State roster

Top names in Minnesota

The names most likely to appear on 2013 Minnesota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,171 Minnesota births in 2013 across 1,794 distinct names.

Distinctively Minnesota

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

#60Bennett#194 nationally
#71Adelineoutside the national top 200
#63Norah#188 nationally
#76Brynnoutside the national top 200
#91Gretaoutside the national top 200
#90Calvin#195 nationally
#56Josephine#160 nationally
#94Fiona#197 nationally
#55Hazel#157 nationally
#99Charlieoutside the national top 200
#32Cora#127 nationally
#94Everett#189 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia367US #3
#2Emma347US #2
#3Sophia326US #1
#4Ava269US #5
#5Charlotte252US #11
#6Evelyn248US #20
#7Isabella225US #4
#8Amelia216US #17
#9Harper215US #16
#10Avery209US #12
#11Abigail208US #8
#12Grace200US #22
#13Ella194US #15
#14Nora184US #83
#15Elizabeth178US #10
#16Emily170US #7
#17Aubrey166US #18
#18Addison159US #19
#19Lucy149US #66
#20Lillian148US #26
#21Hannah146US #23
#22Lydia146US #95
#23Natalie143US #21
#24Brooklyn141US #28
#25Chloe140US #14
#26Audrey134US #33
#27Mia130US #6
#28Stella130US #70
#29Claire129US #50
#30Lauren126US #92
#31Zoey124US #24
#32Cora122US #127
#33Lily122US #27
#34Ruby121US #93
#35Anna119US #35
#36Madison118US #9
#37Violet118US #69
#38Alexis117US #47
#39Aria112US #41
#40Eleanor111US #106
#41Hailey106US #43
#42Julia105US #75
#43Quinn104US #119
#44Madeline103US #90
#45Ellie100US #74
#46Clara97US #131
#47Layla96US #30
#48Vivian96US #120
#49Peyton93US #51
#50Scarlett93US #42
#51Aubree90US #53
#52Leah88US #32
#53Arianna87US #44
#54Isabelle87US #114
#55Hazel86US #157
#56Josephine85US #160
#57Madelyn82US #68
#58Piper82US #97
#59Kylie81US #61
#60Molly80US #102
#61Hadley79US #110
#62Kennedy79US #65
#63Norah79US #188
#64Penelope79US #56
#65Morgan78US #100
#66Samantha78US #29
#67Zoe78US #31
#68Allison77US #34
#69Mackenzie77US #62
#70Alice76US #107
#71Adeline75
#72Sadie75US #49
#73Savannah74US #36
#74Sofia74US #13
#75Aaliyah73US #37
#76Brynn73
#77Gabriella73US #38
#78Isla72US #167
#79Paige71US #128
#80Riley71US #45
#81Sophie71US #76
#82Annabelle70US #81
#83Payton70US #123
#84Paisley69US #80
#85Maya68US #72
#86Mila68US #79
#87Victoria68US #25
#88Autumn66US #64
#89Sydney65US #98
#90Nevaeh64US #46
#91Greta63
#92Kaylee63US #40
#93Elise62US #159
#94Fiona62US #197
#95Taylor62US #59
#96Brielle61US #117
#97Eva61US #88
#98Faith61US #89
#99Brooke59US #115
#100Ivy59US #149

Boys

#1William355US #5
#2Liam343US #3
#3Mason340US #4
#4Henry334US #37
#5Logan305US #18
#6Benjamin280US #14
#7Owen275US #38
#8Jack272US #40
#9Jackson265US #16
#10Noah263US #1
#11Oliver262US #52
#12Ethan258US #6
#13Jacob251US #2
#14Lucas242US #23
#15Alexander241US #8
#16Samuel234US #25
#17Wyatt233US #42
#18Elijah231US #11
#19Isaac228US #28
#20Carter225US #33
#21Charles225US #57
#22James201US #13
#23Eli197US #43
#24Blake188US #75
#25Joseph185US #20
#26Gabriel183US #24
#27Michael183US #7
#28Gavin182US #50
#29Aiden180US #12
#30Levi175US #49
#31Parker172US #74
#32Landon171US #39
#33Caleb169US #32
#34Easton168US #88
#35Nolan167US #86
#36Evan163US #55
#37Andrew160US #22
#38Jace160US #66
#39Jayden159US #9
#40Luke154US #34
#41Matthew153US #15
#42Daniel150US #10
#43Connor149US #56
#44Hunter148US #36
#45Jaxon148US #45
#46John148US #27
#47Thomas147US #61
#48Lincoln139US #95
#49Zachary139US #73
#50Maxwell135US #108
#51Leo133US #112
#52Dylan132US #29
#53David131US #17
#54Colton126US #65
#55Isaiah126US #44
#56Bentley125US #81
#57Anthony123US #19
#58Brayden123US #48
#59Nathan123US #31
#60Bennett119US #194
#61Joshua119US #21
#62Miles115US #115
#63Ryan115US #30
#64Jase114US #89
#65Cooper112US #84
#66Carson110US #90
#67Grayson108US #77
#68Hudson108US #87
#69Tyler108US #63
#70Brody103US #94
#71Silas102US #116
#72Austin101US #64
#73Ian100US #80
#74Theodore100US #167
#75Chase99US #78
#76Cameron98US #59
#77Vincent98US #101
#78Asher97US #104
#79Dominic97US #68
#80Micah97US #105
#81Nicholas95US #54
#82Sawyer95US #120
#83Cole94US #114
#84Jaxson93US #92
#85Jordan91US #53
#86Emmett90US #173
#87Adam87US #82
#88Christian86US #35
#89Jonathan86US #41
#90Calvin84US #195
#91Weston84US #163
#92Josiah82US #69
#93Max82US #111
#94Everett81US #189
#95Wesley80US #139
#96Adrian79US #60
#97Jeremiah76US #58
#98George75US #157
#99Charlie74
#100Camden73US #99

On the move since 2012

Rising

↑50Aria#39
↑44Jace#38
↑30Scarlett#50
↑28Quinn#43
↑25Norah#63
↑21Ruby#34
↑21Leo#51
↑19Vivian#48

Falling

↓51Sydney#89
↓49Kaylee#92
↓49Brielle#96
↓36Brynn#76
↓27Victoria#87
↓27Elise#93
↓25Samantha#66
↓25Sophie#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2012 rankings.