What baby names are unique to Minnesota?

The most distinctive baby names in Minnesota. In 2025: Maida and Abdullahi. Across 1910-2025: Kalley and Mohamedamin.

Names unique to Minnesota

The most distinctive Minnesota baby names.

In 2025 the most distinctive Minnesota names were Maida and Abdullahi. Across the whole record it is Kalley and Mohamedamin.

Unique Minnesota names in 2025

#	Girl	Births	vs national	Boy	Births	vs national
1	Maida	30	39×	Abdullahi	21	34×
2	Maiza	13	28×	Muhsin	19	33×
3	Maryama	11	25×	Akram	23	28×
4	Manal	10	23×	Mahir	54	27×
5	Ayan	10	23×	Munasar	12	26×
6	Anzal	15	21×	Hanad	12	26×
7	Ahlam	9	21×	Abdirahman	18	25×
8	Ikhlas	9	21×	Mubarak	10	23×
9	Afnan	16	21×	Ayub	30	23×
10	Maysa	8	19×	Sabir	15	22×
11	Manha	25	17×	Muad	14	20×
12	Bushra	11	17×	Salman	12	17×
13	Ruwayda	7	16×	Majid	12	17×
14	Mumtaz	7	16×	Sudais	12	17×
15	Maryan	7	16×	Mazin	11	17×
16	Nasra	7	16×	Mazim	7	16×
17	Najma	7	16×	Imraan	7	16×
18	Nawal	9	14×	Amiir	7	16×
19	Munira	9	13×	Musab	18	15×
20	Salwa	6	12×	Mudasir	6	12×
21	Ilwad	6	12×	Muzamil	6	12×
22	Nihal	6	12×	Sajid	6	12×
23	Asma	21	9×	Ole	6	12×
24	Sumaya	13	9×	Ayman	43	12×
25	Hanan	8	8×	Mikko	8	11×

Decade by decade

The most distinctive name of each decade.

Decade	Girl	Births	vs national	Boy	Births	vs national
1910s	Ailie	41	34×	Erick	29	31×
1920s	Luverne	148	33×	Marlowe	22	28×
1930s	Marlyce	75	36×	Marlowe	44	34×
1940s	Ardelle	50	36×	Luverne	74	36×
1950s	Jodell	94	32×	Arvid	42	23×
1960s	Jodell	53	31×	Peder	11	21×
1970s	Marit	16	27×	Tedd	11	15×
1980s	Kaia	31	35×	Peder	14	26×
1990s	Kalley	155	50×	Abdirahman	34	33×
2000s	Britta	83	46×	Yahye	45	42×
2010s	Sundus	91	47×	Muhsin	110	48×
2020s	Ikhlas	52	44×	Mohamedamin	45	43×

All years, 1910–2025

#	Girl	Births	vs national	Boy	Births	vs national
1	Kalley	168	46×	Mohamedamin	117	44×
2	Adna	140	45×	Muhsin	211	43×
3	Mumtaz	133	44×	Yahye	121	41×
4	Sundus	153	44×	Liban	55	40×
5	Munira	210	43×	Suhayb	78	39×
6	Marlyce	122	42×	Abdulahi	182	39×
7	Berit	72	41×	Zakariye	49	39×
8	Nasra	70	41×	Yonis	88	38×
9	Ikhlas	99	41×	Haakon	45	38×
10	Ailie	62	40×	Abdimalik	67	38×
11	Marit	83	40×	Hanad	126	38×
12	Anzal	148	40×	Muad	235	38×
13	Maryama	262	39×	Mahamed	60	37×
14	Ilhan	80	39×	Ordean	38	37×
15	Ruwayda	51	39×	Mohamud	37	36×
16	Maiza	48	38×	Abdiaziz	37	36×
17	Ayan	190	38×	Mubarak	97	36×
18	Luverne	290	37×	Mubashir	55	36×
19	Jodell	152	37×	Abdifatah	33	35×
20	Ramla	40	37×	Abdirahman	995	35×
21	Faduma	40	37×	Muzamil	30	35×
22	Annella	40	37×	Masud	45	34×
23	Najma	188	36×	Brekken	84	34×
24	Ruweyda	37	36×	Peder	57	34×
25	Siham	220	36×	Alcuin	27	33×

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Multipliers compare each name’s share of Minnesota births with its national share, and report the conservative low end, so a name carried by a handful of births cannot outrank one carried by hundreds.
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