Popular baby names in Minnesota, 2014

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 2014 were Olivia for girls (364 babies) and Henry for boys (352). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Henry ranked #33 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 52,703 babies born in Minnesota in 2014 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 2014

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: 16 babies, 21.8× the national rate
Sumaya: 24 babies, 18.7× the national rate
Greta: 80 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Asiya: 16 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Harriet: 20 babies, 11× the national rate
Hafsa: 16 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Linnea: 17 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Maren: 22 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Aisha: 55 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Elin: 36 babies, 6.8× the national rate

Boys

Abdirahman: 63 babies, 35.4× the national rate
Abdullahi: 39 babies, 26× the national rate
Ayub: 18 babies, 16× the national rate
Salman: 22 babies, 14× the national rate
Anas: 16 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Henrik: 35 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Imran: 20 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Khalid: 25 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Anders: 32 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Hamza: 41 babies, 6.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 2014

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013	US rank
1	Olivia	364	–	2
2	Emma	354	–	1
3	Evelyn	298	↑3	16
4	Ava	267	–	5
5	Charlotte	245	–	10
6	Sophia	242	↓3	3
7	Harper	221	↑2	11
8	Avery	218	↑2	14
9	Amelia	211	↓1	15
10	Ella	210	↑3	17
11	Nora	204	↑3	49
12	Abigail	202	↓1	8
13	Isabella	196	↓6	4
14	Grace	178	↓2	20
15	Elizabeth	176	–	13
16	Emily	172	–	7
17	Claire	160	↑12	44
18	Lydia	150	↑4	84
19	Addison	149	↓1	24
20	Lillian	149	–	25
21	Stella	144	↑7	66
22	Natalie	142	↑1	23
23	Lucy	141	↓4	61
24	Aubrey	135	↓7	21
25	Audrey	133	↑1	36
26	Mia	132	↑1	6
27	Aria	130	↑12	31
28	Layla	129	↑19	29
29	Lily	128	↑4	27
30	Hazel	124	new	>100
31	Zoey	122	–	22
32	Hannah	119	↓11	28
33	Piper	117	new	75
34	Anna	115	↑1	34
35	Eleanor	114	↑5	78
36	Madelyn	112	new	60
37	Violet	108	–	67
38	Brooklyn	107	↓14	26
39	Madison	107	↓3	9
40	Chloe	106	↓15	18
41	Quinn	101	↑2	>100
42	Lauren	100	↓12	94
43	Cora	99	↓11	>100
44	Ellie	99	↑1	55
45	Isla	99	new	>100
46	Clara	98	–	>100
47	Isabelle	98	new	96
48	Madeline	98	↓4	89
49	Autumn	96	new	71
50	Ruby	95	↓16	90

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013	US rank
1	Henry	352	↑3	33
2	William	344	↓1	5
3	Liam	331	↓1	2
4	Owen	305	↑3	36
5	Benjamin	302	↑1	12
6	Mason	292	↓3	3
7	Oliver	288	↑4	32
8	Logan	258	↓3	13
9	Noah	252	↑1	1
10	Ethan	251	↑2	6
11	Jackson	251	↓2	18
12	Jack	232	↓4	41
13	Alexander	230	↑2	8
14	James	226	↑8	9
15	Carter	224	↑5	27
16	Jacob	218	↓3	4
17	Lucas	215	↓3	19
18	Elijah	212	–	11
19	Samuel	211	↓3	23
20	Wyatt	204	↓3	39
21	Levi	202	↑9	45
22	Isaac	198	↓3	31
23	Joseph	197	↑2	20
24	Charles	191	↓3	51
25	Caleb	188	↑8	35
26	Gavin	180	↑2	61
27	Nolan	176	↑8	81
28	Evan	170	↑8	58
29	Eli	168	↓6	49
30	Michael	166	↓3	7
31	Aiden	163	↓2	14
32	Blake	163	↓8	84
33	Landon	162	↓1	43
34	Parker	161	↓3	73
35	Luke	158	↑5	28
36	Leo	156	new	97
37	Easton	155	↓3	83
38	Thomas	155	↑9	54
39	Connor	152	↑4	52
40	Daniel	152	↑2	10
41	Theodore	151	new	>100
42	Grayson	150	new	63
43	Andrew	145	↓6	22
44	Hunter	145	–	40
45	Hudson	141	new	80
46	Colton	139	new	65
47	Dylan	135	new	29
48	Gabriel	135	↓22	24
49	Jaxon	135	↓4	46
50	Asher	134	new	92

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