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Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 2001 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 54,440 Minnesota births in 2001 across 1,456 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#58Ella#190 nationally
#72Annikaoutside the national top 200
#83Ellieoutside the national top 200
#91Amelia#199 nationally
#90Mckenna#194 nationally
#61Abby#163 nationally
#74Brady#174 nationally
#88Nolan#180 nationally
#68Mitchell#156 nationally
#25Carter#111 nationally
#48Maxwell#124 nationally
#96Levi#171 nationally

Girls

#1Emily482US #1
#2Grace447US #16
#3Emma415US #13
#4Madison410US #2
#5Hannah401US #3
#6Abigail400US #8
#7Olivia376US #10
#8Anna353US #19
#9Elizabeth338US #9
#10Alexis309US #5
#11Samantha309US #7
#12Megan302US #20
#13Lauren269US #15
#14Sarah260US #6
#15Ashley242US #4
#16Sydney242US #23
#17Taylor238US #12
#18Morgan230US #29
#19Rachel219US #24
#20Sophia201US #37
#21Hailey194US #33
#22Alyssa193US #14
#23Madeline182US #56
#24Julia180US #27
#25Mackenzie170US #40
#26Kayla168US #17
#27Jessica167US #11
#28Isabella161US #28
#29Kaitlyn157US #31
#30Chloe155US #30
#31Jenna155US #45
#32Allison154US #44
#33Brianna147US #18
#34Katherine144US #35
#35Alexandra141US #38
#36Nicole137US #36
#37Paige137US #71
#38Natalie135US #32
#39Haley133US #34
#40Claire129US #82
#41Katelyn128US #52
#42Amanda122US #39
#43Victoria116US #21
#44Isabelle114US #113
#45Jasmine114US #25
#46Mary113US #48
#47Brooke111US #57
#48Amber110US #51
#49Gabrielle109US #50
#50Jennifer108US #26
#51Molly105US #90
#52Erin104US #60
#53Autumn100US #72
#54Lily99US #103
#55Maria98US #41
#56Sara97US #58
#57Kaylee96US #66
#58Ella93US #190
#59Faith92US #53
#60Makayla91US #54
#61Abby88US #163
#62Isabel88US #88
#63Bailey85US #69
#64Laura85US #86
#65Madelyn85US #121
#66Lillian84US #111
#67Rebecca84US #46
#68Savannah84US #42
#69Alexa83US #78
#70Lindsey83US #105
#71Lydia83US #140
#72Annika82
#73Destiny82US #22
#74Sierra82US #55
#75Kathryn80US #97
#76Leah80US #87
#77Ava78US #132
#78Stephanie77US #43
#79Zoe77US #65
#80Mariah76US #85
#81Courtney75US #73
#82Danielle75US #63
#83Ellie75
#84Jordan75US #47
#85Margaret75US #118
#86Shelby73US #68
#87Katie72US #99
#88Kylie72US #95
#89Caitlin70US #89
#90Mckenna70US #194
#91Amelia69US #199
#92Mia69US #76
#93Mikayla68US #109
#94Catherine67US #81
#95Jade64US #98
#96Mckenzie64US #135
#97Jada63US #75
#98Maya63US #110
#99Sophie63US #151
#100Cassandra62US #122

Boys

#1Jacob721US #1
#2Samuel509US #26
#3Joseph487US #8
#4Benjamin480US #27
#5Andrew478US #7
#6Nicholas452US #6
#7Tyler430US #13
#8Matthew428US #3
#9Zachary422US #16
#10Joshua411US #4
#11Ethan404US #17
#12Michael404US #2
#13Alexander395US #20
#14Jack375US #48
#15Dylan356US #21
#16Logan352US #29
#17Noah342US #28
#18Ryan341US #15
#19William338US #10
#20Nathan318US #31
#21Austin308US #25
#22Thomas297US #33
#23Hunter294US #36
#24John288US #14
#25Carter272US #111
#26Brandon264US #18
#27Daniel262US #9
#28Isaac252US #47
#29Anthony247US #11
#30Cole227US #74
#31Mason225US #54
#32Christopher223US #5
#33Luke219US #50
#34David218US #12
#35Jackson211US #60
#36Justin210US #22
#37Adam204US #51
#38James204US #19
#39Caleb201US #37
#40Connor200US #49
#41Kyle200US #40
#42Jonathan195US #23
#43Blake178US #77
#44Aaron177US #42
#45Cody176US #64
#46Charles168US #55
#47Jordan167US #39
#48Maxwell166US #124
#49Evan159US #56
#50Alex155US #62
#51Riley154US #105
#52Gabriel153US #38
#53Wyatt153US #107
#54Kevin146US #32
#55Parker146US #123
#56Isaiah145US #43
#57Lucas145US #83
#58Christian144US #24
#59Gavin129US #78
#60Elijah128US #45
#61Cameron126US #35
#62Ian122US #70
#63Devin120US #71
#64Tanner120US #101
#65Eric118US #44
#66Robert117US #30
#67Chase114US #79
#68Mitchell114US #156
#69Jared113US #65
#70Grant109US #135
#71Henry109US #120
#72Spencer104US #103
#73Trevor104US #76
#74Brady103US #174
#75Jake99US #100
#76Tristan99US #108
#77Seth98US #68
#78Nathaniel93US #61
#79Jason91US #41
#80Sean90US #57
#81Garrett89US #80
#82Jose88US #34
#83Timothy84US #67
#84Peter83US #133
#85Derek81US #132
#86Carson78US #95
#87Owen78US #130
#88Nolan77US #180
#89Brian76US #46
#90Dominic76US #106
#91Max76US #159
#92Patrick76US #72
#93Colton75US #118
#94Preston72US #152
#95Jaden71US #114
#96Levi71US #171
#97Mark68US #84
#98Bryce67US #92
#99Marcus67US #104
#100Travis66US #134

On the move since 2000

Rising

↑30Makayla#60
↑30Abby#61
↑28Sara#56
↑26Isabelle#44
↑26Parker#55
↑17Isabella#28
↑16Gabriel#52
↑16Henry#71

Falling

↓38Courtney#81
↓31Danielle#82
↓29Cassandra#100
↓26Bryce#98
↓20Mitchell#68
↓19Kylie#88
↓18Mariah#80
↓17Rebecca#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2000 rankings.