Popular baby names in Minnesota, 2017

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 2017 were Olivia for girls (312 babies) and Oliver for boys (358). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #10 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 50,996 babies born in Minnesota in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 2017

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: 24 babies, 45.6× the national rate
Siham: 16 babies, 25.1× the national rate
Sumaya: 24 babies, 20.1× the national rate
Safa: 21 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Hafsa: 15 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Asiya: 18 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Greta: 51 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Elin: 25 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Etta: 27 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Linnea: 15 babies, 7× the national rate

Boys

Muad: 20 babies, 33.3× the national rate
Abdullahi: 40 babies, 31.8× the national rate
Abdirahman: 57 babies, 28.2× the national rate
Sudais: 16 babies, 22.8× the national rate
Salman: 31 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Ayub: 23 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Mahir: 15 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Yasir: 20 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Imran: 30 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Bilal: 22 babies, 9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 2017

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Olivia	312	↑1	2
2	Evelyn	310	↓1	9
3	Emma	298	–	1
4	Charlotte	259	–	7
5	Nora	235	↑5	29
6	Harper	227	↓1	11
7	Ava	223	↓1	3
8	Amelia	217	–	8
9	Sophia	192	–	5
10	Eleanor	184	↑3	36
11	Hazel	170	↑6	43
12	Grace	167	↓5	21
13	Ella	166	↓2	16
14	Isabella	158	↑5	4
15	Avery	154	↓1	14
16	Lillian	152	–	27
17	Abigail	150	↓5	10
18	Elizabeth	146	↓3	13
19	Lucy	142	↑3	52
20	Scarlett	134	↑4	18
21	Violet	134	–	47
22	Claire	133	↓4	49
23	Quinn	133	↑4	76
24	Lily	129	↑2	33
25	Mia	128	↓5	6
26	Clara	126	↑3	95
27	Natalie	123	↑13	35
28	Lydia	122	↑5	85
29	Ruby	122	↑14	79
30	Aria	121	↑1	20
31	Zoey	120	↑5	28
32	Emily	118	↓9	12
33	Everly	118	new	82
34	Audrey	117	↑7	46
35	Ellie	117	↑9	44
36	Stella	116	↓8	42
37	Cora	115	↓5	83
38	Aubrey	114	↓8	31
39	Addison	112	↓14	34
40	Vivian	111	↑2	97
41	Penelope	109	↑5	24
42	Chloe	108	↓3	22
43	Hannah	104	↓8	32
44	Mila	104	new	30
45	Madison	99	–	17
46	Aurora	98	new	51
47	Brooklyn	98	–	39
48	Isla	98	new	>100
49	Riley	94	new	25
50	Madeline	91	–	99

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Oliver	358	↑1	10
2	William	346	↑1	3
3	Henry	340	↓2	19
4	Liam	302	↑1	1
5	Theodore	266	↑5	61
6	Logan	242	↑11	5
7	Noah	241	↑2	2
8	Mason	239	↓1	7
9	Wyatt	236	↑7	25
10	Owen	232	↓6	28
11	James	230	↓3	4
12	Jack	222	↓6	36
13	Levi	220	↑5	35
14	Leo	219	↑12	62
15	Benjamin	218	↓3	6
16	Lincoln	212	↓1	41
17	Jackson	205	↓6	20
18	Elijah	200	↑1	8
19	Lucas	200	↑1	11
20	Samuel	181	↑2	21
21	Alexander	174	–	13
22	Carter	170	↑1	24
23	Aiden	169	↑9	17
24	Charles	169	–	48
25	Ethan	169	↓11	14
26	Joseph	162	↑3	18
27	Bennett	158	↑13	>100
28	Jacob	154	–	9
29	Nolan	153	↑5	67
30	Gabriel	151	↑1	31
31	Isaac	146	↓18	32
32	Michael	144	↓5	12
33	Hudson	143	↑8	64
34	John	142	new	27
35	Harrison	140	↓2	>100
36	Thomas	140	↓6	49
37	Connor	139	↑2	56
38	Daniel	139	↑8	15
39	Jaxon	139	↓3	43
40	Grayson	138	↓15	34
41	Sawyer	132	↑8	95
42	Maverick	131	new	84
43	Eli	127	↓6	54
44	Easton	125	↓9	66
45	Caleb	120	–	50
46	Cameron	117	↑2	60
47	Hunter	117	↓5	53
48	Andrew	116	↓4	40
49	Everett	116	new	>100
50	Landon	116	↓12	57

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