Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1990

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1990 were Ashley for girls (882 babies) and Michael for boys (1,075). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 59,656 babies born in Minnesota in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1990

Names given at least 15 times in Minnesota that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Mai: 43 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Greta: 18 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Britta: 21 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Abbie: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Gretchen: 26 babies, 5× the national rate
Kari: 71 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Cassondra: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jolene: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Abby: 75 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mara: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Tou: 17 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Lukas: 28 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Cole: 86 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Brady: 57 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Reed: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Mitchel: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Luke: 145 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Riley: 41 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dane: 38 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mitchell: 198 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Ashley	882	–	2
2	Amanda	675	–	4
3	Jessica	635	–	1
4	Samantha	617	↑3	5
5	Brittany	566	–	3
6	Emily	558	–	12
7	Megan	518	↑1	11
8	Sarah	504	↓4	6
9	Nicole	462	–	13
10	Kayla	452	↑3	14
11	Elizabeth	438	↑1	9
12	Rachel	385	↓1	16
13	Jennifer	380	↓3	8
14	Stephanie	369	–	7
15	Kelsey	336	↑1	32
16	Laura	334	↓1	29
17	Alyssa	326	↑6	27
18	Hannah	314	↑13	30
19	Danielle	308	↓2	18
20	Lauren	301	↓1	10
21	Courtney	271	↑11	17
22	Amber	266	–	15
23	Anna	255	↑5	45
24	Melissa	249	↓4	20
25	Rebecca	247	↓4	21
26	Katherine	231	↓2	26
27	Heather	226	↓9	19
28	Michelle	221	↑2	22
29	Cassandra	218	–	49
30	Katie	218	↓5	53
31	Sara	215	↓5	34
32	Kelly	203	↑2	41
33	Alexandra	202	–	37
34	Amy	201	↓7	38
35	Molly	192	↑10	80
36	Erin	191	↑3	43
37	Allison	186	–	48
38	Brianna	183	–	61
39	Andrea	175	↓3	40
40	Angela	173	↓5	52
41	Jenna	172	–	81
42	Chelsea	171	↑4	24
43	Lindsey	158	↑5	51
44	Kathryn	157	↑6	57
45	Leah	149	new	82
46	Caitlin	143	↓4	50
47	Alicia	141	↑2	54
48	Mary	134	new	35
49	Tiffany	133	↓9	23
50	Christina	131	↓7	25

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Michael	1,075	–	1
2	Andrew	943	–	7
3	Matthew	940	–	3
4	Nicholas	768	–	14
5	Jacob	738	–	20
6	Joshua	737	–	4
7	Daniel	662	–	5
8	Tyler	642	↑5	21
9	Joseph	640	↑1	10
10	Christopher	634	↓2	2
11	Ryan	634	↓2	11
12	David	546	↓1	6
13	Kyle	538	↑2	18
14	Zachary	507	↑7	22
15	Anthony	477	↑2	15
16	Benjamin	472	↓4	33
17	Alexander	448	↑2	28
18	Justin	443	↓4	9
19	Jordan	435	↑13	29
20	John	403	↓4	12
21	Brandon	392	↓1	19
22	Thomas	384	–	26
23	Adam	382	↓5	32
24	Cody	364	↑13	31
25	Eric	357	↑1	24
26	Aaron	347	↓1	34
27	Samuel	346	↑4	45
28	James	344	↓5	8
29	Robert	334	↓2	13
30	Travis	330	↑3	42
31	Nathan	326	↓7	44
32	Timothy	293	↑3	30
33	Jonathan	287	↓4	17
34	William	281	–	16
35	Kevin	279	↓5	23
36	Steven	270	–	25
37	Brian	258	↓9	27
38	Derek	246	–	54
39	Jesse	243	↑1	48
40	Patrick	234	↑6	36
41	Alex	225	↑4	59
42	Jeffrey	211	–	43
43	Mitchell	198	new	93
44	Dustin	196	↓5	50
45	Jason	194	↓4	46
46	Jared	189	new	63
47	Paul	184	new	49
48	Scott	184	↓5	53
49	Charles	182	↑1	38
50	Jeremy	181	↓6	40

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