State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 2004 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,172 Minnesota births in 2004 across 1,598 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#48Ellie#189 nationally
#71Annikaoutside the national top 200
#81Mckennaoutside the national top 200
#83Eliseoutside the national top 200
#97Lucyoutside the national top 200
#97Mitchelloutside the national top 200
#100Eva#198 nationally
#73Nolan#162 nationally
#78Abby#166 nationally
#52Lydia#126 nationally
#63Maxwell#136 nationally
#86Mikayla#156 nationally

Girls

#1Emma563US #2
#2Grace476US #13
#3Olivia426US #4
#4Emily394US #1
#5Abigail349US #6
#6Ella337US #29
#7Madison311US #3
#8Ava308US #25
#9Hannah307US #5
#10Elizabeth302US #10
#11Sophia302US #15
#12Isabella281US #7
#13Anna276US #20
#14Alexis274US #11
#15Lauren268US #16
#16Samantha235US #9
#17Sydney221US #27
#18Ashley214US #8
#19Hailey196US #24
#20Megan194US #36
#21Chloe191US #23
#22Paige191US #51
#23Taylor182US #22
#24Brooke181US #46
#25Morgan178US #31
#26Natalie173US #19
#27Julia172US #32
#28Lily160US #53
#29Sarah159US #12
#30Madeline151US #63
#31Allison147US #40
#32Kylie143US #49
#33Mackenzie140US #45
#34Alyssa138US #14
#35Brianna136US #17
#36Kaitlyn131US #33
#37Jenna130US #56
#38Kayla126US #18
#39Lillian125US #65
#40Rachel125US #34
#41Isabelle121US #107
#42Jessica120US #21
#43Katherine120US #35
#44Amelia118US #96
#45Claire118US #99
#46Faith116US #52
#47Alexandra113US #37
#48Ellie111US #189
#49Molly107US #97
#50Jasmine106US #26
#51Avery104US #77
#52Lydia101US #126
#53Savannah100US #41
#54Zoe98US #54
#55Katelyn97US #59
#56Madelyn96US #111
#57Maria94US #42
#58Victoria94US #28
#59Haley93US #44
#60Maya93US #83
#61Riley93US #58
#62Gabriella92US #76
#63Gabrielle91US #73
#64Isabel91US #88
#65Leah91US #64
#66Alexa88US #72
#67Audrey87US #80
#68Kaylee86US #50
#69Mary86US #62
#70Amanda85US #67
#71Annika82
#72Erin82US #95
#73Kathryn82US #122
#74Makayla82US #47
#75Rebecca79US #70
#76Autumn78US #82
#77Nicole77US #43
#78Abby76US #166
#79Mia76US #30
#80Nevaeh75US #104
#81Mckenna73
#82Marissa72US #78
#83Elise71
#84Jada70US #81
#85Jennifer69US #39
#86Mikayla66US #156
#87Mya66US #116
#88Jordan65US #71
#89Sophie65US #135
#90Bailey64US #100
#91Brooklyn64US #101
#92Evelyn64US #84
#93Laura64US #129
#94Margaret64US #133
#95Katie63US #102
#96Breanna61US #115
#97Lucy60
#98Rylee60US #136
#99Amber59US #87
#100Eva59US #198

Boys

#1Jacob522US #1
#2Ethan465US #5
#3Samuel448US #23
#4Andrew436US #6
#5Benjamin408US #25
#6Tyler407US #16
#7Joseph384US #9
#8Alexander378US #15
#9Jack363US #42
#10William361US #8
#11Matthew351US #4
#12Nicholas350US #13
#13Logan344US #27
#14Michael340US #2
#15Zachary337US #26
#16Joshua330US #3
#17Ryan312US #12
#18Dylan311US #19
#19Noah296US #29
#20Mason293US #51
#21Isaac289US #46
#22Daniel281US #7
#23Nathan280US #20
#24Carter274US #89
#25Evan269US #39
#26Gavin251US #52
#27Caleb238US #33
#28John233US #17
#29Owen233US #67
#30Thomas232US #37
#31Anthony230US #11
#32Hunter229US #49
#33Austin225US #35
#34Charles221US #56
#35James220US #18
#36Connor218US #38
#37Jackson217US #48
#38Luke208US #41
#39Elijah202US #31
#40Cole195US #75
#41Riley184US #106
#42Jonathan181US #21
#43Wyatt181US #90
#44Adam175US #58
#45Christopher175US #10
#46Brandon173US #22
#47David173US #14
#48Lucas169US #66
#49Gabriel164US #32
#50Alex163US #63
#51Aidan161US #40
#52Blake161US #95
#53Aaron160US #53
#54Isaiah160US #45
#55Henry154US #109
#56Christian153US #24
#57Justin153US #30
#58Jordan144US #43
#59Brady138US #122
#60Carson138US #101
#61Ian138US #69
#62Aiden134US #60
#63Maxwell134US #136
#64Caden133US #104
#65Ashton121US #76
#66Kyle120US #55
#67Chase119US #82
#68Kevin116US #34
#69Cody115US #84
#70Cameron112US #50
#71Parker111US #131
#72Tanner107US #125
#73Nolan104US #162
#74Grant103US #141
#75Jason101US #47
#76Trevor101US #110
#77Dominic100US #91
#78Hayden100US #87
#79Colin97US #85
#80Collin95US #130
#81Devin95US #81
#82Bryce93US #108
#83Jayden93US #62
#84Levi93US #153
#85Kaden92US #105
#86Eric91US #61
#87Liam90US #112
#88Jose89US #28
#89Landon89US #86
#90Robert89US #36
#91Nathaniel87US #68
#92Seth85US #80
#93Timothy85US #79
#94Jake82US #98
#95Peter80US #143
#96Cooper79US #133
#97Mitchell79
#98Jaden78US #83
#99Max77US #164
#100Sean77US #64

On the move since 2003

Rising

↑36Maya#60
↑20Savannah#53
↑19Amelia#44
↑18Riley#61
↑17Caden#64
↑16Kylie#32
↑15Wyatt#43
↑15Ashton#65

Falling

↓25Bailey#90
↓23Kyle#66
↓22Jordan#88
↓21Jaden#98
↓18Rachel#40
↓17Robert#90
↓16Kaylee#68
↓16Amanda#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2003 rankings.