Popular baby names in Minnesota, 2010

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 2010 were Ava for girls (384 babies) and Mason for boys (406). Ava ranked #5 nationally for girls. Mason ranked #12 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 51,971 babies born in Minnesota in 2010 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 2010

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: 19 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Hafsa: 17 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Greta: 54 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Linnea: 16 babies, 8× the national rate
Louisa: 17 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Maren: 19 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Elsie: 41 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Salma: 25 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Vienna: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Aisha: 32 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Abdirahman: 44 babies, 32.1× the national rate
Ayub: 20 babies, 22.7× the national rate
Bjorn: 16 babies, 20.9× the national rate
Salman: 15 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Abdullahi: 17 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Henrik: 15 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Anders: 30 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Gus: 17 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Brecken: 20 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Hamza: 30 babies, 7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 2010

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2009	US rank
1	Ava	384	↑1	5
2	Olivia	376	↓1	4
3	Sophia	373	↑1	2
4	Isabella	319	↑1	1
5	Emma	303	↓2	3
6	Abigail	267	↑2	7
7	Ella	262	↓1	13
8	Addison	247	↑1	11
9	Grace	213	↓2	18
10	Emily	201	↑5	6
11	Avery	198	↑1	23
12	Chloe	196	↓2	9
13	Elizabeth	193	↑3	12
14	Lillian	192	↑10	22
15	Lily	180	↑2	17
16	Amelia	178	↑12	41
17	Anna	174	↑3	27
18	Evelyn	170	↑4	39
19	Claire	169	↑6	53
20	Alexis	163	↓7	16
21	Hannah	162	↓3	20
22	Samantha	162	↑4	15
23	Natalie	155	↓9	14
24	Lauren	153	↓3	58
25	Lucy	151	↑10	75
26	Hailey	140	↓3	19
27	Charlotte	134	new	46
28	Madison	134	↓17	8
29	Brooklyn	131	↑15	34
30	Taylor	126	↓11	37
31	Aubrey	125	↓4	45
32	Stella	124	↑8	85
33	Audrey	121	↓2	52
34	Nora	116	new	>100
35	Allison	109	↑1	38
36	Julia	108	↓2	55
37	Madeline	107	↓5	77
38	Lydia	104	↑7	>100
39	Peyton	104	↑9	51
40	Mia	103	↓10	10
41	Leah	102	↓2	24
42	Ellie	101	new	>100
43	Sydney	101	↓10	60
44	Morgan	100	↓2	63
45	Savannah	99	new	44
46	Gabriella	95	↑1	33
47	Mya	95	new	>100
48	Ruby	95	new	>100
49	Clara	94	new	>100
50	Kaylee	94	↓9	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2009	US rank
1	Mason	406	↑12	12
2	Ethan	345	↑2	2
3	William	334	–	5
4	Owen	322	↑3	47
5	Logan	317	↓4	17
6	Jack	299	↑6	45
7	Jacob	298	↓2	1
8	Samuel	297	↑1	24
9	Jackson	283	↑5	25
10	Carter	273	↓2	48
11	Benjamin	269	↓9	22
12	Noah	264	↓2	7
13	Evan	261	↑3	36
14	Gavin	255	↓3	38
15	Alexander	250	↓9	6
16	Henry	248	↑4	67
17	Isaac	234	↑2	39
18	Liam	231	↑9	30
19	Andrew	227	↓2	14
20	Caleb	225	↑14	32
21	Lucas	222	↑15	35
22	Wyatt	220	–	57
23	Joseph	219	↓5	20
24	James	217	↑2	19
25	Elijah	216	↑4	18
26	Aiden	215	↓11	9
27	Gabriel	205	↑6	21
28	Landon	203	↓5	33
29	Nolan	198	↑12	>100
30	Charles	191	↑5	63
31	Tyler	188	↓1	34
32	Levi	182	new	70
33	Ryan	181	↓5	23
34	Brayden	178	↑3	40
35	Michael	172	↓10	3
36	Joshua	168	↓5	11
37	Dylan	166	↑1	31
38	Oliver	166	↑4	88
39	Anthony	164	–	10
40	Brody	164	↑10	83
41	Matthew	162	↓9	16
42	Nathan	162	↓2	27
43	Connor	160	↓22	49
44	Eli	157	new	65
45	John	157	↑2	26
46	Jayden	156	↓3	4
47	Daniel	154	↓23	8
48	Chase	152	new	66
49	Zachary	148	↓1	61
50	Hunter	145	↓5	58

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