Popular baby names in Minnesota, 2001

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 2001 were Emily for girls (482 babies) and Jacob for boys (721). Social Security records list 54,441 babies born in Minnesota in 2001 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 2001

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: 47 babies, 12× the national rate
Annika: 82 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Kallie: 25 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Ellie: 75 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Elsa: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Mara: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Madisen: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Anika: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Brynn: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ella: 93 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Abdullahi: 22 babies, 34.9× the national rate
Abdirahman: 16 babies, 28.8× the national rate
Babyboy: 15 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Mohamed: 56 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Carter: 272 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Khalid: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Cullen: 25 babies, 5× the national rate
Ahmed: 31 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Will: 25 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Bennett: 32 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 2001

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Emily	482	–	1
2	Grace	447	↑1	16
3	Emma	415	↑1	13
4	Madison	410	↑3	2
5	Hannah	401	↓3	3
6	Abigail	400	↑5	8
7	Olivia	376	↑5	10
8	Anna	353	–	19
9	Elizabeth	338	↓4	9
10	Alexis	309	↑3	5
11	Samantha	309	↓5	7
12	Megan	302	↓3	20
13	Lauren	269	↓3	15
14	Sarah	261	↑1	6
15	Ashley	242	↓1	4
16	Sydney	242	↑1	23
17	Taylor	238	↑1	12
18	Morgan	230	↑2	29
19	Rachel	219	↓3	24
20	Sophia	201	↑4	37
21	Hailey	194	↑13	33
22	Alyssa	193	↑3	14
23	Madeline	182	↓2	56
24	Julia	180	↑2	27
25	Mackenzie	170	↑6	40
26	Kayla	168	↓4	17
27	Jessica	167	↓8	11
28	Isabella	161	↑17	28
29	Kaitlyn	157	↓6	31
30	Chloe	155	↑6	30
31	Jenna	155	↑10	45
32	Allison	154	↓3	44
33	Brianna	147	↓5	18
34	Katherine	144	↑3	35
35	Alexandra	141	↓2	38
36	Nicole	137	↓9	36
37	Paige	137	↓5	71
38	Natalie	135	–	32
39	Haley	133	↓4	34
40	Claire	129	–	82
41	Katelyn	128	↓2	52
42	Amanda	122	↓12	39
43	Victoria	116	↓1	21
44	Isabelle	114	new	>100
45	Jasmine	114	new	25
46	Mary	113	new	48
47	Brooke	111	↑1	57
48	Amber	110	new	51
49	Gabrielle	109	–	50
50	Jennifer	108	↓4	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Jacob	721	–	1
2	Samuel	509	↑3	26
3	Joseph	487	↑7	8
4	Benjamin	480	↑2	27
5	Andrew	478	↓1	7
6	Nicholas	452	↓4	6
7	Tyler	430	–	13
8	Matthew	428	↓5	3
9	Zachary	422	↓1	16
10	Joshua	411	↑2	4
11	Ethan	404	↑3	17
12	Michael	404	↓3	2
13	Alexander	395	↓2	20
14	Jack	375	↓1	48
15	Dylan	356	↑2	21
16	Logan	352	↑8	29
17	Noah	342	↑2	28
18	Ryan	341	↓3	15
19	William	338	↑1	10
20	Nathan	318	↓4	31
21	Austin	308	–	25
22	Thomas	297	↑3	33
23	Hunter	294	↓1	36
24	John	288	↓1	14
25	Carter	272	↑7	>100
26	Brandon	264	↓8	18
27	Daniel	262	↓1	9
28	Isaac	252	↑9	47
29	Anthony	247	–	11
30	Cole	227	↓3	74
31	Mason	225	↑14	54
32	Christopher	223	↓2	5
33	Luke	219	↓2	50
34	David	218	↑2	12
35	Jackson	211	↑11	60
36	Justin	210	↓1	22
37	Adam	204	↓4	51
38	James	204	–	19
39	Caleb	201	↑5	37
40	Connor	200	↑1	49
41	Kyle	200	↓13	40
42	Jonathan	195	↓2	23
43	Blake	178	↑6	77
44	Aaron	177	↓5	42
45	Cody	176	↑2	64
46	Charles	168	new	55
47	Jordan	167	↓13	39
48	Maxwell	166	new	>100
49	Evan	159	↓6	56
50	Alex	155	↓8	62

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