Popular baby names in Minnesota, 2021

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 2021 were Charlotte for girls (288 babies) and Henry for boys (370). Charlotte ranked #3 nationally for girls. Henry ranked #9 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 47,418 babies born in Minnesota in 2021 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 2021

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: 16 babies, 36.8× the national rate
Rayan: 16 babies, 34.7× the national rate
Maida: 19 babies, 32.5× the national rate
Munira: 16 babies, 30.2× the national rate
Manal: 16 babies, 21.4× the national rate
Manha: 18 babies, 19.2× the national rate
Marwa: 19 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Isra: 20 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Sidra: 16 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Safa: 25 babies, 15.2× the national rate

Boys

Mohamedamin: 15 babies, 49.7× the national rate
Abdirahman: 31 babies, 33.7× the national rate
Abdullahi: 27 babies, 32.4× the national rate
Akram: 18 babies, 26.1× the national rate
Ayub: 17 babies, 24.1× the national rate
Mahir: 31 babies, 21.4× the national rate
Salman: 21 babies, 18× the national rate
Ayman: 24 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Mohamed: 85 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Adnan: 15 babies, 10.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 2021

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Charlotte	288	↑1	3
2	Olivia	249	↓1	1
3	Evelyn	239	↑1	9
4	Emma	238	↓1	2
5	Nora	223	↑6	27
6	Amelia	214	↓1	4
7	Ava	202	↓1	5
8	Sophia	182	↑2	6
9	Hazel	174	↓1	28
10	Eleanor	171	↓3	15
11	Lucy	162	↑1	48
12	Harper	157	↓3	10
13	Isla	143	↑1	34
14	Violet	137	↑7	36
15	Grace	134	–	33
16	Ellie	130	↑9	30
17	Ella	126	↓4	16
18	Avery	119	–	19
19	Everly	117	↓2	50
20	Aurora	114	↑14	35
21	Layla	114	new	24
22	Lily	113	↑4	31
23	Scarlett	113	↑6	20
24	Ruby	112	new	62
25	Stella	112	↑16	41
26	Chloe	111	↑10	25
27	Elizabeth	111	↓5	14
28	Quinn	109	↑5	81
29	Isabella	108	↓9	7
30	Mia	108	↑9	8
31	Luna	106	↓1	11
32	Vivian	106	↑3	>100
33	Zoey	106	↓1	38
34	Abigail	104	↓3	17
35	Lydia	104	↓11	89
36	Madison	104	↑7	29
37	Willow	102	↑13	39
38	Lillian	101	↓1	51
39	Cora	99	↑3	87
40	Penelope	97	↓21	23
41	Addison	96	↓14	45
42	Ivy	95	↓19	49
43	Josephine	95	↓5	72
44	Claire	93	↓16	59
45	Audrey	92	↑4	60
46	Sophie	89	new	76
47	Aubrey	85	–	64
48	Emilia	85	new	40
49	Mila	85	↓33	26
50	Aria	81	↓10	22

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Henry	370	–	9
2	Oliver	370	–	3
3	Theodore	301	–	10
4	Liam	278	–	1
5	Owen	262	↑2	22
6	Jack	251	↓1	11
7	William	238	↓1	6
8	James	234	↑1	5
9	Noah	226	↓1	2
10	Leo	221	↑1	31
11	Benjamin	210	↓1	7
12	Levi	205	↑5	12
13	Lincoln	184	↓1	45
14	Jackson	183	↑4	14
15	Hudson	182	↑8	34
16	Logan	180	↑8	21
17	Lucas	168	↑3	8
18	Wyatt	166	↓5	29
19	Mason	161	↓4	18
20	Asher	160	↓6	25
21	Maverick	154	↑8	47
22	Elijah	148	↓6	4
23	Brooks	143	↓1	78
24	Bennett	142	↓5	90
25	Charles	140	↓4	50
26	Miles	136	↓1	55
27	Ezra	134	↑8	37
28	Nolan	133	↑10	60
29	Wesley	129	↑13	85
30	Joseph	126	↑19	28
31	Thomas	120	↑1	46
32	Everett	118	↓2	83
33	Samuel	118	↓2	23
34	Emmett	117	–	>100
35	John	116	↑12	27
36	Michael	115	↑5	17
37	Aiden	114	↑2	26
38	Cooper	114	new	68
39	Ethan	114	↓12	20
40	Grayson	114	↓12	35
41	Harrison	112	↓8	>100
42	Isaac	112	↓2	40
43	Carter	111	↓6	39
44	Beau	107	↑4	94
45	Cameron	106	↑1	62
46	Jameson	106	new	80
47	Luke	105	new	32
48	Caleb	104	↓3	51
49	Alexander	103	↓23	13
50	Gabriel	101	new	38

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