Popular baby names in Minnesota, 2008

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 2008 were Ava for girls (447 babies) and Ethan for boys (408). Ava ranked #5 nationally for girls. Ethan ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 55,590 babies born in Minnesota in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 2008

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: 66 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Aisha: 35 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Annika: 64 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Maren: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Anika: 37 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lucille: 33 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Salma: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Samira: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Brynn: 62 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Elsa: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Abdirahman: 35 babies, 25.7× the national rate
Ayub: 21 babies, 21.4× the national rate
Anders: 35 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Soren: 34 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Yusuf: 24 babies, 6× the national rate
Hamza: 22 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Mohamed: 40 babies, 5.1× the national rate
August: 40 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Will: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bennett: 51 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Ava	447	–	5
2	Olivia	386	–	4
3	Emma	368	–	1
4	Sophia	327	–	7
5	Isabella	305	↑4	2
6	Grace	304	–	21
7	Abigail	288	–	8
8	Ella	276	–	19
9	Madison	264	↑4	6
10	Addison	250	↓5	12
11	Elizabeth	232	↑1	9
12	Emily	231	↓2	3
13	Chloe	213	↑4	10
14	Lily	206	↑7	24
15	Hannah	198	↓4	17
16	Anna	194	↓2	26
17	Lauren	191	↓1	30
18	Claire	186	↑8	62
19	Lillian	185	↑3	29
20	Taylor	185	↑4	22
21	Natalie	182	↓3	13
22	Alexis	180	↓2	15
23	Samantha	176	↓8	11
24	Hailey	174	↓5	25
25	Avery	158	↑3	38
26	Amelia	155	↑4	68
27	Madeline	154	↓2	56
28	Brooke	143	↑6	52
29	Aubrey	140	↑8	42
30	Lydia	134	↑3	>100
31	Morgan	134	↓4	46
32	Allison	128	↑3	32
33	Isabelle	128	↓10	93
34	Julia	126	↓2	41
35	Evelyn	125	↑8	54
36	Ashley	124	↓5	18
37	Audrey	122	↓8	44
38	Alyssa	121	↓2	16
39	Nevaeh	116	↑3	34
40	Paige	116	↓2	89
41	Lucy	111	new	>100
42	Ruby	111	new	>100
43	Sydney	111	↓4	49
44	Katherine	108	new	45
45	Brianna	106	↓1	23
46	Sarah	106	new	20
47	Madelyn	102	↑3	64
48	Brooklyn	101	new	48
49	Kylie	99	↓3	51
50	Sophie	99	↓10	75

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Ethan	408	↑1	3
2	Alexander	375	↑4	6
3	Logan	364	–	19
4	William	354	↑7	8
5	Benjamin	343	↑2	25
6	Jacob	343	↓5	1
7	Mason	331	↑6	35
8	Noah	328	–	15
9	Samuel	326	↓4	27
10	Gavin	322	–	30
11	Owen	317	↑8	58
12	Jackson	312	↑2	32
13	Jack	311	↓9	39
14	Carter	296	↑2	65
15	Joseph	290	↓3	13
16	Andrew	288	↓7	12
17	Tyler	273	↑3	28
18	Aiden	271	↑8	16
19	Wyatt	270	↑8	62
20	Evan	262	↓3	38
21	Isaac	246	↓6	37
22	Henry	232	↑10	78
23	Matthew	230	↓5	10
24	Michael	222	↓3	2
25	Nathan	221	–	21
26	Zachary	220	↓2	47
27	Elijah	212	↑4	22
28	James	211	↑8	17
29	Joshua	211	↓6	4
30	Lucas	211	↑7	46
31	Ryan	209	↓3	18
32	Jayden	207	↑11	11
33	Anthony	204	–	7
34	John	203	↑8	20
35	Daniel	201	↓6	5
36	Connor	195	↑9	57
37	Caleb	194	↓2	34
38	Landon	194	↓4	45
39	Dylan	191	↓17	31
40	Nicholas	190	↓10	29
41	Hunter	189	↓1	54
42	Luke	188	↓1	43
43	Brody	182	new	70
44	Brayden	177	new	51
45	Thomas	177	↓6	52
46	David	176	↓2	14
47	Gabriel	176	↓9	24
48	Christopher	174	new	9
49	Charles	171	↓2	63
50	Blake	169	↓4	90

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