Top Baby Names By States

There are some interesting differences in state by state names between, say California v. Wisconsin that don't show up in Wisconsin v. Minnesota. Look at these.. (full lists)

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Popularity for top 100 names in California for births in 2008

Rank	Male name	Number of males	Female name	Number of females
1	Daniel	3,731	Isabella	2,777
2	Anthony	3,622	Emily	2,774
3	Angel	3,158	Sophia	2,558
4	Jacob	3,010	Samantha	2,247
5	David	2,896	Ashley	2,036
6	Alexander	2,868	Natalie	1,874
7	Andrew	2,815	Mia	1,843
8	Joshua	2,742	Emma	1,733
9	Christopher	2,597	Abigail	1,568
10	Jose	2,566	Ava	1,464
11	Matthew	2,530	Olivia	1,415
12	Nathan	2,517	Elizabeth	1,408
13	Ethan	2,509	Madison	1,403
14	Michael	2,498	Valeria	1,375
15	Jonathan	2,302	Alyssa	1,356

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Popularity for top 100 names in Wisconsin for births in 2008

Rank	Male name	Number of males	Female name	Number of females
1	Ethan	429	Ava	412
2	Mason	389	Olivia	364
3	Jacob	374	Emma	363
4	Logan	368	Sophia	304
5	Benjamin	316	Isabella	279
6	Alexander	310	Ella	273
7	Aiden	301	Emily	273
8	Noah	301	Abigail	263
9	Gavin	299	Addison	250
10	William	296	Grace	236
11	Jackson	287	Elizabeth	226
12	Andrew	281	Natalie	209
13	Samuel	279	Chloe	200
14	Owen	278	Alexis	197
15	Tyler	268	Lily	197

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Popularity for top 100 names in Minnesota for births in 2008

Rank	Male name	Number of males	Female name	Number of females
1	Ethan	408	Ava	445
2	Alexander	373	Olivia	386
3	Logan	364	Emma	366
4	William	354	Sophia	325
5	Jacob	343	Grace	304
6	Benjamin	342	Isabella	304
7	Mason	330	Abigail	286
8	Noah	326	Ella	276
9	Samuel	324	Madison	261
10	Gavin	322	Addison	250
11	Owen	317	Emily	231
12	Jackson	312	Elizabeth	229
13	Jack	310	Chloe	213
14	Carter	296	Lily	206
15	Joseph	288	Hannah	197

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Top 10 Names for 2009

Rank	Male name	Female name
1	Jacob	Isabella
2	Ethan	Emma
3	Michael	Olivia
4	Alexander	Sophia
5	William	Ava
6	Joshua	Emily
7	Daniel	Madison
8	Jayden	Abigail
9	Noah	Chloe
10	Anthony	Mia

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I also looked at California when I as born: Scott was #16

For Ed, Wisconsin 1967 : Edward was #45 (but Scott was #5)

John, Phil and Carson come in at #3, #97 or #100 (depending on 1 l or 2 and Not in top 100