State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 2003 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,947 Minnesota births in 2003 across 1,523 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#47Ellie#187 nationally
#62Annikaoutside the national top 200
#83Kendraoutside the national top 200
#83Mitchell#196 nationally
#86Mckenna#193 nationally
#98Brockoutside the national top 200
#39Lydia#127 nationally
#55Brady#142 nationally
#78Abby#164 nationally
#22Carter#102 nationally
#91Levi#166 nationally
#36Isabelle#110 nationally

Girls

#1Emma617US #2
#2Grace451US #13
#3Emily429US #1
#4Olivia402US #5
#5Abigail368US #6
#6Hannah353US #4
#7Elizabeth323US #9
#8Madison304US #3
#9Ella294US #44
#10Anna272US #21
#11Alexis271US #7
#12Lauren267US #15
#13Samantha262US #10
#14Sophia259US #20
#15Hailey249US #26
#16Isabella244US #12
#17Ava238US #39
#18Sydney238US #25
#19Megan227US #30
#20Taylor216US #19
#21Ashley213US #8
#22Rachel196US #28
#23Julia195US #33
#24Paige193US #47
#25Sarah190US #11
#26Morgan188US #29
#27Natalie178US #23
#28Chloe173US #24
#29Mackenzie158US #45
#30Brooke157US #43
#31Kayla156US #16
#32Lily156US #69
#33Madeline155US #61
#34Alyssa147US #14
#35Allison142US #46
#36Isabelle140US #110
#37Jenna137US #55
#38Jessica133US #18
#39Lydia130US #127
#40Kaitlyn128US #32
#41Faith126US #50
#42Katherine125US #35
#43Katelyn120US #58
#44Claire119US #92
#45Alexandra118US #38
#46Brianna118US #17
#47Ellie118US #187
#48Kylie118US #52
#49Victoria110US #22
#50Lillian107US #76
#51Haley104US #34
#52Kaylee103US #53
#53Madelyn103US #115
#54Amanda96US #54
#55Jasmine95US #27
#56Molly94US #99
#57Gabrielle92US #66
#58Maria92US #42
#59Erin91US #80
#60Zoe91US #57
#61Avery90US #89
#62Annika87
#63Amelia86US #111
#64Isabel86US #83
#65Bailey85US #98
#66Jordan85US #48
#67Audrey84US #78
#68Shelby84US #94
#69Mary82US #59
#70Leah81US #81
#71Mikayla81US #138
#72Makayla80US #51
#73Savannah79US #41
#74Nicole76US #40
#75Rebecca74US #63
#76Jennifer73US #31
#77Mya73US #116
#78Abby71US #164
#79Riley71US #72
#80Alexa69US #67
#81Courtney69US #103
#82Jade69US #101
#83Kendra69
#84Amber68US #74
#85Evelyn68US #88
#86Mckenna68US #193
#87Caroline67US #68
#88Mia67US #36
#89Autumn66US #75
#90Sophie66US #151
#91Trinity66US #56
#92Laura65US #124
#93Margaret65US #128
#94Mckenzie65US #149
#95Kate64US #161
#96Maya64US #84
#97Sierra64US #73
#98Andrea63US #60
#99Gracie62US #126
#100Sara61US #65

Boys

#1Jacob589US #1
#2Ethan496US #7
#3Joseph453US #6
#4Andrew452US #5
#5Samuel449US #23
#6Tyler428US #15
#7Nicholas399US #12
#8Benjamin393US #24
#9Zachary387US #20
#10Joshua386US #3
#11Jack383US #45
#12Alexander382US #16
#13Ryan381US #13
#14William378US #11
#15Logan362US #28
#16Matthew359US #4
#17Michael357US #2
#18Dylan331US #19
#19Noah331US #31
#20Nathan293US #26
#21Austin272US #33
#22Carter266US #102
#23Mason260US #54
#24Isaac259US #48
#25Gavin254US #51
#26Connor253US #43
#27Hunter253US #41
#28John253US #17
#29Caleb249US #34
#30Anthony248US #10
#31Cole246US #69
#32Luke245US #46
#33Thomas244US #36
#34Daniel242US #8
#35Evan237US #44
#36Jackson235US #52
#37David226US #14
#38Aidan223US #39
#39Owen222US #72
#40Riley213US #104
#41Brandon201US #21
#42Blake185US #79
#43Kyle184US #53
#44Christopher183US #9
#45Gabriel182US #29
#46James182US #18
#47Charles174US #57
#48Aaron173US #50
#49Adam170US #58
#50Elijah170US #37
#51Jonathan167US #22
#52Jordan166US #38
#53Justin165US #27
#54Alex163US #62
#55Brady155US #142
#56Ian148US #65
#57Cody146US #78
#58Wyatt145US #109
#59Isaiah142US #49
#60Christian141US #25
#61Lucas141US #71
#62Tanner139US #120
#63Maxwell135US #132
#64Cameron132US #40
#65Carson131US #89
#66Aiden128US #73
#67Chase127US #87
#68Dominic122US #81
#69Henry118US #115
#70Devin115US #74
#71Eric115US #56
#72Parker113US #125
#73Robert110US #35
#74Grant106US #137
#75Kevin105US #32
#76Hayden101US #84
#77Jaden99US #82
#78Jason98US #42
#79Nathaniel93US #63
#80Ashton92US #101
#81Caden92US #113
#82Brayden91US #110
#83Mitchell91US #196
#84Bryce89US #103
#85Kaden88US #121
#86Jose87US #30
#87Colin86US #88
#88Trevor86US #99
#89Seth84US #80
#90Sean83US #61
#91Levi82US #166
#92Spencer80US #139
#93Jayden79US #75
#94Peter76US #146
#95Derek74US #149
#96Tristan74US #112
#97Jake72US #98
#98Brock71
#99Jesse71US #94
#100Colton70US #135

On the move since 2002

Rising

↑35Avery#61
↑28Aidan#38
↑27Ava#17
↑26Lydia#39
↑24Gavin#25
↑20Abby#78
↑18Ella#9
↑18Audrey#67

Falling

↓39Sara#100
↓24Nicole#74
↓21Jennifer#76
↓17Jordan#52
↓17Lucas#61
↓16Brianna#46
↓15Laura#92
↓14Autumn#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2002 rankings.