diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/hyperspace/index/IndexLogEntry.scala b/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/hyperspace/index/IndexLogEntry.scala
index 4d9227dc9..6e0badba7 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/hyperspace/index/IndexLogEntry.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/hyperspace/index/IndexLogEntry.scala
@@ -466,6 +466,11 @@ case class IndexLogEntry(
     sourceFileInfoSet.foldLeft(0L)(_ + _.size)
   }
 
+  @JsonIgnore
+  lazy val indexFilesSizeInBytes: Long = {
+    content.fileInfos.foldLeft(0L)(_ + _.size)
+  }
+
   def sourceUpdate: Option[Update] = {
     relations.head.data.properties.update
   }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/hyperspace/index/rankers/FilterIndexRanker.scala b/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/hyperspace/index/rankers/FilterIndexRanker.scala
index 2943a69a6..4c850218c 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/hyperspace/index/rankers/FilterIndexRanker.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/hyperspace/index/rankers/FilterIndexRanker.scala
@@ -54,7 +54,11 @@ object FilterIndexRanker {
         } else {
           // TODO: Add ranking algorithm to sort candidates.
           //  See https://github.com/microsoft/hyperspace/issues/52
-          Some(candidates.head)
+
+          // Pick the index with minimum size. If indexes with same size are found, pick the
+          // one with lexicographically smaller name. This is required for deterministic selection
+          // of indexes.
+          Some(candidates.minBy(index => (index.indexFilesSizeInBytes, index.name)))
         }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/test/scala/com/microsoft/hyperspace/index/rankers/FilterIndexRankerTest.scala b/src/test/scala/com/microsoft/hyperspace/index/rankers/FilterIndexRankerTest.scala
index b09f2505e..0b8bac965 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/com/microsoft/hyperspace/index/rankers/FilterIndexRankerTest.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/com/microsoft/hyperspace/index/rankers/FilterIndexRankerTest.scala
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.AttributeReference
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.LogicalPlan
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{IntegerType, StringType}
 
-import com.microsoft.hyperspace.index.{FileInfo, IndexConstants}
+import com.microsoft.hyperspace.index.{FileInfo, IndexConstants, IndexLogEntryTags}
 import com.microsoft.hyperspace.index.rules.HyperspaceRuleSuite
 import com.microsoft.hyperspace.util.FileUtils
 
@@ -45,16 +45,36 @@ class FilterIndexRankerTest extends HyperspaceRuleSuite {
   val t2c1 = AttributeReference("t2c1", IntegerType)()
   val t2c2 = AttributeReference("t2c2", StringType)()
 
-  test("rank() should return the head of the list by default.") {
-    val ind1 = createIndexLogEntry("ind1", Seq(t1c1), Seq(t1c2), tempPlan, writeLog = false)
-    setCommonSourceSizeInBytesTag(ind1, tempPlan, Nil)
-    val ind2 = createIndexLogEntry("ind2", Seq(t1c1), Seq(t1c2), tempPlan, writeLog = false)
-    setCommonSourceSizeInBytesTag(ind2, tempPlan, Nil)
-    val ind3 = createIndexLogEntry("ind3", Seq(t2c1), Seq(t2c2), tempPlan, writeLog = false)
-    setCommonSourceSizeInBytesTag(ind3, tempPlan, Nil)
+  test("rank() should return the index with smallest size by default.") {
+    // Index with only 1 file of size 20
+    val ind1 = createIndexLogEntry(
+      "ind1",
+      Seq(t1c1),
+      Seq(t1c2),
+      tempPlan,
+      writeLog = false,
+      filenames = Seq("f1.parquet", "f2.parquet"))
+
+    // Index with only 2 files of total size 10
+    val ind2 = createIndexLogEntry(
+      "ind2",
+      Seq(t1c1),
+      Seq(t1c2),
+      tempPlan,
+      writeLog = false,
+      filenames = Seq("f1.parquet"))
+
+    // Index with only 3 files of total size 30
+    val ind3 = createIndexLogEntry(
+      "ind3",
+      Seq(t2c1),
+      Seq(t2c2),
+      tempPlan,
+      writeLog = false,
+      filenames = Seq("f1.parquet", "f2.parquet", "f3.parquet"))
 
     val indexes = Seq(ind1, ind2, ind3)
-    assert(FilterIndexRanker.rank(spark, tempPlan, indexes).get.equals(ind1))
+    assert(FilterIndexRanker.rank(spark, tempPlan, indexes).get.equals(ind2))
   }
 
   test(
diff --git a/src/test/scala/com/microsoft/hyperspace/index/rules/HyperspaceRuleSuite.scala b/src/test/scala/com/microsoft/hyperspace/index/rules/HyperspaceRuleSuite.scala
index 95c777a18..fc2cc1c87 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/com/microsoft/hyperspace/index/rules/HyperspaceRuleSuite.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/com/microsoft/hyperspace/index/rules/HyperspaceRuleSuite.scala
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package com.microsoft.hyperspace.index.rules
 
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.{FileStatus, Path}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{Attribute, AttributeReference}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.LogicalPlan
@@ -27,9 +28,10 @@ import com.microsoft.hyperspace.HyperspaceException
 import com.microsoft.hyperspace.actions.Constants
 import com.microsoft.hyperspace.index._
 import com.microsoft.hyperspace.index.Hdfs.Properties
+import com.microsoft.hyperspace.util.PathUtils
 
 trait HyperspaceRuleSuite extends HyperspaceSuite {
-  private val filenames = Seq("f1.parquet", "f2.parquet")
+  private val defaultFileNames = Seq("f1.parquet", "f2.parquet")
   def createIndexLogEntry(
       name: String,
       indexCols: Seq[AttributeReference],
@@ -37,7 +39,8 @@ trait HyperspaceRuleSuite extends HyperspaceSuite {
       plan: LogicalPlan,
       numBuckets: Int = 10,
       inputFiles: Seq[FileInfo] = Seq(),
-      writeLog: Boolean = true): IndexLogEntry = {
+      writeLog: Boolean = true,
+      filenames: Seq[String] = defaultFileNames): IndexLogEntry = {
     val signClass = new RuleTestHelper.TestSignatureProvider().getClass.getName
 
     LogicalPlanSignatureProvider.create(signClass).signature(plan) match {
@@ -54,7 +57,7 @@ trait HyperspaceRuleSuite extends HyperspaceSuite {
           null,
           LogicalPlanFingerprint(LogicalPlanFingerprint.Properties(Seq(Signature(signClass, s)))))
 
-        val indexFiles = getIndexDataFilesPaths(name).map { path =>
+        val indexFiles = getIndexDataFilesPaths(name, filenames).map { path =>
           new FileStatus(10, false, 1, 10, 10, path)
         }
 
@@ -82,11 +85,13 @@ trait HyperspaceRuleSuite extends HyperspaceSuite {
     }
   }
 
-  def getIndexDataFilesPaths(indexName: String): Seq[Path] =
+  def getIndexDataFilesPaths(
+      indexName: String,
+      filenames: Seq[String] = defaultFileNames): Seq[Path] =
     filenames.map { f =>
       new Path(
         new Path(
-          new Path(systemPath, indexName),
+          getIndexRootPath(indexName),
           s"${IndexConstants.INDEX_VERSION_DIRECTORY_PREFIX}=0"),
         f)
     }
@@ -99,7 +104,7 @@ trait HyperspaceRuleSuite extends HyperspaceSuite {
       spark)
 
   def getIndexRootPath(indexName: String): Path =
-    new Path(systemPath, indexName)
+    PathUtils.makeAbsolute(new Path(systemPath, indexName), new Configuration)
 
   def setCommonSourceSizeInBytesTag(
       index: IndexLogEntry,