Popular baby names in Minnesota, 2004

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 2004 were Emma for girls (563 babies) and Jacob for boys (522). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 56,178 babies born in Minnesota in 2004 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 2004

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

Girls

Sumaya: 16 babies, 19.3× the national rate
Greta: 52 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Annika: 82 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Elsa: 24 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Cecelia: 28 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Maren: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Bryn: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Samira: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Mara: 27 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Ellie: 111 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Abdirahman: 27 babies, 32× the national rate
Ayub: 22 babies, 28.1× the national rate
Anders: 22 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Khalid: 17 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Soren: 23 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Hamza: 26 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Mohamed: 41 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Cullen: 22 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Bennett: 41 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ahmed: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 2004

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2003	US rank
1	Emma	563	–	2
2	Grace	476	–	13
3	Olivia	426	↑1	4
4	Emily	394	↓1	1
5	Abigail	349	–	6
6	Ella	337	↑3	29
7	Madison	311	↑1	3
8	Ava	308	↑9	25
9	Hannah	307	↓3	5
10	Elizabeth	302	↓3	10
11	Sophia	302	↑3	15
12	Isabella	281	↑4	7
13	Anna	276	↓3	20
14	Alexis	274	↓3	11
15	Lauren	268	↓3	16
16	Samantha	235	↓3	9
17	Sydney	221	↑1	27
18	Ashley	214	↑3	8
19	Hailey	196	↓4	24
20	Megan	194	↓1	36
21	Chloe	191	↑7	23
22	Paige	191	↑2	51
23	Taylor	182	↓3	22
24	Brooke	181	↑6	46
25	Morgan	178	↑1	31
26	Natalie	173	↑1	19
27	Julia	172	↓4	32
28	Lily	160	↑4	53
29	Sarah	159	↓4	12
30	Madeline	151	↑3	63
31	Allison	147	↑4	40
32	Kylie	143	↑16	49
33	Mackenzie	140	↓4	45
34	Alyssa	138	–	14
35	Brianna	136	↑11	17
36	Kaitlyn	131	↑4	33
37	Jenna	130	–	56
38	Kayla	126	↓7	18
39	Rachel	126	↓17	34
40	Lillian	125	↑10	65
41	Isabelle	121	↓5	>100
42	Jessica	120	↓4	21
43	Katherine	120	↓1	35
44	Amelia	118	new	96
45	Claire	118	↓1	99
46	Faith	116	↓5	52
47	Alexandra	113	↓2	37
48	Ellie	111	↓1	>100
49	Molly	107	new	97
50	Jasmine	106	new	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2003	US rank
1	Jacob	522	–	1
2	Ethan	465	–	5
3	Samuel	448	↑2	23
4	Andrew	436	–	6
5	Benjamin	408	↑3	25
6	Tyler	407	–	16
7	Joseph	384	↓4	9
8	Alexander	378	↑4	15
9	Jack	363	↑2	42
10	William	361	↑4	8
11	Matthew	351	↑5	4
12	Nicholas	350	↓5	13
13	Logan	344	↑2	27
14	Michael	340	↑3	2
15	Zachary	337	↓6	26
16	Joshua	330	↓6	3
17	Ryan	312	↓4	12
18	Dylan	311	↑1	19
19	Noah	296	↓1	29
20	Mason	293	↑3	51
21	Isaac	289	↑3	46
22	Daniel	283	↑12	7
23	Nathan	280	↓3	20
24	Carter	274	↓2	89
25	Evan	269	↑10	39
26	Gavin	251	↓1	52
27	Caleb	238	↑2	33
28	John	233	–	17
29	Owen	233	↑10	67
30	Thomas	232	↑3	37
31	Anthony	230	↓1	11
32	Hunter	229	↓5	49
33	Austin	225	↓12	35
34	Charles	221	↑13	56
35	James	220	↑11	18
36	Connor	218	↓10	38
37	Jackson	217	↓1	48
38	Luke	208	↓6	41
39	Elijah	202	↑11	31
40	Cole	195	↓9	75
41	Riley	184	↓1	>100
42	Jonathan	181	new	21
43	Wyatt	181	new	90
44	Adam	175	↑5	58
45	Christopher	175	↓1	10
46	Brandon	173	↓5	22
47	David	173	↓10	14
48	Lucas	169	new	66
49	Gabriel	164	↓4	32
50	Alex	163	new	63

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