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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1928 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,588 North Dakota births in 1928 across 439 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.

#49Marlysoutside the national top 200
#60Adelineoutside the national top 200
#67Luellaoutside the national top 200
#70Ervinoutside the national top 200
#71Mavisoutside the national top 200
#72Delorisoutside the national top 200
#17Duane#141 nationally
#77Myronoutside the national top 200
#79Antonoutside the national top 200
#60Orville#178 nationally
#83Lorenoutside the national top 200
#87Reubenoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary216US #1
#2Dorothy189US #3
#3Betty181US #2
#4Helen134US #4
#5Irene125US #28
#6Shirley118US #10
#7Ruth115US #6
#8Doris113US #7
#9Alice110US #19
#10Lois109US #18
#11Delores98US #94
#12Joyce98US #30
#13Lorraine94US #39
#14Margaret93US #5
#15Donna91US #61
#16Phyllis91US #26
#17Beverly84US #46
#18Jean77US #12
#19Patricia74US #11
#20Evelyn69US #17
#21Elizabeth68US #14
#22Elaine64US #68
#23Esther64US #66
#24Frances63US #13
#25Dolores62US #20
#26Rose59US #24
#27Anna56US #16
#28Marjorie55US #29
#29Florence54US #32
#30Bernice53US #53
#31Virginia53US #9
#32Viola52US #103
#33Lillian51US #35
#34June49US #44
#35Norma49US #23
#36Arlene48US #106
#37Barbara48US #8
#38Gladys48US #41
#39Marilyn48US #38
#40Vivian48US #78
#41Lucille47US #51
#42Marie46US #21
#43Marion46US #47
#44Mildred46US #15
#45Eleanor42US #36
#46Marian42US #71
#47Violet41US #113
#48Gloria40US #25
#49Marlys40
#50Ramona40US #117
#51Maxine38US #84
#52Audrey37US #60
#53Carol37US #77
#54Leona37US #122
#55Agnes36US #85
#56Grace36US #52
#57Ruby36US #34
#58Clara35US #65
#59Verna35US #152
#60Adeline34
#61Ann34US #54
#62Genevieve33US #134
#63Edna32US #45
#64Elsie32US #73
#65Eileen31US #102
#66Edith30US #56
#67Luella30
#68Kathryn29US #99
#69Catherine28US #33
#70Eunice28US #138
#71Mavis28
#72Deloris27
#73Joan27US #27
#74Katherine27US #75
#75Darlene26US #176
#76Harriet26US #133
#77Pauline26US #48
#78Gertrude25US #86
#79Hazel25US #59
#80Ida25US #87
#81Louise25US #31
#82Ella24US #100
#83Lila24US #195
#84Martha24US #22
#85Pearl24US #110
#86Eva23US #79
#87Laverne23US #165
#88Loretta23US #123
#89Ethel22US #55
#90Yvonne22US #181
#91Beatrice21US #70
#92Blanche21US #153
#93Charlotte21US #72
#94Fern21
#95Theresa21US #49
#96Geraldine20US #50
#97Mabel20US #135
#98Vera20US #92
#99Cecelia19
#100Kathleen19US #82

Boys

#1Robert304US #1
#2Donald279US #7
#3John256US #2
#4James213US #3
#5William161US #4
#6Richard151US #6
#7Kenneth127US #17
#8Harold117US #14
#9Raymond112US #16
#10Charles104US #5
#11George96US #8
#12Lloyd85US #59
#13Edward80US #10
#14Marvin76US #46
#15Vernon74US #70
#16Eugene69US #20
#17Duane68US #141
#18Gerald66US #41
#19Joseph65US #9
#20Alvin63US #72
#21Leo63US #61
#22Paul62US #13
#23Lawrence61US #38
#24Norman61US #39
#25Walter59US #18
#26Leonard57US #42
#27Jack56US #15
#28Leroy56US #51
#29Gordon55US #77
#30Albert53US #23
#31Alfred53US #33
#32Henry53US #21
#33Arthur52US #22
#34Clarence52US #35
#35Thomas51US #11
#36Melvin50US #48
#37Elmer48US #63
#38Dale47US #75
#39Howard44US #31
#40Wayne44US #69
#41Edwin43US #58
#42Ernest43US #43
#43Lyle42US #155
#44Frank41US #12
#45Arnold40US #98
#46Herbert40US #25
#47Clifford39US #68
#48David39US #19
#49Ralph39US #24
#50Roy39US #34
#51Earl38US #37
#52Wallace38US #104
#53Allen36US #93
#54Floyd36US #54
#55Peter36US #56
#56Carl35US #28
#57Stanley35US #45
#58Francis33US #40
#59Harry33US #26
#60Orville33US #178
#61Roger33US #71
#62Jerome32US #110
#63Ronald32US #50
#64Theodore31US #66
#65Bernard30US #49
#66Joe29US #30
#67Louis29US #32
#68Willard29US #113
#69Curtis28US #101
#70Ervin28
#71Gene28US #62
#72Russell28US #55
#73Warren28US #85
#74Glen27US #115
#75Glenn27US #76
#76Harvey27US #90
#77Myron25
#78Douglas23US #102
#79Anton22
#80Lester21US #89
#81Daniel20US #47
#82Dennis20US #159
#83Loren20
#84Fred19US #36
#85Herman19US #78
#86Ray19US #57
#87Reuben19
#88Victor19US #99
#89Virgil19US #126
#90Wesley19US #143
#91Keith18US #139
#92Leslie18US #128
#93Maynard18
#94Bill17US #64
#95Milton17US #92
#96Andrew16US #60
#97Clayton16US #173
#98Mike16US #187
#99Vincent16US #82
#100Willis16US #148

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑36Marlys#49
↑36Audrey#52
↑36Genevieve#62
↑31Wayne#40
↑30Orville#60
↑28Alfred#31
↑28Louis#67
↑27Catherine#69

Falling

↓38Geraldine#96
↓37Milton#95
↓33Ethel#89
↓27Pauline#77
↓27Laverne#87
↓25Edna#63
↓24Agnes#55
↓22Beatrice#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.