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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1919 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,412 North Dakota births in 1919 across 469 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.

#45Antonoutside the national top 200
#47Adeline#172 nationally
#76Friedaoutside the national top 200
#77Reubenoutside the national top 200
#79Adamoutside the national top 200
#90Lynnoutside the national top 200
#92Ottooutside the national top 200
#94Maynardoutside the national top 200
#94Carol#200 nationally
#96Kermitoutside the national top 200
#99Luellaoutside the national top 200
#75Fern#176 nationally

Girls

#1Helen226US #2
#2Mary220US #1
#3Dorothy207US #3
#4Margaret192US #4
#5Ruth173US #5
#6Evelyn150US #11
#7Esther130US #38
#8Alice122US #13
#9Irene112US #16
#10Doris104US #18
#11Florence99US #14
#12Mildred97US #6
#13Elizabeth94US #8
#14Rose92US #19
#15Gladys88US #21
#16Agnes86US #50
#17Anna84US #10
#18Frances84US #9
#19Lillian80US #17
#20Hazel79US #32
#21Edna78US #22
#22Lois72US #40
#23Lorraine72US #62
#24Lucille72US #27
#25Eleanor68US #30
#26Marie68US #12
#27Elsie67US #47
#28Marjorie67US #33
#29Ida66US #57
#30Clara65US #43
#31Bernice63US #42
#32Viola62US #58
#33Martha60US #25
#34Myrtle58US #67
#35Violet57US #74
#36Emma56US #45
#37Ethel55US #28
#38Grace54US #34
#39Vivian54US #72
#40Marion53US #44
#41Ella52US #87
#42Jean50US #37
#43Katherine48US #51
#44Mabel47US #78
#45Betty46US #15
#46Marian46US #82
#47Adeline45US #172
#48Bertha45US #52
#49Harriet45US #113
#50Pauline45US #36
#51Ann44US #49
#52Genevieve44US #88
#53Eva43US #55
#54Phyllis43US #84
#55Leona42US #90
#56Beatrice41US #41
#57Alma40US #76
#58Edith40US #29
#59Pearl40US #56
#60June39US #64
#61Virginia39US #7
#62Olga38US #137
#63Hilda37US #123
#64Laura37US #71
#65Norma37US #83
#66Barbara35US #60
#67Charlotte33US #79
#68Ellen33US #92
#69Louise33US #20
#70Verna33US #131
#71Gertrude32US #39
#72Josephine32US #26
#73Inez31US #117
#74Catherine30US #23
#75Fern29US #176
#76Frieda29
#77Maxine29US #85
#78Ruby29US #24
#79Eunice28US #119
#80Thelma28US #31
#81Elaine27US #136
#82Joyce27US #173
#83Kathryn27US #66
#84Stella27US #70
#85Dolores26US #124
#86Eileen26US #103
#87Lena26US #94
#88Muriel26US #133
#89Shirley26US #89
#90Lydia25US #186
#91Geraldine24US #68
#92Vera24US #65
#93Blanche23US #97
#94Carol23US #200
#95Mae23US #99
#96Loretta22US #118
#97Christine20US #116
#98Erma20US #147
#99Luella20
#100Marcella20US #171

Boys

#1John304US #1
#2Robert196US #4
#3William156US #2
#4George153US #6
#5Harold147US #13
#6James144US #3
#7Donald116US #17
#8Raymond113US #14
#9Walter112US #11
#10Edward108US #8
#11Charles107US #5
#12Arthur103US #19
#13Joseph90US #7
#14Kenneth90US #26
#15Clarence80US #25
#16Vernon78US #65
#17Leonard76US #39
#18Richard74US #12
#19Albert71US #18
#20Henry71US #16
#21Frank69US #9
#22Lloyd69US #58
#23Elmer66US #44
#24Paul61US #15
#25Edwin58US #52
#26Harry58US #20
#27Ralph58US #22
#28Gordon57US #86
#29Howard56US #24
#30Earl55US #31
#31Herbert55US #40
#32Alvin54US #76
#33Carl52US #29
#34Lawrence52US #38
#35Clifford51US #60
#36Ernest51US #36
#37Melvin51US #56
#38Orville49US #133
#39Norman48US #48
#40Roy48US #32
#41Peter46US #57
#42Fred45US #30
#43Alfred44US #42
#44Thomas43US #10
#45Anton42
#46Leo42US #49
#47Marvin41US #63
#48Louis40US #28
#49Oscar39US #88
#50Arnold38US #94
#51Lester38US #62
#52Eugene36US #33
#53Francis35US #34
#54Lyle35US #153
#55Theodore35US #54
#56Floyd34US #59
#57Gerald34US #70
#58Joe34US #35
#59Jack32US #21
#60Victor32US #68
#61Chester30US #53
#62David30US #27
#63Glenn30US #84
#64Stanley30US #37
#65Bernard29US #45
#66Russell29US #50
#67Daniel28US #51
#68Wayne28US #90
#69Willard28US #87
#70Emil27US #159
#71Ervin27US #169
#72Harvey27US #85
#73Leroy27US #55
#74Martin27US #81
#75Andrew25US #47
#76Morris25US #100
#77Reuben25
#78Everett24US #93
#79Adam23
#80Clayton23US #149
#81Dale23US #112
#82Milton23US #73
#83Jacob22US #138
#84Michael22US #46
#85Leslie21US #105
#86Wallace21US #107
#87Allen20US #101
#88Ray20US #69
#89Frederick19US #64
#90Lynn19
#91Bennie18US #162
#92Otto18
#93Herman17US #61
#94Maynard17
#95Philip17US #71
#96Kermit16
#97Roger16US #124
#98Virgil16US #103
#99Archie15US #142
#100Cecil15US #78

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑33Betty#45
↑30Ida#29
↑25Ellen#68
↑24Katherine#43
↑23Lois#22
↑22Vivian#39
↑22Harvey#72
↑22Reuben#77

Falling

↓40Ruby#78
↓40Kathryn#83
↓36Lynn#90
↓31Edith#58
↓31Luella#99
↓30Verna#70
↓25Thelma#80
↓24Leroy#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.