Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1996

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1996 were Emily for girls (542 babies) and Jacob for boys (819). Jacob ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 53,274 babies born in Minnesota in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1996

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: 44 babies, 54.4× the national rate
Britta: 17 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Greta: 30 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Mai: 21 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Kallie: 27 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Linnea: 15 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Annika: 27 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Ellie: 29 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Ella: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ellen: 67 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Anders: 18 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Brady: 150 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Gunnar: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Carter: 83 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Bennett: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jack: 237 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mitchel: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cullen: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Mitchell: 226 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cole: 192 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Emily	542	↑1	1
2	Samantha	469	↓1	5
3	Hannah	449	↑3	7
4	Ashley	404	↓1	3
5	Megan	402	↓1	12
6	Sarah	375	↑1	4
7	Rachel	374	↓2	9
8	Elizabeth	370	↑2	10
9	Taylor	353	↓1	6
10	Jessica	321	↓1	2
11	Anna	294	↑3	33
12	Madison	293	↑7	15
13	Amanda	273	–	13
14	Kayla	272	↓2	11
15	Nicole	267	↓4	22
16	Alexis	266	↑16	8
17	Abigail	258	–	32
18	Madeline	230	↑2	67
19	Alexandra	225	↓4	26
20	Emma	221	↑18	53
21	Katherine	213	↑6	31
22	Lauren	207	–	16
23	Allison	201	↑6	38
24	Alyssa	200	↓3	23
25	Courtney	195	↓9	21
26	Brianna	187	↓1	17
27	Danielle	185	↓4	29
28	Rebecca	184	↑9	24
29	Paige	180	↓3	65
30	Sydney	178	↑11	39
31	Olivia	176	↑9	34
32	Amber	170	↑4	27
33	Jennifer	167	↓3	19
34	Morgan	164	↓3	25
35	Kelsey	161	↓2	36
36	Brittany	159	↓18	14
37	Haley	155	↓13	30
38	Shelby	151	new	35
39	Katelyn	150	new	64
40	Mackenzie	146	↓1	75
41	Mariah	146	↑7	63
42	Grace	145	new	94
43	Kaitlyn	144	new	40
44	Laura	143	↓16	66
45	Stephanie	143	↓10	20
46	Natalie	139	↓4	46
47	Brooke	137	↓2	45
48	Jenna	134	↓5	83
49	Erin	133	↓15	51
50	Marissa	130	↓4	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Jacob	819	–	3
2	Nicholas	647	↑2	6
3	Matthew	642	–	2
4	Tyler	573	↓2	7
5	Michael	571	↑1	1
6	Andrew	511	↓1	10
7	Zachary	511	↑1	14
8	Joseph	494	↑4	12
9	Austin	482	↓2	9
10	Ryan	481	–	16
11	Samuel	479	↑5	30
12	Alexander	476	↓3	22
13	Joshua	450	↓2	5
14	Benjamin	442	–	29
15	Brandon	407	↓2	8
16	John	375	↑3	15
17	Daniel	350	↓2	11
18	Kyle	349	↑2	25
19	Anthony	332	↑7	19
20	Thomas	331	↑3	28
21	Jordan	315	↓4	27
22	Cody	313	↓4	31
23	Nathan	300	↓2	37
24	Christopher	296	↓2	4
25	William	287	↑7	18
26	Dylan	273	↑1	33
27	Justin	262	↓2	20
28	David	247	↓4	13
29	Jonathan	247	↑9	21
30	Aaron	240	–	34
31	Logan	239	↑2	42
32	Jack	237	↑5	89
33	James	237	↓2	17
34	Noah	232	new	50
35	Adam	230	↓6	39
36	Mitchell	226	↓8	88
37	Alex	209	↓3	53
38	Robert	199	↑3	23
39	Hunter	196	new	47
40	Cole	192	↑7	>100
41	Eric	185	↓5	35
42	Connor	177	↓7	54
43	Lucas	173	↑3	93
44	Luke	172	↓5	75
45	Blake	166	new	84
46	Christian	164	new	24
47	Tanner	161	↓2	90
48	Kevin	157	↓8	26
49	Jesse	156	↓5	51
50	Brady	150	new	>100

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