Popular baby names in Minnesota, 2006

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 2006 were Ava for girls (484 babies) and Ethan for boys (463). Ava ranked #5 nationally for girls. Ethan ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 57,629 babies born in Minnesota in 2006 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 2006

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: 17 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Greta: 72 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Anja: 17 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Cecelia: 37 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Aisha: 30 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Maren: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Annika: 70 babies, 5× the national rate
Adelyn: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Elliana: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Mara: 27 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Abdirahman: 34 babies, 30.7× the national rate
Ayub: 23 babies, 27.4× the national rate
Abdullahi: 22 babies, 24.9× the national rate
Khalid: 28 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Anders: 22 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Soren: 25 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Mohamed: 56 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Will: 40 babies, 5.7× the national rate
August: 29 babies, 5× the national rate
Hamza: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 2006

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Ava	484	–	5
2	Grace	375	–	16
3	Olivia	375	↑3	7
4	Emma	366	↓1	2
5	Sophia	356	↑4	9
6	Ella	350	↓2	21
7	Abigail	342	–	6
8	Emily	339	↓3	1
9	Hannah	307	↑1	8
10	Isabella	289	↑4	4
11	Elizabeth	284	↑1	11
12	Madison	281	↓4	3
13	Anna	266	↓2	22
14	Addison	223	new	28
15	Lauren	223	–	24
16	Natalie	217	↑2	17
17	Hailey	215	–	25
18	Samantha	209	↓5	10
19	Isabelle	199	↑8	84
20	Alexis	197	↓4	14
21	Chloe	197	↓2	18
22	Ashley	195	↓1	12
23	Morgan	173	↑3	35
24	Lily	172	↓2	33
25	Taylor	165	↑4	23
26	Lillian	161	↑2	38
27	Brooke	154	↑3	44
28	Julia	153	↓5	31
29	Claire	149	↑12	86
30	Megan	147	↓10	60
31	Sydney	147	↓6	34
32	Amelia	143	↑7	83
33	Avery	143	↓1	52
34	Paige	141	↓10	77
35	Madeline	139	↓2	71
36	Nevaeh	134	new	43
37	Sarah	134	↓6	15
38	Kaylee	129	new	42
39	Allison	120	↑7	47
40	Rachel	118	↓6	48
41	Gabrielle	117	new	63
42	Mackenzie	115	–	53
43	Brooklyn	112	new	66
44	Kayla	112	↓4	26
45	Alyssa	110	↓10	19
46	Audrey	109	new	69
47	Lydia	109	↓4	>100
48	Savannah	107	new	30
49	Brianna	106	–	20
50	Katherine	106	↓3	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Ethan	463	–	4
2	Jacob	448	–	1
3	Logan	411	↑6	20
4	Benjamin	406	↑2	24
5	Jack	401	↓1	36
6	Noah	380	↑7	15
7	William	377	↑3	10
8	Andrew	370	↓3	7
9	Samuel	367	↓6	25
10	Joseph	355	↓3	11
11	Mason	337	↑11	40
12	Owen	328	↑5	58
13	Alexander	321	↓5	12
14	Gavin	320	↑5	38
15	Tyler	319	↓4	18
16	Matthew	304	↓4	5
17	Jackson	301	↑12	35
18	Carter	297	↑5	75
19	Nicholas	281	↑2	17
20	Isaac	269	↑7	48
21	Dylan	268	↑4	26
22	Joshua	268	↓8	3
23	Ryan	254	↓5	14
24	Michael	253	↓8	2
25	Nathan	248	↓10	23
26	Zachary	244	↓6	33
27	Charles	241	↑4	60
28	John	239	↑4	19
29	Connor	231	↑1	53
30	Evan	229	↓6	42
31	James	228	↑3	16
32	Anthony	227	↑4	9
33	Daniel	224	↑2	6
34	Wyatt	219	↑9	82
35	Hunter	215	↓9	54
36	Caleb	209	↓3	34
37	Luke	209	↑2	43
38	Aiden	207	↑11	32
39	Landon	207	new	50
40	Elijah	206	↑1	29
41	Lucas	202	↑7	59
42	Thomas	202	↓14	51
43	Aidan	201	↓5	44
44	Austin	199	↓7	41
45	Henry	191	↑2	95
46	David	178	↓4	13
47	Jonathan	175	new	22
48	Cole	172	↓4	84
49	Isaiah	172	new	39
50	Gabriel	169	↓10	28

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