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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1925 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,317 North Dakota births in 1925 across 433 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.

#48Adeline#199 nationally
#28Duane#170 nationally
#65Fernoutside the national top 200
#30Delores#163 nationally
#54Ervin#187 nationally
#72Luellaoutside the national top 200
#78Antonoutside the national top 200
#79Reubenoutside the national top 200
#84Delorisoutside the national top 200
#39Lyle#154 nationally
#89Adamoutside the national top 200
#85Lowell#196 nationally

Girls

#1Dorothy217US #2
#2Mary214US #1
#3Helen175US #4
#4Betty151US #3
#5Doris127US #8
#6Ruth126US #6
#7Margaret124US #5
#8Irene110US #19
#9Lorraine101US #51
#10Alice97US #15
#11Evelyn97US #12
#12Esther94US #56
#13Lois86US #18
#14Marjorie80US #21
#15Joyce79US #59
#16Mildred71US #9
#17Jean70US #14
#18Frances68US #11
#19Shirley68US #17
#20Florence66US #24
#21Gladys66US #33
#22Elaine60US #73
#23Anna59US #13
#24Phyllis59US #40
#25Viola58US #84
#26June57US #39
#27Edna56US #37
#28Marie56US #16
#29Violet56US #92
#30Delores54US #163
#31Rose54US #26
#32Elizabeth53US #10
#33Lillian52US #25
#34Marion52US #47
#35Lucille51US #41
#36Virginia50US #7
#37Bernice48US #46
#38Patricia48US #28
#39Donna47US #110
#40Marian47US #67
#41Eleanor45US #31
#42Beverly44US #105
#43Elsie44US #63
#44Dolores43US #64
#45Edith42US #42
#46Leona40US #108
#47Norma40US #34
#48Adeline39US #199
#49Hazel39US #45
#50Vivian39US #76
#51Clara38US #55
#52Genevieve38US #113
#53Agnes37US #69
#54Laura36US #75
#55Ruby36US #30
#56Katherine35US #61
#57Ella34US #93
#58Martha34US #23
#59Pearl33US #90
#60Gloria32US #20
#61Pauline32US #38
#62Ann31US #52
#63Verna31US #153
#64Carol30US #119
#65Fern30
#66Kathleen30US #81
#67Eileen29US #96
#68Beatrice28US #50
#69Ethel28US #43
#70Grace28US #44
#71Harriet28US #131
#72Luella28
#73Marcella28US #167
#74Arlene27US #120
#75Ida27US #82
#76Jeanne26US #89
#77Kathryn26US #88
#78Gertrude25US #70
#79Laverne25US #170
#80Muriel25US #126
#81Catherine24US #29
#82Maxine24US #79
#83Barbara23US #22
#84Deloris23
#85Eunice23US #130
#86Louise23US #27
#87Myrtle23US #95
#88Thelma23US #35
#89Audrey22US #78
#90Charlotte22US #77
#91Eva22US #71
#92Josephine22US #36
#93Mabel22US #118
#94Mavis22
#95Loretta21US #122
#96Alvina20
#97Emma20US #57
#98Lila20US #175
#99Mae20US #116
#100Marilyn20US #83

Boys

#1Robert336US #1
#2John253US #2
#3Donald218US #10
#4James185US #4
#5William173US #3
#6George137US #6
#7Kenneth128US #19
#8Harold120US #14
#9Richard120US #8
#10Raymond119US #15
#11Walter96US #16
#12Charles92US #5
#13Gordon85US #72
#14Edward82US #9
#15Joseph79US #7
#16Leo75US #54
#17Eugene74US #24
#18Marvin65US #51
#19Howard63US #26
#20Clarence62US #30
#21Lloyd62US #62
#22Roy61US #32
#23Paul59US #13
#24Elmer57US #61
#25Clifford56US #59
#26Arthur55US #20
#27Vernon55US #67
#28Duane51US #170
#29Leonard51US #38
#30Peter51US #60
#31Earl50US #31
#32Frank48US #12
#33Edwin47US #57
#34Leroy47US #52
#35Arnold46US #95
#36Melvin46US #50
#37Alvin45US #70
#38Lawrence45US #36
#39Lyle45US #154
#40Ernest44US #37
#41Norman44US #41
#42Gerald43US #45
#43Ralph43US #25
#44Albert42US #21
#45Carl41US #28
#46Henry41US #18
#47Stanley40US #40
#48Wallace40US #92
#49Thomas39US #11
#50Calvin38US #47
#51Francis38US #35
#52Jack36US #17
#53Wayne36US #74
#54Ervin35US #187
#55Harry35US #23
#56Herbert33US #42
#57Daniel32US #44
#58Floyd32US #58
#59Louis32US #29
#60Alfred31US #43
#61Dale31US #86
#62Fred31US #33
#63Glenn30US #77
#64Bernard29US #48
#65Harvey29US #88
#66Theodore29US #63
#67David27US #22
#68Orville26US #161
#69Oscar26US #99
#70Russell25US #53
#71Warren25US #66
#72Wilbert25US #180
#73Willard25US #97
#74Milton24US #80
#75Herman23US #69
#76Lester23US #81
#77Roger23US #90
#78Anton21
#79Reuben21
#80Roland21US #98
#81Martin20US #83
#82Maurice20US #111
#83Wesley20US #135
#84Joe19US #34
#85Lowell19US #196
#86Morris19US #126
#87Philip19US #75
#88Ray19US #64
#89Adam18
#90Douglas18US #103
#91Jerome18US #113
#92Ronald18US #104
#93Victor18US #89
#94Allen16US #94
#95Curtis16US #118
#96Emil16US #191
#97Leslie16US #119
#98Michael16US #55
#99Allan15US #193
#100Benjamin15US #93

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑54Beverly#42
↑30Genevieve#52
↑29Kathleen#66
↑28Daniel#57
↑27Duane#28
↑24June#26
↑23Gloria#60
↑22Milton#74

Falling

↓43Barbara#83
↓35Eva#91
↓31Emma#97
↓25Eleanor#41
↓24Gertrude#78
↓23Ralph#43
↓22Albert#44
↓22Allen#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.