Popular baby names in Minnesota, 2019

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 2019 were Olivia for girls (325 babies) and Henry for boys (378). Henry ranked #13 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 49,124 babies born in Minnesota in 2019 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 2019

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

Girls

Anzal: 15 babies, 40.6× the national rate
Maryama: 22 babies, 35.8× the national rate
Maida: 24 babies, 35.1× the national rate
Ahlam: 17 babies, 28.9× the national rate
Munira: 16 babies, 27.2× the national rate
Nawal: 22 babies, 26.8× the national rate
Rayan: 15 babies, 19.6× the national rate
Isra: 18 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Sumaya: 21 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Yusra: 23 babies, 10.9× the national rate

Boys

Abdirahman: 48 babies, 39.6× the national rate
Muad: 22 babies, 32.1× the national rate
Abdullahi: 33 babies, 30.2× the national rate
Muhsin: 17 babies, 27.1× the national rate
Ayub: 23 babies, 21.3× the national rate
Akram: 18 babies, 18.4× the national rate
Mahir: 18 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Salman: 22 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Henrik: 40 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Ayman: 21 babies, 11.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 2019

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2018	US rank
1	Olivia	325	↑1	1
2	Charlotte	292	↑1	6
3	Evelyn	267	↓2	10
4	Emma	249	–	2
5	Amelia	247	↑1	7
6	Harper	243	↓1	9
7	Nora	219	↑1	29
8	Sophia	200	↑1	4
9	Ava	197	↓2	3
10	Eleanor	181	↑2	27
11	Ella	174	↑4	13
12	Isabella	160	↑1	5
13	Hazel	158	↓3	33
14	Abigail	153	↑6	11
15	Lucy	152	↑3	48
16	Elizabeth	142	↓2	14
17	Avery	140	↓1	18
18	Cora	137	↑8	71
19	Everly	137	↑12	42
20	Mia	133	↑2	8
21	Grace	127	↓10	28
22	Chloe	126	↑16	24
23	Violet	126	↑7	36
24	Hannah	124	↓1	32
25	Scarlett	124	↓1	21
26	Layla	123	↑20	23
27	Aria	121	↑1	20
28	Lillian	120	↓11	37
29	Stella	115	↑14	40
30	Isla	112	↑3	57
31	Quinn	111	↑5	83
32	Josephine	110	–	90
33	Mila	110	↓14	19
34	Penelope	110	↓7	22
35	Ruby	108	↑7	66
36	Aurora	106	↓1	39
37	Lydia	106	↓8	94
38	Madison	106	↑3	26
39	Zoey	104	↓2	31
40	Luna	103	new	16
41	Clara	102	↑6	95
42	Ivy	102	↑6	67
43	Claire	101	↓9	55
44	Vivian	101	↑1	96
45	Audrey	100	↓24	49
46	Ellie	96	↓21	35
47	Emily	96	↑2	12
48	Lily	96	↓8	34
49	Hadley	94	new	>100
50	Paisley	94	new	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2018	US rank
1	Henry	378	–	13
2	Oliver	310	–	3
3	William	302	–	4
4	Theodore	288	↑1	36
5	Liam	286	↓1	1
6	Jack	278	↑1	19
7	Owen	269	↑1	21
8	Noah	255	↑2	2
9	James	226	–	6
10	Leo	223	↑2	40
11	Levi	212	↑3	25
12	Lincoln	211	↑7	41
13	Benjamin	208	↓7	7
14	Mason	198	↓3	9
15	Jackson	196	–	17
16	Wyatt	189	↓3	29
17	Elijah	185	–	5
18	Lucas	173	↑2	8
19	Charles	171	↑2	52
20	Ethan	171	↓2	11
21	Alexander	167	↑11	10
22	Maverick	156	↑24	58
23	Samuel	155	↑5	22
24	Grayson	154	↑1	33
25	Hudson	154	↓1	50
26	Carter	147	↑3	30
27	Isaac	146	↓5	34
28	Brooks	145	new	>100
29	Bennett	144	↑4	>100
30	Everett	144	↑4	94
31	Harrison	142	↓4	>100
32	Logan	142	↓16	16
33	Asher	141	↑2	43
34	Aiden	129	↑6	20
35	Emmett	129	new	>100
36	Thomas	128	↑2	47
37	Miles	127	new	75
38	Daniel	124	↑11	15
39	Michael	124	↓8	14
40	Easton	123	↓4	74
41	Wesley	123	–	99
42	Ezra	122	new	49
43	John	120	↓17	28
44	Jacob	119	↓7	12
45	Caleb	116	↓1	51
46	Joseph	116	↓16	24
47	Nolan	115	↓24	65
48	Calvin	114	–	>100
49	Cameron	109	new	67
50	Colton	108	new	59

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