Name Legacy

Baby names in Minnesota, 1990s

1990–1999 · 553,335 recorded births

Jacob was the most common name given in Minnesota across the 1990s, with 7,596 births in the decade. The state recorded 553,335 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Minnesota in the 1990s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Kalley15528×
Gao10027×
Abdirahman3415×
Tou13914×
Pa16513×
Kong10412×
Yupheng612×
Britta16712×

Top 25 in the 1990s

RankNameBirths
#1Jacob7,596
#2Matthew7,132
#3Michael7,116
#4Andrew6,643
#5Nicholas6,583
#6Tyler6,544
#7Emily5,848
#8Joseph5,344
#9Samantha5,334
#10Zachary5,301
#11Ashley5,285
#12Joshua5,271
#13Ryan5,098
#14Alexander4,838
#15Taylor4,716
#16Jordan4,649
#17Benjamin4,611
#18Daniel4,385
#19Brandon4,300
#20Samuel4,271
#21Megan4,221
#22Sarah4,135
#23Jessica4,059
#24Hannah3,965
#25Christopher3,834

Other decades in Minnesota

All Minnesota names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org