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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1922 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,063 North Dakota births in 1922 across 466 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.

#50Deloresoutside the national top 200
#60Duaneoutside the national top 200
#63Antonoutside the national top 200
#70Alvinaoutside the national top 200
#77Reubenoutside the national top 200
#80Ottooutside the national top 200
#74Adeline#193 nationally
#68Fern#182 nationally
#94Friedaoutside the national top 200
#95Lilaoutside the national top 200
#41Lyle#146 nationally
#78Laverne#181 nationally

Girls

#1Dorothy231US #2
#2Mary225US #1
#3Helen200US #3
#4Ruth188US #5
#5Margaret173US #4
#6Doris126US #11
#7Evelyn121US #13
#8Frances112US #10
#9Lorraine112US #56
#10Alice105US #15
#11Irene100US #17
#12Betty95US #6
#13Florence92US #18
#14Esther87US #44
#15Lillian87US #19
#16Marjorie81US #16
#17Mildred78US #8
#18Rose76US #23
#19Lois75US #35
#20Edna74US #29
#21Elizabeth74US #9
#22Gladys74US #25
#23Viola71US #72
#24Eleanor67US #28
#25Marie65US #14
#26Anna63US #12
#27Lucille63US #33
#28Phyllis61US #53
#29Hazel57US #37
#30Elsie55US #59
#31Jean55US #20
#32Bernice54US #41
#33Virginia54US #7
#34Violet52US #86
#35Marion51US #42
#36Clara50US #47
#37Marian50US #67
#38Agnes49US #62
#39Ethel48US #32
#40Martha47US #21
#41Myrtle47US #75
#42Grace46US #38
#43Leona46US #101
#44Vivian46US #74
#45Emma44US #50
#46June43US #45
#47Gertrude42US #48
#48Norma42US #46
#49Edith41US #34
#50Delores40
#51Ellen40US #95
#52Eva40US #64
#53Joyce39US #126
#54Barbara38US #40
#55Maxine38US #82
#56Shirley37US #39
#57Alma36US #84
#58Ann36US #49
#59Katherine36US #54
#60Pearl36US #71
#61Catherine35US #24
#62Elaine34US #102
#63Eileen33US #96
#64Pauline33US #36
#65Ruby33US #26
#66Verna33US #146
#67Bertha32US #63
#68Fern32US #182
#69Ella31US #90
#70Alvina30
#71Geraldine30US #58
#72Kathryn30US #73
#73Vera30US #79
#74Adeline29US #193
#75Eunice29US #119
#76Louise29US #22
#77Genevieve28US #98
#78Laverne28US #181
#79Mabel28US #99
#80Ida27US #65
#81Marcella27US #155
#82Sylvia27US #94
#83Harriet25US #117
#84Inez25US #130
#85Beatrice24US #43
#86Blanche24US #115
#87Hilda24US #131
#88Laura24US #68
#89Thelma24US #31
#90Audrey23US #89
#91Jeanette23US #128
#92Charlotte22US #76
#93Dolores22US #104
#94Frieda22
#95Lila21
#96Loretta21US #125
#97Patricia21US #69
#98Kathleen20US #80
#99Luella20
#100Lydia20US #199

Boys

#1Robert289US #2
#2John276US #1
#3James176US #4
#4William174US #3
#5Donald160US #12
#6Harold142US #13
#7Raymond129US #16
#8George125US #6
#9Kenneth103US #21
#10Richard99US #9
#11Arthur96US #19
#12Walter96US #15
#13Edward86US #8
#14Charles80US #5
#15Joseph77US #7
#16Lloyd77US #59
#17Leonard73US #38
#18Frank70US #10
#19Elmer65US #54
#20Eugene65US #25
#21Lawrence63US #36
#22Paul63US #14
#23Ralph61US #23
#24Gordon60US #76
#25Henry60US #17
#26Norman59US #44
#27Alvin58US #73
#28Leo58US #51
#29Albert57US #20
#30Edwin57US #52
#31Clarence56US #29
#32Vernon56US #68
#33Earl54US #31
#34Marvin54US #56
#35Clifford53US #63
#36Howard52US #26
#37Melvin51US #50
#38Roy51US #32
#39Arnold49US #94
#40Theodore49US #62
#41Lyle48US #146
#42Ernest46US #37
#43Warren46US #45
#44Francis45US #34
#45Alfred44US #42
#46Harry41US #22
#47Bernard40US #46
#48Gerald40US #58
#49Russell40US #49
#50Fred39US #33
#51Peter39US #57
#52Carl38US #30
#53Floyd37US #61
#54Stanley37US #41
#55Thomas37US #11
#56Harvey36US #88
#57Leroy36US #55
#58Orville36US #151
#59Lester34US #69
#60Duane33
#61Herbert33US #40
#62Wallace33US #87
#63Anton32
#64Jack32US #18
#65Dale29US #89
#66Glenn29US #79
#67David28US #24
#68Louis28US #27
#69Martin27US #80
#70Joe26US #35
#71Mike26US #163
#72Wayne26US #78
#73Andrew25US #53
#74Milton25US #74
#75Ervin24US #177
#76Victor24US #86
#77Reuben23
#78Chester22US #64
#79Oliver22US #134
#80Otto22
#81Maurice21US #103
#82Clayton20US #160
#83Emil20US #173
#84Everett20US #98
#85Leslie20US #114
#86Oscar20US #92
#87Herman17US #66
#88Rudolph17US #138
#89Willard17US #91
#90Curtis16US #113
#91Daniel16US #47
#92Frederick16US #60
#93Glen16US #123
#94Philip16US #70
#95Ray16US #65
#96Benjamin15US #82
#97Gilbert15US #100
#98Neil15
#99Wilbert15US #167
#100Adolph14

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑32Delores#50
↑32Maxine#55
↑28Alvina#70
↑23Alfred#45
↑23Duane#60
↑22Eva#52
↑22Leonard#17
↑22Gerald#48

Falling

↓29Herman#87
↓27Pearl#60
↓27Kathryn#72
↓27Luella#99
↓27Oscar#86
↓26Ervin#75
↓25Louise#76
↓25Herbert#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.