Popular baby names in Minnesota, 2009

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 2009 were Olivia for girls (406 babies) and Logan for boys (390). Olivia ranked #3 nationally for girls. Logan ranked #17 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 53,996 babies born in Minnesota in 2009 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 2009

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: 15 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Siri: 21 babies, 13× the national rate
Greta: 62 babies, 11× the national rate
Annika: 76 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Aisha: 35 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Salma: 32 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Asha: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Elsa: 33 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Gretchen: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Cecelia: 26 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Boys

Abdirahman: 42 babies, 31× the national rate
Ayub: 18 babies, 21.8× the national rate
Abdullahi: 22 babies, 18.4× the national rate
Anders: 19 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Brecken: 25 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Hamza: 37 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Khalid: 15 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Bennett: 92 babies, 6× the national rate
Mohamed: 54 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Sullivan: 29 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 2009

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Olivia	406	↑1	3
2	Ava	363	↓1	5
3	Emma	342	–	2
4	Sophia	340	–	4
5	Isabella	331	–	1
6	Ella	304	↑2	15
7	Grace	269	↓1	17
8	Abigail	265	↓1	8
9	Addison	244	↑1	12
10	Chloe	205	↑3	9
11	Madison	202	↓2	7
12	Avery	199	↑13	32
13	Alexis	195	↑9	13
14	Natalie	191	↑7	16
15	Emily	187	↓3	6
16	Elizabeth	186	↓5	11
17	Lily	186	↓3	18
18	Hannah	181	↓3	23
19	Taylor	181	↑1	22
20	Anna	175	↓4	28
21	Lauren	166	↓4	46
22	Evelyn	165	↑13	40
23	Hailey	151	↑1	25
24	Lillian	150	↓5	27
25	Claire	147	↓7	53
26	Samantha	142	↓3	14
27	Aubrey	139	↑2	41
28	Amelia	137	↓2	55
29	Brooke	131	↓1	54
30	Mia	129	new	10
31	Audrey	128	↑6	49
32	Madeline	127	↓5	64
33	Sydney	125	↑10	48
34	Julia	116	–	50
35	Lucy	114	↑6	>100
36	Allison	113	↓4	30
37	Madelyn	112	↑10	59
38	Kylie	110	↑11	62
39	Leah	110	new	29
40	Stella	109	new	>100
41	Kaylee	107	new	26
42	Morgan	107	↓11	57
43	Paige	107	↓3	98
44	Brooklyn	106	↑4	37
45	Lydia	106	↓15	>100
46	Isabelle	104	↓13	100
47	Gabriella	101	new	33
48	Peyton	100	new	42
49	Eva	99	new	99
50	Payton	99	new	84

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Logan	390	↑2	17
2	Benjamin	370	↑3	19
3	William	357	↑1	5
4	Ethan	352	↓3	2
5	Jacob	345	↑1	1
6	Alexander	339	↓4	4
7	Owen	338	↑4	51
8	Carter	329	↑6	50
9	Samuel	327	–	24
10	Noah	318	↓2	9
11	Gavin	304	↓1	33
12	Jack	301	↑1	42
13	Mason	300	↓6	34
14	Jackson	270	↓2	27
15	Aiden	269	↑3	12
16	Evan	269	↑4	35
17	Andrew	262	↓1	16
18	Joseph	255	↓3	15
19	Isaac	252	↑2	40
20	Henry	251	↑2	71
21	Connor	220	↑15	52
22	Wyatt	219	↓3	60
23	Landon	209	↑15	36
24	Daniel	207	↑11	7
25	Michael	207	↓1	3
26	James	203	↑2	18
27	Liam	202	new	49
28	Ryan	201	↑3	20
29	Elijah	200	↓2	21
30	Tyler	200	↓13	28
31	Joshua	199	↓2	6
32	Matthew	199	↓9	13
33	Gabriel	195	↑14	22
34	Caleb	192	↑3	31
35	Charles	191	↑14	64
36	Lucas	187	↓6	39
37	Brayden	184	↑7	48
38	Dylan	184	↑1	30
39	Anthony	183	↓6	11
40	Nathan	180	↓15	25
41	Nolan	179	new	>100
42	Oliver	174	new	98
43	Jayden	172	↓11	8
44	Luke	172	↓2	47
45	Hunter	166	↓4	56
46	Blake	164	↑4	89
47	John	164	↓13	26
48	Zachary	164	↓22	53
49	David	161	↓3	14
50	Brody	158	↓7	77

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