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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1918 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,412 North Dakota births in 1918 across 504 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.

#52Antonoutside the national top 200
#54Lynnoutside the national top 200
#68Luellaoutside the national top 200
#42Adeline#169 nationally
#84Alvinaoutside the national top 200
#85Adolphoutside the national top 200
#86Friedaoutside the national top 200
#84Adam#197 nationally
#90Selmaoutside the national top 200
#91Palmeroutside the national top 200
#71Lydia#180 nationally
#72Otto#181 nationally

Girls

#1Helen228US #2
#2Ruth207US #5
#3Mary199US #1
#4Dorothy191US #3
#5Margaret183US #4
#6Evelyn151US #11
#7Alice150US #13
#8Esther150US #38
#9Mildred124US #6
#10Frances120US #8
#11Irene115US #16
#12Florence111US #14
#13Edna108US #23
#14Doris107US #19
#15Gladys103US #22
#16Anna102US #10
#17Lillian101US #15
#18Marie88US #12
#19Rose87US #17
#20Elizabeth79US #9
#21Agnes77US #47
#22Elsie76US #49
#23Hazel76US #33
#24Clara75US #43
#25Myrtle75US #62
#26Viola72US #59
#27Edith68US #30
#28Martha67US #25
#29Lorraine64US #69
#30Lucille64US #29
#31Ella62US #84
#32Eleanor61US #26
#33Marjorie61US #34
#34Bernice60US #41
#35Emma59US #46
#36Ethel59US #28
#37Marian57US #76
#38Ruby57US #27
#39Pauline54US #35
#40Verna54US #125
#41Pearl53US #56
#42Adeline52US #169
#43Kathryn52US #63
#44Marion52US #45
#45Lois51US #42
#46Virginia51US #7
#47Bertha49US #51
#48Eva49US #55
#49Violet49US #83
#50Grace47US #31
#51Leona47US #79
#52Mabel47US #74
#53Alma46US #73
#54Phyllis46US #80
#55Thelma46US #32
#56Barbara45US #60
#57Beatrice45US #40
#58Gertrude45US #39
#59Ida45US #57
#60Jean45US #37
#61Vivian45US #72
#62Hilda44US #114
#63Louise43US #18
#64Ann41US #44
#65Genevieve39US #81
#66Harriet39US #106
#67Katherine37US #50
#68Luella37
#69Olga37US #141
#70June36US #66
#71Lydia36US #180
#72Olive35US #143
#73Catherine34US #20
#74Fern34US #164
#75Sylvia34US #71
#76Joyce32US #170
#77Laura32US #64
#78Betty31US #21
#79Eunice31US #111
#80Vera31US #68
#81Charlotte30US #78
#82Norma30US #98
#83Elaine28US #152
#84Alvina27
#85Anne27US #54
#86Frieda27
#87Inez27US #115
#88Kathleen27US #99
#89Josephine25US #24
#90Selma25
#91Wilma25US #82
#92Blanche24US #96
#93Ellen24US #92
#94Lena23US #93
#95Shirley23US #97
#96Clarice22
#97Dolores22US #127
#98Maxine22US #87
#99Cora21US #124
#100Julia21US #48

Boys

#1John314US #1
#2Robert227US #4
#3William197US #2
#4George158US #6
#5Arthur137US #17
#6Raymond135US #15
#7Donald130US #18
#8James128US #3
#9Joseph127US #7
#10Harold125US #13
#11Walter108US #11
#12Charles103US #5
#13Frank99US #9
#14Edward96US #8
#15Kenneth96US #27
#16Albert86US #19
#17Lloyd84US #51
#18Edwin82US #55
#19Paul73US #14
#20Clarence71US #23
#21Gordon71US #85
#22Henry71US #16
#23Richard70US #12
#24Vernon70US #66
#25Alvin67US #80
#26Elmer67US #44
#27Ralph66US #22
#28Lawrence65US #38
#29Leonard63US #41
#30Melvin62US #56
#31Harry61US #20
#32Roy59US #32
#33Earl58US #31
#34Clifford57US #60
#35Arnold55US #92
#36Carl55US #25
#37Marvin55US #68
#38Herbert54US #40
#39Peter53US #53
#40Ernest51US #37
#41Howard51US #26
#42Lester50US #62
#43Fred49US #33
#44Leo48US #48
#45Alfred47US #42
#46Francis45US #30
#47Orville45US #134
#48Norman43US #49
#49Leroy41US #57
#50Louis41US #24
#51Thomas39US #10
#52Anton38
#53Eugene38US #35
#54Lynn38
#55Bernard37US #47
#56Russell37US #50
#57Willard36US #83
#58Stanley35US #36
#59Theodore35US #64
#60David34US #28
#61Lyle34US #145
#62Oscar34US #87
#63Glenn33US #84
#64Floyd32US #61
#65Chester30US #54
#66Jack30US #21
#67Milton29US #76
#68Gerald28US #72
#69Andrew26US #46
#70Emil26US #154
#71Joe26US #34
#72Otto26US #181
#73Rudolph26US #149
#74Victor26US #63
#75Jacob25US #133
#76Philip25US #71
#77Ervin24US #168
#78Wallace24US #124
#79Wesley24US #137
#80Allen23US #98
#81Martin23US #81
#82Roland23US #121
#83Maurice22US #103
#84Adam21US #197
#85Adolph21
#86Glen21US #125
#87Dale20US #111
#88Daniel20US #52
#89Wayne20US #91
#90Cecil19US #82
#91Palmer19
#92Woodrow19US #58
#93Frederick18US #59
#94Harvey18US #88
#95Herman18US #65
#96Ray18US #69
#97Benjamin17US #79
#98Michael17US #45
#99Reuben17
#100Roger17US #116

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑54Lorraine#29
↑46Verna#40
↑40Ella#31
↑37Marvin#37
↑36Lynn#54
↑28Adeline#42
↑26Ruby#38
↑24Theodore#59

Falling

↓38Josephine#89
↓36Ida#59
↓28Norman#48
↓25Ann#64
↓23Katherine#67
↓23Wallace#78
↓23Herman#95
↓21Ellen#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.