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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1920 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,140 North Dakota births in 1920 across 496 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.

#51Antonoutside the national top 200
#60Reubenoutside the national top 200
#45Adeline#176 nationally
#73Lynnoutside the national top 200
#78Luellaoutside the national top 200
#90Deloresoutside the national top 200
#91Lilaoutside the national top 200
#91Duaneoutside the national top 200
#63Fern#170 nationally
#95Adolphoutside the national top 200
#58Ervin#163 nationally
#86Laverne#188 nationally

Girls

#1Helen233US #3
#2Mary230US #1
#3Dorothy209US #2
#4Margaret208US #4
#5Ruth196US #5
#6Evelyn162US #12
#7Irene133US #17
#8Esther131US #39
#9Alice118US #15
#10Gladys112US #22
#11Doris109US #14
#12Florence106US #16
#13Mildred101US #6
#14Agnes94US #54
#15Edna91US #27
#16Frances90US #9
#17Lillian87US #18
#18Marjorie84US #24
#19Elizabeth82US #8
#20Anna78US #10
#21Viola77US #59
#22Lorraine74US #70
#23Ethel72US #30
#24Lucille71US #29
#25Clara68US #44
#26Marie68US #13
#27Lois67US #38
#28Bernice66US #40
#29Rose66US #20
#30Eleanor64US #25
#31Jean63US #33
#32Hazel62US #34
#33Violet62US #77
#34Martha61US #23
#35Elsie55US #51
#36Marian55US #73
#37Virginia54US #7
#38Vivian54US #64
#39Grace53US #37
#40Emma52US #46
#41Betty51US #11
#42June51US #53
#43Katherine51US #45
#44Kathryn51US #67
#45Adeline50US #176
#46Alma48US #80
#47Ida48US #66
#48Ruby48US #26
#49Gertrude46US #42
#50Mabel46US #83
#51Eva45US #58
#52Leona45US #89
#53Ella44US #88
#54Pearl43US #62
#55Phyllis43US #72
#56Thelma43US #31
#57Edith42US #32
#58Marion41US #43
#59Myrtle39US #68
#60Shirley39US #56
#61Ann38US #49
#62Catherine38US #21
#63Fern38US #170
#64Pauline38US #36
#65Genevieve37US #86
#66Hilda37US #125
#67Elaine36US #107
#68Ellen36US #92
#69Barbara35US #47
#70Harriet34US #112
#71Joyce34US #153
#72Dolores33US #110
#73Beatrice32US #41
#74Blanche32US #102
#75Josephine32US #28
#76Bertha31US #57
#77Louise31US #19
#78Luella31
#79Eileen30US #100
#80Eunice30US #115
#81Laura29US #63
#82Sylvia28US #85
#83Geraldine27US #60
#84Norma27US #69
#85Olive27US #151
#86Laverne26US #188
#87Olga26US #146
#88Verna26US #135
#89Stella25US #82
#90Delores24
#91Lila24
#92Audrey23US #103
#93Charlotte23US #79
#94Inez23US #122
#95Jeanette23US #126
#96Loretta23US #120
#97Jeanne22US #114
#98Julia22US #55
#99Lydia22US #185
#100Alvina21

Boys

#1John299US #1
#2Robert263US #3
#3William171US #2
#4James167US #4
#5George165US #6
#6Donald147US #16
#7Harold140US #12
#8Raymond129US #15
#9Arthur115US #18
#10Charles111US #5
#11Walter110US #13
#12Richard104US #10
#13Joseph103US #7
#14Kenneth102US #23
#15Edward85US #8
#16Clarence80US #26
#17Henry80US #17
#18Lloyd79US #58
#19Lawrence76US #36
#20Albert75US #19
#21Roy75US #32
#22Paul72US #14
#23Arnold68US #91
#24Edwin68US #53
#25Frank68US #9
#26Earl66US #31
#27Herbert64US #41
#28Elmer63US #45
#29Ernest63US #37
#30Ralph61US #22
#31Howard58US #24
#32Leonard58US #38
#33Clifford56US #59
#34Vernon55US #65
#35Norman54US #47
#36Gordon51US #85
#37Marvin51US #62
#38Melvin51US #54
#39Alvin49US #76
#40Leo49US #48
#41Eugene48US #30
#42Harry48US #21
#43Peter47US #57
#44Carl45US #27
#45Fred45US #33
#46Francis43US #34
#47Orville41US #134
#48Thomas41US #11
#49Alfred40US #42
#50Warren39US #39
#51Anton37
#52Floyd37US #61
#53Theodore37US #63
#54Jack35US #20
#55Louis35US #28
#56Lester34US #69
#57Glenn33US #80
#58Ervin32US #163
#59Oscar32US #90
#60Reuben32
#61Stanley32US #40
#62Gerald31US #64
#63Wallace31US #93
#64Willard31US #88
#65Lyle30US #151
#66Roland30US #114
#67David28US #25
#68Leroy28US #56
#69Victor26US #81
#70Wayne26US #86
#71Chester25US #55
#72Harvey25US #87
#73Lynn25
#74Martin25US #78
#75Russell25US #51
#76Jacob24US #143
#77Joe24US #35
#78Allen23US #94
#79Andrew23US #49
#80Emil23US #167
#81Glen22US #122
#82Leslie22US #110
#83Michael22US #50
#84Philip21US #71
#85Ray21US #67
#86Bernard20US #46
#87Daniel20US #52
#88Douglas20US #106
#89Wesley20US #129
#90Everett19US #95
#91Duane18
#92Mike18US #141
#93Frederick17US #60
#94Wilfred17US #176
#95Adolph16
#96Clinton16US #158
#97Dale16US #105
#98Jerome16US #126
#99Morris16US #108
#100Rudolph16US #169

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑39Kathryn#44
↑30Ruby#48
↑29Shirley#60
↑27Arnold#23
↑24Virginia#37
↑24Thelma#56
↑23Wallace#63
↑22Gertrude#49

Falling

↓28Bertha#76
↓26Charlotte#93
↓25Myrtle#59
↓25Olga#87
↓23Morris#99
↓21Harriet#70
↓21Inez#94
↓21Bernard#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.