Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1993

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1993 were Ashley for girls (656 babies) and Tyler for boys (783). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Tyler ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 55,632 babies born in Minnesota in 1993 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1993

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, 44.7× the national rate
Britta: 27 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Pa: 18 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Mai: 31 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Greta: 15 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Trista: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Ellie: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Gretchen: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Mara: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Abby: 68 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Kong: 17 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Anders: 18 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Tou: 17 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Gunnar: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Brady: 130 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Reid: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Reed: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mitchel: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mitchell: 252 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jack: 129 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1993

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Ashley	656	–	2
2	Emily	634	–	5
3	Samantha	578	–	4
4	Sarah	494	↑3	3
5	Jessica	470	↓1	1
6	Nicole	431	↑2	13
7	Rachel	420	↑2	14
8	Megan	417	↓2	11
9	Amanda	412	↓4	8
10	Taylor	385	↑9	7
11	Kayla	381	–	16
12	Hannah	341	↑1	21
13	Elizabeth	330	↓3	9
14	Brittany	312	↓2	6
15	Kelsey	286	↓1	24
16	Lauren	273	–	12
17	Danielle	267	↑3	18
18	Jennifer	264	↓3	15
19	Alexandra	256	↑5	28
20	Alyssa	249	↓2	26
21	Anna	237	↑4	47
22	Stephanie	236	↓5	10
23	Amber	223	↑3	17
24	Rebecca	213	↓2	22
25	Courtney	210	↑2	20
26	Katherine	204	↑3	29
27	Laura	197	↓6	43
28	Haley	189	↑19	42
29	Allison	188	↑6	41
30	Brianna	184	↑1	32
31	Erin	182	↑5	48
32	Cassandra	180	↑6	66
33	Katelyn	176	↑15	54
34	Jenna	174	↓6	70
35	Katie	170	↓2	63
36	Heather	163	↑7	38
37	Paige	163	↓3	60
38	Sara	161	↓6	40
39	Shelby	157	↑10	37
40	Amy	149	↓1	65
41	Molly	149	–	87
42	Andrea	147	new	44
43	Emma	143	new	80
44	Mary	142	↑2	36
45	Abigail	140	new	67
46	Madeline	140	new	>100
47	Brooke	139	↓3	52
48	Kelly	138	↓11	51
49	Chelsea	137	↓26	25
50	Kaitlyn	137	↓8	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Tyler	783	↑2	5
2	Matthew	772	↑2	3
3	Michael	762	↓2	1
4	Nicholas	687	↑2	8
5	Jacob	684	–	9
6	Andrew	669	↓4	10
7	Zachary	641	↑3	15
8	Joseph	567	↑1	12
9	Alexander	543	↑2	21
10	Joshua	521	↓2	4
11	Ryan	508	↓4	13
12	Daniel	502	↑2	7
13	Brandon	498	–	6
14	Cody	484	↓2	24
15	Samuel	463	↑9	37
16	Benjamin	454	–	32
17	Christopher	414	–	2
18	John	403	–	16
19	Kyle	400	↓4	23
20	David	396	↑1	11
21	Jordan	387	↓1	28
22	Dylan	371	↓3	33
23	Austin	364	↑18	26
24	Nathan	345	↑4	41
25	Thomas	344	↑2	27
26	Anthony	327	↓4	19
27	James	291	↓1	14
28	Adam	287	↑1	39
29	Justin	283	↓6	20
30	Aaron	277	↓5	30
31	William	256	↑1	18
32	Robert	253	↓1	17
33	Mitchell	252	↑4	81
34	Kevin	245	↑4	25
35	Travis	232	↓2	50
36	Eric	229	↓6	29
37	Derek	213	↓1	67
38	Alex	211	↓3	52
39	Luke	211	↑9	87
40	Taylor	202	–	51
41	Patrick	197	↑1	43
42	Jonathan	190	↓8	22
43	Jesse	188	↑1	48
44	Lucas	183	new	95
45	Connor	182	new	57
46	Steven	181	↓1	31
47	Timothy	172	↓4	38
48	Charles	157	↓1	44
49	Brian	156	↓10	34
50	Tanner	155	new	98

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