Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1992

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1992 were Ashley for girls (686 babies) and Michael for boys (908). Social Security records list 56,689 babies born in Minnesota in 1992 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1992

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

Girls

Britta: 24 babies, 20.2× the national rate
Pa: 19 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Greta: 15 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Mai: 24 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Ellie: 25 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Mara: 32 babies, 6× the national rate
Gretchen: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kari: 51 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Abby: 64 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Abbie: 15 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Tou: 18 babies, 18× the national rate
Brady: 103 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Bennett: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Reed: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Reid: 28 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jack: 117 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mitchell: 225 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cole: 124 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Karl: 38 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lukas: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1992

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Ashley	686	–	1
2	Emily	623	↑2	7
3	Samantha	621	↓1	6
4	Jessica	542	↓1	2
5	Amanda	490	–	3
6	Megan	477	↑3	10
7	Sarah	456	↓1	5
8	Nicole	402	↑4	14
9	Rachel	385	↑1	16
10	Elizabeth	380	↑1	9
11	Kayla	364	↓4	13
12	Brittany	331	↓4	4
13	Hannah	325	↑2	26
14	Kelsey	316	↓1	23
15	Jennifer	309	↑2	11
16	Lauren	285	↑2	12
17	Stephanie	276	↓3	8
18	Alyssa	271	↓2	30
19	Taylor	269	↑14	17
20	Danielle	267	↑1	18
21	Laura	258	↓2	38
22	Rebecca	247	↓2	20
23	Chelsea	241	↑15	15
24	Alexandra	233	↑2	29
25	Anna	224	↓2	49
26	Amber	206	↓4	19
27	Courtney	200	↓2	21
28	Jenna	198	↑16	67
29	Katherine	197	↓5	27
30	Melissa	197	↓3	24
31	Brianna	195	↓2	43
32	Sara	193	↑3	37
33	Katie	187	↓5	54
34	Paige	178	↑15	64
35	Allison	176	↑4	48
36	Erin	176	↓4	46
37	Kelly	172	↑3	47
38	Cassandra	167	↓7	52
39	Amy	165	↓3	51
40	Michelle	163	↓10	25
41	Molly	157	↓7	83
42	Kaitlyn	156	new	42
43	Heather	147	↓6	31
44	Brooke	145	new	59
45	Kathryn	142	↑1	60
46	Mary	138	↑4	36
47	Haley	134	new	56
48	Katelyn	133	new	65
49	Shelby	130	↓7	34
50	Mariah	127	new	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Michael	908	–	1
2	Andrew	791	↑1	5
3	Tyler	791	↑1	8
4	Matthew	781	↓2	3
5	Jacob	721	–	15
6	Nicholas	693	–	12
7	Ryan	606	↑2	13
8	Joshua	596	↓1	4
9	Joseph	594	↓1	11
10	Zachary	589	↑2	16
11	Alexander	563	↑8	23
12	Cody	539	↑1	24
13	Brandon	523	↑3	6
14	Daniel	516	↓4	7
15	Kyle	484	–	22
16	Benjamin	463	↓2	33
17	Christopher	453	↓6	2
18	John	426	↓1	14
19	Dylan	403	↑20	28
20	Jordan	394	↑2	32
21	David	384	↓1	10
22	Anthony	375	↓4	19
23	Justin	371	↓2	18
24	Samuel	366	↑1	40
25	Aaron	336	↑4	30
26	James	321	↓3	9
27	Thomas	320	↓1	27
28	Nathan	315	–	44
29	Adam	314	↓5	36
30	Eric	297	↓3	26
31	Robert	279	–	17
32	William	278	↑1	20
33	Travis	269	↓3	48
34	Jonathan	262	↑1	21
35	Alex	249	↑6	54
36	Derek	240	↓2	62
37	Mitchell	225	↑3	91
38	Kevin	216	↓6	25
39	Brian	213	↑4	31
40	Taylor	206	↑2	52
41	Austin	199	new	38
42	Patrick	197	↓6	39
43	Timothy	188	↓5	34
44	Jesse	184	↑2	50
45	Steven	181	↓8	29
46	Sean	170	new	42
47	Charles	164	↓2	43
48	Luke	162	–	93
49	Scott	161	–	61
50	Trevor	160	new	63

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