Popular baby names in Minnesota, 2015

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 2015 were Olivia for girls (379 babies) and Henry for boys (394). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Henry ranked #29 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 52,853 babies born in Minnesota in 2015 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 2015

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

Girls

Maryama: 18 babies, 37.5× the national rate
Munira: 16 babies, 31.6× the national rate
Maida: 17 babies, 28.2× the national rate
Britta: 17 babies, 21.4× the national rate
Rayan: 17 babies, 20.3× the national rate
Sumaya: 29 babies, 20.2× the national rate
Asma: 18 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Hafsa: 17 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Yusra: 17 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Harriet: 24 babies, 9.6× the national rate

Boys

Abdirahman: 55 babies, 31.7× the national rate
Sudais: 16 babies, 25.7× the national rate
Abdullahi: 31 babies, 25.2× the national rate
Ayub: 26 babies, 23.7× the national rate
Musab: 16 babies, 23× the national rate
Yasir: 21 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Henrik: 45 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Salman: 22 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Khalid: 27 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Zakariya: 16 babies, 9.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 2015

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	Olivia	379	–	2
2	Emma	323	–	1
3	Evelyn	273	–	15
4	Ava	268	–	4
5	Nora	244	↑6	41
6	Charlotte	241	↓1	9
7	Harper	236	–	10
8	Sophia	234	↓2	3
9	Amelia	232	–	12
10	Grace	208	↑4	19
11	Elizabeth	182	↑4	13
12	Abigail	181	–	7
13	Ella	173	↓3	18
14	Avery	167	↓6	16
15	Lucy	160	↑8	55
16	Isabella	158	↓3	5
17	Emily	157	↓1	8
18	Hazel	155	↑12	63
19	Addison	154	–	24
20	Eleanor	154	↑15	60
21	Lillian	147	↓1	26
22	Brooklyn	143	↑16	31
23	Stella	140	↓2	51
24	Natalie	136	↓2	27
25	Hannah	135	↑7	28
26	Aubrey	132	↓2	21
27	Piper	131	↑6	67
28	Violet	131	↑9	50
29	Cora	130	↑14	88
30	Mia	130	↓4	6
31	Claire	128	↓14	49
32	Zoey	128	↓1	23
33	Aria	125	↓6	29
34	Lydia	125	↓16	80
35	Lily	124	↓6	25
36	Audrey	122	↓11	37
37	Madison	122	↑2	11
38	Scarlett	120	new	22
39	Ellie	117	↑5	48
40	Clara	112	↑6	98
41	Chloe	111	↓1	17
42	Hadley	109	new	>100
43	Layla	109	↓15	30
44	Vivian	109	new	95
45	Anna	106	↓11	44
46	Quinn	106	↓5	97
47	Hailey	101	new	64
48	Paisley	100	new	45
49	Mila	99	new	53
50	Ruby	99	–	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	Henry	394	–	29
2	Oliver	360	↑5	19
3	William	341	↓1	5
4	Liam	323	↓1	2
5	Mason	291	↑1	3
6	Jack	287	↑6	40
7	Owen	281	↓3	36
8	Jackson	236	↑3	17
9	Lucas	235	↑8	16
10	James	233	↑4	7
11	Ethan	232	↓1	6
12	Benjamin	230	↓7	10
13	Isaac	226	↑9	31
14	Noah	221	↓5	1
15	Jacob	220	↑1	4
16	Elijah	217	↑2	11
17	Logan	216	↓9	14
18	Samuel	216	↑1	23
19	Levi	214	↑2	42
20	Wyatt	214	–	34
21	Leo	202	↑15	91
22	Alexander	197	↓9	8
23	Carter	197	↓8	24
24	Theodore	190	↑17	99
25	Lincoln	189	new	66
26	Charles	183	↓2	50
27	Nolan	182	–	71
28	Caleb	169	↓3	37
29	Aiden	166	↑2	13
30	Michael	159	–	9
31	Daniel	158	↑9	12
32	Eli	157	↓3	53
33	Joseph	156	↓10	21
34	Grayson	155	↑8	47
35	Jaxon	155	↑14	44
36	Gabriel	154	↑12	22
37	Easton	149	–	78
38	Thomas	147	–	51
39	Hunter	146	↑5	41
40	Andrew	144	↑3	30
41	John	144	new	26
42	Hudson	143	↑3	65
43	Evan	139	↓15	67
44	Gavin	139	↓18	70
45	Connor	138	↓6	55
46	Parker	136	↓12	72
47	Harrison	135	new	>100
48	Colton	132	↓2	60
49	Sawyer	132	new	94
50	Matthew	131	new	15

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