Most Popular Baby Names in Minnesota (2025)

The most popular baby names in Minnesota in 2025 were Charlotte for girls and Theodore for boys, based on Social Security data for babies born in the state.

Names that rank much higher in Minnesota than in the country as a whole include Vivian, Elsie, Quinn, Brooks, Beau, and August.

State data is published a year behind the national list, and it only includes names given to at least five babies of one sex in the state.

Top 100 baby names in Minnesota

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Charlotte	238	–
2	Evelyn	230	–
3	Violet	196	↑ 6
4	Eleanor	194	↑ 3
5	Nora	194	↑ 1
6	Olivia	194	↓ 3
7	Sophia	194	↑ 1
8	Emma	190	↓ 4
9	Lucy	189	↑ 5
10	Hazel	176	–
11	Amelia	162	↓ 6
12	Lainey	157	↓ 1
13	Harper	150	–
14	Isla	146	↑ 1
15	Ava	134	↓ 3
16	Mia	134	↑ 1
17	Aurora	129	↓ 1
18	Lily	121	–
19	Vivian	120	↑ 11
20	Grace	117	↑ 7
21	Ella	112	↑ 13
22	Eloise	112	↑ 23
23	Elizabeth	110	↑ 2
24	Ellie	110	↓ 4
25	Isabella	110	↓ 6
26	Josephine	108	↓ 4
27	Aria	103	↑ 6
28	Penelope	102	↑ 9
29	Clara	101	↓ 5
30	Ivy	99	↓ 1
31	Scarlett	99	↓ 3
32	Eliana	96	↑ 18
33	Avery	95	↓ 12
34	Willow	95	↓ 3
35	Lillian	91	↑ 23
36	Millie	91	↓ 4
37	Elsie	90	↓ 11
38	Layla	90	↓ 15
39	Adeline	89	↑ 16
40	Quinn	89	↓ 2
41	Stella	86	↑ 10
42	Sadie	85	↑ 51
43	Sophie	85	↑ 29
44	Ruby	83	↓ 3
45	Josie	81	↑ 24
46	Lydia	81	↓ 7
47	Sofia	81	↑ 31
48	Maeve	80	↓ 13
49	Alice	79	↑ 16
50	Cora	78	↓ 1
51	Hannah	78	↓ 9
52	Claire	76	↑ 29
53	Addison	75	↓ 9
54	Gianna	74	↑ 3
55	Luna	74	↓ 15
56	Lyla	74	↑ 24
57	Paisley	74	↑ 19
58	Amira	73	↓ 12
59	Riley	73	↑ 12
60	Hadley	72	↓ 17
61	Rose	72	new
62	Ailany	71	new
63	June	71	↑ 25
64	Chloe	70	↓ 17
65	Margaret	69	new
66	Delilah	68	↓ 5
67	Juniper	68	↑ 7
68	Mabel	68	new
69	Zoey	68	↓ 5
70	Eden	67	↓ 17
71	Maya	67	↓ 5
72	Ruth	67	↑ 20
73	Zoe	67	↑ 11
74	Emilia	66	↓ 15
75	Mila	66	↓ 39
76	Naomi	66	↑ 1
77	Audrey	65	↓ 17
78	Iris	64	new
79	Madison	63	↓ 12
80	Emily	62	↓ 24
81	Daisy	61	↓ 8
82	Nova	60	↓ 14
83	Rylee	59	new
84	Ayla	58	↑ 3
85	Isabelle	58	new
86	Kennedy	58	↓ 3
87	Kinsley	58	↓ 24
88	Abigail	57	↓ 36
89	Cecilia	57	↑ 7
90	Emery	57	↓ 20
91	Lennon	56	new
92	Piper	56	↓ 2
93	Lucia	55	new
94	Margot	55	↓ 32
95	Everly	54	↓ 47
96	Scottie	54	new
97	Sylvie	52	new
98	Lucille	51	↑ 1
99	Natalie	51	↓ 45
100	Madeline	50	↓ 25

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Theodore	339	↑ 2
2	Henry	313	–
3	Oliver	298	↑ 1
4	Liam	277	↓ 3
5	Noah	236	–
6	James	227	↑ 1
7	William	226	↑ 2
8	Jack	218	↑ 2
9	Leo	207	↑ 4
10	Bennett	205	↑ 5
11	Levi	191	↓ 3
12	Cooper	186	↑ 14
13	Owen	178	↓ 7
14	Thomas	166	↑ 11
15	Brooks	158	↑ 1
16	Wesley	155	↑ 2
17	Hudson	152	↓ 6
18	Benjamin	147	↓ 4
19	Beau	143	↑ 8
20	August	136	↑ 9
21	Wyatt	136	↑ 3
22	Elijah	135	↓ 1
23	Miles	135	↓ 4
24	Asher	134	↓ 12
25	Maverick	133	↓ 2
26	Emmett	131	↑ 19
27	Lucas	130	↓ 7
28	Charles	128	↑ 2
29	Lincoln	124	↑ 5
30	Archer	121	↑ 18
31	Mason	118	↑ 6
32	Calvin	117	↑ 21
33	Jackson	115	↓ 16
34	Samuel	115	↑ 4
35	Everett	114	↓ 4
36	Ezra	113	↓ 14
37	John	113	↑ 4
38	Luca	113	↓ 3
39	Mateo	112	↓ 3
40	Nolan	110	↓ 12
41	Daniel	108	↑ 9
42	Ethan	107	↓ 2
43	Rowan	107	↑ 17
44	Elias	106	↑ 12
45	Weston	103	↑ 7
46	Arthur	102	↓ 4
47	Isaac	101	–
48	Milo	101	↑ 6
49	Roman	100	↑ 26
50	Joseph	96	↑ 15
51	Myles	96	↑ 6
52	Silas	96	↑ 18
53	Walker	95	↓ 2
54	David	94	↓ 11
55	Vincent	93	↑ 11
56	Waylon	92	↑ 12
57	Carter	91	↑ 4
58	Gabriel	91	↑ 14
59	George	90	↑ 4
60	Harrison	90	↓ 27
61	Michael	90	↓ 2
62	Cameron	89	↓ 23
63	Harvey	88	↑ 16
64	Charlie	87	↑ 36
65	Arlo	86	↑ 11
66	Caleb	86	↓ 17
67	Graham	86	↓ 21
68	Adam	85	↑ 29
69	Julian	85	↑ 8
70	Sebastian	85	↓ 8
71	Grayson	82	↓ 39
72	Luke	79	↓ 3
73	Walter	78	new
74	Beckett	76	↑ 19
75	Jacob	75	↑ 20
76	Matthew	75	↓ 9
77	Sullivan	75	new
78	Alexander	74	↓ 4
79	Aiden	73	↓ 35
80	Parker	73	↑ 3
81	Ian	72	new
82	Sawyer	72	↓ 9
83	Anthony	71	↑ 8
84	Micah	71	↓ 20
85	Callum	70	new
86	Easton	70	↓ 1
87	Logan	70	↓ 29
88	Amir	69	new
89	Axel	69	new
90	Carson	69	↑ 2
91	Isaiah	69	new
92	Mohamed	69	new
93	Otto	69	↓ 7
94	Felix	67	new
95	Jasper	67	↓ 5
96	Elliot	66	new
97	Leon	66	↑ 1
98	Dylan	65	↓ 14
99	Hayes	63	↓ 10
100	Louis	63	↓ 29

Names more popular in Minnesota

Names in the state's top 50 that rank far higher in Minnesota than across the US.

Girls

Name	Minnesota	US
Vivian	#19	#72
Elsie	#37	#123
Quinn	#40	#97
Lydia	#46	#92
Cora	#50	#113

Boys

Name	Minnesota	US
Brooks	#15	#64
Beau	#19	#60
August	#20	#81
Emmett	#26	#121
Lincoln	#29	#69
Archer	#30	#98
Calvin	#32	#132
Everett	#35	#77

Number-one names in Minnesota by year

Year	Girls	Boys
2025	Charlotte (238)	Theodore (339)
2024	Charlotte (225)	Liam (340)
2023	Charlotte (262)	Theodore (318)
2022	Charlotte (281)	Oliver (349)
2021	Charlotte (288)	Henry (370)
2020	Olivia (294)	Henry (351)
2019	Olivia (325)	Henry (378)
2018	Evelyn (314)	Henry (379)
2017	Olivia (312)	Oliver (358)
2016	Evelyn (335)	Henry (399)
2015	Olivia (379)	Henry (394)
2014	Olivia (364)	Henry (352)

Source: US Social Security Administration state files. A name only appears in a state list if at least five babies of one sex received it there that year.

Top 100 baby names in Minnesota

Girls

Boys

Names more popular in Minnesota

Girls

Boys

Number-one names in Minnesota by year

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