NameCensus.

Top first names in Minnesota

The 100 most popular first names given to babies born in Minnesota since 1910, ranked by total registrations. The sparkline next to each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to 2024, so you can see whether a name peaked decades ago or is still climbing. The top 100 names in Minnesota account for 2,486,195 total births.

# Name Total in Minnesota Trend
1 John 85,813
2 Michael 82,794
3 Robert 82,385
4 James 79,741
5 David 74,871
6 Mary 71,038
7 Richard 56,434
8 Thomas 54,577
9 William 53,163
10 Daniel 44,644
11 Joseph 40,876
12 Donald 37,902
13 Mark 37,644
14 Steven 35,255
15 Matthew 34,914
16 Paul 32,013
17 Charles 31,570
18 Patricia 30,821
19 Andrew 30,200
20 Jennifer 30,095
21 Susan 29,503
22 Barbara 29,248
23 Elizabeth 28,926
24 Christopher 28,048
25 Scott 27,679
26 Timothy 27,110
27 Jeffrey 26,971
28 Brian 26,810
29 Linda 25,290
30 Margaret 24,026
31 Kenneth 23,657
32 Ryan 23,484
33 Gary 23,238
34 Carol 23,073
35 Nancy 23,000
36 Karen 22,573
37 Ronald 22,383
38 Jacob 22,382
39 Kevin 22,187
40 Joshua 22,168
41 Nicholas 21,615
42 Kathleen 21,350
43 Jason 21,229
44 Benjamin 20,960
45 Sarah 20,765
46 Lisa 19,742
47 Anthony 19,565
48 Julie 19,562
49 Dorothy 19,402
50 Jessica 18,894
51 Sandra 18,442
52 Emily 18,277
53 Dennis 17,968
54 Amy 17,948
55 George 17,671
56 Patrick 17,607
57 Michelle 17,403
58 Eric 17,172
59 Douglas 16,823
60 Gregory 16,820
61 Sharon 16,548
62 Roger 16,262
63 Helen 16,238
64 Diane 16,215
65 Peter 16,207
66 Gerald 15,999
67 Ruth 15,586
68 Jack 15,562
69 Edward 15,557
70 Laura 15,489
71 Nathan 15,461
72 Betty 15,436
73 Donna 15,257
74 Rebecca 15,037
75 Adam 14,834
76 Samuel 14,753
77 Amanda 14,742
78 Nicole 14,551
79 Tyler 14,548
80 Bruce 14,446
81 Jean 14,364
82 Melissa 14,352
83 Shirley 14,300
84 Kelly 14,123
85 Alexander 14,054
86 Debra 14,026
87 Ashley 14,005
88 Anna 13,555
89 Katherine 13,505
90 Raymond 13,499
91 Justin 13,238
92 Larry 13,224
93 Angela 13,211
94 Kathryn 13,087
95 Evelyn 13,030
96 Joan 12,895
97 Aaron 12,844
98 Kimberly 12,842
99 Brandon 12,825
100 Dale 12,767