Popular baby names in Minnesota, 2025

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 2025 were Charlotte for girls (238 babies) and Theodore for boys (339). Charlotte ranked #2 nationally for girls. Theodore ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 45,978 babies born in Minnesota in 2025 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Minnesota in 2025

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: 30 babies, 52.2× the national rate
Anzal: 15 babies, 37.4× the national rate
Afnan: 16 babies, 26.6× the national rate
Manha: 25 babies, 24× the national rate
Asma: 21 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Greta: 40 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Isra: 20 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Safa: 30 babies, 9× the national rate
Asiya: 18 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Sidra: 15 babies, 6.9× the national rate

Boys

Abdullahi: 21 babies, 35.7× the national rate
Abdirahman: 18 babies, 34.9× the national rate
Muhsin: 19 babies, 31.5× the national rate
Mahir: 54 babies, 29× the national rate
Akram: 23 babies, 25.1× the national rate
Sabir: 15 babies, 24.9× the national rate
Ayub: 30 babies, 24.6× the national rate
Musab: 18 babies, 18.7× the national rate
Ayman: 43 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Zakaria: 18 babies, 11× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Minnesota, 2025

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2024	US rank
1	Charlotte	238	–	2
2	Evelyn	230	–	8
3	Violet	196	↑6	13
4	Eleanor	194	↑3	12
5	Nora	194	↑1	20
6	Olivia	194	↓3	1
7	Sophia	194	↑1	5
8	Emma	190	↓4	3
9	Lucy	189	↑5	25
10	Hazel	176	–	21
11	Amelia	162	↓6	4
12	Lainey	157	↓1	30
13	Harper	150	–	16
14	Isla	146	↑1	28
15	Ava	134	↓3	11
16	Mia	134	↑1	6
17	Aurora	129	↓1	15
18	Lily	121	–	18
19	Vivian	120	↑11	72
20	Grace	117	↑7	38
21	Ella	112	↑13	29
22	Eloise	112	↑23	49
23	Elizabeth	110	↑2	17
24	Ellie	110	↓4	24
25	Isabella	110	↓6	7
26	Josephine	108	↓4	53
27	Aria	103	↑6	26
28	Penelope	102	↑9	22
29	Clara	101	↓5	63
30	Ivy	99	↓1	39
31	Scarlett	99	↓3	32
32	Eliana	96	↑18	10
33	Avery	95	↓12	37
34	Willow	95	↓3	44
35	Lillian	91	new	57
36	Millie	91	↓4	73
37	Elsie	90	↓11	>100
38	Layla	90	↓15	36
39	Adeline	89	new	59
40	Quinn	89	↓2	97
41	Stella	86	new	52
42	Sadie	85	new	50
43	Sophie	85	new	55
44	Ruby	83	↓3	64
45	Josie	81	new	82
46	Lydia	81	↓7	92
47	Sofia	81	new	9
48	Maeve	80	↓13	76
49	Alice	79	new	65
50	Cora	78	↓1	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2024	US rank
1	Theodore	339	↑2	4
2	Henry	313	–	5
3	Oliver	298	↑1	3
4	Liam	277	↓3	1
5	Noah	236	–	2
6	James	227	↑1	6
7	William	226	↑2	9
8	Jack	218	↑2	15
9	Leo	207	↑4	19
10	Bennett	205	↑5	40
11	Levi	191	↓3	12
12	Cooper	186	↑14	27
13	Owen	178	↓7	31
14	Thomas	166	↑11	34
15	Brooks	158	↑1	64
16	Wesley	155	↑2	52
17	Hudson	152	↓6	17
18	Benjamin	147	↓4	11
19	Beau	143	↑8	60
20	August	136	↑9	81
21	Wyatt	136	↑3	38
22	Elijah	135	↓1	7
23	Miles	135	↓4	44
24	Asher	134	↓12	28
25	Maverick	133	↓2	49
26	Emmett	131	↑19	>100
27	Lucas	130	↓7	10
28	Charles	128	↑2	48
29	Lincoln	124	↑5	69
30	Archer	121	↑18	98
31	Mason	118	↑6	39
32	Calvin	117	new	>100
33	Jackson	115	↓16	36
34	Samuel	115	↑4	18
35	Everett	114	↓4	77
36	Ezra	113	↓14	20
37	John	113	↑4	23
38	Luca	113	↓3	14
39	Mateo	112	↓3	8
40	Nolan	110	↓12	65
41	Daniel	108	↑9	22
42	Ethan	107	↓2	24
43	Rowan	107	new	59
44	Elias	106	new	13
45	Weston	103	new	55
46	Arthur	102	↓4	87
47	Isaac	101	–	47
48	Milo	101	new	>100
49	Roman	100	new	42
50	Joseph	96	new	29

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