State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 2006 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 57,621 Minnesota births in 2006 across 1,740 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#74Noraoutside the national top 200
#82Gretaoutside the national top 200
#83Annabelleoutside the national top 200
#88Annikaoutside the national top 200
#66Ellie#175 nationally
#95Josephineoutside the national top 200
#99Claraoutside the national top 200
#99Drewoutside the national top 200
#59Maxwell#149 nationally
#47Lydia#130 nationally
#70Lucy#153 nationally
#65Nolan#146 nationally

Girls

#1Ava484US #5
#2Grace375US #16
#3Olivia375US #7
#4Emma366US #2
#5Sophia356US #9
#6Ella350US #21
#7Abigail342US #6
#8Emily339US #1
#9Hannah306US #8
#10Isabella289US #4
#11Elizabeth284US #11
#12Madison281US #3
#13Anna264US #22
#14Addison223US #28
#15Lauren223US #24
#16Natalie217US #17
#17Hailey215US #25
#18Samantha209US #10
#19Isabelle199US #84
#20Alexis197US #14
#21Chloe197US #18
#22Ashley195US #12
#23Morgan173US #35
#24Lily172US #33
#25Taylor165US #23
#26Lillian161US #38
#27Brooke154US #44
#28Julia153US #31
#29Claire149US #86
#30Megan147US #60
#31Sydney147US #34
#32Amelia143US #83
#33Avery143US #52
#34Paige141US #77
#35Madeline139US #71
#36Nevaeh134US #43
#37Sarah134US #15
#38Kaylee129US #42
#39Allison120US #47
#40Rachel118US #48
#41Gabrielle117US #63
#42Mackenzie115US #53
#43Brooklyn112US #66
#44Kayla112US #26
#45Alyssa110US #19
#46Audrey109US #69
#47Lydia109US #130
#48Savannah107US #30
#49Brianna106US #20
#50Katherine106US #37
#51Kylie106US #67
#52Alexandra105US #40
#53Katelyn104US #61
#54Maya102US #57
#55Evelyn101US #65
#56Mia101US #13
#57Faith99US #62
#58Leah98US #68
#59Zoe97US #54
#60Isabel95US #87
#61Maria95US #46
#62Gabriella94US #50
#63Jenna94US #88
#64Alexa93US #39
#65Kaitlyn93US #41
#66Ellie91US #175
#67Jasmine89US #29
#68Sophie87US #124
#69Jessica86US #32
#70Lucy86US #153
#71Mya85US #102
#72Madelyn84US #113
#73Makayla82US #45
#74Nora81
#75Victoria80US #27
#76Autumn79US #95
#77Eva78US #122
#78Kate78US #142
#79Molly78US #105
#80Haley74US #75
#81Mary73US #80
#82Greta72
#83Annabelle71
#84Erin71US #131
#85Gracie71US #103
#86Jocelyn71US #73
#87Sofia71US #55
#88Annika70
#89Aubrey70US #93
#90Arianna69US #76
#91Kathryn67US #143
#92Ruby67US #137
#93Keira66US #110
#94Nicole63US #74
#95Josephine62
#96Riley61US #56
#97Charlotte60US #125
#98Peyton60US #138
#99Clara59
#100Mariah59US #82

Boys

#1Ethan463US #4
#2Jacob448US #1
#3Logan411US #20
#4Benjamin406US #24
#5Jack401US #36
#6Noah380US #15
#7William377US #10
#8Andrew370US #7
#9Samuel367US #25
#10Joseph355US #11
#11Mason337US #40
#12Owen328US #58
#13Alexander321US #12
#14Gavin320US #38
#15Tyler319US #18
#16Matthew304US #5
#17Jackson301US #35
#18Carter297US #75
#19Nicholas281US #17
#20Isaac269US #48
#21Dylan268US #26
#22Joshua268US #3
#23Ryan254US #14
#24Michael253US #2
#25Nathan248US #23
#26Zachary244US #33
#27Charles241US #60
#28John239US #19
#29Connor231US #53
#30Evan229US #42
#31James228US #16
#32Anthony227US #9
#33Daniel224US #6
#34Wyatt219US #82
#35Hunter215US #54
#36Caleb209US #34
#37Luke209US #43
#38Aiden207US #32
#39Landon207US #50
#40Elijah206US #29
#41Lucas202US #59
#42Thomas202US #51
#43Aidan201US #44
#44Austin199US #41
#45Henry191US #95
#46David178US #13
#47Jonathan175US #22
#48Cole172US #84
#49Isaiah172US #39
#50Gabriel169US #28
#51Alex168US #67
#52Riley168US #101
#53Carson156US #87
#54Brandon154US #27
#55Adam150US #64
#56Blake150US #97
#57Christopher149US #8
#58Ian147US #80
#59Maxwell142US #149
#60Aaron141US #57
#61Caden136US #91
#62Cameron136US #52
#63Jayden134US #49
#64Parker133US #116
#65Nolan128US #146
#66Christian127US #21
#67Kevin125US #37
#68Brady124US #106
#69Kyle123US #81
#70Brayden122US #79
#71Justin120US #45
#72Chase117US #83
#73Dominic113US #85
#74Grant111US #155
#75Hayden111US #73
#76Cooper108US #113
#77Jordan108US #46
#78Levi108US #133
#79Kaden105US #92
#80Liam105US #98
#81Tristan105US #86
#82Eli103US #136
#83Robert101US #47
#84Jose91US #30
#85Preston91US #114
#86Seth90US #103
#87Vincent90US #107
#88Brody86US #148
#89Cody86US #105
#90Sean83US #68
#91Tanner83US #142
#92Nathaniel79US #69
#93Devin78US #100
#94Jeremiah77US #71
#95Bryce76US #109
#96Colin75US #111
#97Jason75US #55
#98Max75US #160
#99Drew73
#100Oliver73US #173

On the move since 2005

Rising

↑25Nora#74
↑23Brooklyn#43
↑19Nevaeh#36
↑19Landon#39
↑18Eli#82
↑15Gabrielle#41
↑15Gabriella#62
↑15Makayla#73

Falling

↓28Riley#96
↓27Kaitlyn#65
↓23Annika#88
↓23Cody#89
↓21Madelyn#72
↓21Justin#71
↓19Tanner#91
↓18Colin#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2005 rankings.