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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1911 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 3,086 North Dakota births in 1911 across 192 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.

#44Antonoutside the national top 200
#52Adolph#192 nationally
#75Mathildaoutside the national top 200
#52Adeline#176 nationally
#77Amandaoutside the national top 200
#42Olga#163 nationally
#83Ernaoutside the national top 200
#45Emil#156 nationally
#90Alvinaoutside the national top 200
#96Tillieoutside the national top 200
#41Lydia#142 nationally
#58Otto#150 nationally

Girls

#1Mary96US #1
#2Margaret72US #3
#3Helen71US #2
#4Ruth61US #5
#5Alice58US #11
#6Anna48US #6
#7Esther44US #34
#8Gladys43US #18
#9Irene42US #21
#10Elizabeth40US #7
#11Dorothy39US #4
#12Edna39US #17
#13Emma39US #35
#14Agnes38US #39
#15Myrtle38US #50
#16Evelyn37US #16
#17Bertha36US #36
#18Mildred36US #8
#19Lillian34US #13
#20Frances33US #10
#21Hazel33US #25
#22Martha33US #28
#23Clara31US #33
#24Mabel31US #43
#25Florence30US #12
#26Alma28US #62
#27Ida28US #45
#28Elsie27US #41
#29Ella25US #63
#30Grace25US #23
#31Rose25US #14
#32Bernice24US #51
#33Edith24US #31
#34Ethel24US #15
#35Pauline23US #38
#36Katherine22US #55
#37Louise22US #19
#38Marie21US #9
#39Thelma20US #27
#40Doris19US #56
#41Lydia19US #142
#42Olga19US #163
#43Eva18US #46
#44Lena18US #70
#45Lucille18US #32
#46Pearl18US #48
#47Gertrude17US #30
#48Violet17US #83
#49Ann16US #53
#50Ruby16US #22
#51Viola16US #47
#52Adeline15US #176
#53Hilda15US #101
#54Lois15US #68
#55Minnie15US #52
#56Catherine14US #20
#57Eleanor14US #49
#58Vivian13US #80
#59Anne12US #64
#60Barbara12US #119
#61Inez12US #99
#62Josephine12US #29
#63Leona12US #76
#64Sylvia12US #82
#65Blanche11US #75
#66Christine11US #124
#67Ellen11US #84
#68Jean11US #74
#69Laura11US #57
#70Marion11US #58
#71Verna11US #132
#72Virginia11US #26
#73Marguerite10US #87
#74Marian10US #105
#75Mathilda10
#76Olive10US #121
#77Amanda9
#78Cora9US #91
#79Julia9US #44
#80Beatrice8US #37
#81Betty8US #69
#82Erma8US #138
#83Erna8
#84Kathryn8US #73
#85Marjorie8US #59
#86Nellie8US #54
#87Nora8US #116
#88Sadie8US #113
#89Stella8US #72
#90Alvina7
#91Charlotte7US #95
#92Eunice7US #109
#93Goldie7US #140
#94Harriet7US #115
#95Mae7US #71
#96Tillie7
#97Vera7US #67
#98Beulah6US #79
#99Caroline6US #146
#100Jane6US #98

Boys

#1John45US #1
#2William36US #2
#3George33US #4
#4Robert29US #5
#5Harold28US #16
#6Edward26US #9
#7Walter25US #12
#8Joseph24US #6
#9Charles21US #7
#10James21US #3
#11Theodore18US #56
#12Arthur17US #18
#13Clarence17US #23
#14Raymond17US #19
#15Donald16US #36
#16Frank16US #8
#17Henry15US #11
#18Carl14US #26
#19Leonard14US #46
#20Albert13US #15
#21Alfred13US #39
#22Earl13US #34
#23Elmer13US #48
#24Fred13US #22
#25Harry13US #13
#26Paul12US #17
#27Arnold10US #108
#28Clifford10US #62
#29Edwin10US #60
#30Herbert10US #41
#31Peter10US #50
#32Roy10US #31
#33Ernest9US #32
#34Kenneth9US #40
#35Lawrence9US #37
#36Lloyd9US #74
#37Philip9US #69
#38Richard9US #20
#39Stanley9US #44
#40Andrew8US #42
#41Norman8US #63
#42Thomas8US #10
#43Alvin7US #89
#44Anton7
#45Emil7US #156
#46Francis7US #33
#47Gordon7US #97
#48Jack7US #25
#49Lester7US #65
#50Melvin7US #73
#51Oscar7US #68
#52Adolph6US #192
#53Frederick6US #52
#54Herman6US #49
#55Jacob6US #116
#56Joe6US #29
#57Leroy6US #59
#58Otto6US #150
#59Ralph6US #24
#60Roland6US #147
#61Vincent6US #80
#62Bennie5US #151
#63Bernard5US #54
#64Daniel5US #53
#65Glenn5US #111
#66Michael5US #38
#67Mike5US #138
#68Ray5US #71
#69Vernon5US #96

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑34Peter#31
↑30Herbert#30
↑26Edith#33
↑26Josephine#62
↑25Inez#61
↑24Olive#76
↑24Raymond#14
↑24Arnold#27

Falling

↓47Kathryn#84
↓38Beatrice#80
↓30Laura#69
↓29Mae#95
↓25Vera#97
↓24Caroline#99
↓23Ethel#34
↓21Melvin#50

Every state

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