Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1994

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1994 were Emily for girls (596 babies) and Jacob for boys (779). Emily ranked #3 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #7 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 54,734 babies born in Minnesota in 1994 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1994

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: 16 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Pa: 17 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Mai: 36 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Abby: 94 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Ellie: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kari: 39 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Madeline: 186 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ellen: 71 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Clare: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Madalyn: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Tou: 19 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Anders: 16 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Brady: 143 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Mitchel: 27 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Gunnar: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Carter: 31 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tate: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Cole: 185 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jack: 155 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mitchell: 293 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1994

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Emily	596	↑1	3
2	Samantha	561	↑1	4
3	Ashley	531	↓2	2
4	Megan	444	↑4	10
5	Taylor	428	↑5	6
6	Sarah	422	↓2	5
7	Nicole	405	↓1	11
8	Jessica	395	↓3	1
9	Hannah	386	↑3	16
10	Amanda	378	↓1	8
11	Rachel	371	↓4	13
12	Elizabeth	365	↑1	9
13	Kayla	330	↓2	12
14	Lauren	278	↑2	14
15	Brittany	274	↓1	7
16	Anna	263	↑5	41
17	Alexandra	252	↑2	28
18	Danielle	249	↓1	20
19	Alyssa	240	↑1	26
20	Kelsey	230	↓5	29
21	Rebecca	225	↑3	24
22	Courtney	221	↑3	22
23	Stephanie	220	↓1	15
24	Morgan	208	new	25
25	Jennifer	206	↓7	17
26	Abigail	203	↑19	42
27	Brianna	202	↑3	27
28	Katherine	190	↓2	30
29	Amber	189	↓6	21
30	Haley	186	↓2	36
31	Madeline	186	↑15	92
32	Paige	182	↑5	63
33	Allison	179	↓4	34
34	Laura	177	↓7	46
35	Alexis	174	new	18
36	Jenna	173	↓2	80
37	Erin	160	↓6	45
38	Mariah	158	new	75
39	Marissa	156	new	53
40	Cassandra	152	↓8	66
41	Brooke	149	↑6	54
42	Sara	149	↓4	43
43	Katie	146	↓8	70
44	Miranda	143	new	61
45	Victoria	143	new	19
46	Emma	139	↓3	74
47	Jordan	135	new	52
48	Katelyn	135	↓15	58
49	Amy	132	↓9	77
50	Natalie	132	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Jacob	779	↑4	7
2	Tyler	726	↓1	5
3	Michael	702	–	1
4	Matthew	667	↓2	3
5	Nicholas	665	↓1	9
6	Andrew	647	–	10
7	Zachary	590	–	12
8	Joseph	572	–	11
9	Alexander	549	–	22
10	Joshua	502	–	4
11	Ryan	500	–	16
12	Brandon	485	↑1	6
13	Austin	475	↑10	17
14	Daniel	459	↓2	8
15	Benjamin	447	↑1	31
16	Samuel	433	↓1	33
17	Cody	415	↓3	25
18	Kyle	413	↑1	24
19	Christopher	390	↓2	2
20	Jordan	381	↑1	29
21	John	366	↓3	15
22	Anthony	342	↑4	18
23	David	341	↓3	13
24	Nathan	337	–	40
25	Thomas	317	–	27
26	Adam	312	↑2	38
27	Mitchell	293	↑6	71
28	Dylan	291	↓6	32
29	James	283	↓2	14
30	William	281	↑1	19
31	Aaron	280	↓1	28
32	Justin	266	↓3	20
33	Jonathan	212	↑9	23
34	Eric	210	↑2	30
35	Kevin	210	↓1	26
36	Alex	207	↑2	50
37	Jesse	187	↑6	45
38	Cole	185	new	>100
39	Robert	184	↓7	21
40	Taylor	183	–	54
41	Derek	182	↓4	77
42	Timothy	179	↑5	39
43	Travis	176	↓8	53
44	Luke	170	↓5	91
45	Connor	167	–	59
46	Tanner	164	↑4	96
47	Blake	160	new	81
48	Patrick	159	↓7	42
49	Lucas	157	↓5	95
50	Logan	156	new	70

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