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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1924 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,571 North Dakota births in 1924 across 448 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.

#53Ervin#192 nationally
#70Luellaoutside the national top 200
#70Reubenoutside the national top 200
#67Fern#197 nationally
#47Delores#174 nationally
#64Adeline#191 nationally
#55Duane#176 nationally
#90Mavisoutside the national top 200
#90Ottooutside the national top 200
#92Antonoutside the national top 200
#78Emil#181 nationally
#99Avisoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary231US #1
#2Dorothy190US #2
#3Helen179US #3
#4Betty151US #4
#5Margaret143US #5
#6Ruth130US #6
#7Doris120US #9
#8Alice117US #15
#9Irene115US #18
#10Evelyn99US #12
#11Esther87US #51
#12Lorraine86US #52
#13Frances85US #10
#14Phyllis85US #44
#15Lois84US #22
#16Eleanor80US #29
#17Florence80US #20
#18Elizabeth75US #11
#19Jean73US #16
#20Lillian70US #23
#21Edna65US #31
#22Mildred65US #8
#23Virginia65US #7
#24Marjorie62US #17
#25Rose62US #25
#26Anna61US #13
#27Joyce61US #83
#28Violet59US #88
#29Gladys55US #30
#30Marion55US #46
#31Shirley54US #19
#32Elaine52US #73
#33Lucille52US #37
#34Marie52US #14
#35Viola52US #82
#36Vivian51US #71
#37Donna50US #131
#38Marian49US #64
#39Alma46US #87
#40Barbara46US #28
#41Norma46US #40
#42Dolores45US #75
#43Hazel45US #42
#44Martha45US #21
#45Bernice44US #47
#46Leona44US #103
#47Delores43US #174
#48Patricia43US #35
#49Elsie42US #61
#50June42US #45
#51Clara41US #56
#52Edith40US #36
#53Pearl39US #78
#54Gertrude38US #60
#55Agnes37US #63
#56Eva37US #66
#57Ann36US #55
#58Grace34US #43
#59Katherine34US #59
#60Verna34US #153
#61Carol32US #132
#62Ella32US #94
#63Hilda32US #141
#64Adeline31US #191
#65Bertha31US #65
#66Emma31US #57
#67Fern31US #197
#68Harriet31US #128
#69Ida31US #70
#70Luella31
#71Myrtle31US #89
#72Ruby31US #26
#73Eileen29US #93
#74Pauline29US #38
#75Arlene28US #122
#76Kathryn28US #81
#77Beatrice27US #50
#78Ethel26US #39
#79Louise26US #24
#80Marcella26US #164
#81Maxine26US #77
#82Genevieve25US #107
#83Gloria25US #41
#84Laverne25US #169
#85Loretta25US #124
#86Marilyn25US #101
#87Audrey24US #84
#88Catherine24US #27
#89Mabel23US #108
#90Mavis23
#91Thelma23US #33
#92Charlotte21US #80
#93Geraldine21US #58
#94Josephine21US #34
#95Kathleen21US #76
#96Beverly20US #121
#97Mae20US #114
#98Sylvia20US #104
#99Avis19
#100Clarice19

Boys

#1Robert328US #1
#2John256US #2
#3Donald224US #10
#4James173US #4
#5William152US #3
#6Harold130US #13
#7George127US #6
#8Raymond121US #15
#9Richard120US #8
#10Kenneth104US #19
#11Edward94US #9
#12Charles92US #5
#13Joseph90US #7
#14Walter82US #16
#15Arthur76US #20
#16Vernon69US #68
#17Frank67US #12
#18Arnold66US #95
#19Alvin65US #73
#20Ralph63US #23
#21Paul62US #14
#22Albert61US #21
#23Gordon59US #75
#24Lloyd58US #61
#25Marvin58US #50
#26Clifford57US #64
#27Leo56US #51
#28Edwin55US #55
#29Eugene55US #25
#30Clarence54US #29
#31Leonard54US #38
#32Peter54US #59
#33Henry53US #18
#34Howard52US #26
#35Roy52US #31
#36Earl50US #33
#37Lawrence50US #36
#38Elmer49US #57
#39Ernest48US #37
#40Harry43US #22
#41Herbert42US #41
#42Norman42US #42
#43Wallace42US #87
#44Jack41US #17
#45Floyd40US #66
#46Gerald40US #49
#47Calvin39US #44
#48Carl38US #27
#49Leroy36US #53
#50David35US #24
#51Thomas35US #11
#52Warren35US #58
#53Ervin34US #192
#54Russell34US #52
#55Duane33US #176
#56Melvin33US #48
#57Stanley33US #40
#58Wayne33US #74
#59Lyle31US #159
#60Theodore31US #65
#61Alfred30US #43
#62Orville30US #155
#63Andrew29US #56
#64Fred28US #32
#65Dale27US #84
#66Francis27US #34
#67Lester27US #72
#68Bernard25US #46
#69Glenn25US #79
#70Reuben25
#71Wesley25US #131
#72Allen24US #94
#73Louis24US #28
#74Roland24US #98
#75Victor24US #90
#76Virgil24US #111
#77Clayton23US #153
#78Emil23US #181
#79Leslie23US #107
#80Willard23US #97
#81Jerome22US #114
#82Oscar22US #99
#83Morris20US #120
#84Cecil19US #85
#85Daniel19US #47
#86Harvey19US #88
#87Joe19US #35
#88Chester18US #67
#89Glen18US #118
#90Otto18
#91Ronald18US #130
#92Anton17
#93Douglas17US #105
#94Keith17US #150
#95Martin17US #82
#96Milton17US #81
#97Philip17US #71
#98Ray17US #60
#99Roger17US #93
#100Jacob16US #163

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑40Alma#39
↑37Calvin#47
↑36Katherine#59
↑31Dolores#42
↑30Eva#56
↑29Donna#37
↑26Reuben#70
↑25Clifford#26

Falling

↓36Josephine#94
↓36Martin#95
↓35Ruby#72
↓30Milton#96
↓28Anton#92
↓27Melvin#56
↓26Wallace#43
↓25Ethel#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.