Popular baby names in Minnesota, 2023

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 2023 were Charlotte for girls (262 babies) and Theodore for boys (318). Charlotte ranked #3 nationally for girls. Theodore ranked #7 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 44,949 babies born in Minnesota in 2023 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 2023

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: 24 babies, 40× the national rate
Manha: 25 babies, 19× the national rate
Isra: 29 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Safa: 30 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Marwa: 17 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Sidra: 17 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Asma: 16 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Greta: 38 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Annika: 31 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Asiya: 16 babies, 7.9× the national rate

Boys

Muad: 20 babies, 39.6× the national rate
Abdirahman: 27 babies, 38.5× the national rate
Muhsin: 17 babies, 31.9× the national rate
Abdullahi: 19 babies, 26.6× the national rate
Akram: 29 babies, 24.3× the national rate
Mahir: 34 babies, 21.3× the national rate
Ayub: 20 babies, 19.8× the national rate
Musab: 17 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Salman: 17 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Ayman: 25 babies, 11.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 2023

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Charlotte	262	–	3
2	Olivia	240	–	1
3	Evelyn	232	↑1	9
4	Emma	200	↓1	2
5	Amelia	191	↑6	4
6	Eleanor	189	↑1	14
7	Nora	175	↓2	24
8	Sophia	173	–	5
9	Hazel	161	↑4	18
10	Harper	156	↓4	11
11	Ava	151	↓1	8
12	Isla	149	–	33
13	Violet	147	↓4	16
14	Lucy	143	↑3	40
15	Mia	137	–	6
16	Lainey	123	new	54
17	Ellie	122	↑8	27
18	Isabella	115	↑1	7
19	Grace	114	↓3	39
20	Aurora	111	↑8	22
21	Penelope	109	↑16	23
22	Avery	105	↑2	29
23	Zoey	105	↑15	51
24	Ella	104	↓10	32
25	Elizabeth	101	↑4	15
26	Ivy	101	↑4	38
27	Quinn	100	↑4	86
28	Luna	99	↓5	10
29	Ruby	99	new	65
30	Lydia	98	↑9	94
31	Vivian	97	↑10	87
32	Eloise	96	↑8	81
33	Lillian	95	↓11	55
34	Mila	94	↑1	28
35	Lily	93	↓17	20
36	Josephine	92	↓15	64
37	Abigail	89	↑5	31
38	Scarlett	89	↓18	17
39	Adeline	87	new	71
40	Hannah	87	↓7	48
41	Lyla	87	new	99
42	Stella	86	↓10	46
43	Claire	85	new	68
44	Cora	85	new	93
45	Layla	84	↑2	30
46	Sofia	84	new	12
47	Chloe	83	↓21	26
48	Everly	83	↓12	69
49	Sophie	81	new	60
50	Willow	80	↓5	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Theodore	318	↑2	7
2	Henry	313	–	8
3	Oliver	307	↓2	3
4	Liam	273	–	1
5	William	239	↑6	10
6	Jack	225	–	14
7	Leo	222	↑1	18
8	Noah	217	↑2	2
9	James	204	↓4	4
10	Owen	186	↓3	20
11	Hudson	184	↓2	21
12	Levi	181	–	12
13	Brooks	176	↑3	73
14	Benjamin	175	–	11
15	Elijah	172	↓2	5
16	Maverick	166	↑3	37
17	Miles	158	↑1	43
18	Wesley	152	↑2	70
19	Lucas	145	↑2	9
20	Jackson	141	↑3	28
21	Bennett	135	↑14	74
22	Asher	133	↓7	23
23	Beau	131	↑16	81
24	Ezra	131	↑4	15
25	Cooper	128	↓3	52
26	Thomas	128	↓2	41
27	Wyatt	127	↓2	47
28	Lincoln	120	↓11	64
29	Mateo	120	↑19	6
30	Charles	119	↓3	54
31	Cameron	118	↑5	58
32	Everett	118	–	89
33	Harrison	113	new	>100
34	Isaac	112	↓5	42
35	Nolan	110	↑3	57
36	Mason	109	↓2	30
37	August	108	new	>100
38	Ethan	107	↑2	24
39	Logan	107	↓8	39
40	Luca	107	↓7	25
41	Daniel	105	↓4	17
42	Grayson	104	↓16	44
43	Joseph	104	↑1	29
44	Luke	102	new	31
45	Archer	101	↓4	>100
46	Emmett	101	↓1	>100
47	John	99	new	26
48	Samuel	98	↓18	19
49	Alexander	96	↓3	22
50	Arlo	96	new	>100

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