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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1929 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,350 North Dakota births in 1929 across 444 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.

#52Ervinoutside the national top 200
#56Mavisoutside the national top 200
#60Adelineoutside the national top 200
#12Duane#137 nationally
#79Delorisoutside the national top 200
#82Luellaoutside the national top 200
#82Myron#200 nationally
#37Lyle#152 nationally
#86Antonoutside the national top 200
#49Darlene#160 nationally
#89Wilbert#199 nationally
#91Marlysoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary213US #1
#2Betty202US #2
#3Dorothy174US #3
#4Donna142US #47
#5Helen135US #4
#6Irene123US #29
#7Shirley123US #9
#8Delores112US #74
#9Lois107US #17
#10Doris106US #6
#11Joyce102US #23
#12Ruth100US #8
#13Margaret91US #5
#14Beverly87US #39
#15Lorraine87US #42
#16Patricia84US #10
#17Phyllis83US #24
#18Jean81US #12
#19Elaine77US #67
#20Alice76US #21
#21Dolores75US #14
#22Evelyn75US #19
#23Rose73US #26
#24Marilyn57US #33
#25Mildred56US #18
#26Bernice55US #55
#27Marjorie53US #30
#28Frances52US #16
#29Gladys52US #44
#30Marian52US #75
#31Ramona51US #120
#32Agnes50US #94
#33Florence50US #35
#34Lucille49US #57
#35Arlene48US #105
#36Joan48US #13
#37Elizabeth47US #15
#38Norma47US #25
#39Esther46US #71
#40Virginia46US #11
#41Anna45US #20
#42Marie45US #22
#43Leona44US #122
#44Violet43US #111
#45Carol41US #63
#46Lillian41US #40
#47Barbara40US #7
#48Viola40US #109
#49Darlene37US #160
#50Edna37US #51
#51Loretta37US #127
#52Gloria36US #28
#53Vivian36US #81
#54Audrey35US #58
#55Eunice34US #145
#56Mavis34
#57Marion33US #53
#58Eleanor31US #38
#59Elsie31US #78
#60Adeline30
#61Ann30US #46
#62Clara30US #65
#63June30US #48
#64Ethel29US #56
#65Geraldine29US #43
#66Beatrice28US #72
#67Grace28US #54
#68Laverne27US #170
#69Louise27US #31
#70Pauline27US #50
#71Edith26US #59
#72Eileen26US #98
#73Maxine26US #85
#74Eva25US #83
#75Hazel25US #64
#76Martha24US #27
#77Verna24US #156
#78Yvonne24US #168
#79Deloris22
#80Ellen22US #97
#81Kathleen22US #89
#82Luella22
#83Rita22US #52
#84Charlotte21US #73
#85Sylvia21US #119
#86Theresa21US #49
#87Jeanne20US #92
#88Jeannine20US #172
#89Kathryn20US #104
#90Lila20US #180
#91Marlys20
#92Ruby20US #36
#93Fern19
#94Harriet19US #135
#95Jacqueline19US #87
#96Joanne19US #101
#97Bonnie18US #86
#98Janice18US #136
#99Jeanette18US #131
#100Marcella18US #189

Boys

#1Robert329US #1
#2Donald281US #7
#3James215US #2
#4John213US #3
#5Richard171US #6
#6William147US #4
#7Raymond127US #15
#8Kenneth105US #18
#9Harold100US #16
#10George99US #8
#11Charles98US #5
#12Duane83US #137
#13Marvin80US #46
#14Vernon79US #71
#15Gordon71US #79
#16Gerald70US #33
#17Edward69US #10
#18Leo69US #60
#19Eugene68US #20
#20Joseph68US #9
#21Ralph66US #26
#22Paul65US #13
#23Leonard61US #42
#24Dale57US #73
#25Walter56US #19
#26Arthur54US #22
#27Clarence53US #37
#28David52US #17
#29Herbert52US #25
#30Jack52US #14
#31Norman51US #40
#32Leroy50US #51
#33Elmer49US #70
#34Ernest48US #43
#35Melvin48US #49
#36Howard47US #31
#37Lyle47US #152
#38Albert45US #24
#39Lloyd45US #62
#40Lawrence44US #38
#41Clifford43US #72
#42Frank43US #12
#43Arnold42US #95
#44Henry42US #21
#45Ronald42US #45
#46Thomas42US #11
#47Alvin39US #77
#48Harry39US #27
#49Carl37US #28
#50Roger36US #64
#51Earl35US #36
#52Ervin35
#53Floyd35US #58
#54Wallace35US #106
#55Edwin34US #66
#56Glenn34US #80
#57Wayne34US #69
#58Francis33US #39
#59Fred33US #34
#60Roy33US #35
#61Lester32US #88
#62Peter32US #55
#63Jerome29US #110
#64Russell29US #56
#65Dennis28US #154
#66Douglas28US #97
#67Gene28US #68
#68Theodore28US #65
#69Wesley28US #143
#70Allen27US #86
#71Bernard26US #52
#72Milton26US #94
#73Victor26US #100
#74Stanley25US #48
#75Herman24US #75
#76Curtis23US #99
#77Joe23US #30
#78Virgil23US #127
#79Alfred22US #41
#80Louis22US #32
#81Martin22US #83
#82Myron22US #200
#83Orville22US #174
#84Clayton21US #166
#85Willard21US #114
#86Anton20
#87Allan18US #161
#88Andrew18US #59
#89Wilbert18US #199
#90Willis18US #150
#91Emil17
#92Keith17US #138
#93Ray17US #57
#94Calvin16US #109
#95Dean16US #133
#96Maurice16US #125
#97Patrick16US #121
#98Larry15US #135
#99Michael15US #54
#100Roland15US #104

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑37Joan#36
↑37Loretta#51
↑31Geraldine#65
↑28Ralph#21
↑26Darlene#49
↑25Ethel#64
↑25Beatrice#66
↑25Fred#59

Falling

↓48Alfred#79
↓42Marlys#91
↓35Ruby#92
↓29June#63
↓27Lloyd#39
↓27Alvin#47
↓23Orville#83
↓22Maxine#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.