Popular baby names in Minnesota, 2007

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 2007 were Ava for girls (457 babies) and Jacob for boys (464). Ava ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 57,194 babies born in Minnesota in 2007 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 2007

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: 22 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Greta: 62 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Bryn: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
Elsie: 30 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Olive: 24 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Annika: 66 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Adeline: 56 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Brynn: 60 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Norah: 44 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Aisha: 27 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Abdirahman: 37 babies, 32.4× the national rate
Ayub: 21 babies, 28.7× the national rate
Abdullahi: 20 babies, 22.8× the national rate
Khalid: 21 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Anders: 20 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Soren: 25 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Ahmed: 35 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Bennett: 59 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Mohamed: 40 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Hamza: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 2007

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2006	US rank
1	Ava	457	–	4
2	Olivia	400	↑1	7
3	Emma	377	↑1	3
4	Sophia	350	↑1	6
5	Addison	349	↑9	11
6	Grace	326	↓4	20
7	Abigail	306	–	8
8	Ella	306	↓2	21
9	Isabella	299	↑1	2
10	Emily	293	↓2	1
11	Hannah	288	↓2	9
12	Elizabeth	262	↓1	10
13	Madison	260	↓1	5
14	Anna	238	↓1	25
15	Samantha	222	↑3	12
16	Lauren	218	↓1	28
17	Chloe	209	↑4	16
18	Natalie	202	↓2	17
19	Hailey	201	↓2	23
20	Alexis	196	–	19
21	Lily	192	↑3	27
22	Lillian	178	↑4	33
23	Isabelle	176	↓4	79
24	Taylor	173	↑1	24
25	Madeline	158	↑10	61
26	Claire	152	↑3	66
27	Morgan	148	↓4	43
28	Avery	147	↑5	48
29	Audrey	141	↑17	51
30	Amelia	140	↑2	77
31	Ashley	139	↓9	13
32	Julia	134	↓4	34
33	Lydia	132	↑14	>100
34	Brooke	130	↓7	45
35	Allison	129	↑4	46
36	Alyssa	129	↑9	14
37	Aubrey	128	new	69
38	Paige	128	↓4	89
39	Sydney	126	↓8	37
40	Sophie	120	new	82
41	Savannah	119	↑7	30
42	Nevaeh	118	↓6	31
43	Evelyn	113	new	55
44	Brianna	110	↑5	22
45	Gabriella	107	new	38
46	Kylie	107	new	63
47	Rachel	107	↓7	59
48	Kaylee	104	↓10	35
49	Mackenzie	104	↓7	65
50	Madelyn	104	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2006	US rank
1	Jacob	464	↑1	1
2	Ethan	413	↓1	3
3	Logan	405	–	17
4	Jack	365	↑1	38
5	Samuel	364	↑4	25
6	Alexander	358	↑7	11
7	Benjamin	358	↓3	26
8	Noah	358	↓2	14
9	Andrew	354	↓1	10
10	Gavin	354	↑4	32
11	William	344	↓4	8
12	Joseph	332	↓2	13
13	Mason	313	↓2	37
14	Jackson	296	↑3	33
15	Isaac	291	↑5	41
16	Carter	287	↑2	80
17	Evan	282	↑13	40
18	Matthew	280	↓2	9
19	Owen	275	↓7	56
20	Tyler	268	↓5	21
21	Michael	259	↑3	2
22	Dylan	258	↓1	29
23	Joshua	254	↓1	4
24	Zachary	252	↑2	42
25	Nathan	248	–	24
26	Aiden	246	↑12	27
27	Wyatt	246	↑7	69
28	Ryan	240	↓5	16
29	Daniel	238	↑4	5
30	Nicholas	238	↓11	20
31	Elijah	218	↑9	30
32	Henry	218	↑13	90
33	Anthony	216	↓1	7
34	Landon	210	↑5	49
35	Caleb	208	↑1	36
36	James	205	↓5	15
37	Lucas	203	↑4	53
38	Gabriel	197	↑12	28
39	Thomas	192	↑3	52
40	Hunter	191	↓5	57
41	Luke	190	↓4	46
42	John	186	↓14	19
43	Jayden	185	new	18
44	David	183	↑2	12
45	Connor	182	↓16	55
46	Blake	177	new	88
47	Charles	168	↓20	62
48	Aidan	167	↓5	54
49	Carson	165	new	91
50	Isaiah	164	↓1	43

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