Name Legacy

Baby names in Minnesota, 2010s

2010–2019 · 516,325 recorded births

Olivia was the most common name given in Minnesota across the 2010s, with 3,479 births in the decade. The state recorded 516,325 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Minnesota in the 2010s

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
Abdirahman50029×
Maryama15128×
Muad12426×
Abdulahi10525×
Abdullahi35124×
Anzal7324×
Mumtaz7624×
Mohamedamin7223×

Top 25 in the 2010s

RankNameBirths
#1Olivia3,479
#2Henry3,409
#3William3,365
#4Emma3,183
#5Mason3,055
#6Liam3,040
#7Oliver2,868
#8Owen2,814
#9Ava2,734
#10Jack2,672
#11Sophia2,665
#12Evelyn2,647
#13Benjamin2,607
#14Logan2,564
#15Noah2,531
#16Ethan2,472
#17Jackson2,436
#18Avery2,310
#19Charlotte2,298
#20James2,274
#21Wyatt2,165
#22Samuel2,150
#23Amelia2,125
#24Alexander2,117
#25Harper2,115

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