State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 2011 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,077 Minnesota births in 2011 across 1,722 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#47Brynn#192 nationally
#74Bennettoutside the national top 200
#69Quinn#188 nationally
#82Coraoutside the national top 200
#91Hazeloutside the national top 200
#42Eleanor#150 nationally
#30Nora#137 nationally
#44Clara#151 nationally
#94Theodoreoutside the national top 200
#96Emmettoutside the national top 200
#97Griffinoutside the national top 200
#98Mohamedoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Olivia366US #4
#2Sophia356US #1
#3Emma340US #3
#4Ava337US #5
#5Isabella256US #2
#6Abigail241US #7
#7Grace236US #16
#8Ella234US #12
#9Elizabeth204US #11
#10Emily203US #6
#11Chloe202US #10
#12Claire197US #50
#13Addison193US #13
#14Evelyn193US #24
#15Natalie193US #14
#16Lily184US #15
#17Avery175US #18
#18Lillian169US #22
#19Amelia166US #30
#20Aubrey162US #20
#21Hannah153US #25
#22Audrey151US #43
#23Madison149US #8
#24Anna148US #38
#25Alexis145US #26
#26Hailey145US #32
#27Lucy139US #73
#28Lydia139US #96
#29Harper138US #54
#30Nora135US #137
#31Lauren129US #62
#32Brooklyn128US #21
#33Charlotte124US #27
#34Stella123US #74
#35Samantha114US #17
#36Ellie113US #97
#37Zoey112US #28
#38Allison109US #40
#39Madeline106US #85
#40Layla105US #35
#41Mia103US #9
#42Eleanor100US #150
#43Julia97US #58
#44Clara96US #151
#45Isabelle96US #114
#46Sydney96US #65
#47Brynn95US #192
#48Madelyn94US #79
#49Peyton93US #53
#50Leah92US #29
#51Sophie91US #51
#52Taylor91US #44
#53Kaylee89US #36
#54Savannah88US #41
#55Zoe88US #31
#56Gabriella87US #34
#57Morgan87US #75
#58Autumn86US #69
#59Paige84US #107
#60Brooke83US #86
#61Kylie82US #57
#62Piper82US #110
#63Maya81US #64
#64Faith79US #70
#65Mackenzie79US #68
#66Eva78US #83
#67Violet78US #101
#68Nevaeh77US #33
#69Quinn77US #188
#70Brielle73US #126
#71Ruby73US #109
#72Sofia73US #19
#73Katherine72US #61
#74Molly72US #78
#75Katelyn71US #106
#76Payton69US #95
#77Annabelle68US #111
#78Khloe68US #49
#79Aaliyah65US #46
#80Arianna65US #52
#81Aubree65US #99
#82Cora65
#83Elise65US #162
#84Alexandra64US #76
#85Alice64US #142
#86Jocelyn64US #71
#87Josephine64US #182
#88Keira63US #176
#89Ashley62US #42
#90Bailey62US #88
#91Hazel62
#92Mya62US #105
#93Bella61US #60
#94Riley61US #47
#95Victoria61US #23
#96Brianna59US #45
#97Kendall59US #124
#98Kennedy59US #91
#99Vivian59US #153
#100Kayla58US #59

Boys

#1Mason447US #2
#2William366US #3
#3Jacob327US #1
#4Liam325US #15
#5Benjamin322US #19
#6Logan319US #21
#7Ethan318US #7
#8Jack301US #45
#9Noah293US #5
#10Jackson289US #23
#11Owen281US #44
#12Samuel275US #26
#13Henry270US #57
#14Alexander260US #8
#15Carter257US #41
#16Isaac251US #35
#17James250US #17
#18Gavin249US #37
#19Andrew236US #16
#20Evan227US #40
#21Nolan222US #92
#22Aiden221US #9
#23Oliver217US #78
#24Wyatt216US #48
#25Elijah212US #13
#26Landon205US #34
#27Levi201US #66
#28Caleb195US #32
#29Charles195US #61
#30Joseph195US #22
#31Michael192US #6
#32Gabriel188US #24
#33Lucas187US #29
#34Blake183US #73
#35Jayden174US #4
#36Brayden170US #36
#37Thomas170US #63
#38Matthew169US #12
#39Eli167US #58
#40Connor164US #54
#41Colton163US #74
#42Parker157US #79
#43Dylan155US #33
#44John154US #27
#45Nathan154US #28
#46Luke153US #39
#47Chase152US #69
#48Daniel152US #10
#49Ryan150US #25
#50Brody138US #83
#51Tyler138US #38
#52Anthony136US #11
#53Cooper135US #82
#54David135US #18
#55Joshua133US #14
#56Austin132US #60
#57Isaiah129US #43
#58Hunter128US #55
#59Carson126US #85
#60Asher123US #113
#61Zachary123US #64
#62Maxwell117US #133
#63Bentley116US #75
#64Max114US #96
#65Miles114US #115
#66Nicholas114US #42
#67Aaron113US #51
#68Jonathan113US #31
#69Riley113US #111
#70Jaxon112US #86
#71Dominic110US #77
#72Easton107US #103
#73Ian107US #72
#74Bennett106
#75Cameron101US #53
#76Cole100US #94
#77Leo100US #167
#78Micah95US #102
#79Alex94US #95
#80Jace94US #106
#81Vincent94US #101
#82Tristan92US #87
#83Adrian87US #56
#84Adam85US #81
#85Christopher85US #20
#86Brady82US #135
#87Jordan82US #46
#88Lincoln82US #179
#89Grant81US #151
#90Grayson81US #98
#91Sawyer81US #172
#92Christian80US #30
#93Ryder80US #108
#94Theodore76
#95Jeremiah75US #49
#96Emmett74
#97Griffin74
#98Mohamed73
#99Weston73
#100Ashton72US #109

On the move since 2010

Rising

↑46Harper#29
↑36Eleanor#42
↑30Jaxon#70
↑27Sofia#72
↑26Blake#34
↑25Colton#41
↑21Layla#40
↑21Brielle#70

Falling

↓45Mya#92
↓34Bella#93
↓23Ruby#71
↓23Victoria#95
↓22Taylor#52
↓21Christopher#85
↓20Tyler#51
↓19Joshua#55

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2010 rankings.