State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 2002 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 54,705 Minnesota births in 2002 across 1,464 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#63Ellie#200 nationally
#76Annikaoutside the national top 200
#99Calvinoutside the national top 200
#76Mitchell#177 nationally
#61Brady#147 nationally
#87Nolan#172 nationally
#92Mckenna#177 nationally
#27Carter#108 nationally
#38Isabelle#111 nationally
#65Lydia#137 nationally
#95Jonah#167 nationally
#58Maxwell#129 nationally

Girls

#1Emma505US #4
#2Grace488US #15
#3Emily442US #1
#4Olivia398US #10
#5Abigail395US #7
#6Hannah383US #3
#7Madison382US #2
#8Anna346US #20
#9Elizabeth310US #11
#10Alexis290US #5
#11Megan290US #22
#12Lauren284US #13
#13Sophia263US #27
#14Ashley250US #6
#15Samantha239US #9
#16Morgan235US #29
#17Taylor232US #18
#18Isabella223US #14
#19Rachel214US #24
#20Sarah211US #8
#21Sydney208US #23
#22Hailey204US #31
#23Chloe202US #25
#24Paige197US #51
#25Julia192US #33
#26Madeline189US #56
#27Ella167US #89
#28Kayla166US #19
#29Alyssa157US #12
#30Brianna149US #17
#31Natalie149US #30
#32Allison146US #44
#33Kaitlyn146US #32
#34Mackenzie143US #42
#35Jenna141US #47
#36Jessica141US #16
#37Katherine140US #36
#38Isabelle136US #111
#39Haley133US #35
#40Brooke131US #52
#41Kylie130US #61
#42Lily129US #79
#43Alexandra124US #38
#44Ava123US #82
#45Claire123US #95
#46Katelyn120US #53
#47Jasmine119US #26
#48Kaylee119US #57
#49Victoria117US #21
#50Nicole116US #37
#51Isabel111US #85
#52Faith109US #48
#53Amanda105US #46
#54Erin104US #72
#55Jennifer102US #28
#56Maria101US #40
#57Zoe99US #60
#58Gabrielle96US #66
#59Jordan96US #45
#60Makayla95US #50
#61Sara95US #59
#62Kathryn93US #108
#63Ellie92US #200
#64Lillian90US #96
#65Lydia88US #137
#66Madelyn88US #120
#67Destiny86US #34
#68Rebecca86US #54
#69Bailey85US #84
#70Savannah85US #39
#71Molly84US #107
#72Amber83US #65
#73Amelia83US #139
#74Mary83US #49
#75Autumn80US #73
#76Annika79
#77Laura78US #105
#78Shelby78US #75
#79Alexa73US #69
#80Courtney73US #88
#81Leah72US #87
#82Margaret71US #129
#83Maya67US #90
#84Sophie67US #149
#85Audrey66US #100
#86Sierra66US #62
#87Marissa65US #99
#88Mia65US #43
#89Mikayla65US #124
#90Riley65US #77
#91Stephanie65US #41
#92Mckenna64US #177
#93Mckenzie64US #143
#94Kelsey63US #118
#95Gabriella62US #76
#96Avery61US #132
#97Katie61US #103
#98Abby60US #166
#99Danielle60US #71
#100Cassandra59US #126

Boys

#1Jacob620US #1
#2Ethan497US #5
#3Benjamin460US #27
#4Samuel458US #25
#5Nicholas452US #9
#6Joseph447US #7
#7Zachary421US #19
#8Andrew418US #6
#9Joshua409US #3
#10Alexander402US #15
#11Jack394US #44
#12Logan390US #29
#13Tyler382US #14
#14Matthew377US #4
#15Michael362US #2
#16William347US #11
#17Noah338US #31
#18Ryan325US #16
#19Dylan298US #23
#20Austin293US #26
#21Hunter292US #38
#22Nathan280US #28
#23Daniel272US #10
#24John263US #17
#25Thomas261US #36
#26Isaac259US #48
#27Carter256US #108
#28Anthony242US #12
#29Mason233US #53
#30Luke227US #46
#31Cole220US #69
#32Connor218US #47
#33Brandon215US #20
#34Jackson214US #50
#35Jordan211US #37
#36James206US #18
#37Riley202US #99
#38Caleb201US #35
#39Christopher199US #8
#40David197US #13
#41Blake190US #76
#42Adam188US #55
#43Gabriel188US #32
#44Lucas184US #75
#45Cody183US #71
#46Evan182US #56
#47Charles177US #58
#48Justin168US #22
#49Gavin167US #61
#50Owen167US #94
#51Alex166US #63
#52Kyle162US #40
#53Aaron161US #43
#54Jonathan158US #21
#55Elijah156US #41
#56Isaiah150US #45
#57Wyatt143US #121
#58Maxwell138US #129
#59Christian137US #24
#60Devin130US #74
#61Brady125US #147
#62Ian124US #67
#63Kevin123US #33
#64Cameron122US #39
#65Parker121US #126
#66Aidan120US #60
#67Nathaniel120US #62
#68Robert119US #34
#69Eric118US #52
#70Grant113US #127
#71Tanner113US #112
#72Dominic112US #83
#73Carson111US #105
#74Henry111US #115
#75Chase108US #82
#76Mitchell97US #177
#77Timothy94US #70
#78Trevor94US #81
#79Sean92US #59
#80Garrett91US #91
#81Peter91US #134
#82Jaden90US #87
#83Seth90US #72
#84Jason89US #42
#85Jake88US #102
#86Spencer83US #110
#87Nolan81US #172
#88Brian80US #51
#89Bryce79US #97
#90Tristan78US #103
#91Caden77US #153
#92Hayden77US #96
#93Jose76US #30
#94Jayden75US #101
#95Jonah74US #167
#96Levi74US #164
#97Colin71US #116
#98Derek71US #139
#99Calvin66
#100Marcus65US #106

On the move since 2001

Rising

↑47Kylie#41
↑37Owen#50
↑33Ava#44
↑31Ella#27
↑25Jordan#59
↑22Zoe#57
↑20Ellie#63
↑18Amelia#73

Falling

↓37Abby#98
↓28Mary#74
↓24Amber#72
↓22Autumn#75
↓20Molly#71
↓17Danielle#99
↓14Nicole#50
↓14Spencer#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2001 rankings.