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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1917 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,379 North Dakota births in 1917 across 487 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.

#58Antonoutside the national top 200
#87Palmeroutside the national top 200
#90Lynnoutside the national top 200
#94Friedaoutside the national top 200
#95Reinholdoutside the national top 200
#96Reubenoutside the national top 200
#98Alvinaoutside the national top 200
#67Lydia#169 nationally
#92Adam#193 nationally
#53Lyle#153 nationally
#78Ervin#174 nationally
#70Adeline#163 nationally

Girls

#1Helen241US #2
#2Mary234US #1
#3Margaret224US #4
#4Dorothy199US #3
#5Ruth164US #5
#6Esther155US #38
#7Evelyn147US #11
#8Mildred136US #6
#9Alice133US #13
#10Irene130US #17
#11Edna124US #20
#12Frances115US #9
#13Florence113US #14
#14Anna107US #7
#15Elizabeth104US #8
#16Gladys104US #23
#17Doris98US #25
#18Lillian93US #15
#19Clara89US #41
#20Eleanor88US #26
#21Marie87US #12
#22Martha84US #22
#23Ida79US #56
#24Agnes78US #48
#25Bernice78US #42
#26Myrtle77US #58
#27Rose74US #16
#28Lucille71US #29
#29Ethel69US #24
#30Hazel69US #31
#31Viola66US #59
#32Edith63US #28
#33Elsie60US #50
#34Marion58US #45
#35Violet58US #84
#36Emma57US #46
#37Marjorie57US #36
#38Thelma55US #32
#39Ann53US #44
#40Bertha52US #51
#41Virginia52US #10
#42Vivian52US #79
#43Alma51US #71
#44Katherine51US #49
#45Lois51US #43
#46Mabel49US #68
#47Beatrice48US #39
#48Leona48US #80
#49Grace47US #30
#50Pearl47US #57
#51Josephine46US #21
#52Barbara45US #67
#53Marian45US #74
#54Eva43US #54
#55Hilda43US #112
#56June43US #73
#57Olga43US #131
#58Pauline43US #33
#59Gertrude40US #37
#60Laura39US #65
#61Catherine37US #18
#62Eileen37US #106
#63Louise37US #19
#64Ruby37US #27
#65Jean36US #40
#66Kathryn36US #60
#67Lydia34US #169
#68Phyllis34US #92
#69Norma33US #108
#70Adeline32US #163
#71Ella32US #83
#72Ellen32US #90
#73Anne31US #53
#74Betty31US #34
#75Blanche31US #91
#76Fern31US #162
#77Harriet30US #104
#78Maxine30US #93
#79Minnie30US #75
#80Genevieve29US #77
#81Inez29US #110
#82Eunice28US #111
#83Lorraine28US #116
#84Julia27US #47
#85Olive27US #138
#86Verna27US #124
#87Lena26US #85
#88Opal26US #95
#89Vera26US #66
#90Charlotte25US #76
#91Mae25US #96
#92Audrey24US #117
#93Caroline24US #152
#94Frieda23
#95Sylvia23US #69
#96Dolores22US #139
#97Muriel22US #128
#98Alvina21
#99Elaine21US #160
#100Marguerite21US #78

Boys

#1John269US #1
#2Robert241US #4
#3William208US #2
#4George177US #6
#5Harold151US #12
#6Donald143US #20
#7Raymond137US #16
#8James132US #3
#9Joseph129US #5
#10Arthur125US #17
#11Clarence110US #25
#12Walter107US #11
#13Kenneth104US #27
#14Frank98US #9
#15Albert94US #18
#16Henry94US #15
#17Charles92US #7
#18Edward86US #8
#19Roy73US #33
#20Norman71US #46
#21Alvin70US #81
#22Lloyd69US #53
#23Paul69US #13
#24Ralph69US #21
#25Gordon66US #84
#26Edwin64US #55
#27Clifford63US #59
#28Richard63US #14
#29Herbert61US #40
#30Fred59US #29
#31Harry59US #19
#32Lawrence57US #36
#33Leo55US #47
#34Thomas55US #10
#35Earl54US #32
#36Howard54US #26
#37Elmer53US #45
#38Ernest53US #37
#39Melvin51US #57
#40Leonard50US #41
#41Peter50US #50
#42Arnold49US #91
#43Carl48US #24
#44Russell48US #52
#45Alfred46US #43
#46Vernon43US #71
#47Oscar41US #87
#48Jack39US #22
#49Lester39US #61
#50Eugene38US #39
#51Floyd37US #62
#52Francis36US #30
#53Lyle36US #153
#54Orville35US #134
#55Wallace33US #123
#56Andrew32US #48
#57Bernard32US #49
#58Anton31
#59Gerald31US #69
#60Joe31US #35
#61Martin31US #77
#62Philip31US #66
#63Glenn30US #86
#64Leslie29US #107
#65David28US #28
#66Emil28US #137
#67Leroy28US #60
#68Louis28US #23
#69Otto28US #157
#70Willard28US #80
#71Chester27US #56
#72Herman27US #58
#73Allen26US #100
#74Marvin26US #68
#75Milton26US #75
#76Victor25US #78
#77Daniel24US #54
#78Ervin24US #174
#79Jacob23US #130
#80Stanley23US #34
#81Wayne23US #96
#82Maurice22US #101
#83Theodore22US #63
#84Frederick21US #51
#85Glen21US #122
#86Mike21US #126
#87Palmer21
#88Adolph20US #180
#89Jerome20US #133
#90Lynn20
#91Morris20US #99
#92Adam19US #193
#93Harvey19US #90
#94Warren19US #93
#95Reinhold18
#96Reuben18
#97Vincent18US #65
#98Bennie17US #172
#99Gilbert17US #105
#100Oliver17US #127

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑51Beatrice#47
↑40Wallace#55
↑35Russell#44
↑29Eileen#62
↑26Violet#35
↑26Jack#48
↑25Blanche#75
↑24Gordon#25

Falling

↓37Theodore#83
↓34Harvey#93
↓27Frederick#84
↓25Stanley#80
↓24Chester#71
↓22Marvin#74
↓21Louise#63
↓20Fern#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.