Popular baby names in Minnesota, 2012

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 2012 were Emma for girls (368 babies) and Mason for boys (363). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Mason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 51,724 babies born in Minnesota in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 2012

Names given at least 15 times in Minnesota that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Rayan: 15 babies, 21.6× the national rate
Sumaya: 25 babies, 19.5× the national rate
Greta: 60 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Ingrid: 30 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Linnea: 15 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Annika: 56 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Elsa: 52 babies, 7× the national rate
Aisha: 46 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Elin: 27 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Estella: 22 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Boys

Abdirahman: 39 babies, 26.4× the national rate
Abdullahi: 34 babies, 25.3× the national rate
Ayub: 18 babies, 18.7× the national rate
Henrik: 29 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Salman: 15 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Anders: 36 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Khalid: 22 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Hamza: 36 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Mohamed: 54 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Crosby: 30 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Emma	368	↑2	2
2	Olivia	368	↓1	4
3	Sophia	329	↓1	1
4	Ava	326	–	5
5	Avery	281	↑12	13
6	Evelyn	239	↑8	27
7	Ella	224	↑1	12
8	Isabella	221	↓3	3
9	Grace	219	↓2	21
10	Abigail	218	↓4	7
11	Harper	203	↑18	24
12	Amelia	201	↑7	23
13	Aubrey	188	↑7	15
14	Emily	185	↓4	6
15	Addison	184	↓2	14
16	Lillian	175	↑2	25
17	Elizabeth	174	↓8	10
18	Charlotte	173	↑15	19
19	Lily	166	↓3	16
20	Claire	152	↓8	45
21	Nora	151	↑9	>100
22	Chloe	148	↓11	11
23	Lucy	143	↑4	66
24	Anna	140	–	34
25	Hannah	140	↓4	22
26	Lydia	139	↑2	95
27	Natalie	137	↓12	17
28	Stella	135	↑6	62
29	Audrey	131	↓7	41
30	Madison	130	↓7	9
31	Brooklyn	128	↑1	29
32	Zoey	125	↑5	20
33	Lauren	123	↓2	72
34	Hailey	121	↓8	32
35	Mia	110	↑6	8
36	Alexis	107	↓11	40
37	Ellie	104	↓1	85
38	Sydney	101	↑8	78
39	Cora	100	new	>100
40	Brynn	97	↑7	>100
41	Samantha	97	↓6	26
42	Clara	94	↑2	>100
43	Kaylee	93	new	35
44	Madelyn	93	↑4	67
45	Julia	92	↓2	65
46	Violet	89	new	89
47	Brielle	88	new	>100
48	Josephine	85	new	>100
49	Peyton	84	–	53
50	Piper	84	new	98

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Mason	363	–	2
2	William	353	–	5
3	Ethan	334	↑4	3
4	Liam	330	–	6
5	Henry	315	↑8	44
6	Owen	313	↑5	38
7	Benjamin	272	↓2	16
8	Noah	268	↑1	4
9	Jackson	266	↑1	21
10	Alexander	254	↑4	9
11	Logan	254	↓5	22
12	Jack	249	↓4	46
13	Wyatt	242	↑11	41
14	Samuel	238	↓2	25
15	Carter	237	–	36
16	Lucas	237	↑17	27
17	Isaac	224	↓1	30
18	Jacob	224	↓15	1
19	Elijah	215	↑6	13
20	Oliver	211	↑3	73
21	Gavin	206	↓3	40
22	James	204	↓5	14
23	Levi	203	↑4	55
24	Aiden	201	↓2	10
25	Andrew	198	↓6	18
26	Evan	197	↓6	47
27	Joseph	195	↑3	19
28	Charles	190	↑1	62
29	Michael	184	↑2	7
30	Blake	181	↑4	71
31	Landon	180	↓5	35
32	Eli	179	↑7	43
33	Nolan	177	↓12	89
34	Caleb	173	↓6	32
35	Daniel	167	↑13	11
36	Parker	165	↑6	81
37	Easton	163	new	96
38	Gabriel	163	↓6	24
39	John	160	↑5	28
40	Luke	160	↑6	37
41	Joshua	153	new	17
42	Jayden	150	↓7	8
43	Hunter	149	new	45
44	Matthew	149	↓6	12
45	Thomas	149	↓8	63
46	Dylan	147	↓3	31
47	Ryan	147	↑2	26
48	Zachary	147	new	67
49	Brayden	146	↓13	39
50	Tyler	146	new	50

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