Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1995

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1995 were Samantha for girls (561 babies) and Jacob for boys (748). Samantha ranked #4 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 53,301 babies born in Minnesota in 1995 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1995

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

Girls

Kalley: 24 babies, 40.2× the national rate
Pa: 26 babies, 24.4× the national rate
Mai: 25 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Greta: 18 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Kallie: 28 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Annika: 21 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Mara: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Abby: 91 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ellie: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Abbie: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Anders: 18 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Mitchel: 35 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Brady: 117 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Carter: 61 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Brody: 35 babies, 4× the national rate
Cullen: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Mitchell: 265 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jack: 186 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Riley: 104 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cole: 162 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1995

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Samantha	561	↑1	4
2	Emily	552	↓1	3
3	Ashley	438	–	2
4	Megan	421	–	13
5	Rachel	420	↑6	12
6	Hannah	396	↑3	7
7	Sarah	394	↓1	5
8	Taylor	394	↓3	6
9	Jessica	371	↓1	1
10	Elizabeth	344	↑2	10
11	Nicole	301	↓4	19
12	Kayla	298	↑1	11
13	Amanda	294	↓3	9
14	Anna	292	↑2	31
15	Alexandra	255	↑2	26
16	Courtney	248	↑6	17
17	Abigail	230	↑9	36
18	Brittany	223	↓3	8
19	Madison	220	new	29
20	Madeline	216	↑11	79
21	Alyssa	214	↓2	27
22	Lauren	209	↓8	15
23	Danielle	205	↓5	24
24	Haley	201	↑6	32
25	Brianna	199	↑2	21
26	Paige	199	↑6	58
27	Katherine	197	↑1	30
28	Laura	195	↑6	56
29	Allison	192	↑4	34
30	Jennifer	183	↓5	18
31	Morgan	182	↓7	23
32	Alexis	177	↑3	14
33	Kelsey	177	↓13	33
34	Erin	173	↑3	49
35	Stephanie	173	↓12	16
36	Amber	171	↓7	22
37	Rebecca	170	↓16	28
38	Emma	169	↑8	67
39	Mackenzie	153	new	88
40	Olivia	151	new	39
41	Sydney	148	new	43
42	Natalie	144	↑8	51
43	Jenna	140	↓7	84
44	Victoria	139	↑1	20
45	Brooke	138	↓4	52
46	Marissa	137	↓7	53
47	Bailey	134	new	96
48	Mariah	134	↓10	71
49	Jordan	131	↓2	50
50	Cassandra	128	↓10	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Jacob	748	–	4
2	Tyler	703	–	6
3	Matthew	673	↑1	2
4	Nicholas	655	↑1	7
5	Andrew	641	↑1	11
6	Michael	589	↓3	1
7	Austin	550	↑6	10
8	Zachary	531	↓1	14
9	Alexander	496	–	21
10	Ryan	488	↑1	15
11	Joshua	479	↓1	5
12	Joseph	471	↓4	12
13	Brandon	433	↓1	8
14	Benjamin	421	↑1	31
15	Daniel	410	↓1	9
16	Samuel	403	–	33
17	Jordan	363	↑3	29
18	Cody	356	↓1	26
19	John	356	↑2	13
20	Kyle	343	↓2	24
21	Nathan	323	↑3	39
22	Christopher	316	↓3	3
23	Thomas	300	↑2	27
24	David	298	↓1	16
25	Justin	295	↑7	18
26	Anthony	293	↓4	19
27	Dylan	290	↑1	34
28	Mitchell	265	↓1	79
29	Adam	262	↓3	38
30	Aaron	260	↑1	30
31	James	253	↓2	17
32	William	251	↓2	20
33	Logan	220	↑17	51
34	Alex	214	↑2	47
35	Connor	202	↑10	55
36	Eric	186	↓2	32
37	Jack	186	new	>100
38	Jonathan	184	↓5	23
39	Luke	181	↑5	82
40	Kevin	176	↓5	25
41	Robert	176	↓2	22
42	Timothy	172	–	40
43	Evan	166	new	60
44	Jesse	166	↓7	46
45	Tanner	164	↑1	86
46	Lucas	163	↑3	91
47	Cole	162	↓9	>100
48	Derek	155	↓7	83
49	Travis	154	↓6	66
50	Jared	151	new	63

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