Popular baby names in Minnesota, 2018

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 2018 were Evelyn for girls (314 babies) and Henry for boys (379). Evelyn ranked #10 nationally for girls. Henry ranked #16 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 50,159 babies born in Minnesota in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 2018

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, 35.2× the national rate
Maida: 22 babies, 33.9× the national rate
Rayan: 19 babies, 26× the national rate
Marwa: 23 babies, 17.9× the national rate
Sumaya: 20 babies, 17× the national rate
Yusra: 22 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Greta: 75 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Elin: 29 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Ingrid: 28 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Linnea: 15 babies, 7.1× the national rate

Boys

Muad: 23 babies, 34.1× the national rate
Abdirahman: 45 babies, 32.6× the national rate
Muhsin: 17 babies, 29.7× the national rate
Abdullahi: 35 babies, 28× the national rate
Ayub: 31 babies, 22.5× the national rate
Mahir: 24 babies, 19× the national rate
Salman: 34 babies, 18.7× the national rate
Croix: 15 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Imran: 42 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Ayman: 19 babies, 11.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Evelyn	314	↑1	10
2	Olivia	307	↓1	2
3	Charlotte	291	↑1	6
4	Emma	290	↓1	1
5	Harper	261	↑1	9
6	Amelia	239	↑2	8
7	Ava	228	–	3
8	Nora	215	↓3	30
9	Sophia	198	–	5
10	Hazel	189	↑1	42
11	Grace	174	↑1	24
12	Eleanor	170	↓2	32
13	Isabella	154	↑1	4
14	Elizabeth	152	↑4	13
15	Ella	151	↓2	15
16	Avery	149	↓1	16
17	Lillian	147	↓1	34
18	Lucy	144	↑1	51
19	Mila	141	↑25	14
20	Abigail	137	↓3	11
21	Audrey	128	↑13	46
22	Mia	126	↑3	7
23	Hannah	125	↑20	33
24	Scarlett	124	↓4	20
25	Ellie	120	↑10	36
26	Cora	118	↑11	73
27	Penelope	118	↑14	26
28	Aria	115	↑2	19
29	Lydia	115	↓1	89
30	Violet	115	↓9	43
31	Everly	110	↑2	53
32	Josephine	110	new	91
33	Isla	109	↑15	82
34	Claire	107	↓12	50
35	Aurora	106	↑11	44
36	Quinn	106	↓13	85
37	Zoey	105	↓6	29
38	Chloe	104	↑4	25
39	Adeline	103	new	78
40	Lily	103	↓16	31
41	Madison	103	↑4	22
42	Ruby	102	↓13	74
43	Stella	102	↓7	38
44	Aubrey	101	↓6	37
45	Vivian	101	↓5	96
46	Layla	100	new	27
47	Clara	99	↓21	>100
48	Ivy	99	new	86
49	Emily	97	↓17	12
50	Willow	97	new	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Henry	379	↑2	16
2	Oliver	328	↓1	5
3	William	298	↓1	3
4	Liam	289	–	1
5	Theodore	271	–	44
6	Benjamin	265	↑9	6
7	Jack	260	↑5	28
8	Owen	243	↑2	25
9	James	231	↑2	4
10	Noah	224	↓3	2
11	Mason	212	↓3	9
12	Leo	205	↑2	50
13	Wyatt	202	↓4	27
14	Levi	200	↓1	33
15	Jackson	199	↑2	17
16	Logan	194	↓10	10
17	Elijah	187	↑1	7
18	Ethan	183	↑7	12
19	Lincoln	181	↓3	41
20	Lucas	181	↓1	8
21	Charles	175	↑3	53
22	Isaac	170	↑9	34
23	Nolan	163	↑6	65
24	Hudson	162	↑9	55
25	Grayson	158	↑15	32
26	John	155	↑8	26
27	Harrison	153	↑8	>100
28	Samuel	152	↓8	21
29	Carter	151	↓7	24
30	Joseph	151	↓4	23
31	Michael	151	↑1	14
32	Alexander	150	↓11	11
33	Bennett	149	↓6	>100
34	Everett	146	↑15	95
35	Asher	144	new	47
36	Easton	142	↑8	66
37	Jacob	142	↓9	13
38	Thomas	141	↓2	49
39	Connor	128	↓2	58
40	Aiden	126	↓17	19
41	Wesley	124	new	>100
42	Sawyer	123	↓1	100
43	Vincent	123	new	>100
44	Caleb	122	↑1	45
45	Landon	121	↑5	61
46	Maverick	121	↓4	73
47	Andrew	118	↑1	43
48	Calvin	115	new	>100
49	Daniel	112	↓11	15
50	Jaxon	112	↓11	39

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