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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1914 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,199 North Dakota births in 1914 across 357 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.

#49Friedaoutside the national top 200
#65Antonoutside the national top 200
#66Luellaoutside the national top 200
#74Alvinaoutside the national top 200
#76Lilaoutside the national top 200
#76Olafoutside the national top 200
#58Lyle#178 nationally
#83Selmaoutside the national top 200
#88Rosellaoutside the national top 200
#43Otto#155 nationally
#90Caroloutside the national top 200
#56Adeline#166 nationally

Girls

#1Margaret145US #4
#2Mary142US #1
#3Helen140US #2
#4Ruth109US #5
#5Dorothy103US #3
#6Evelyn97US #11
#7Alice87US #12
#8Esther87US #35
#9Mildred79US #7
#10Anna71US #6
#11Frances68US #9
#12Agnes67US #44
#13Elizabeth62US #8
#14Rose62US #15
#15Martha61US #27
#16Irene60US #22
#17Lillian60US #16
#18Florence59US #13
#19Edna58US #19
#20Hazel58US #29
#21Emma56US #39
#22Elsie53US #46
#23Myrtle53US #60
#24Gladys50US #20
#25Ida50US #49
#26Clara47US #37
#27Marie47US #10
#28Eleanor44US #28
#29Doris43US #36
#30Bernice42US #43
#31Grace42US #25
#32Eva41US #52
#33Ethel40US #21
#34Thelma40US #26
#35Ann39US #40
#36Lucille38US #30
#37Mabel38US #58
#38Bertha37US #41
#39Louise36US #17
#40Pauline35US #34
#41Gertrude34US #32
#42Kathryn33US #63
#43Lois33US #51
#44Alma32US #69
#45Ruby32US #24
#46Leona30US #79
#47Pearl30US #56
#48Edith29US #31
#49Frieda29
#50Barbara27US #82
#51Katherine27US #48
#52Laura27US #59
#53Marian27US #90
#54Olga26US #136
#55Viola26US #57
#56Adeline25US #166
#57Violet25US #83
#58Marion23US #50
#59Marjorie23US #45
#60Catherine22US #18
#61Ella22US #72
#62Olive22US #127
#63Vivian22US #81
#64Betty21US #62
#65Blanche21US #80
#66Luella21
#67Lydia21US #168
#68Beatrice19US #38
#69Ellen19US #86
#70Genevieve19US #76
#71Verna19US #125
#72Hilda18US #103
#73Minnie18US #67
#74Alvina17
#75Jean17US #54
#76Lila17
#77Harriet16US #111
#78Josephine16US #23
#79Lena16US #75
#80Anne15US #53
#81Fern14US #172
#82Julia14US #42
#83Selma14
#84Stella14US #65
#85Charlotte13US #88
#86Cora13US #105
#87Phyllis13US #113
#88Rosella13
#89Beulah12US #96
#90Carol12
#91Mae12US #85
#92Sylvia12US #70
#93Vera12US #68
#94Virginia12US #14
#95Caroline11US #148
#96Christine11US #117
#97Dora11US #121
#98Erna11
#99Freda11US #194
#100Inez11US #101

Boys

#1John207US #1
#2Robert116US #4
#3William115US #2
#4George93US #6
#5Harold92US #14
#6James88US #3
#7Edward80US #8
#8Joseph78US #5
#9Walter75US #10
#10Arthur67US #18
#11Clarence66US #22
#12Kenneth60US #30
#13Albert59US #15
#14Raymond58US #16
#15Charles57US #7
#16Frank51US #9
#17Donald49US #23
#18Lloyd48US #66
#19Edwin47US #53
#20Ernest46US #38
#21Henry46US #12
#22Fred45US #28
#23Paul45US #13
#24Elmer43US #46
#25Lawrence42US #35
#26Leonard41US #45
#27Carl40US #24
#28Melvin40US #59
#29Roy38US #32
#30Ralph37US #21
#31Alvin36US #78
#32Earl35US #33
#33Harry35US #19
#34Richard34US #17
#35Clifford33US #62
#36Lester33US #57
#37Arnold32US #97
#38Herbert32US #42
#39Theodore32US #64
#40Leo31US #47
#41Norman30US #54
#42Alfred29US #41
#43Otto29US #155
#44Howard28US #26
#45Peter28US #48
#46Emil27US #143
#47Vernon27US #83
#48Francis26US #31
#49Floyd25US #58
#50Louis25US #20
#51Russell25US #49
#52Thomas25US #11
#53Victor25US #76
#54Herman24US #51
#55Jack24US #27
#56Chester23US #56
#57Gordon23US #88
#58Lyle23US #178
#59Glenn22US #91
#60Leslie22US #103
#61Orville22US #133
#62Eugene21US #43
#63Martin21US #73
#64David20US #29
#65Anton19
#66Bernard19US #50
#67Oscar19US #77
#68Ray19US #74
#69Everett18US #90
#70Andrew16US #44
#71Frederick16US #52
#72Jacob16US #113
#73Marvin16US #75
#74Cecil15US #79
#75Milton15US #69
#76Olaf15
#77Benjamin14US #70
#78Daniel14US #55
#79Joe14US #34
#80Samuel14US #36
#81Ervin13US #180
#82Gerald13US #81
#83Maurice13US #94
#84Michael13US #40
#85Philip13US #68
#86Rudolph13US #139
#87Wilbur13US #96
#88Mike12US #129
#89Roger12US #126
#90Adolph11US #199
#91August11US #166
#92Harvey11US #95
#93Oliver11US #122
#94Stanley11US #39
#95Steve11US #112
#96Vincent11US #61
#97Bennie10US #154
#98Clayton10US #158
#99Edmund10US #130
#100Helmer10

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑28Leona#46
↑28Frieda#49
↑27Lois#43
↑27Betty#64
↑24Louis#50
↑21Ernest#20
↑21Lyle#58
↑20Lila#76

Falling

↓38Virginia#94
↓25Charlotte#85
↓24Ella#61
↓23Minnie#73
↓21Ervin#81
↓20Viola#55
↓20Lydia#67
↓20Gerald#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.