Popular baby names in Minnesota, 2022

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 2022 were Charlotte for girls (281 babies) and Oliver for boys (349). Charlotte ranked #3 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 46,802 babies born in Minnesota in 2022 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 2022

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: 33 babies, 45.8× the national rate
Maryama: 16 babies, 41.4× the national rate
Siham: 16 babies, 38.7× the national rate
Ahlam: 15 babies, 32.1× the national rate
Manal: 15 babies, 30.4× the national rate
Manha: 16 babies, 15× the national rate
Sidra: 20 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Safa: 20 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Marwa: 17 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Greta: 45 babies, 10.4× the national rate

Boys

Abdirahman: 30 babies, 36.2× the national rate
Muad: 20 babies, 35× the national rate
Mahir: 43 babies, 25.7× the national rate
Abdullahi: 23 babies, 24.8× the national rate
Ayub: 18 babies, 20× the national rate
Akram: 18 babies, 19.1× the national rate
Salman: 18 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Ayman: 30 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Henrik: 41 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Imran: 36 babies, 11.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 2022

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Charlotte	281	–	3
2	Olivia	232	–	1
3	Emma	216	↑1	2
4	Evelyn	216	↓1	9
5	Nora	199	–	28
6	Harper	182	↑6	11
7	Eleanor	175	↑3	16
8	Sophia	175	–	5
9	Violet	169	↑5	20
10	Ava	168	↓3	7
11	Amelia	163	↓5	4
12	Isla	161	↑1	36
13	Hazel	160	↓4	27
14	Ella	131	↑3	25
15	Mia	128	↑15	8
16	Grace	125	↓1	35
17	Lucy	123	↓6	48
18	Lily	118	↑4	30
19	Isabella	116	↑10	6
20	Scarlett	115	↑3	14
21	Josephine	114	↑22	70
22	Lillian	113	↑16	50
23	Luna	112	↑8	10
24	Avery	111	↓6	26
25	Ellie	109	↓9	33
26	Chloe	108	–	19
27	Nova	107	new	32
28	Aurora	105	↓8	31
29	Elizabeth	103	↓2	15
30	Ivy	103	↑12	42
31	Quinn	103	↓3	73
32	Stella	103	↓7	40
33	Hannah	101	new	47
34	Madison	101	↑2	34
35	Mila	101	↑14	18
36	Everly	100	↓17	56
37	Penelope	97	↑3	21
38	Zoey	96	↓5	45
39	Lydia	94	↓4	93
40	Eloise	93	new	86
41	Vivian	93	↓9	>100
42	Abigail	92	↓8	24
43	Clara	91	new	>100
44	Kinsley	91	new	61
45	Willow	90	↓8	37
46	Audrey	87	↓1	67
47	Layla	87	↓26	29
48	Maya	85	new	51
49	Hadley	84	new	>100
50	Riley	84	new	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Oliver	349	↑1	3
2	Henry	329	↓1	7
3	Theodore	327	–	10
4	Liam	251	–	1
5	James	238	↑3	4
6	Jack	237	–	15
7	Owen	223	↓2	18
8	Leo	221	↑2	22
9	Hudson	209	↑6	27
10	Noah	209	↓1	2
11	William	206	↓4	6
12	Levi	204	–	12
13	Elijah	165	↑9	5
14	Benjamin	162	↓3	9
15	Asher	161	↑5	20
16	Brooks	160	↑7	77
17	Lincoln	160	↓4	54
18	Miles	160	↑8	56
19	Maverick	152	↑2	40
20	Wesley	146	↑9	70
21	Lucas	145	↓4	8
22	Cooper	138	↑16	53
23	Jackson	137	↓9	23
24	Thomas	135	↑7	45
25	Wyatt	134	↓7	38
26	Grayson	133	↑14	37
27	Charles	132	↓2	50
28	Ezra	130	↓1	25
29	Isaac	127	↑13	41
30	Samuel	127	↑3	19
31	Logan	126	↓15	33
32	Everett	122	–	81
33	Luca	122	new	28
34	Mason	121	↓15	24
35	Bennett	120	↓11	83
36	Cameron	120	↑9	64
37	Daniel	120	new	14
38	Nolan	120	↓10	65
39	Beau	117	↑5	90
40	Ethan	115	↓1	21
41	Archer	114	new	>100
42	Carter	114	↑1	47
43	Calvin	113	new	>100
44	Joseph	107	↓14	30
45	Emmett	104	↓11	>100
46	Alexander	103	↑3	17
47	Jameson	102	↓1	85
48	Mateo	102	new	11
49	Michael	102	↓13	16
50	Gabriel	101	–	36

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