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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1915 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,561 North Dakota births in 1915 across 462 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.

#50Antonoutside the national top 200
#67Reubenoutside the national top 200
#70Friedaoutside the national top 200
#75Luellaoutside the national top 200
#59Adolph#178 nationally
#75Ervin#190 nationally
#89Selmaoutside the national top 200
#57Adeline#167 nationally
#93Laverneoutside the national top 200
#94Lilaoutside the national top 200
#95Erwinoutside the national top 200
#96Kermitoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Helen219US #2
#2Mary196US #1
#3Dorothy190US #3
#4Margaret164US #4
#5Ruth158US #5
#6Esther152US #33
#7Evelyn141US #10
#8Mildred115US #6
#9Alice108US #13
#10Irene108US #17
#11Elizabeth103US #8
#12Lillian102US #15
#13Gladys101US #21
#14Agnes99US #45
#15Myrtle96US #58
#16Florence91US #14
#17Anna90US #7
#18Frances89US #9
#19Edna84US #20
#20Marie84US #11
#21Clara79US #38
#22Martha76US #25
#23Rose74US #16
#24Hazel70US #26
#25Elsie69US #41
#26Bernice68US #42
#27Emma68US #40
#28Lucille64US #29
#29Edith58US #31
#30Eva57US #55
#31Bertha56US #46
#32Eleanor55US #28
#33Ethel54US #23
#34Ann53US #43
#35Marjorie53US #39
#36Doris50US #34
#37Ida50US #54
#38Pearl50US #56
#39Ella49US #75
#40Thelma49US #30
#41Kathryn48US #60
#42Mabel48US #62
#43Viola48US #59
#44Catherine47US #19
#45Katherine46US #49
#46Grace44US #27
#47Marion44US #50
#48Pauline44US #32
#49Alma41US #70
#50Lois41US #47
#51Violet38US #82
#52Marian37US #86
#53Vivian37US #78
#54Louise36US #18
#55Olga36US #130
#56Gertrude35US #35
#57Adeline34US #167
#58Blanche34US #87
#59Vera34US #65
#60Hilda33US #107
#61Ruby33US #24
#62Barbara32US #83
#63Beatrice31US #37
#64Julia31US #44
#65Leona31US #74
#66Lydia31US #170
#67Anne29US #52
#68Josephine29US #22
#69Fern28US #157
#70Frieda28
#71Laura28US #61
#72Olive28US #123
#73Sylvia28US #67
#74Ellen27US #88
#75Luella27
#76Virginia27US #12
#77Eunice26US #109
#78Jean25US #48
#79Maxine25US #98
#80Ada24US #114
#81Betty24US #53
#82Harriet24US #112
#83Genevieve23US #76
#84Mae23US #89
#85Minnie23US #68
#86Verna23US #126
#87Charlotte22US #81
#88Inez22US #101
#89Selma22
#90June21US #96
#91Cora20US #119
#92Norma19US #118
#93Laverne18
#94Lila18
#95Eileen17US #132
#96Elaine17US #155
#97Lena17US #77
#98Lenora17
#99Loretta17US #115
#100Madeline17US #121

Boys

#1John284US #1
#2William189US #2
#3Robert156US #4
#4George126US #6
#5James114US #3
#6Harold113US #12
#7Joseph107US #5
#8Arthur105US #18
#9Edward104US #8
#10Raymond104US #16
#11Donald103US #20
#12Walter102US #11
#13Henry92US #14
#14Albert89US #17
#15Charles89US #7
#16Kenneth87US #28
#17Clarence83US #24
#18Frank79US #9
#19Herbert70US #40
#20Richard69US #15
#21Lawrence68US #37
#22Edwin67US #53
#23Roy65US #32
#24Paul62US #13
#25Earl59US #33
#26Theodore59US #64
#27Lloyd58US #62
#28Ralph58US #21
#29Carl55US #22
#30Howard55US #25
#31Elmer54US #45
#32Norman52US #50
#33Ernest51US #35
#34Fred51US #26
#35Arnold50US #91
#36Clifford50US #61
#37Harry50US #19
#38Alvin49US #81
#39Gordon46US #90
#40Thomas45US #10
#41Alfred43US #42
#42Francis43US #29
#43Leonard43US #44
#44Marvin42US #72
#45Melvin40US #60
#46Oscar40US #88
#47Vernon40US #80
#48Russell39US #51
#49Orville38US #127
#50Anton37
#51Peter37US #49
#52Emil36US #138
#53Otto35US #153
#54Jack33US #27
#55Floyd31US #59
#56Joe30US #38
#57Leo30US #47
#58Martin30US #79
#59Adolph29US #178
#60Chester26US #54
#61Jacob26US #121
#62Stanley26US #34
#63Willard25US #58
#64David24US #31
#65Herman24US #56
#66Ray24US #67
#67Reuben24
#68Everett23US #89
#69Frederick23US #52
#70Lester23US #57
#71Lyle22US #159
#72Milton22US #73
#73Victor22US #74
#74Wallace22US #126
#75Ervin21US #190
#76Glenn21US #87
#77Leslie21US #106
#78Maurice21US #101
#79Bernard20US #48
#80Eugene20US #41
#81Glen19US #123
#82Vincent19US #65
#83Andrew18US #46
#84Harvey18US #95
#85Louis18US #23
#86Philip18US #69
#87Allen17US #99
#88Daniel17US #55
#89Gerald17US #78
#90Roland17US #118
#91Leroy16US #66
#92Wayne16US #97
#93Benjamin15US #71
#94Edgar15US #85
#95Erwin15
#96Kermit15
#97Palmer15
#98Sam15US #68
#99Samuel15US #39
#100Anthony14US #36

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑34Vera#59
↑32Stanley#62
↑31Adolph#59
↑29Marvin#44
↑24Marjorie#35
↑23Joe#56
↑22Ella#39
↑21Oscar#46

Falling

↓35Louis#85
↓34Lester#70
↓21Frieda#70
↓20Victor#73
↓19Leona#65
↓19Laura#71
↓19Samuel#99
↓18Lila#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.