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Names of Minnesota

6,163,259 births across 6,067 different names since 1910. No name belongs to Minnesota more than Marlys.

Most concentrated in Minnesota

Names given far more often here than in the country as a whole. The multiplier is how much more concentrated the name is than the state’s size alone would predict.

Name Born here Concentration
Marlys 3,212 23.0×
Ardis 992 12.7×
Ione 1,119 10.7×
Bjorn 569 10.1×
Anders 933 10.0×
Lavonne 2,397 9.9×
Linnea 931 9.1×
Imran 453 8.0×
Mai 508 8.0×
Barb 452 7.7×
Arlen 447 7.5×
Alvina 623 7.4×
Joleen 445 6.9×
Elroy 446 6.8×
Crosby 494 6.3×
Brecken 409 5.6×
Leif 575 5.5×
Yahya 342 5.5×
Renae 1,012 5.4×
Maynard 1,027 5.3×

Most given, girls

#NameBirths
1Mary71,013
2Patricia30,804
3Jennifer30,061
4Susan29,505
5Barbara29,243
6Elizabeth29,027
7Linda25,291
8Margaret24,090
9Carol23,030
10Nancy23,005
11Karen22,573
12Kathleen21,350
13Sarah20,778
14Lisa19,725
15Julie19,564

Most given, boys

#NameBirths
1John85,698
2Michael82,712
3Robert82,194
4James79,792
5David74,904
6Richard56,363
7Thomas54,717
8William53,276
9Daniel44,735
10Joseph40,947
11Donald37,766
12Mark37,662
13Steven35,264
14Matthew34,923
15Paul32,024

Other states and the District of Columbia

Source: US Social Security Administration state baby-name files, 1910 onwards. A name given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year is not published, so a name can be more common here than the table shows. Concentration is measured against the other state files, not against national totals, which cover more years and more names.