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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1923 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,527 North Dakota births in 1923 across 453 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.

#64Antonoutside the national top 200
#59Adeline#195 nationally
#62Duane#190 nationally
#75Luellaoutside the national top 200
#60Delores#184 nationally
#67Fern#187 nationally
#61Ervin#177 nationally
#48Lyle#154 nationally
#96Reubenoutside the national top 200
#97Alanoutside the national top 200
#66Donna#156 nationally
#83Wilbert#169 nationally

Girls

#1Mary220US #1
#2Helen198US #3
#3Dorothy187US #2
#4Margaret145US #4
#5Doris141US #11
#6Betty139US #5
#7Ruth130US #6
#8Irene126US #17
#9Esther108US #47
#10Alice106US #15
#11Evelyn101US #12
#12Lorraine97US #57
#13Lois82US #27
#14Anna81US #13
#15Frances81US #10
#16Marjorie81US #16
#17Florence76US #18
#18Elizabeth74US #9
#19Mildred74US #8
#20Phyllis71US #45
#21Lillian67US #20
#22Rose67US #23
#23Eleanor66US #28
#24Violet65US #86
#25Viola63US #79
#26Gladys62US #29
#27Edna61US #32
#28Marie59US #14
#29Lucille56US #35
#30Leona55US #100
#31Clara53US #49
#32Jean52US #19
#33Joyce52US #104
#34June52US #42
#35Virginia52US #7
#36Martha51US #21
#37Ruby51US #25
#38Agnes50US #63
#39Elaine49US #87
#40Marian48US #65
#41Pearl48US #78
#42Bernice47US #43
#43Shirley46US #26
#44Elsie45US #61
#45Grace45US #39
#46Hazel45US #40
#47Vivian43US #69
#48Barbara41US #33
#49Edith41US #36
#50Patricia41US #56
#51Ann40US #52
#52Norma40US #41
#53Ethel39US #38
#54Marion38US #44
#55Myrtle38US #84
#56Ella37US #93
#57Eunice37US #125
#58Josephine36US #30
#59Adeline35US #195
#60Delores35US #184
#61Emma35US #53
#62Maxine35US #76
#63Gertrude33US #59
#64Ida33US #68
#65Mabel33US #102
#66Donna32US #156
#67Fern32US #187
#68Verna32US #146
#69Carol31US #139
#70Eileen31US #95
#71Pauline31US #37
#72Charlotte30US #77
#73Dolores30US #83
#74Inez30US #141
#75Luella30
#76Thelma30US #31
#77Bertha28US #64
#78Kathleen28US #70
#79Alma27US #89
#80Genevieve27US #97
#81Arlene26US #127
#82Gloria26US #48
#83Kathryn25US #72
#84Beatrice24US #46
#85Ellen24US #103
#86Eva24US #66
#87Laura24US #73
#88Harriet23US #122
#89Audrey22US #85
#90Catherine22US #24
#91Anne21US #71
#92Beverly21US #144
#93Blanche21US #119
#94Jeanne21US #90
#95Katherine20US #60
#96Loretta20US #124
#97Marcella20US #158
#98Rosemary20US #110
#99Vera20US #82
#100Jeanette19US #131

Boys

#1John243US #1
#2Robert243US #2
#3Donald197US #10
#4James171US #4
#5William171US #3
#6Harold134US #13
#7George119US #6
#8Raymond117US #15
#9Richard101US #9
#10Arthur98US #19
#11Charles95US #5
#12Kenneth88US #21
#13Edward70US #8
#14Frank69US #11
#15Joseph69US #7
#16Lloyd67US #59
#17Wallace67US #69
#18Albert65US #20
#19Vernon65US #67
#20Paul63US #14
#21Leonard61US #37
#22Walter61US #16
#23Norman59US #44
#24Clarence58US #29
#25Eugene58US #25
#26Gordon57US #76
#27Marvin56US #51
#28Henry54US #18
#29Melvin54US #48
#30Earl53US #31
#31Lawrence53US #36
#32Ralph53US #23
#33Harry52US #22
#34Howard52US #26
#35Alvin47US #73
#36Roy47US #32
#37Edwin46US #56
#38Leo46US #49
#39Thomas45US #12
#40Peter44US #58
#41Warren44US #43
#42Arnold43US #93
#43Elmer43US #57
#44Francis43US #34
#45Carl41US #28
#46Floyd40US #64
#47Jack40US #17
#48Lyle40US #154
#49Gerald39US #54
#50Wayne39US #75
#51Clifford38US #65
#52David38US #24
#53Herbert37US #40
#54Stanley37US #41
#55Leroy35US #55
#56Alfred34US #42
#57Ernest33US #38
#58Glenn33US #84
#59Martin33US #80
#60Dale31US #90
#61Ervin31US #177
#62Duane30US #190
#63Lester30US #71
#64Anton28
#65Fred28US #33
#66Milton28US #81
#67Bernard27US #46
#68Harvey27US #91
#69Joe27US #35
#70Maurice27US #101
#71Russell27US #52
#72Victor27US #88
#73Philip26US #70
#74Virgil26US #100
#75Theodore24US #62
#76Allen23US #97
#77Leslie22US #112
#78Louis22US #27
#79Roland22US #104
#80Wesley22US #125
#81Daniel20US #47
#82Gilbert20US #102
#83Wilbert20US #169
#84Calvin19US #82
#85Herman19US #66
#86Andrew18US #53
#87Irvin18US #173
#88Jacob18US #160
#89Jerome18US #118
#90Morris18US #111
#91Ray18US #61
#92Chester17US #63
#93Dean17US #153
#94Michael17US #50
#95Oscar17US #96
#96Reuben16
#97Alan15
#98Curtis15US #116
#99Emil15US #175
#100Oliver15US #136

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑47Patricia#50
↑45Wallace#17
↑28Ruby#37
↑24Luella#75
↑23Elaine#39
↑22Wayne#50
↑21Philip#73
↑20Joyce#33

Falling

↓36Katherine#95
↓35Theodore#75
↓34Ellen#85
↓34Eva#86
↓29Catherine#90
↓26Vera#99
↓24Elmer#43
↓22Alma#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.