Popular baby names in Minnesota, 2016

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 2016 were Evelyn for girls (335 babies) and Henry for boys (399). Evelyn ranked #12 nationally for girls. Henry ranked #22 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 52,535 babies born in Minnesota in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 2016

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

Girls

Maida: 17 babies, 28.5× the national rate
Siham: 16 babies, 25.1× the national rate
Sumaya: 24 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Asiya: 21 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Asma: 15 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Greta: 65 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Elin: 35 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Luella: 26 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Ingrid: 33 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Linnea: 16 babies, 7.3× the national rate

Boys

Muad: 16 babies, 43.4× the national rate
Mohamedamin: 18 babies, 40.7× the national rate
Abdullahi: 48 babies, 33.2× the national rate
Muhsin: 17 babies, 30.3× the national rate
Abdirahman: 48 babies, 29.9× the national rate
Ayub: 35 babies, 28.6× the national rate
Musab: 20 babies, 27.1× the national rate
Mahir: 18 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Salman: 28 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Imran: 34 babies, 12.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Evelyn	335	↑2	12
2	Olivia	315	↓1	2
3	Emma	311	↓1	1
4	Charlotte	287	↑2	7
5	Harper	253	↑2	11
6	Ava	235	↓2	3
7	Grace	219	↑3	19
8	Amelia	218	↑1	10
9	Sophia	215	↓1	4
10	Nora	201	↓5	36
11	Ella	181	↑2	17
12	Abigail	177	–	8
13	Eleanor	171	↑7	41
14	Avery	168	–	16
15	Elizabeth	168	↓4	13
16	Lillian	166	↑5	28
17	Hazel	165	↑1	52
18	Claire	147	↑13	40
19	Isabella	144	↓3	5
20	Mia	142	↑10	6
21	Violet	139	↑7	47
22	Lucy	138	↓7	55
23	Emily	136	↓6	9
24	Scarlett	136	↑14	18
25	Addison	135	↓6	29
26	Lily	135	↑9	24
27	Quinn	133	↑19	79
28	Stella	131	↓5	45
29	Clara	130	↑11	100
30	Aubrey	129	↓4	25
31	Aria	128	↑2	23
32	Cora	128	↓3	87
33	Lydia	128	↑1	80
34	Adeline	127	new	63
35	Hannah	126	↓10	33
36	Zoey	123	↓4	26
37	Piper	121	↓10	67
38	Paisley	120	↑10	46
39	Chloe	119	↑2	20
40	Natalie	119	↓16	31
41	Audrey	113	↓5	39
42	Vivian	112	↑2	95
43	Ruby	110	↑7	71
44	Ellie	109	↓5	43
45	Madison	104	↓8	15
46	Penelope	104	new	27
47	Brooklyn	102	↓25	34
48	Josephine	102	new	>100
49	Layla	102	↓6	30
50	Madeline	102	new	90

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Henry	399	–	22
2	Oliver	368	–	12
3	William	326	–	3
4	Owen	293	↑3	24
5	Liam	280	↓1	2
6	Jack	272	–	38
7	Mason	267	↓2	4
8	James	255	↑2	5
9	Noah	250	↑5	1
10	Theodore	248	↑14	83
11	Jackson	245	↓3	17
12	Benjamin	241	–	6
13	Isaac	219	–	31
14	Ethan	211	↓3	10
15	Lincoln	210	↑10	51
16	Wyatt	209	↑4	33
17	Logan	205	–	18
18	Levi	198	↑1	42
19	Elijah	197	↓3	9
20	Lucas	195	↓11	14
21	Alexander	194	↑1	11
22	Samuel	191	↓4	21
23	Carter	188	–	26
24	Charles	174	↑2	52
25	Grayson	174	↑9	37
26	Leo	167	↓5	74
27	Michael	167	↑3	8
28	Jacob	155	↓13	7
29	Joseph	155	↑4	20
30	Thomas	154	↑8	48
31	Gabriel	153	↑5	25
32	Aiden	152	↓3	16
33	Harrison	152	↑14	>100
34	Nolan	152	↓7	67
35	Easton	146	↑2	66
36	Jaxon	145	↓1	41
37	Eli	142	↓5	50
38	Landon	141	new	53
39	Connor	140	↑6	54
40	Bennett	139	new	>100
41	Hudson	139	↑1	61
42	Hunter	138	↓3	45
43	Evan	137	–	69
44	Andrew	134	↓4	34
45	Caleb	134	↓17	44
46	Daniel	134	↓15	13
47	David	133	new	19
48	Cameron	132	new	57
49	Sawyer	131	–	97
50	Calvin	128	new	>100

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