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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1912 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,419 North Dakota births in 1912 across 290 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.

#60Reubenoutside the national top 200
#69Selmaoutside the national top 200
#70Alvinaoutside the national top 200
#73Luella#200 nationally
#76Friedaoutside the national top 200
#77Palmeroutside the national top 200
#35Olga#154 nationally
#66Lyle#181 nationally
#90Alfoutside the national top 200
#91Antonoutside the national top 200
#37Emil#146 nationally
#63Adeline#172 nationally

Girls

#1Mary100US #1
#2Helen95US #2
#3Margaret91US #4
#4Ruth85US #5
#5Dorothy73US #3
#6Alice72US #11
#7Esther67US #33
#8Rose62US #15
#9Irene58US #22
#10Mildred57US #6
#11Gladys56US #19
#12Elizabeth53US #8
#13Anna51US #7
#14Agnes48US #40
#15Evelyn47US #13
#16Martha47US #29
#17Myrtle46US #50
#18Florence44US #12
#19Ethel43US #18
#20Hazel43US #25
#21Lillian43US #14
#22Marie43US #10
#23Clara42US #34
#24Emma41US #35
#25Mabel40US #46
#26Edna39US #16
#27Frances35US #9
#28Lucille34US #32
#29Pearl33US #54
#30Elsie30US #42
#31Ida30US #45
#32Ann29US #47
#33Edith29US #31
#34Grace29US #24
#35Olga29US #154
#36Bertha27US #36
#37Gertrude27US #30
#38Hilda27US #104
#39Louise27US #17
#40Pauline27US #38
#41Thelma26US #26
#42Catherine25US #21
#43Ella24US #69
#44Marjorie24US #56
#45Bernice23US #51
#46Laura23US #57
#47Blanche22US #75
#48Doris21US #48
#49Eva21US #49
#50Kathryn21US #71
#51Alma20US #62
#52Katherine20US #53
#53Lydia20US #152
#54Ruby20US #23
#55Viola20US #52
#56Vivian20US #84
#57Eleanor19US #39
#58Lois19US #63
#59Marion19US #55
#60Inez17US #100
#61Marian17US #93
#62Violet17US #83
#63Adeline16US #172
#64Beatrice16US #37
#65Jean16US #64
#66Minnie16US #60
#67Barbara15US #102
#68Leona15US #76
#69Selma15
#70Alvina14
#71Caroline14US #139
#72Freda14US #173
#73Luella14US #200
#74Verna14US #126
#75Anne13US #58
#76Frieda13
#77Julia13US #44
#78Virginia13US #20
#79Christine12US #123
#80Ellen12US #86
#81Eunice12US #109
#82Stella12US #73
#83Sylvia12US #77
#84Beulah11US #80
#85Mae11US #74
#86Norma11US #137
#87Vera11US #68
#88Charlotte10US #91
#89Erma10US #141
#90Fern10US #167
#91Harriet10US #113
#92Jennie10US #81
#93Josephine10US #28
#94Nora10US #130
#95Regina10
#96Amy9
#97Erna9
#98Patricia9US #195
#99Amelia8US #160
#100Cecelia8US #191

Boys

#1John122US #1
#2William67US #2
#3George66US #6
#4Robert61US #4
#5Harold59US #13
#6James52US #3
#7Arthur51US #15
#8Joseph47US #5
#9Clarence43US #21
#10Walter42US #11
#11Carl41US #24
#12Edward41US #8
#13Raymond39US #18
#14Henry38US #12
#15Ernest34US #32
#16Charles33US #7
#17Kenneth33US #33
#18Albert32US #17
#19Donald32US #27
#20Frank32US #9
#21Roy30US #31
#22Leonard28US #45
#23Lloyd27US #70
#24Paul27US #14
#25Clifford26US #62
#26Howard26US #25
#27Edwin25US #54
#28Lawrence24US #38
#29Richard24US #19
#30Earl23US #34
#31Alfred22US #40
#32Alvin22US #86
#33Elmer22US #47
#34Fred22US #26
#35Theodore22US #52
#36Thomas22US #10
#37Emil21US #146
#38Harry20US #16
#39Ralph20US #23
#40Jacob19US #110
#41Marvin19US #83
#42Peter19US #48
#43Arnold17US #99
#44Floyd17US #59
#45Melvin16US #71
#46Joe15US #36
#47Leo15US #49
#48Louis15US #20
#49Russell15US #56
#50Herbert14US #39
#51Herman14US #50
#52Norman14US #61
#53Oliver14US #117
#54Oscar14US #73
#55Stanley14US #43
#56Glenn13US #84
#57Gordon13US #93
#58Jack13US #28
#59Orville13US #136
#60Reuben13
#61Vernon13US #90
#62Andrew12US #44
#63Bernard12US #60
#64Francis12US #35
#65Martin12US #75
#66Lyle11US #181
#67Mike11US #144
#68Chester10US #55
#69Everett10US #96
#70Rudolph10US #141
#71Woodrow10US #46
#72Eugene9US #41
#73Harvey9US #91
#74Leroy9US #66
#75Lester9US #58
#76Otto9US #150
#77Palmer9
#78Philip9US #69
#79Samuel9US #30
#80Sidney9US #80
#81August8US #171
#82Cecil8US #76
#83Daniel8US #53
#84Glen8US #139
#85Julius8US #100
#86Maurice8US #95
#87Victor8US #81
#88Wilfred8US #185
#89Adolph7US #183
#90Alf7
#91Anton7
#92David7US #29
#93Nels7
#94Ole7
#95Ted7
#96Adam6US #188
#97Benjamin6US #67
#98Erling6
#99Ferdinand6
#100Forrest6US #187

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑41Marjorie#44
↑34Kathryn#50
↑28Caroline#71
↑23Rose#8
↑23Laura#46
↑20Alvina#70
↑20Ralph#39
↑18Blanche#47

Falling

↓47Anton#91
↓41Philip#78
↓37Adolph#89
↓31Josephine#93
↓26Lester#75
↓25Alma#51
↓24Theodore#35
↓22Andrew#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.