Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1997

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1997 were Emily for girls (613 babies) and Jacob for boys (823). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 53,811 babies born in Minnesota in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1997

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, 47.9× the national rate
Mai: 15 babies, 11× the national rate
Greta: 22 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Linnea: 16 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Kalli: 20 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Annika: 49 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Ellie: 42 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Kallie: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Shauna: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Alayna: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Anders: 16 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Mitchel: 26 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Brady: 170 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Carter: 111 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Gunnar: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Mohamed: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Bennett: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jack: 272 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Mitchell: 218 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Maxwell: 120 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Emily	613	–	1
2	Hannah	510	↑1	5
3	Samantha	444	↓1	6
4	Megan	378	↑1	11
5	Sarah	371	↑1	4
6	Taylor	352	↑3	7
7	Ashley	338	↓3	3
8	Elizabeth	331	–	9
9	Madison	328	↑3	10
10	Rachel	321	↓3	13
11	Anna	297	–	33
12	Jessica	292	↓2	2
13	Nicole	272	↑2	21
14	Amanda	262	↓1	16
15	Emma	259	↑5	36
16	Alexis	253	–	8
17	Madeline	250	↑1	59
18	Kayla	248	↓4	12
19	Abigail	242	↓2	26
20	Lauren	228	↑2	14
21	Alyssa	216	↑3	15
22	Morgan	212	↑12	22
23	Sydney	210	↑7	35
24	Alexandra	208	↓5	30
25	Allison	191	↓2	39
26	Courtney	188	↓1	28
27	Olivia	186	↑4	27
28	Grace	181	↑14	69
29	Rebecca	171	↓1	25
30	Jennifer	168	↑3	18
31	Haley	167	↑6	31
32	Katherine	160	↓11	32
33	Bailey	154	new	65
34	Brianna	154	↓8	17
35	Danielle	150	↓8	34
36	Erin	147	↑13	52
37	Paige	147	↓8	64
38	Brooke	144	↑9	45
39	Kaitlyn	140	↑4	41
40	Katelyn	140	↓1	63
41	Julia	138	new	37
42	Amber	134	↓10	29
43	Laura	134	↑1	66
44	Jenna	132	↑4	76
45	Mariah	132	↓4	67
46	Brittany	127	↓10	20
47	Molly	127	new	98
48	Victoria	126	new	19
49	Claire	124	new	>100
50	Jordan	122	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Jacob	823	–	2
2	Matthew	657	↑1	3
3	Nicholas	628	↓1	6
4	Andrew	569	↑2	7
5	Austin	523	↑4	9
6	Michael	508	↓1	1
7	Tyler	504	↓3	10
8	Samuel	480	↑3	27
9	Joseph	474	↓1	12
10	Zachary	471	↓3	13
11	Benjamin	462	↑3	29
12	Alexander	458	–	22
13	Joshua	452	–	5
14	Ryan	401	↓4	16
15	Brandon	377	–	8
16	John	349	–	15
17	Daniel	347	–	11
18	Dylan	320	↑8	30
19	Nathan	314	↑4	34
20	Kyle	311	↓2	24
21	Jordan	310	–	26
22	Christopher	306	↑2	4
23	Logan	289	↑8	42
24	William	284	↑1	19
25	Noah	281	↑9	38
26	Cody	273	↓4	36
27	Jack	272	↑5	76
28	Thomas	268	↓8	31
29	Anthony	267	↓10	18
30	Cole	258	↑10	72
31	David	251	↓3	14
32	Aaron	244	↓2	33
33	Justin	241	↓6	20
34	Adam	224	↑1	39
35	Jonathan	221	↓6	21
36	Mitchell	218	–	96
37	James	215	↓4	17
38	Hunter	214	↑1	44
39	Connor	213	↑3	52
40	Alex	199	↓3	55
41	Ethan	196	new	46
42	Lucas	195	↑1	98
43	Tanner	194	↑4	82
44	Luke	188	–	78
45	Brady	170	↑5	>100
46	Robert	164	↓8	23
47	Jared	155	new	56
48	Blake	146	↓3	80
49	Trevor	145	new	62
50	Charles	144	new	49

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