Popular baby names in Minnesota, 1999

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 1999 were Emily for girls (585 babies) and Jacob for boys (755). Social Security records list 54,051 babies born in Minnesota in 1999 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 1999

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

Girls

Girl: 19 babies, 39.7× the national rate
Kalley: 17 babies, 31× the national rate
Linnea: 15 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Greta: 32 babies, 9× the national rate
Annika: 58 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Ellie: 59 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kallie: 26 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Adeline: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ellen: 44 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Eleanor: 44 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Boy: 20 babies, 36.7× the national rate
Anders: 15 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Carter: 150 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Mohamed: 32 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Reid: 33 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Brady: 117 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Gunnar: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
August: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Brody: 42 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Maxwell: 178 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 1999

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Emily	585	–	1
2	Samantha	416	↑1	5
3	Hannah	411	↓1	2
4	Emma	382	↑2	17
5	Madison	370	↓1	7
6	Elizabeth	361	↑2	10
7	Megan	361	↓2	15
8	Grace	354	↑17	27
9	Anna	347	↑1	29
10	Taylor	326	↓3	8
11	Alexis	310	–	3
12	Rachel	294	↑2	19
13	Ashley	291	↓1	6
14	Lauren	282	↑8	12
15	Sarah	281	↓6	4
16	Abigail	270	↓3	18
17	Sydney	256	↑2	23
18	Morgan	245	↓3	24
19	Olivia	238	↓1	20
20	Kayla	227	↑1	13
21	Alyssa	226	↓4	11
22	Nicole	221	↑2	25
23	Jessica	199	↓7	9
24	Amanda	193	↓1	22
25	Sophia	187	new	53
26	Allison	186	–	40
27	Madeline	181	↓7	70
28	Alexandra	171	–	32
29	Julia	163	↑13	30
30	Kaitlyn	163	↑4	33
31	Paige	158	↓1	67
32	Natalie	155	–	34
33	Brianna	154	↓6	14
34	Haley	153	↓3	31
35	Katherine	146	↓6	36
36	Claire	144	–	86
37	Jenna	141	↑10	61
38	Hailey	136	new	54
39	Maria	136	new	39
40	Jennifer	131	↑5	21
41	Mackenzie	131	↑7	52
42	Victoria	131	↑1	16
43	Gabrielle	130	new	46
44	Katelyn	128	↑6	55
45	Brooke	126	↓12	47
46	Danielle	126	↓8	43
47	Amber	122	↑2	41
48	Courtney	122	↓9	44
49	Erin	120	↓8	58
50	Bailey	111	↓6	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Jacob	755	–	1
2	Nicholas	549	↑1	5
3	Matthew	538	↓1	3
4	Benjamin	515	↑6	29
5	Andrew	501	–	7
6	Tyler	482	↓2	10
7	Austin	470	↑1	13
8	Zachary	470	↑1	17
9	Samuel	456	↓2	27
10	Michael	447	↓4	2
11	Joseph	436	↑1	8
12	Alexander	434	↓1	21
13	Ryan	420	↑1	12
14	Joshua	409	↓1	4
15	Dylan	404	↑2	23
16	Noah	402	↑2	24
17	Jack	383	↓1	52
18	Nathan	344	↑1	32
19	Brandon	339	↓4	11
20	Logan	321	↑9	42
21	Thomas	302	↑2	31
22	John	295	↓2	15
23	William	295	↓2	14
24	Hunter	293	↑1	36
25	Daniel	280	↓3	9
26	Anthony	271	↑4	18
27	Ethan	267	↑4	37
28	Cole	257	–	75
29	Christopher	251	↑3	6
30	Jordan	249	↓6	30
31	James	243	↑7	19
32	Kyle	238	↓6	28
33	David	234	↓6	16
34	Justin	228	↑2	20
35	Luke	219	↑7	67
36	Adam	213	↓3	44
37	Blake	203	↑11	84
38	Connor	194	↓1	48
39	Cody	190	–	45
40	Jonathan	190	↓6	22
41	Evan	187	new	57
42	Mason	181	new	71
43	Maxwell	178	new	>100
44	Alex	176	↑1	58
45	Mitchell	168	↓4	>100
46	Aaron	167	↓11	38
47	Caleb	160	–	41
48	Jackson	156	new	83
49	Riley	153	new	>100
50	Carter	150	new	>100

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