Popular baby names in Minnesota, 2011

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 2011 were Olivia for girls (366 babies) and Mason for boys (447). Olivia ranked #4 nationally for girls. Mason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 52,084 babies born in Minnesota in 2011 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 2011

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, 14.2× the national rate
Greta: 44 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Esme: 26 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Mara: 28 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Elsie: 54 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Aisha: 39 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Annika: 47 babies, 6× the national rate
Salma: 25 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Elsa: 39 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Estelle: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Boys

Abdullahi: 30 babies, 23.2× the national rate
Abdirahman: 39 babies, 22.3× the national rate
Ayub: 18 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Salman: 20 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Henrik: 18 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Brecken: 24 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Mohamed: 73 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Khalid: 16 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Bilal: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Crosby: 27 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 2011

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	Olivia	366	↑1	4
2	Sophia	356	↑1	1
3	Emma	340	↑2	3
4	Ava	337	↓3	5
5	Isabella	256	↓1	2
6	Abigail	242	–	7
7	Grace	236	↑2	16
8	Ella	234	↓1	12
9	Elizabeth	204	↑4	11
10	Emily	203	–	6
11	Chloe	202	↑1	10
12	Claire	197	↑7	50
13	Addison	193	↓5	13
14	Evelyn	193	↑4	24
15	Natalie	193	↑8	14
16	Lily	184	↓1	15
17	Avery	175	↓6	18
18	Lillian	169	↓4	22
19	Amelia	166	↓3	30
20	Aubrey	162	↑11	20
21	Hannah	153	–	25
22	Audrey	151	↑11	43
23	Madison	149	↑5	8
24	Anna	148	↓7	38
25	Alexis	145	↓5	26
26	Hailey	145	–	32
27	Lucy	139	↓2	73
28	Lydia	139	↑10	96
29	Harper	138	new	54
30	Nora	135	↑4	>100
31	Lauren	129	↓7	62
32	Brooklyn	128	↓3	21
33	Charlotte	124	↓6	27
34	Stella	123	↓2	74
35	Samantha	115	↓13	17
36	Ellie	113	↑6	97
37	Zoey	112	new	28
38	Allison	109	↓3	40
39	Madeline	106	↓2	85
40	Layla	105	new	35
41	Mia	103	↓1	9
42	Eleanor	100	new	>100
43	Julia	97	↓7	58
44	Clara	96	↑5	>100
45	Isabelle	96	new	>100
46	Sydney	96	↓3	65
47	Brynn	95	new	>100
48	Madelyn	94	new	79
49	Peyton	93	↓10	53
50	Leah	92	↓9	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	Mason	447	–	2
2	William	366	↑1	3
3	Jacob	327	↑4	1
4	Liam	325	↑14	15
5	Benjamin	322	↑6	19
6	Logan	319	↓1	21
7	Ethan	318	↓5	7
8	Jack	301	↓2	45
9	Noah	293	↑3	5
10	Jackson	289	↓1	23
11	Owen	281	↓7	44
12	Samuel	275	↓4	26
13	Henry	270	↑3	57
14	Alexander	260	↑1	8
15	Carter	257	↓5	41
16	Isaac	251	↑1	35
17	James	251	↑7	17
18	Gavin	249	↓4	37
19	Andrew	236	–	16
20	Evan	227	↓7	40
21	Nolan	222	↑8	92
22	Aiden	221	↑4	9
23	Oliver	217	↑15	78
24	Wyatt	216	↓2	48
25	Elijah	212	–	13
26	Landon	205	↑2	34
27	Levi	201	↑5	66
28	Caleb	195	↓8	32
29	Charles	195	↑1	61
30	Joseph	195	↓7	22
31	Michael	192	↑4	6
32	Gabriel	190	↓5	24
33	Lucas	187	↓12	29
34	Blake	183	new	73
35	Jayden	174	↑11	4
36	Brayden	170	↓2	36
37	Thomas	170	new	63
38	Matthew	169	↑3	12
39	Eli	167	↑5	58
40	Connor	164	↑3	54
41	Colton	163	new	74
42	Parker	157	new	79
43	Dylan	155	↓6	33
44	John	154	↑1	27
45	Nathan	154	↓3	28
46	Luke	153	new	39
47	Chase	152	↑1	69
48	Daniel	152	↓1	10
49	Ryan	150	↓16	25
50	Brody	138	↓10	83

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