Popular baby names in Minnesota, 2005

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 2005 were Ava for girls (460 babies) and Ethan for boys (494). Ava ranked #9 nationally for girls. Ethan ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 55,982 babies born in Minnesota in 2005 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 2005

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: 18 babies, 19.7× the national rate
Greta: 60 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Elsa: 31 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Annika: 82 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Aisha: 30 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lucille: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Maren: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Norah: 37 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Cecelia: 28 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Adeline: 30 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Ayub: 20 babies, 36× the national rate
Abdirahman: 32 babies, 32.8× the national rate
Abdullahi: 20 babies, 23× the national rate
Khalid: 16 babies, 7.5× the national rate
August: 32 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Cullen: 24 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Hamza: 24 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Bennett: 56 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Mathias: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Will: 37 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 2005

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Ava	460	↑7	9
2	Grace	428	–	14
3	Emma	421	↓2	2
4	Ella	394	↑2	23
5	Emily	394	↓1	1
6	Olivia	371	↓3	5
7	Abigail	354	↓2	4
8	Madison	330	↓1	3
9	Sophia	326	↑2	12
10	Hannah	308	↓1	7
11	Anna	277	↑2	22
12	Elizabeth	272	↓2	11
13	Samantha	250	↑3	8
14	Isabella	240	↓2	6
15	Lauren	239	–	21
16	Alexis	234	↓2	13
17	Hailey	217	↑2	26
18	Natalie	202	↑8	18
19	Chloe	193	↑2	19
20	Megan	192	–	41
21	Ashley	188	↓3	10
22	Lily	179	↑6	39
23	Julia	178	↑4	31
24	Paige	168	↓2	60
25	Sydney	164	↓8	30
26	Morgan	162	↓1	33
27	Isabelle	158	↑14	96
28	Lillian	155	↑12	50
29	Taylor	154	↓6	24
30	Brooke	145	↓6	47
31	Sarah	145	↓2	15
32	Avery	139	new	67
33	Madeline	139	↓3	70
34	Rachel	137	↑5	38
35	Alyssa	127	↓1	16
36	Katelyn	127	new	59
37	Kylie	126	↓5	57
38	Kaitlyn	124	↓2	34
39	Amelia	122	↑5	84
40	Kayla	121	↓2	25
41	Claire	119	↑4	95
42	Mackenzie	119	↓9	51
43	Lydia	118	new	>100
44	Faith	116	↑2	49
45	Alexandra	109	↑2	37
46	Allison	109	↓15	45
47	Katherine	109	↓4	36
48	Jenna	107	↓11	62
49	Brianna	106	↓14	20
50	Jasmine	105	–	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Ethan	494	↑1	5
2	Jacob	477	↓1	1
3	Samuel	441	–	21
4	Jack	420	↑5	34
5	Andrew	415	↓1	6
6	Benjamin	394	↓1	25
7	Joseph	373	–	9
8	Alexander	372	–	13
9	Logan	358	↑4	26
10	William	356	–	11
11	Tyler	355	↓5	16
12	Matthew	333	↓1	4
13	Noah	324	↑6	23
14	Joshua	300	↑2	3
15	Nathan	297	↑8	20
16	Michael	290	↓2	2
17	Owen	290	↑12	60
18	Ryan	289	↓1	14
19	Gavin	286	↑7	47
20	Zachary	286	↓5	29
21	Nicholas	280	↓9	15
22	Mason	278	↓2	42
23	Carter	275	↑1	77
24	Evan	274	↑1	39
25	Dylan	272	↓7	24
26	Hunter	254	↑6	53
27	Isaac	245	↓6	49
28	Thomas	241	↑2	40
29	Jackson	240	↑8	44
30	Connor	235	↑6	48
31	Charles	221	↑3	56
32	John	220	↓4	18
33	Caleb	219	↓6	35
34	James	219	↑1	17
35	Daniel	212	↓13	7
36	Anthony	211	↓5	8
37	Austin	211	↓4	38
38	Aidan	205	new	43
39	Luke	203	↓1	41
40	Gabriel	198	↑9	28
41	Elijah	194	↓2	31
42	David	192	↑5	12
43	Wyatt	190	–	81
44	Cole	178	↓4	79
45	Christopher	176	–	10
46	Adam	172	↓2	64
47	Henry	171	new	>100
48	Lucas	167	–	58
49	Aiden	162	new	50
50	Justin	160	new	36

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