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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1913 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,487 North Dakota births in 1913 across 306 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.

#60Ervin#195 nationally
#66Antonoutside the national top 200
#72Erlingoutside the national top 200
#77Friedaoutside the national top 200
#71Adam#192 nationally
#82Nickoutside the national top 200
#79Lyle#196 nationally
#84Luellaoutside the national top 200
#29Emil#143 nationally
#87Louieoutside the national top 200
#89Olafoutside the national top 200
#90Alvinaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Helen118US #2
#2Mary114US #1
#3Margaret97US #4
#4Ruth90US #5
#5Dorothy76US #3
#6Rose74US #14
#7Alice68US #11
#8Evelyn68US #12
#9Esther65US #32
#10Mildred65US #6
#11Gladys62US #19
#12Anna58US #7
#13Clara56US #36
#14Martha54US #28
#15Edna53US #18
#16Elizabeth53US #8
#17Irene50US #21
#18Myrtle50US #53
#19Agnes49US #41
#20Frances49US #9
#21Lillian48US #16
#22Eleanor47US #34
#23Florence47US #13
#24Elsie42US #40
#25Grace42US #25
#26Emma41US #38
#27Bernice40US #45
#28Hazel40US #27
#29Marie39US #10
#30Bertha36US #39
#31Ida34US #49
#32Ethel33US #20
#33Gertrude32US #33
#34Pauline32US #35
#35Viola32US #52
#36Alma31US #64
#37Ella31US #70
#38Doris30US #44
#39Louise30US #17
#40Lucille30US #31
#41Olga30US #148
#42Ruby30US #23
#43Thelma30US #26
#44Marion29US #51
#45Ann28US #46
#46Mabel28US #56
#47Lydia27US #154
#48Violet27US #82
#49Eva25US #50
#50Minnie24US #63
#51Catherine23US #22
#52Barbara22US #94
#53Edith22US #29
#54Marian22US #93
#55Pearl21US #55
#56Virginia21US #15
#57Hilda19US #105
#58Katherine19US #54
#59Marjorie19US #48
#60Charlotte18US #87
#61Kathryn18US #66
#62Lena17US #73
#63Vivian17US #83
#64Ada16US #104
#65Adeline16US #173
#66Blanche16US #76
#67Josephine16US #24
#68Julia15US #42
#69Laura15US #62
#70Lois15US #59
#71Anne14US #57
#72Fern14US #166
#73June14US #163
#74Leona14US #74
#75Sylvia14US #72
#76Verna14US #126
#77Frieda13
#78Jean13US #60
#79Vera13US #68
#80Beatrice12US #37
#81Ellen12US #88
#82Genevieve12US #84
#83Kathleen12US #110
#84Luella12
#85Phyllis12US #122
#86Harriet11US #125
#87Inez11US #98
#88Marguerite11US #78
#89Muriel11US #137
#90Alvina10
#91Betty10US #67
#92Christine10US #124
#93Erma10US #140
#94Erna10
#95Jessie10US #61
#96Lila10
#97Magdalena10
#98Nellie10US #58
#99Shirley10US #169
#100Stella10US #69

Boys

#1John154US #1
#2William105US #2
#3Arthur87US #17
#4Harold80US #13
#5George75US #6
#6Robert69US #4
#7James68US #3
#8Edward65US #8
#9Raymond63US #18
#10Walter63US #11
#11Clarence62US #21
#12Joseph56US #5
#13Albert50US #16
#14Paul50US #14
#15Donald41US #25
#16Edwin41US #55
#17Lloyd40US #67
#18Ralph39US #22
#19Elmer38US #45
#20Henry38US #12
#21Frank37US #9
#22Harry37US #15
#23Kenneth37US #33
#24Carl36US #23
#25Charles35US #7
#26Richard35US #19
#27Herbert33US #39
#28Lawrence33US #35
#29Emil31US #143
#30Fred31US #27
#31Howard31US #26
#32Roy29US #32
#33Theodore29US #60
#34Alfred28US #42
#35Earl28US #31
#36Leonard28US #46
#37Melvin27US #61
#38Leo26US #48
#39Alvin25US #82
#40Arnold25US #92
#41Ernest25US #34
#42Gordon25US #94
#43Thomas25US #10
#44Clifford24US #68
#45Orville23US #120
#46Chester22US #56
#47Norman22US #57
#48Bernard21US #52
#49Francis20US #30
#50Oscar20US #76
#51Peter20US #51
#52Lester18US #59
#53Vernon18US #83
#54Eugene16US #43
#55Glenn16US #85
#56Jacob16US #117
#57Jack15US #28
#58Otto15US #146
#59David14US #29
#60Ervin14US #195
#61Floyd14US #58
#62Gerald14US #84
#63Herman14US #53
#64Milton14US #71
#65Victor14US #80
#66Anton13
#67Leroy13US #63
#68Mike13US #145
#69Ray13US #73
#70Russell13US #50
#71Adam11US #192
#72Erling11
#73Everett11US #97
#74Louis11US #20
#75Stanley11US #41
#76Wesley11US #133
#77Andrew10US #47
#78Joe10US #37
#79Lyle10US #196
#80Martin10US #75
#81Marvin10US #77
#82Nick10
#83Philip10US #69
#84Adolph9US #179
#85Frederick9US #49
#86Leon9US #81
#87Louie9
#88Maurice9US #95
#89Olaf9
#90Vincent9US #66
#91August8US #171
#92Benjamin8US #70
#93Dale8US #155
#94Harvey8US #93
#95Lewis8US #72
#96Palmer8
#97Sam8US #65
#98Samuel8US #36
#99Sidney8US #90
#100Warren8US #109

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑35Eleanor#22
↑33David#59
↑28Charlotte#60
↑26Josephine#67
↑26Erling#72
↑25Anton#66
↑25Adam#71
↑23Herbert#27

Falling

↓40Marvin#81
↓32Joe#78
↓27Inez#87
↓26Pearl#55
↓26Ernest#41
↓26Louis#74
↓23Laura#69
↓21Mabel#46

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.