garrett103US #74
#77Seth101US #63
#78Spencer98US #98
#79Nathaniel97US #61
#80Patrick97US #68
#81Parker96US #127
#82Jake92US #96
#83Derek91US #121
#84Sean89US #57
#85Jose86US #34
#86Colton82US #111
#87Henry80US #126
#88Collin79US #128
#89Dominic78US #118
#90Taylor76US #136
#91Brian74US #43
#92Owen74US #145
#93Steven72US #54
#94Travis72US #115
#95Devon71US #133
#96Erik71US #143
#97Mark71US #79
#98Carson67US #119
#99Levi67US #172
#100Dakota66US #88

On the move since 1999

Rising

↑35Isabella#45
↑35Faith#57
↑31Savannah#55
↑28Sierra#60
↑23Isabelle#70
↑20Lily#64
↑20Bryce#72
↑18Ellie#76

Falling

↓37Brittany#92
↓28Sara#84
↓26Kendra#88
↓25Miranda#99
↓22Mikayla#86
↓20Andrea#96
↓20Tanner#71
↓19Katie#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1999 rankings.