Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1991

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1991 were Ashley for girls (747 babies) and Michael for boys (1,037). Social Security records list 58,416 babies born in Minnesota in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1991

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

Girls

Gao: 16 babies, 35.2× the national rate
Pa: 22 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Mai: 42 babies, 13× the national rate
Britta: 17 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Linnea: 16 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Jenessa: 17 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Gretchen: 30 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Abby: 83 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Abbie: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Cassondra: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Brady: 71 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Lukas: 30 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Mitchell: 219 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Luke: 171 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Reid: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cole: 110 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Mitchel: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lucas: 159 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Riley: 43 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Grant: 81 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Ashley	747	–	1
2	Samantha	661	↑2	5
3	Jessica	574	–	2
4	Emily	568	↑2	10
5	Amanda	551	↓3	4
6	Sarah	501	↑2	6
7	Kayla	480	↑3	12
8	Brittany	450	↓3	3
9	Megan	437	↓2	11
10	Rachel	423	↑2	14
11	Elizabeth	417	–	9
12	Nicole	405	↓3	15
13	Kelsey	389	↑2	26
14	Stephanie	347	–	7
15	Hannah	337	↑3	29
16	Alyssa	311	↑1	30
17	Jennifer	309	↓4	8
18	Lauren	305	↑2	13
19	Laura	282	↓3	35
20	Rebecca	272	↑5	21
21	Danielle	267	↓2	17
22	Amber	252	–	16
23	Anna	252	–	46
24	Katherine	251	↑2	25
25	Courtney	249	↓4	19
26	Alexandra	230	↑7	36
27	Melissa	224	↓3	20
28	Katie	217	↑2	53
29	Brianna	214	↑9	51
30	Michelle	212	↓2	22
31	Cassandra	211	↓2	54
32	Erin	208	↑4	44
33	Taylor	200	new	32
34	Molly	199	↑1	74
35	Sara	196	↓4	37
36	Amy	191	↓2	43
37	Heather	191	↓10	23
38	Chelsea	187	↑4	18
39	Allison	185	↓2	50
40	Kelly	185	↓8	42
41	Andrea	169	↓2	39
42	Shelby	163	new	33
43	Angela	161	↓3	59
44	Jenna	155	↓3	80
45	Caitlin	134	↑1	55
46	Kathryn	134	↓2	57
47	Tiffany	131	↑2	27
48	Leah	129	↓3	91
49	Paige	129	new	76
50	Mary	124	↓2	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Michael	1,037	–	1
2	Matthew	857	↑1	3
3	Andrew	850	↓1	5
4	Tyler	752	↑4	16
5	Jacob	728	–	17
6	Nicholas	712	↓2	12
7	Joshua	699	↓1	4
8	Joseph	659	↑1	9
9	Ryan	613	↑2	11
10	Daniel	567	↓3	6
11	Christopher	540	↓1	2
12	Zachary	525	↑2	22
13	Cody	495	↑11	24
14	Benjamin	493	↑2	33
15	Kyle	487	↓2	21
16	Brandon	473	↑5	15
17	John	439	↑3	10
18	Anthony	436	↓3	18
19	Alexander	430	↓2	26
20	David	426	↓8	8
21	Justin	415	↓3	14
22	Jordan	399	↓3	29
23	James	365	↑5	7
24	Adam	356	↓1	36
25	Samuel	353	↑2	39
26	Thomas	353	↓4	28
27	Eric	336	↓2	25
28	Nathan	335	↑3	42
29	Aaron	317	↓3	31
30	Travis	286	–	44
31	Robert	284	↓2	13
32	Kevin	271	↑3	23
33	William	265	↑1	19
34	Derek	260	↑4	59
35	Jonathan	253	↓2	20
36	Patrick	246	↑4	35
37	Steven	232	↓1	27
38	Timothy	230	↓6	32
39	Dylan	229	new	46
40	Mitchell	219	↑3	96
41	Alex	212	–	63
42	Taylor	212	new	52
43	Brian	211	↓6	30
44	Jeffrey	208	↓2	45
45	Charles	204	↑4	38
46	Jesse	193	↓7	51
47	Dustin	174	↓3	56
48	Luke	171	new	>100
49	Scott	164	↓1	57
50	Lucas	159	new	>100

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