Popular baby names in Minnesota, 2013

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 2013 were Olivia for girls (367 babies) and William for boys (355). Olivia ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 52,176 babies born in Minnesota in 2013 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 2013

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

Girls

Yusra: 16 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Sumaya: 18 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Harriet: 20 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Greta: 63 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Linnea: 19 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Aisha: 58 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Maren: 21 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Freya: 27 babies, 7× the national rate
Elsa: 53 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Elin: 31 babies, 6.8× the national rate

Boys

Abdirahman: 62 babies, 29.7× the national rate
Abdullahi: 44 babies, 26.3× the national rate
Ayub: 20 babies, 23.7× the national rate
Salman: 15 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Imran: 24 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Anders: 34 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Henrik: 25 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Brecken: 28 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Boden: 16 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Mohamed: 58 babies, 6.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 2013

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2012	US rank
1	Olivia	367	↑1	3
2	Emma	347	↓1	2
3	Sophia	326	–	1
4	Ava	269	–	5
5	Charlotte	252	↑13	11
6	Evelyn	248	–	20
7	Isabella	225	↑1	4
8	Amelia	216	↑4	17
9	Harper	215	↑2	16
10	Avery	209	↓5	12
11	Abigail	208	↓1	8
12	Grace	200	↓3	22
13	Ella	194	↓6	15
14	Nora	184	↑7	83
15	Elizabeth	178	↑2	10
16	Emily	170	↓2	7
17	Aubrey	166	↓4	18
18	Addison	159	↓3	19
19	Lucy	149	↑4	66
20	Lillian	148	↓4	26
21	Hannah	146	↑4	23
22	Lydia	146	↑4	95
23	Natalie	143	↑4	21
24	Brooklyn	141	↑7	28
25	Chloe	140	↓3	14
26	Audrey	134	↑3	33
27	Mia	130	↑8	6
28	Stella	130	–	70
29	Claire	129	↓9	50
30	Lauren	126	↑3	92
31	Zoey	124	↑1	24
32	Cora	122	↑7	>100
33	Lily	122	↓14	27
34	Ruby	121	new	93
35	Anna	119	↓11	35
36	Madison	118	↓6	9
37	Violet	118	↑9	69
38	Alexis	117	↓2	47
39	Aria	112	new	41
40	Eleanor	111	new	>100
41	Hailey	106	↓7	43
42	Julia	105	↑3	75
43	Quinn	104	new	>100
44	Madeline	103	new	90
45	Ellie	100	↓8	74
46	Clara	97	↓4	>100
47	Layla	96	new	30
48	Vivian	96	new	>100
49	Peyton	93	–	51
50	Scarlett	93	new	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2012	US rank
1	William	355	↑1	5
2	Liam	343	↑2	3
3	Mason	340	↓2	4
4	Henry	334	↑1	37
5	Logan	305	↑6	18
6	Benjamin	280	↑1	14
7	Owen	275	↓1	38
8	Jack	272	↑4	40
9	Jackson	266	–	16
10	Noah	263	↓2	1
11	Oliver	262	↑9	52
12	Ethan	258	↓9	6
13	Jacob	251	↑5	2
14	Lucas	242	↑2	23
15	Alexander	241	↓5	8
16	Samuel	234	↓2	25
17	Wyatt	233	↓4	42
18	Elijah	231	↑1	11
19	Isaac	228	↓2	28
20	Carter	225	↓5	33
21	Charles	225	↑7	57
22	James	201	–	13
23	Eli	197	↑9	43
24	Blake	188	↑6	75
25	Joseph	185	↑2	20
26	Gabriel	183	↑12	24
27	Michael	183	↑2	7
28	Gavin	182	↓7	50
29	Aiden	180	↓5	12
30	Levi	175	↓7	49
31	Parker	172	↑5	74
32	Landon	171	↓1	39
33	Caleb	169	↑1	32
34	Easton	168	↑3	88
35	Nolan	167	↓2	86
36	Evan	163	↓10	55
37	Andrew	160	↓12	22
38	Jace	160	new	66
39	Jayden	159	↑3	9
40	Luke	154	–	34
41	Matthew	153	↑3	15
42	Daniel	150	↓7	10
43	Connor	149	new	56
44	Hunter	148	↓1	36
45	Jaxon	148	new	45
46	John	148	↓7	27
47	Thomas	147	↓2	61
48	Lincoln	139	new	95
49	Zachary	139	↓1	73
50	Maxwell	135	new	>100

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