State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 2007 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 57,182 Minnesota births in 2007 across 1,800 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#71Noraoutside the national top 200
#79Kendra#200 nationally
#80Claraoutside the national top 200
#87Annikaoutside the national top 200
#65Ellie#175 nationally
#95Gretaoutside the national top 200
#99Josephineoutside the national top 200
#100Abbyoutside the national top 200
#33Lydia#124 nationally
#68Maxwell#153 nationally
#78Grant#161 nationally
#94Peter#177 nationally

Girls

#1Ava457US #4
#2Olivia400US #7
#3Emma377US #3
#4Sophia350US #6
#5Addison349US #11
#6Grace326US #20
#7Abigail306US #8
#8Ella306US #21
#9Isabella299US #2
#10Emily293US #1
#11Hannah288US #9
#12Elizabeth262US #10
#13Madison260US #5
#14Anna238US #25
#15Samantha222US #12
#16Lauren218US #28
#17Chloe209US #16
#18Natalie202US #17
#19Hailey201US #23
#20Alexis196US #19
#21Lily192US #27
#22Lillian178US #33
#23Isabelle176US #79
#24Taylor173US #24
#25Madeline158US #61
#26Claire152US #66
#27Morgan148US #43
#28Avery147US #48
#29Audrey141US #51
#30Amelia140US #77
#31Ashley139US #13
#32Julia134US #34
#33Lydia132US #124
#34Brooke130US #45
#35Allison129US #46
#36Alyssa129US #14
#37Aubrey128US #69
#38Paige128US #89
#39Sydney126US #37
#40Sophie120US #82
#41Savannah119US #30
#42Nevaeh118US #31
#43Evelyn113US #55
#44Brianna110US #22
#45Gabriella107US #38
#46Kylie107US #63
#47Rachel107US #59
#48Kaylee104US #35
#49Mackenzie104US #65
#50Madelyn104US #104
#51Megan104US #78
#52Brooklyn103US #57
#53Lucy103US #135
#54Mia101US #15
#55Sarah100US #18
#56Ruby97US #116
#57Maya96US #62
#58Alexandra95US #49
#59Katherine95US #39
#60Isabel93US #87
#61Kaitlyn92US #44
#62Kayla92US #26
#63Molly92US #97
#64Leah90US #67
#65Ellie88US #175
#66Zoe88US #56
#67Autumn87US #90
#68Mya87US #102
#69Alexa86US #40
#70Eva85US #117
#71Nora83
#72Sofia83US #36
#73Faith79US #74
#74Gabrielle78US #68
#75Katelyn78US #75
#76Bailey77US #84
#77Charlotte77US #101
#78Jasmine77US #32
#79Kendra77US #200
#80Clara75
#81Jenna74US #103
#82Maria74US #53
#83Riley73US #52
#84Layla72US #85
#85Victoria72US #29
#86Haley70US #76
#87Annika66
#88Sadie66US #107
#89Gracie65US #96
#90Jocelyn65US #50
#91Makayla65US #47
#92Lilly64US #146
#93Kate63US #136
#94Sara63US #80
#95Greta62
#96Keira62US #128
#97Mariah62US #92
#98Zoey62US #112
#99Josephine61
#100Abby60

Boys

#1Jacob464US #1
#2Ethan413US #3
#3Logan405US #17
#4Jack365US #38
#5Samuel364US #25
#6Alexander358US #11
#7Noah358US #14
#8Benjamin357US #26
#9Andrew354US #10
#10Gavin354US #32
#11William344US #8
#12Joseph332US #13
#13Mason313US #37
#14Jackson296US #33
#15Isaac291US #41
#16Carter287US #80
#17Evan282US #40
#18Matthew280US #9
#19Owen275US #56
#20Tyler268US #21
#21Dylan258US #29
#22Michael258US #2
#23Joshua254US #4
#24Zachary252US #42
#25Nathan248US #24
#26Aiden246US #27
#27Wyatt246US #69
#28Ryan240US #16
#29Nicholas238US #20
#30Daniel237US #5
#31Elijah218US #30
#32Henry217US #90
#33Anthony216US #7
#34Landon210US #49
#35Caleb208US #36
#36James205US #15
#37Lucas203US #53
#38Gabriel197US #28
#39Thomas192US #52
#40Hunter191US #57
#41Luke190US #46
#42John186US #19
#43Jayden185US #18
#44David183US #12
#45Connor182US #55
#46Blake177US #88
#47Charles168US #62
#48Aidan167US #54
#49Carson165US #91
#50Isaiah164US #43
#51Austin163US #48
#52Christopher162US #6
#53Cole161US #84
#54Brayden150US #64
#55Riley149US #109
#56Jonathan147US #23
#57Alex143US #72
#58Brandon140US #31
#59Adam137US #65
#60Cameron134US #50
#61Nolan134US #133
#62Aaron132US #51
#63Brady130US #93
#64Chase129US #79
#65Caden127US #92
#66Jordan127US #44
#67Christian125US #22
#68Maxwell124US #153
#69Brody120US #106
#70Ian120US #75
#71Justin119US #45
#72Dominic117US #85
#73Cooper115US #96
#74Kevin107US #39
#75Liam106US #89
#76Kaden105US #98
#77Robert105US #47
#78Grant102US #161
#79Kyle99US #86
#80Tristan99US #87
#81Parker97US #108
#82Hayden96US #71
#83Levi96US #131
#84Eli95US #129
#85Tanner93US #150
#86Vincent89US #110
#87Sean88US #76
#88Peyton87US #125
#89Cody86US #120
#90Oliver85US #140
#91Bryce83US #111
#92Preston82US #114
#93Eric79US #83
#94Peter78US #177
#95Colton77US #118
#96Max76US #141
#97Micah76US #126
#98Nathaniel75US #82
#99Ayden74US #102
#100Jose74US #35

On the move since 2006

Rising

↑52Aubrey#37
↑36Ruby#56
↑28Sophie#40
↑22Madelyn#50
↑20Charlotte#77
↑20Jayden#43
↑19Clara#80
↑19Brody#69

Falling

↓33Gabrielle#74
↓22Katelyn#75
↓21Megan#51
↓21Maria#82
↓20Charles#47
↓18Sarah#55
↓18Kayla#62
↓18Jenna#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2006 rankings.