Popular baby names in Minnesota, 2020

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 2020 were Olivia for girls (294 babies) and Henry for boys (351). Henry ranked #9 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 46,658 babies born in Minnesota in 2020 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 2020

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: 27 babies, 44.8× the national rate
Rayan: 15 babies, 36.1× the national rate
Maryama: 17 babies, 35.2× the national rate
Sumaya: 22 babies, 21.9× the national rate
Sidra: 16 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Safa: 18 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Greta: 56 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Yusra: 20 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Aisha: 63 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Ingrid: 27 babies, 8× the national rate

Boys

Abdirahman: 44 babies, 40× the national rate
Muad: 18 babies, 36.6× the national rate
Muhsin: 16 babies, 34.5× the national rate
Abdullahi: 32 babies, 33× the national rate
Ayub: 26 babies, 24.3× the national rate
Abubakar: 15 babies, 21.1× the national rate
Mahir: 26 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Salman: 18 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Imran: 34 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Zakaria: 15 babies, 10.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 2020

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Olivia	294	–	1
2	Charlotte	264	–	5
3	Emma	237	↑1	2
4	Evelyn	220	↓1	9
5	Amelia	219	–	6
6	Ava	207	↑3	3
7	Eleanor	186	↑3	22
8	Hazel	181	↑5	31
9	Harper	179	↓3	10
10	Sophia	169	↓2	4
11	Nora	163	↓4	30
12	Lucy	148	↑3	50
13	Ella	141	↓2	15
14	Isla	140	↑16	44
15	Grace	139	↑6	28
16	Mila	127	↑17	20
17	Everly	125	↑2	43
18	Avery	123	↓1	19
19	Penelope	123	↑15	26
20	Isabella	122	↓8	7
21	Violet	122	↑2	37
22	Elizabeth	119	↓6	16
23	Ivy	118	↑19	57
24	Lydia	116	↑13	95
25	Ellie	113	↑21	29
26	Lily	113	↑22	35
27	Addison	111	new	47
28	Claire	111	↑15	58
29	Scarlett	111	↓4	21
30	Luna	107	↑10	14
31	Abigail	106	↓17	12
32	Zoey	104	↑7	32
33	Quinn	103	↓2	84
34	Aurora	100	↑2	36
35	Vivian	100	↑9	>100
36	Chloe	99	↓14	25
37	Lillian	99	↓9	46
38	Josephine	97	↓6	87
39	Mia	96	↓19	8
40	Aria	94	↓13	27
41	Stella	93	↓12	42
42	Cora	92	↓24	88
43	Madison	92	↓5	23
44	Emily	91	↑3	18
45	Natalie	89	new	51
46	Hannah	88	↓22	39
47	Aubrey	86	new	56
48	Sofia	85	new	17
49	Audrey	84	↓4	60
50	Willow	84	new	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Henry	351	–	9
2	Oliver	319	–	3
3	Theodore	294	↑1	23
4	Liam	273	↑1	1
5	Jack	257	↑1	21
6	William	256	↓3	5
7	Owen	253	–	22
8	Noah	217	–	2
9	James	209	–	6
10	Benjamin	199	↑3	7
11	Leo	196	↓1	36
12	Lincoln	194	–	40
13	Wyatt	191	↑3	29
14	Asher	183	↑19	32
15	Mason	176	↓1	11
16	Elijah	175	↑1	4
17	Levi	173	↓6	18
18	Jackson	160	↓3	17
19	Bennett	158	↑10	>100
20	Lucas	156	↓2	8
21	Charles	150	↓2	46
22	Brooks	149	↑6	92
23	Hudson	149	↑2	43
24	Logan	145	↑8	16
25	Miles	144	↑12	59
26	Alexander	143	↓5	10
27	Ethan	143	↓7	13
28	Grayson	140	↓4	35
29	Maverick	138	↓7	50
30	Everett	136	–	90
31	Samuel	135	↓8	25
32	Thomas	134	↑4	45
33	Harrison	133	↓2	>100
34	Emmett	129	↑1	>100
35	Ezra	128	↑7	44
36	Mateo	128	new	20
37	Carter	125	↓11	33
38	Nolan	122	↑9	61
39	Aiden	117	↓5	24
40	Isaac	112	↓13	39
41	Michael	111	↓2	12
42	Wesley	108	↓1	98
43	Eli	107	new	60
44	Sawyer	107	new	>100
45	Caleb	105	–	56
46	Cameron	105	↑3	65
47	John	105	↓4	27
48	Beau	104	new	>100
49	Joseph	103	↓3	26
50	Connor	100	new	78

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