State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 2009 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,992 Minnesota births in 2009 across 1,741 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#52Nora#198 nationally
#70Annikaoutside the national top 200
#72Josephineoutside the national top 200
#81Bennettoutside the national top 200
#83Leooutside the national top 200
#89Mckennaoutside the national top 200
#90Eleanoroutside the national top 200
#92Gretaoutside the national top 200
#96Charlieoutside the national top 200
#90Lincoln#189 nationally
#40Stella#126 nationally
#63Ellie#145 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia406US #3
#2Ava363US #5
#3Emma342US #2
#4Sophia340US #4
#5Isabella331US #1
#6Ella304US #15
#7Grace268US #17
#8Abigail265US #8
#9Addison244US #12
#10Chloe205US #9
#11Madison202US #7
#12Avery199US #32
#13Alexis195US #13
#14Natalie191US #16
#15Emily187US #6
#16Elizabeth186US #11
#17Lily186US #18
#18Hannah181US #23
#19Taylor181US #22
#20Anna175US #28
#21Lauren166US #46
#22Evelyn165US #40
#23Hailey151US #25
#24Lillian150US #27
#25Claire147US #53
#26Samantha142US #14
#27Aubrey139US #41
#28Amelia137US #55
#29Brooke131US #54
#30Mia129US #10
#31Audrey128US #49
#32Madeline127US #64
#33Sydney125US #48
#34Julia116US #50
#35Lucy114US #101
#36Allison113US #30
#37Madelyn112US #59
#38Kylie110US #62
#39Leah110US #29
#40Stella109US #126
#41Kaylee107US #26
#42Morgan107US #57
#43Paige107US #98
#44Lydia106US #117
#45Brooklyn105US #37
#46Isabelle104US #100
#47Gabriella101US #33
#48Peyton100US #42
#49Eva99US #99
#50Payton99US #84
#51Charlotte98US #68
#52Nora98US #198
#53Nevaeh95US #34
#54Savannah94US #39
#55Layla93US #45
#56Ruby93US #108
#57Sarah90US #21
#58Zoe85US #47
#59Alyssa83US #19
#60Mackenzie83US #77
#61Bella82US #58
#62Brianna82US #24
#63Ellie82US #145
#64Maya80US #61
#65Isabel79US #109
#66Sophie79US #65
#67Autumn77US #81
#68Molly77US #92
#69Riley77US #38
#70Annika76
#71Ashley75US #20
#72Josephine75
#73Kayla75US #35
#74Megan75US #105
#75Alexandra73US #69
#76Maria73US #70
#77Mya73US #97
#78Victoria73US #31
#79Arianna72US #52
#80Katherine70US #60
#81Sofia70US #36
#82Kaitlyn69US #67
#83Katelyn69US #90
#84Piper68US #147
#85Alexa67US #43
#86Violet67US #140
#87Faith66US #79
#88Zoey66US #75
#89Mckenna64
#90Eleanor63
#91Jasmine63US #51
#92Greta62
#93Lilly61US #116
#94Sadie61US #111
#95Makayla60US #44
#96Reese59US #144
#97Bailey57US #85
#98Keira57US #141
#99Vivian57US #164
#100Alivia56US #178

Boys

#1Logan390US #17
#2Benjamin370US #19
#3William357US #5
#4Ethan352US #2
#5Jacob345US #1
#6Alexander339US #4
#7Owen338US #51
#8Carter329US #50
#9Samuel327US #24
#10Noah318US #9
#11Gavin304US #33
#12Jack301US #42
#13Mason300US #34
#14Jackson270US #27
#15Aiden269US #12
#16Evan269US #35
#17Andrew262US #16
#18Joseph255US #15
#19Isaac252US #40
#20Henry251US #71
#21Connor220US #52
#22Wyatt219US #60
#23Landon209US #36
#24Daniel207US #7
#25Michael207US #3
#26James203US #18
#27Liam202US #49
#28Ryan201US #20
#29Elijah200US #21
#30Tyler200US #28
#31Joshua199US #6
#32Matthew199US #13
#33Gabriel195US #22
#34Caleb192US #31
#35Charles191US #64
#36Lucas187US #39
#37Brayden184US #48
#38Dylan184US #30
#39Anthony183US #11
#40Nathan180US #25
#41Nolan179US #122
#42Oliver174US #98
#43Jayden172US #8
#44Luke172US #47
#45Hunter166US #56
#46Blake164US #89
#47John164US #26
#48Zachary164US #53
#49David161US #14
#50Brody158US #77
#51Levi157US #85
#52Nicholas154US #32
#53Austin151US #63
#54Chase151US #61
#55Carson148US #88
#56Thomas143US #57
#57Cooper142US #84
#58Eli141US #90
#59Parker141US #96
#60Cole139US #82
#61Riley139US #107
#62Isaiah134US #41
#63Christopher129US #10
#64Colton127US #93
#65Maxwell126US #132
#66Cameron124US #58
#67Ian123US #73
#68Brady118US #110
#69Alex116US #83
#70Jonathan115US #29
#71Aaron112US #54
#72Jordan108US #45
#73Adam107US #74
#74Dominic102US #81
#75Caden100US #103
#76Brandon99US #38
#77Adrian97US #59
#78Christian97US #23
#79Max96US #104
#80Aidan94US #72
#81Bennett92
#82Grant91US #145
#83Leo91
#84Preston89US #120
#85Kevin85US #44
#86Vincent85US #119
#87Robert84US #55
#88Justin82US #46
#89Tristan82US #80
#90Lincoln78US #189
#91Jaxon77US #124
#92Josiah77US #86
#93Kaden77US #102
#94Ashton76US #115
#95Hayden76US #91
#96Charlie75
#97Jonah75US #147
#98Micah74US #118
#99Cody73US #135
#100Gage73US #141

On the move since 2008

Rising

↑39Payton#50
↑39Liam#27
↑36Stella#40
↑29Layla#55
↑25Leah#39
↑23Eva#49
↑21Mia#30
↑21Peyton#48

Falling

↓36Katherine#80
↓35Ashley#71
↓30Keira#98
↓28Alexa#85
↓22Megan#74
↓22Zachary#48
↓21Alyssa#59
↓21Faith#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2008 rankings.