Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1998

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1998 were Emily for girls (577 babies) and Jacob for boys (801). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 53,771 babies born in Minnesota in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1998

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: 26 babies, 43.3× the national rate
Greta: 33 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Kalli: 15 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Kallie: 32 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Annika: 53 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Ellie: 58 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Eleanor: 47 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Mara: 25 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Anika: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kari: 20 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Anders: 17 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Carter: 131 babies, 4.9× the national rate
August: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Mitchel: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Brady: 131 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Gunnar: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cullen: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Reid: 32 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jack: 363 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tate: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Emily	577	–	1
2	Hannah	496	–	2
3	Samantha	406	–	3
4	Madison	396	↑5	9
5	Megan	366	↓1	13
6	Emma	349	↑9	22
7	Taylor	349	↓1	7
8	Elizabeth	345	–	10
9	Sarah	337	↓4	4
10	Anna	320	↑1	31
11	Alexis	317	↑5	6
12	Ashley	312	↓5	5
13	Abigail	304	↑6	18
14	Rachel	299	↓4	15
15	Morgan	262	↑7	23
16	Jessica	260	↓4	8
17	Alyssa	247	↑4	11
18	Olivia	245	↑9	21
19	Sydney	240	↑4	28
20	Madeline	238	↓3	50
21	Kayla	227	↓3	12
22	Lauren	221	↓2	14
23	Amanda	217	↓9	19
24	Nicole	217	↓11	24
25	Grace	208	↑3	53
26	Allison	191	↓1	38
27	Brianna	190	↑7	17
28	Alexandra	188	↓4	27
29	Katherine	185	↑3	33
30	Paige	170	↑7	63
31	Haley	164	–	36
32	Natalie	160	new	40
33	Brooke	153	↑5	46
34	Kaitlyn	150	↑5	35
35	Rebecca	148	↓6	30
36	Claire	142	↑13	91
37	Mariah	142	↑8	62
38	Danielle	141	↓3	41
39	Courtney	138	↓13	39
40	Brittany	137	↑6	25
41	Erin	133	↓5	57
42	Julia	132	↓1	32
43	Victoria	132	↑5	16
44	Bailey	129	↓11	60
45	Jennifer	129	↓15	20
46	Laura	128	↓3	74
47	Jenna	127	↓3	65
48	Mackenzie	127	new	64
49	Amber	126	↓7	37
50	Katelyn	126	↓10	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Jacob	801	–	2
2	Matthew	605	–	3
3	Nicholas	579	–	6
4	Tyler	526	↑3	8
5	Andrew	521	↓1	9
6	Michael	517	–	1
7	Samuel	492	↑1	28
8	Austin	471	↓3	10
9	Zachary	466	↑1	16
10	Benjamin	442	↑1	30
11	Alexander	441	↑1	22
12	Joseph	437	↓3	11
13	Joshua	426	–	4
14	Ryan	421	–	17
15	Brandon	373	–	7
16	Jack	363	↑11	61
17	Dylan	356	↑1	25
18	Noah	352	↑7	29
19	Nathan	349	–	34
20	John	302	↓4	15
21	William	299	↑3	14
22	Daniel	292	↓5	12
23	Thomas	289	↑5	31
24	Jordan	278	↓3	27
25	Hunter	262	↑13	36
26	Kyle	262	↓6	24
27	David	257	↑4	13
28	Cole	254	↑2	77
29	Logan	250	↓6	44
30	Anthony	244	↓1	19
31	Ethan	236	↑10	38
32	Christopher	234	↓10	5
33	Adam	216	↑1	45
34	Jonathan	215	↑1	21
35	Aaron	213	↓3	37
36	Justin	212	↓3	20
37	Connor	206	↑2	47
38	James	204	↓1	18
39	Cody	202	↓13	43
40	Isaac	186	new	65
41	Mitchell	177	↓5	>100
42	Luke	174	↑2	75
43	Robert	169	↑3	23
44	Eric	164	new	39
45	Alex	162	↓5	55
46	Tanner	158	↓3	82
47	Caleb	157	new	42
48	Blake	155	–	85
49	Charles	155	↑1	48
50	Lucas	151	↓8	93

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