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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1921 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,941 North Dakota births in 1921 across 479 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.

#65Antonoutside the national top 200
#72Luellaoutside the national top 200
#52Adeline#177 nationally
#76Reubenoutside the national top 200
#49Ervin#172 nationally
#81Ioneoutside the national top 200
#82Deloresoutside the national top 200
#83Duaneoutside the national top 200
#62Fern#174 nationally
#89Lilaoutside the national top 200
#92Ottooutside the national top 200
#78Laverne#185 nationally

Girls

#1Mary241US #1
#2Dorothy223US #2
#3Margaret207US #4
#4Helen206US #3
#5Ruth188US #5
#6Doris168US #13
#7Evelyn144US #12
#8Irene143US #18
#9Esther116US #42
#10Mildred114US #7
#11Alice101US #15
#12Frances99US #9
#13Lorraine98US #61
#14Lillian97US #19
#15Marjorie97US #16
#16Florence95US #17
#17Elizabeth94US #10
#18Gladys90US #24
#19Lois77US #38
#20Eleanor74US #29
#21Jean73US #25
#22Rose72US #20
#23Edna71US #27
#24Betty70US #8
#25Phyllis70US #60
#26Agnes68US #56
#27Viola67US #66
#28Lucille64US #31
#29Anna62US #11
#30Martha62US #21
#31Marie59US #14
#32Hazel58US #34
#33Pearl58US #65
#34Bernice57US #39
#35Vivian55US #68
#36Clara53US #45
#37Elsie53US #55
#38Marion53US #43
#39Virginia53US #6
#40Violet52US #81
#41Ethel51US #32
#42Emma50US #52
#43Norma48US #51
#44June46US #50
#45Kathryn46US #64
#46Marian45US #69
#47Elaine44US #97
#48Grace44US #35
#49Bertha43US #59
#50Joyce43US #137
#51Louise43US #22
#52Adeline42US #177
#53Catherine42US #23
#54Myrtle42US #73
#55Barbara41US #40
#56Shirley40US #44
#57Pauline39US #37
#58Genevieve38US #90
#59Leona38US #92
#60Ella37US #89
#61Ellen37US #95
#62Fern37US #174
#63Edith36US #33
#64Gertrude36US #46
#65Harriet36US #114
#66Ruby35US #26
#67Mabel34US #85
#68Ann33US #53
#69Alma32US #78
#70Eileen31US #100
#71Hilda31US #123
#72Luella31
#73Mae31US #110
#74Eva30US #63
#75Audrey29US #82
#76Carol29US #166
#77Katherine29US #49
#78Laverne29US #185
#79Dolores28US #111
#80Verna28US #141
#81Ione27
#82Delores26
#83Josephine26US #28
#84Muriel26US #119
#85Inez25US #127
#86Marcella25US #159
#87Maxine25US #77
#88Ida24US #67
#89Lila24
#90Charlotte23US #79
#91Vera23US #76
#92Anne22US #70
#93Beatrice22US #41
#94Blanche22US #112
#95Kathleen22US #83
#96Laura22US #71
#97Lydia22US #197
#98Alvina21
#99Caroline21US #162
#100Jeanne21US #109

Boys

#1John295US #1
#2Robert276US #2
#3William190US #3
#4Donald168US #13
#5James154US #4
#6George139US #6
#7Harold137US #12
#8Raymond121US #16
#9Arthur114US #19
#10Kenneth114US #22
#11Joseph110US #7
#12Richard104US #10
#13Walter102US #15
#14Charles100US #5
#15Edward83US #8
#16Vernon78US #68
#17Frank74US #9
#18Ralph74US #23
#19Warren73US #24
#20Lawrence72US #37
#21Gordon70US #84
#22Leo70US #50
#23Paul69US #14
#24Roy66US #32
#25Albert65US #20
#26Howard65US #27
#27Earl64US #31
#28Lloyd64US #58
#29Clarence63US #28
#30Marvin62US #59
#31Edwin58US #54
#32Elmer58US #48
#33Harry58US #21
#34Eugene55US #26
#35Clifford54US #62
#36Herbert54US #42
#37Henry53US #17
#38Ernest52US #38
#39Leonard52US #39
#40Melvin52US #53
#41Norman51US #46
#42Peter49US #57
#43Arnold48US #91
#44Alvin47US #73
#45Carl45US #30
#46Thomas44US #11
#47Russell43US #52
#48Lyle42US #150
#49Ervin40US #172
#50Glenn40US #80
#51Orville39US #137
#52Theodore39US #65
#53David37US #25
#54Floyd37US #63
#55Lester37US #66
#56Wallace37US #88
#57Andrew34US #51
#58Herman34US #64
#59Oscar34US #92
#60Francis33US #35
#61Fred33US #33
#62Victor33US #83
#63Jack32US #18
#64Stanley31US #41
#65Anton30
#66Bernard30US #45
#67Leroy30US #55
#68Alfred29US #43
#69Harvey29US #87
#70Gerald28US #60
#71Louis28US #29
#72Dale27US #93
#73Leslie27US #106
#74Jacob26US #143
#75Martin26US #78
#76Reuben26
#77Joe25US #36
#78Milton24US #75
#79Wayne24US #81
#80Philip23US #72
#81Clayton22US #158
#82Daniel22US #49
#83Duane22
#84Mike21US #145
#85Roger21US #99
#86Emil20US #177
#87Maurice20US #101
#88Glen19US #119
#89Jerome19US #125
#90Michael19US #47
#91Morris19US #104
#92Otto19
#93Allen18US #94
#94Lynn18
#95Ray18US #67
#96Virgil18US #98
#97Willard18US #89
#98Ronald17US #154
#99Wesley17US #127
#100Chester16US #56

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑41Norma#43
↑31Warren#19
↑30Phyllis#25
↑28Russell#47
↑27Bertha#49
↑26Louise#51
↑25Dale#72
↑22Andrew#57

Falling

↓41Ida#88
↓34Katherine#77
↓33Willard#97
↓29Chester#100
↓23Alma#69
↓23Eva#74
↓21Lynn#94
↓20Beatrice#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.