Popular baby names in Minnesota, 2002

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 2002 were Emma for girls (505 babies) and Jacob for boys (620). Emma ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 54,706 babies born in Minnesota in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 2002

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, 10.4× the national rate
Linnea: 16 babies, 9× the national rate
Annika: 79 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Samira: 22 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Mara: 31 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kaia: 31 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Clare: 27 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Elsa: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ellen: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Salma: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Abdullahi: 21 babies, 32.3× the national rate
Abdirahman: 16 babies, 29.4× the national rate
Anders: 20 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Khalid: 20 babies, 6× the national rate
Mohamed: 39 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Bennett: 47 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Tate: 44 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Carter: 256 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Gunnar: 28 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Cael: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Emma	505	↑2	4
2	Grace	488	–	15
3	Emily	442	↓2	1
4	Olivia	398	↑3	10
5	Abigail	395	↑1	7
6	Hannah	383	↓1	3
7	Madison	382	↓3	2
8	Anna	346	–	20
9	Elizabeth	310	–	11
10	Alexis	290	–	5
11	Megan	290	↑1	22
12	Lauren	284	↑1	13
13	Sophia	263	↑7	27
14	Ashley	250	↑1	6
15	Samantha	239	↓4	9
16	Morgan	235	↑2	29
17	Taylor	232	–	18
18	Isabella	223	↑10	14
19	Rachel	214	–	24
20	Sarah	211	↓6	8
21	Sydney	208	↓5	23
22	Hailey	204	↓1	31
23	Chloe	202	↑7	25
24	Paige	197	↑13	51
25	Julia	192	↓1	33
26	Madeline	189	↓3	56
27	Ella	167	new	89
28	Kayla	166	↓2	19
29	Alyssa	157	↓7	12
30	Brianna	149	↑3	17
31	Natalie	149	↑7	30
32	Allison	146	–	44
33	Kaitlyn	146	↓4	32
34	Mackenzie	143	↓9	42
35	Jenna	141	↓4	47
36	Jessica	141	↓9	16
37	Katherine	140	↓3	36
38	Isabelle	136	↑6	>100
39	Haley	133	–	35
40	Brooke	131	↑7	52
41	Kylie	130	new	61
42	Lily	129	new	79
43	Alexandra	124	↓8	38
44	Ava	123	new	82
45	Claire	123	↓5	95
46	Katelyn	120	↓5	53
47	Jasmine	119	↓2	26
48	Kaylee	119	new	57
49	Victoria	117	↓6	21
50	Nicole	116	↓14	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Jacob	620	–	1
2	Ethan	497	↑9	5
3	Benjamin	460	↑1	27
4	Samuel	458	↓2	25
5	Nicholas	452	↑1	9
6	Joseph	447	↓3	7
7	Zachary	421	↑2	19
8	Andrew	418	↓3	6
9	Joshua	409	↑1	3
10	Alexander	402	↑3	15
11	Jack	394	↑3	44
12	Logan	390	↑4	29
13	Tyler	382	↓6	14
14	Matthew	377	↓6	4
15	Michael	362	↓3	2
16	William	347	↑3	11
17	Noah	338	–	31
18	Ryan	325	–	16
19	Dylan	298	↓4	23
20	Austin	293	↑1	26
21	Hunter	292	↑2	38
22	Nathan	280	↓2	28
23	Daniel	272	↑4	10
24	John	264	–	17
25	Thomas	261	↓3	36
26	Isaac	259	↑2	48
27	Carter	256	↓2	>100
28	Anthony	242	↑1	12
29	Mason	233	↑2	53
30	Luke	227	↑3	46
31	Cole	220	↓1	69
32	Connor	218	↑8	47
33	Brandon	215	↓7	20
34	Jackson	214	↑1	50
35	Jordan	211	↑12	37
36	James	206	↑2	18
37	Riley	202	new	99
38	Caleb	201	↑1	35
39	Christopher	199	↓7	8
40	David	197	↓6	13
41	Blake	190	↑2	76
42	Adam	188	↓5	55
43	Gabriel	188	new	32
44	Lucas	184	new	75
45	Cody	183	–	71
46	Evan	182	↑3	56
47	Charles	177	↓1	58
48	Justin	168	↓12	22
49	Gavin	167	new	61
50	Owen	167	new	94

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