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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1927 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,483 North Dakota births in 1927 across 445 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.

#59Adelineoutside the national top 200
#67Luellaoutside the national top 200
#76Fernoutside the national top 200
#76Adamoutside the national top 200
#77Antonoutside the national top 200
#24Duane#147 nationally
#78Mavisoutside the national top 200
#67Ervin#189 nationally
#70Colleen#192 nationally
#85Marlysoutside the national top 200
#86Myronoutside the national top 200
#17Delores#128 nationally

Girls

#1Mary238US #1
#2Betty210US #3
#3Dorothy191US #2
#4Helen128US #4
#5Ruth128US #6
#6Margaret123US #5
#7Lois119US #19
#8Doris112US #7
#9Alice105US #17
#10Irene100US #21
#11Shirley95US #9
#12Joyce90US #35
#13Lorraine89US #44
#14Donna75US #70
#15Evelyn74US #15
#16Florence73US #28
#17Delores71US #128
#18Beverly70US #57
#19Esther69US #65
#20Phyllis69US #29
#21Elaine65US #69
#22Jean65US #14
#23Marjorie64US #25
#24Mildred63US #11
#25Patricia62US #18
#26Rose60US #23
#27Violet59US #103
#28Frances57US #12
#29June56US #43
#30Anna55US #16
#31Agnes53US #81
#32Virginia51US #8
#33Dolores50US #34
#34Eleanor50US #33
#35Elizabeth49US #13
#36Carol48US #106
#37Marian48US #74
#38Edna47US #40
#39Gloria47US #22
#40Leona47US #121
#41Lucille47US #45
#42Barbara46US #10
#43Norma45US #26
#44Bernice44US #49
#45Lillian44US #32
#46Marie44US #20
#47Marilyn43US #46
#48Gladys42US #37
#49Viola42US #101
#50Pauline39US #42
#51Marion38US #51
#52Arlene37US #108
#53Verna36US #153
#54Eunice34US #134
#55Grace33US #50
#56Ethel32US #47
#57Maxine32US #87
#58Geraldine30US #58
#59Adeline29
#60Laverne29US #166
#61Ruby29US #30
#62Vivian29US #77
#63Clara28US #63
#64Hazel28US #53
#65Joan27US #41
#66Josephine27US #39
#67Luella27
#68Martha27US #24
#69Beatrice26US #67
#70Colleen26US #192
#71Elsie26US #72
#72Eva26US #79
#73Edith25US #48
#74Kathryn25US #90
#75Louise25US #27
#76Fern24
#77Katherine24US #73
#78Mavis24
#79Pearl24US #102
#80Sylvia24US #116
#81Ann23US #59
#82Ellen23US #93
#83Gertrude23US #78
#84Harriet23US #132
#85Marlys23
#86Theresa23US #52
#87Alma22US #97
#88Audrey22US #62
#89Eileen22US #91
#90Jeanne22US #85
#91Mabel22US #133
#92Myrtle22US #110
#93Darlene21US #185
#94Ella21US #98
#95Thelma21US #38
#96Catherine20US #31
#97Charlotte20US #75
#98Genevieve20US #126
#99Ida20US #84
#100Jeanette20US #131

Boys

#1Robert321US #1
#2Donald276US #8
#3John245US #2
#4James183US #3
#5William159US #4
#6Richard151US #6
#7Kenneth140US #18
#8George136US #7
#9Raymond126US #15
#10Harold109US #14
#11Charles95US #5
#12Walter89US #17
#13Edward85US #10
#14Leo84US #55
#15Eugene77US #20
#16Arthur76US #22
#17Leonard70US #40
#18Clarence67US #32
#19Gordon66US #74
#20Joseph66US #9
#21Thomas66US #11
#22Gerald65US #38
#23Elmer64US #61
#24Duane63US #147
#25Marvin63US #47
#26Norman62US #39
#27Frank61US #12
#28Lloyd57US #58
#29Albert55US #23
#30Paul55US #13
#31Ralph51US #24
#32Vernon51US #71
#33Earl48US #33
#34Clifford46US #65
#35Henry46US #19
#36Howard46US #28
#37Melvin45US #48
#38Roy45US #34
#39Alvin44US #66
#40Jack44US #16
#41Leroy44US #51
#42Lawrence43US #37
#43Harry42US #25
#44Ernest41US #41
#45Stanley41US #44
#46Francis39US #36
#47Arnold38US #97
#48Peter38US #59
#49Carl37US #26
#50Lyle37US #151
#51Theodore37US #62
#52Dale35US #81
#53David33US #21
#54Glenn33US #76
#55Ronald33US #63
#56Joe32US #30
#57Floyd31US #53
#58Milton31US #88
#59Alfred30US #45
#60Bernard30US #50
#61Herbert30US #42
#62Roger30US #84
#63Wallace30US #96
#64Jerome29US #111
#65Russell29US #54
#66Edwin28US #57
#67Ervin28US #189
#68Dean27US #133
#69Fred27US #35
#70Harvey27US #94
#71Wayne26US #67
#72Allen25US #95
#73Gene25US #72
#74Glen25US #115
#75Victor25US #98
#76Adam24
#77Anton24
#78Curtis24US #118
#79Daniel23US #46
#80Wilbert23US #185
#81Keith22US #141
#82Andrew21US #56
#83Leslie20US #126
#84Roland20US #109
#85Gilbert19US #99
#86Myron19
#87Douglas18US #104
#88Martin18US #87
#89Merle18US #179
#90Orville18US #172
#91Wesley18US #134
#92Dennis17US #165
#93Herman17US #70
#94Lester17US #83
#95Louis17US #29
#96August16
#97Calvin16US #73
#98Emil16
#99Jerry16US #93
#100Oscar16US #113

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑40Marilyn#47
↑40Grace#55
↑39Eunice#54
↑33Luella#67
↑29Ruby#61
↑29Leonard#17
↑25Beverly#18
↑24Maxine#57

Falling

↓37Eileen#89
↓33Catherine#96
↓32Calvin#97
↓26Audrey#88
↓24Edwin#66
↓23Gladys#48
↓23Ella#94
↓22Lester#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.