Popular baby names in Minnesota, 2000

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 2000 were Emily for girls (559 babies) and Jacob for boys (752). Social Security records list 54,975 babies born in Minnesota in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 2000

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

Girls

Greta: 45 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Linnea: 18 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Samira: 19 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Ellie: 77 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Annika: 54 babies, 6× the national rate
Mara: 29 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Brynn: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Josephine: 62 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ellen: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Gretchen: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Abdirahman: 22 babies, 38.8× the national rate
Anders: 30 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Mohamed: 50 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Carter: 221 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Khalid: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lincoln: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Gunnar: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Brady: 128 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Bennett: 35 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Will: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Emily	559	–	1
2	Hannah	484	↑1	2
3	Grace	429	↑5	19
4	Emma	412	–	17
5	Elizabeth	373	↑1	9
6	Samantha	356	↓4	7
7	Madison	353	↓2	3
8	Anna	347	↑1	22
9	Megan	338	↓2	18
10	Lauren	312	↑4	11
11	Abigail	311	↑5	14
12	Olivia	311	↑7	16
13	Alexis	295	↓2	6
14	Ashley	285	↓1	4
15	Sarah	282	–	5
16	Rachel	277	↓4	21
17	Sydney	275	–	23
18	Taylor	270	↓8	10
19	Jessica	228	↑4	8
20	Morgan	226	↓2	25
21	Madeline	205	↑6	56
22	Kayla	194	↓2	13
23	Kaitlyn	192	↑7	30
24	Sophia	191	↑1	42
25	Alyssa	188	↓4	12
26	Julia	187	↑3	29
27	Nicole	181	↓5	31
28	Brianna	178	↑5	15
29	Allison	175	↓3	44
30	Amanda	173	↓6	32
31	Mackenzie	170	↑10	43
32	Paige	169	↓1	69
33	Alexandra	168	↓5	36
34	Hailey	165	↑4	35
35	Haley	163	↓1	28
36	Chloe	158	new	38
37	Katherine	158	↓2	33
38	Natalie	151	↓6	34
39	Katelyn	146	↑5	54
40	Claire	144	↓4	86
41	Jenna	135	↓4	63
42	Victoria	130	–	20
43	Courtney	126	↑5	59
44	Erin	126	↑5	61
45	Isabella	125	new	45
46	Jennifer	124	↓6	26
47	Maria	124	↓8	41
48	Brooke	122	↓3	51
49	Gabrielle	118	↓6	49
50	Rebecca	117	new	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Jacob	752	–	1
2	Nicholas	536	–	6
3	Matthew	510	–	3
4	Andrew	501	↑1	7
5	Samuel	491	↑4	28
6	Benjamin	476	↓2	26
7	Tyler	452	↓1	10
8	Zachary	451	–	15
9	Michael	449	↑1	2
10	Joseph	440	↑1	8
11	Alexander	414	↑1	20
12	Joshua	403	↑2	4
13	Jack	384	↑4	46
14	Ethan	365	↑13	25
15	Ryan	364	↓2	13
16	Nathan	348	↑2	30
17	Dylan	347	↓2	24
18	Brandon	344	↑1	12
19	Noah	336	↓3	27
20	William	324	↑3	11
21	Austin	323	↓14	23
22	Hunter	314	↑2	35
23	John	314	↓1	14
24	Logan	298	↓4	40
25	Thomas	292	↓4	33
26	Daniel	278	↓1	9
27	Cole	255	↑1	71
28	Kyle	253	↑4	37
29	Anthony	242	↓3	17
30	Christopher	231	↓1	5
31	Luke	231	↑4	59
32	Carter	221	↑18	>100
33	Adam	219	↑3	45
34	Jordan	217	↓4	36
35	Justin	215	↓1	19
36	David	205	↓3	16
37	Isaac	204	new	53
38	James	196	↓7	18
39	Aaron	193	↑7	41
40	Jonathan	193	–	21
41	Connor	183	↓3	50
42	Alex	176	↑2	62
43	Evan	176	↓2	55
44	Caleb	175	↑3	38
45	Mason	174	↓3	64
46	Jackson	173	↑2	72
47	Cody	162	↓8	60
48	Mitchell	159	↓3	>100
49	Blake	158	↓12	80
50	Cameron	157	new	31

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