State roster

Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1916 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,182 North Dakota births in 1916 across 480 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.

#66Antonoutside the national top 200
#74Friedaoutside the national top 200
#78Luellaoutside the national top 200
#83Ernaoutside the national top 200
#87Lynnoutside the national top 200
#92Reubenoutside the national top 200
#81Adam#189 nationally
#94Selmaoutside the national top 200
#96Alvinaoutside the national top 200
#63Adeline#166 nationally
#98Myronoutside the national top 200
#51Lyle#153 nationally

Girls

#1Mary271US #1
#2Helen220US #2
#3Margaret206US #4
#4Dorothy194US #3
#5Ruth179US #5
#6Esther147US #34
#7Evelyn147US #11
#8Alice123US #13
#9Gladys122US #22
#10Irene121US #17
#11Mildred115US #6
#12Florence108US #14
#13Lillian108US #16
#14Anna107US #7
#15Frances106US #9
#16Edna97US #19
#17Agnes94US #50
#18Marie94US #12
#19Emma87US #41
#20Elizabeth84US #8
#21Myrtle84US #58
#22Rose84US #15
#23Doris82US #32
#24Martha81US #24
#25Eleanor75US #27
#26Ida73US #54
#27Clara72US #39
#28Ethel70US #25
#29Hazel69US #31
#30Bernice65US #42
#31Mabel64US #65
#32Elsie63US #48
#33Lucille62US #30
#34Viola60US #59
#35Eva58US #55
#36Edith55US #28
#37Lois53US #43
#38Vivian52US #77
#39Bertha51US #49
#40Ann49US #40
#41Grace49US #26
#42Louise49US #18
#43Thelma49US #29
#44Virginia48US #10
#45Hilda47US #105
#46Katherine46US #51
#47Marian46US #72
#48Alma45US #70
#49Kathryn45US #60
#50Pauline45US #33
#51Catherine43US #20
#52Ella43US #81
#53Gertrude43US #35
#54Marjorie43US #37
#55Barbara42US #74
#56Fern42US #152
#57Marion41US #47
#58Pearl41US #57
#59Olga39US #126
#60Ruby38US #23
#61Violet38US #83
#62Betty37US #44
#63Adeline36US #166
#64Anne35US #53
#65Harriet35US #106
#66Josephine35US #21
#67Laura35US #64
#68Leona35US #75
#69Lydia35US #168
#70Verna35US #125
#71Ellen34US #87
#72June33US #86
#73Eunice32US #110
#74Frieda31
#75Lorraine30US #128
#76Vera30US #66
#77Charlotte29US #80
#78Luella29
#79Phyllis29US #95
#80Jean27US #45
#81Loretta26US #113
#82Mae26US #92
#83Erna25
#84Julia25US #46
#85Sylvia25US #69
#86Theresa25US #98
#87Elaine24US #161
#88Inez24US #107
#89Lena24US #85
#90Cora23US #114
#91Eileen23US #118
#92Genevieve23US #76
#93Minnie23US #71
#94Selma23
#95Stella23US #63
#96Alvina22
#97Caroline22US #144
#98Beatrice21US #38
#99Beulah21US #97
#100Blanche21US #89

Boys

#1John339US #1
#2William227US #2
#3Robert191US #4
#4George153US #7
#5James147US #3
#6Harold138US #13
#7Arthur122US #18
#8Donald113US #20
#9Raymond111US #16
#10Edward110US #8
#11Joseph108US #5
#12Frank106US #9
#13Walter106US #11
#14Henry103US #14
#15Kenneth97US #27
#16Albert92US #17
#17Richard92US #15
#18Charles89US #6
#19Clarence89US #24
#20Edwin79US #53
#21Herbert73US #40
#22Ernest71US #36
#23Carl70US #23
#24Elmer70US #45
#25Earl69US #32
#26Lloyd69US #58
#27Paul69US #12
#28Leonard68US #42
#29Ralph67US #21
#30Norman63US #48
#31Melvin62US #57
#32Roy62US #33
#33Lawrence58US #38
#34Alvin55US #82
#35Vernon55US #75
#36Alfred54US #43
#37Fred54US #29
#38Arnold53US #89
#39Francis53US #31
#40Peter53US #50
#41Clifford52US #61
#42Harry52US #19
#43Leo52US #47
#44Eugene46US #39
#45Howard46US #25
#46Theodore46US #65
#47Chester45US #54
#48Floyd45US #60
#49Gordon42US #90
#50Lester42US #59
#51Lyle41US #153
#52Marvin40US #66
#53Herman39US #56
#54Orville38US #131
#55Stanley38US #34
#56Thomas37US #10
#57Frederick36US #52
#58Emil35US #140
#59Harvey33US #92
#60Oscar33US #86
#61Bernard31US #49
#62David31US #28
#63Leslie31US #112
#64Andrew30US #46
#65Louis30US #22
#66Anton29
#67Jacob29US #123
#68Joe29US #35
#69Otto29US #170
#70Gerald28US #76
#71Martin28US #81
#72Willard27US #69
#73Ervin26US #173
#74Jack26US #26
#75Milton26US #72
#76Maurice25US #100
#77Ray25US #73
#78Glenn24US #84
#79Russell24US #51
#80Wayne24US #98
#81Adam23US #189
#82Leroy23US #63
#83Everett22US #91
#84Philip22US #70
#85Victor22US #78
#86Benjamin21US #79
#87Lynn21
#88Rudolph21US #137
#89Allen20US #101
#90Adolph19US #185
#91Mike19US #125
#92Reuben19
#93Samuel19US #41
#94Vincent19US #67
#95Wallace19US #124
#96Daniel18US #55
#97Michael18US #44
#98Myron17
#99Roland17US #118
#100Erwin16

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑36Eugene#44
↑32Virginia#44
↑25Harvey#59
↑20Lester#50
↑20Lyle#51
↑20Louis#65
↑19Betty#62
↑19Andrew#64

Falling

↓42Blanche#100
↓35Beatrice#98
↓31Russell#79
↓31Adolph#90
↓25Reuben#92
↓21Wallace#95
↓20Pearl#58
↓20Julia#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.