Popular baby names in Minnesota, 2003

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 2003 were Emma for girls (617 babies) and Jacob for boys (589). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 55,950 babies born in Minnesota in 2003 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 2003

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: 57 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Maren: 18 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Cecelia: 28 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Annika: 87 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Mara: 33 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Elsa: 27 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Ellie: 118 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Anika: 42 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Gretchen: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kallie: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Abdirahman: 26 babies, 34.2× the national rate
Anders: 24 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Khalid: 18 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Mohamed: 44 babies, 6× the national rate
Bennett: 44 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Will: 32 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Tate: 44 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Hamza: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Carter: 266 babies, 4.2× the national rate
August: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 2003

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Emma	617	–	2
2	Grace	451	–	13
3	Emily	429	–	1
4	Olivia	402	–	5
5	Abigail	368	–	6
6	Hannah	353	–	4
7	Elizabeth	323	↑2	9
8	Madison	304	↓1	3
9	Ella	294	↑18	44
10	Anna	272	↓2	21
11	Alexis	271	↓1	7
12	Lauren	267	–	15
13	Samantha	262	↑2	10
14	Sophia	259	↓1	20
15	Hailey	249	↑7	26
16	Isabella	244	↑2	12
17	Ava	238	↑27	39
18	Sydney	238	↑3	25
19	Megan	227	↓8	30
20	Taylor	216	↓3	19
21	Ashley	213	↓7	8
22	Rachel	196	↓3	28
23	Julia	195	↑2	33
24	Paige	193	–	47
25	Sarah	190	↓5	11
26	Morgan	188	↓10	29
27	Natalie	178	↑4	23
28	Chloe	173	↓5	24
29	Mackenzie	158	↑5	45
30	Brooke	157	↑10	43
31	Kayla	156	↓3	16
32	Lily	156	↑10	69
33	Madeline	155	↓7	61
34	Alyssa	147	↓5	14
35	Allison	142	↓3	46
36	Isabelle	140	↑2	>100
37	Jenna	137	↓2	55
38	Jessica	133	↓2	18
39	Lydia	130	new	>100
40	Kaitlyn	128	↓7	32
41	Faith	126	new	50
42	Katherine	125	↓5	35
43	Katelyn	120	↑3	58
44	Claire	119	↑1	92
45	Alexandra	118	↓2	38
46	Brianna	118	↓16	17
47	Ellie	118	new	>100
48	Kylie	118	↓7	52
49	Victoria	110	–	22
50	Lillian	107	new	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Jacob	589	–	1
2	Ethan	496	–	7
3	Joseph	453	↑3	6
4	Andrew	452	↑4	5
5	Samuel	449	↓1	23
6	Tyler	428	↑7	15
7	Nicholas	399	↓2	12
8	Benjamin	393	↓5	24
9	Zachary	387	↓2	20
10	Joshua	386	↓1	3
11	Jack	383	–	45
12	Alexander	382	↓2	16
13	Ryan	381	↑5	13
14	William	378	↑2	11
15	Logan	362	↓3	28
16	Matthew	359	↓2	4
17	Michael	357	↓2	2
18	Noah	332	↓1	31
19	Dylan	331	–	19
20	Nathan	293	↑2	26
21	Austin	272	↓1	33
22	Carter	266	↑5	>100
23	Mason	260	↑6	54
24	Isaac	259	↑2	48
25	Gavin	254	↑24	51
26	Connor	253	↑6	43
27	Hunter	253	↓6	41
28	John	253	↓4	17
29	Caleb	249	↑9	34
30	Anthony	248	↓2	10
31	Cole	246	–	69
32	Luke	245	↓2	46
33	Thomas	244	↓8	36
34	Daniel	242	↓11	8
35	Evan	237	↑11	44
36	Jackson	235	↓2	52
37	David	226	↑3	14
38	Aidan	223	new	39
39	Owen	222	↑11	72
40	Riley	213	↓3	>100
41	Brandon	201	↓8	21
42	Blake	185	↓1	79
43	Kyle	184	new	53
44	Christopher	183	↓5	9
45	Gabriel	182	↓2	29
46	James	182	↓10	18
47	Charles	174	–	57
48	Aaron	173	new	50
49	Adam	170	↓7	58
50	Elijah	170	new	37

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