State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 2005 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,975 Minnesota births in 2005 across 1,623 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#65Annikaoutside the national top 200
#53Ellie#184 nationally
#79Josephineoutside the national top 200
#83Abby#198 nationally
#89Mckennaoutside the national top 200
#95Eleanoroutside the national top 200
#93Drew#198 nationally
#97Gretaoutside the national top 200
#99Noraoutside the national top 200
#80Lucy#172 nationally
#97Jonah#184 nationally
#59Maxwell#140 nationally

Girls

#1Ava460US #9
#2Grace428US #14
#3Emma421US #2
#4Ella394US #23
#5Emily394US #1
#6Olivia371US #5
#7Abigail354US #4
#8Madison330US #3
#9Sophia326US #12
#10Hannah308US #7
#11Anna277US #22
#12Elizabeth272US #11
#13Samantha250US #8
#14Isabella240US #6
#15Lauren239US #21
#16Alexis234US #13
#17Hailey217US #26
#18Natalie202US #18
#19Chloe193US #19
#20Megan192US #41
#21Ashley188US #10
#22Lily179US #39
#23Julia178US #31
#24Paige168US #60
#25Sydney164US #30
#26Morgan162US #33
#27Isabelle158US #96
#28Lillian155US #50
#29Taylor154US #24
#30Brooke145US #47
#31Sarah145US #15
#32Avery139US #67
#33Madeline139US #70
#34Rachel137US #38
#35Alyssa127US #16
#36Katelyn127US #59
#37Kylie126US #57
#38Kaitlyn124US #34
#39Amelia122US #84
#40Kayla121US #25
#41Claire119US #95
#42Mackenzie119US #51
#43Lydia118US #119
#44Faith116US #49
#45Allison109US #45
#46Katherine109US #36
#47Alexandra108US #37
#48Jenna107US #62
#49Brianna106US #20
#50Jasmine105US #29
#51Madelyn100US #107
#52Kaylee99US #40
#53Ellie98US #184
#54Evelyn97US #71
#55Nevaeh93US #69
#56Gabrielle91US #55
#57Jada89US #76
#58Leah88US #68
#59Savannah88US #35
#60Audrey87US #77
#61Maya86US #73
#62Mia85US #17
#63Isabel84US #89
#64Molly84US #97
#65Annika82
#66Brooklyn81US #78
#67Maria81US #46
#68Riley81US #54
#69Zoe81US #58
#70Alexa80US #66
#71Autumn80US #90
#72Eva79US #129
#73Jessica79US #27
#74Mya79US #98
#75Haley78US #53
#76Victoria78US #28
#77Gabriella77US #61
#78Angelina75US #43
#79Josephine75
#80Lucy75US #172
#81Gracie73US #94
#82Margaret71US #151
#83Abby69US #198
#84Amanda68US #79
#85Kate68US #141
#86Mary66US #72
#87Jennifer64US #42
#88Makayla64US #44
#89Mckenna64
#90Sara64US #75
#91Destiny62US #32
#92Mariah62US #85
#93Trinity61US #48
#94Arianna60US #88
#95Eleanor60
#96Erin60US #112
#97Greta60
#98Nicole60US #56
#99Nora60
#100Rebecca60US #81

Boys

#1Ethan494US #5
#2Jacob477US #1
#3Samuel441US #21
#4Jack420US #34
#5Andrew415US #6
#6Benjamin394US #25
#7Joseph373US #9
#8Alexander372US #13
#9Logan358US #26
#10William356US #11
#11Tyler355US #16
#12Matthew333US #4
#13Noah324US #23
#14Joshua300US #3
#15Nathan297US #20
#16Michael290US #2
#17Owen290US #60
#18Ryan289US #14
#19Gavin286US #47
#20Zachary286US #29
#21Nicholas280US #15
#22Mason278US #42
#23Carter275US #77
#24Evan274US #39
#25Dylan272US #24
#26Hunter254US #53
#27Isaac245US #49
#28Thomas241US #40
#29Jackson240US #44
#30Connor235US #48
#31Charles221US #56
#32Caleb219US #35
#33James219US #17
#34John219US #18
#35Daniel212US #7
#36Anthony211US #8
#37Austin211US #38
#38Aidan205US #43
#39Luke203US #41
#40Gabriel198US #28
#41Elijah194US #31
#42David192US #12
#43Wyatt190US #81
#44Cole178US #79
#45Christopher176US #10
#46Adam172US #64
#47Henry171US #102
#48Lucas167US #58
#49Aiden162US #50
#50Justin160US #36
#51Blake159US #99
#52Brandon158US #27
#53Riley157US #106
#54Jonathan154US #19
#55Kyle153US #69
#56Isaiah151US #45
#57Chase146US #82
#58Landon139US #61
#59Maxwell138US #140
#60Carson134US #101
#61Brayden133US #80
#62Christian133US #22
#63Brady131US #110
#64Jordan131US #46
#65Alex130US #71
#66Cody126US #96
#67Ian124US #68
#68Cameron123US #52
#69Jayden120US #54
#70Parker120US #119
#71Caden119US #98
#72Tanner118US #131
#73Aaron114US #57
#74Nolan111US #149
#75Kevin110US #33
#76Hayden107US #76
#77Robert107US #37
#78Colin99US #95
#79Kaden99US #100
#80Grant94US #154
#81Liam94US #104
#82Jason92US #51
#83Ashton91US #107
#84Dominic91US #85
#85Vincent91US #111
#86Eric90US #66
#87Jose89US #30
#88Devin87US #90
#89Levi87US #141
#90Nathaniel87US #67
#91Cooper83US #120
#92Colton82US #155
#93Drew81US #198
#94Trevor81US #112
#95Jake78US #103
#96Seth77US #91
#97Jonah76US #184
#98Bryce75US #109
#99Sean75US #75
#100Eli74US #152

On the move since 2004

Rising

↑38Evelyn#54
↑31Landon#58
↑28Eva#72
↑27Jada#57
↑25Nevaeh#55
↑25Brooklyn#66
↑19Avery#32
↑19Katelyn#36

Falling

↓31Jessica#73
↓25Rebecca#100
↓24Erin#96
↓21Nicole#98
↓20Aaron#73
↓18Victoria#76
↓18Ashton#83
↓18Trevor#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2004 rankings.