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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1910 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,973 North Dakota births in 1910 across 183 distinct names.

Distinctively North Dakota

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say North Dakota more than they say America.

#48Lyleoutside the national top 200
#52Selmaoutside the national top 200
#27Emil#161 nationally
#46Olga#180 nationally
#73Amyoutside the national top 200
#76Huldaoutside the national top 200
#79Tillieoutside the national top 200
#65Luella#184 nationally
#83Ernaoutside the national top 200
#64Pete#181 nationally
#84Friedaoutside the national top 200
#92Borghildoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary85US #1
#2Alice61US #10
#3Margaret61US #3
#4Helen59US #2
#5Anna58US #6
#6Florence58US #12
#7Gladys50US #15
#8Mildred50US #8
#9Myrtle48US #43
#10Ruth47US #5
#11Ethel41US #13
#12Agnes39US #41
#13Dorothy39US #4
#14Evelyn39US #17
#15Elizabeth37US #7
#16Clara36US #32
#17Emma36US #34
#18Esther35US #38
#19Frances35US #11
#20Lillian35US #14
#21Ella31US #62
#22Irene31US #21
#23Ida30US #47
#24Edna28US #18
#25Hazel28US #24
#26Marie28US #9
#27Elsie27US #44
#28Martha27US #28
#29Rose27US #16
#30Louise26US #20
#31Mabel26US #46
#32Alma25US #61
#33Grace23US #23
#34Lucille23US #31
#35Thelma23US #25
#36Catherine21US #22
#37Kathryn20US #80
#38Bertha19US #33
#39Laura19US #53
#40Lena19US #66
#41Pearl19US #39
#42Beatrice18US #36
#43Pauline18US #42
#44Ruby18US #27
#45Lydia17US #152
#46Olga17US #180
#47Hilda16US #109
#48Viola16US #48
#49Ann15US #52
#50Blanche15US #74
#51Minnie15US #50
#52Selma15
#53Bernice14US #58
#54Doris14US #64
#55Eleanor14US #55
#56Katherine14US #57
#57Violet13US #89
#58Anne12US #67
#59Edith12US #35
#60Gertrude12US #26
#61Marian12US #106
#62Barbara11US #136
#63Eva11US #45
#64Lois11US #76
#65Luella11US #184
#66Mae11US #65
#67Marjorie11US #68
#68Vivian11US #107
#69Jean10US #77
#70Marion10US #59
#71Stella10US #72
#72Vera10US #71
#73Amy9
#74Nellie9US #51
#75Caroline8US #146
#76Hulda8
#77Leona8US #79
#78Sylvia8US #92
#79Tillie8
#80Betty7US #69
#81Beulah7US #82
#82Cora7US #85
#83Erna7
#84Frieda7
#85Genevieve7US #98
#86Inez7US #97
#87Jennie7US #81
#88Josephine7US #30
#89Julia7US #49
#90Katie7US #122
#91Lillie7US #54
#92Borghild6
#93Carrie6US #70
#94Dora6US #103
#95Effie6US #143
#96Lenore6
#97Lorraine6
#98Mathilda6
#99Nora6US #111
#100Olive6US #125

Boys

#1John56US #1
#2William41US #3
#3George39US #5
#4Arthur26US #17
#5Frank26US #8
#6Albert23US #14
#7Charles23US #7
#8Robert23US #4
#9Joseph21US #6
#10Walter17US #13
#11Clarence16US #20
#12Edward16US #9
#13Harold16US #18
#14Henry16US #10
#15James16US #2
#16Edwin14US #71
#17Kenneth14US #43
#18Theodore14US #54
#19Clifford13US #66
#20Fred13US #22
#21Roy13US #29
#22Ernest12US #31
#23Harry12US #16
#24Thomas12US #12
#25Alfred11US #38
#26Carl11US #26
#27Emil11US #161
#28Leonard11US #46
#29Melvin11US #75
#30Alvin10US #85
#31Earl10US #33
#32Donald9US #44
#33Elmer9US #48
#34Francis9US #36
#35Jack9US #23
#36Leo9US #51
#37Lloyd9US #67
#38Raymond9US #19
#39Richard9US #21
#40Eugene8US #39
#41Howard8US #27
#42Oscar8US #73
#43Paul8US #15
#44Daniel7US #53
#45Floyd7US #55
#46Herman7US #52
#47Leslie7US #102
#48Lyle7
#49Max7US #115
#50Andrew6US #42
#51Arnold6US #126
#52David6US #30
#53Gordon6US #120
#54Joe6US #25
#55Lawrence6US #35
#56Lester6US #64
#57Milton6US #76
#58Victor6US #90
#59Chester5US #61
#60Herbert5US #41
#61Jacob5US #117
#62Leroy5US #50
#63Louis5US #24
#64Pete5US #181
#65Peter5US #56
#66Ralph5US #28
#67Sam5US #40
#68Vernon5US #94
#69Wilbur5US #104

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State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880.