State roster

Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1926 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,613 North Dakota births in 1926 across 455 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.

#51Adelineoutside the national top 200
#64Fernoutside the national top 200
#70Delorisoutside the national top 200
#38Duane#160 nationally
#80Antonoutside the national top 200
#68Ervin#187 nationally
#28Delores#145 nationally
#75Lila#190 nationally
#39Lyle#152 nationally
#88Mavisoutside the national top 200
#91Reubenoutside the national top 200
#100Luellaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Dorothy233US #2
#2Mary216US #1
#3Betty195US #3
#4Helen145US #4
#5Margaret127US #5
#6Ruth117US #6
#7Irene116US #21
#8Alice110US #17
#9Lorraine109US #53
#10Lois101US #19
#11Florence95US #26
#12Doris92US #7
#13Joyce88US #44
#14Shirley87US #14
#15Evelyn78US #13
#16Jean78US #12
#17Esther75US #62
#18Marjorie71US #22
#19Donna70US #90
#20Frances70US #10
#21Mildred66US #9
#22Phyllis66US #33
#23Rose66US #25
#24Bernice64US #45
#25Gladys64US #35
#26Elizabeth63US #11
#27Anna61US #15
#28Delores60US #145
#29Elaine60US #68
#30Eleanor56US #32
#31Edna55US #38
#32Lillian55US #28
#33Norma54US #29
#34Arlene52US #108
#35Violet52US #94
#36Dolores50US #49
#37June50US #40
#38Patricia50US #23
#39Virginia49US #8
#40Carol47US #113
#41Agnes46US #77
#42Barbara46US #16
#43Beverly46US #74
#44Gloria45US #20
#45Viola44US #97
#46Marion43US #47
#47Vivian43US #80
#48Leona42US #112
#49Lucille42US #43
#50Marie42US #18
#51Adeline36
#52Eileen35US #92
#53Elsie35US #69
#54Clara33US #61
#55Hazel32US #48
#56Marian32US #70
#57Ethel29US #41
#58Verna27US #152
#59Emma26US #59
#60Laura26US #81
#61Loretta26US #126
#62Audrey25US #60
#63Catherine25US #31
#64Fern25
#65Geraldine25US #54
#66Josephine25US #37
#67Mae25US #118
#68Martha25US #24
#69Sylvia25US #107
#70Deloris24
#71Ella24US #98
#72Ellen24US #100
#73Kathryn24US #87
#74Laverne24US #169
#75Lila24US #190
#76Louise24US #27
#77Muriel24US #129
#78Beatrice23US #58
#79Eva23US #79
#80Mabel23US #127
#81Maxine23US #85
#82Pearl23US #96
#83Wilma23US #67
#84Edith22US #42
#85Genevieve22US #128
#86Ida22US #82
#87Marilyn22US #65
#88Mavis22
#89Myrtle22US #101
#90Ruby22US #30
#91Thelma22US #36
#92Ann21US #55
#93Eunice21US #134
#94Gertrude21US #71
#95Grace21US #46
#96Inez21US #149
#97Jeanette21US #136
#98Alma20US #91
#99Charlotte20US #78
#100Luella20

Boys

#1Robert335US #1
#2John277US #2
#3Donald232US #9
#4James205US #3
#5William166US #4
#6Raymond126US #15
#7Richard126US #7
#8George116US #6
#9Harold110US #14
#10Edward108US #10
#11Kenneth92US #18
#12Charles79US #5
#13Joseph76US #8
#14Vernon76US #66
#15Howard75US #27
#16Walter73US #17
#17Leo71US #54
#18Gordon67US #76
#19Lloyd65US #60
#20Marvin63US #50
#21Paul61US #13
#22Norman60US #39
#23Arthur59US #20
#24Albert58US #21
#25Ralph58US #24
#26Eugene57US #23
#27Frank56US #12
#28Elmer54US #61
#29Henry54US #19
#30Clarence52US #29
#31Harry52US #25
#32Gerald50US #41
#33Earl49US #32
#34Peter49US #58
#35Arnold48US #99
#36Thomas48US #11
#37Francis47US #35
#38Duane46US #160
#39Lyle46US #152
#40Roy46US #34
#41David42US #22
#42Edwin42US #55
#43Theodore42US #63
#44Ernest41US #37
#45Stanley41US #43
#46Leonard40US #38
#47Alvin39US #72
#48Carl39US #26
#49Herbert38US #44
#50Joe37US #33
#51Dale36US #84
#52Lawrence36US #36
#53Wallace36US #95
#54Melvin35US #47
#55Ronald35US #88
#56Clifford34US #62
#57Jack34US #16
#58Wayne34US #68
#59Allen32US #93
#60Bernard32US #49
#61Floyd32US #53
#62Leroy32US #51
#63Milton32US #83
#64Glenn31US #75
#65Calvin30US #65
#66Fred30US #31
#67Alfred28US #45
#68Ervin27US #187
#69Victor27US #94
#70Warren27US #71
#71Orville26US #164
#72Lester25US #78
#73Russell25US #52
#74Louis23US #30
#75Don22US #96
#76Jerome22US #114
#77Morris22US #134
#78Roger22US #89
#79Virgil22US #118
#80Anton21
#81Daniel21US #46
#82Douglas21US #103
#83Ray21US #57
#84Dean20US #139
#85Harvey20US #90
#86Willard20US #100
#87Leslie19US #126
#88Roland19US #107
#89Wilbert19US #184
#90Herman18US #69
#91Reuben18
#92Wesley18US #132
#93Andrew17US #59
#94Bruce17US #127
#95Chester17US #79
#96Dennis17US #173
#97Everett17US #119
#98Jacob17US #177
#99Martin17US #80
#100Maurice17US #110

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑41Barbara#42
↑40Arlene#34
↑38Emma#59
↑37Ronald#55
↑35Allen#59
↑34Loretta#61
↑34Joe#50
↑32Mae#67

Falling

↓39Edith#84
↓35Ruby#90
↓33Genevieve#85
↓31Clifford#56
↓30Ann#92
↓28Luella#100
↓28Leroy#62
↓25Grace#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.