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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1930 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,022 North Dakota births in 1930 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.

#57Marlysoutside the national top 200
#73Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#68Myron#195 nationally
#74Luellaoutside the national top 200
#77Mavisoutside the national top 200
#78Fernoutside the national top 200
#71Orville#187 nationally
#85Ervinoutside the national top 200
#45Lyle#160 nationally
#75Marcella#186 nationally
#90Adelineoutside the national top 200
#10Duane#120 nationally

Girls

#1Betty237US #2
#2Mary210US #1
#3Donna141US #37
#4Dorothy141US #3
#5Helen128US #4
#6Lorraine119US #46
#7Beverly112US #34
#8Joyce111US #18
#9Lois111US #17
#10Delores110US #66
#11Doris108US #9
#12Patricia103US #7
#13Shirley97US #11
#14Ruth93US #10
#15Margaret90US #5
#16Irene87US #33
#17Dolores78US #13
#18Phyllis74US #28
#19Alice70US #20
#20Marjorie63US #32
#21Jean62US #14
#22Elaine61US #69
#23Arlene60US #103
#24Marilyn60US #22
#25Evelyn57US #19
#26Barbara56US #6
#27Esther52US #77
#28Violet52US #120
#29Virginia52US #12
#30Carol50US #54
#31Frances50US #16
#32Bernice49US #58
#33Rose49US #29
#34Florence47US #38
#35Marian47US #80
#36Mildred47US #21
#37Joan46US #8
#38Anna45US #23
#39Elizabeth45US #15
#40Viola44US #116
#41Gladys43US #48
#42Lillian43US #44
#43Norma43US #25
#44Gloria41US #30
#45Agnes38US #102
#46Marie37US #26
#47Loretta36US #105
#48June34US #47
#49Marion34US #60
#50Leona33US #130
#51Eileen32US #110
#52Darlene31US #141
#53Rita30US #42
#54Eleanor29US #39
#55Lucille29US #59
#56Vivian29US #91
#57Marlys28
#58Eunice27US #148
#59Genevieve26US #143
#60Ramona26US #149
#61Audrey25US #63
#62Beatrice25US #76
#63Clara25US #64
#64Grace25US #62
#65Edna24US #51
#66Harriet24US #138
#67Janet24US #53
#68Kathleen24US #84
#69Pauline24US #52
#70Verna24US #151
#71Ann23US #41
#72Ellen23US #100
#73Lavonne23
#74Luella23
#75Marcella23US #186
#76Jeanette22US #106
#77Mavis22
#78Fern21
#79Geraldine21US #43
#80Joann21US #118
#81Joanne21US #81
#82Kathryn21US #101
#83Bonnie20US #78
#84Elsie20US #88
#85Gertrude20US #96
#86Josephine20US #49
#87Maxine20US #93
#88Pearl20US #121
#89Ruby20US #36
#90Adeline19
#91Catherine19US #35
#92Clarice19
#93Edith19US #61
#94Jacqueline19US #74
#95Janice19US #126
#96Lila19US #170
#97Martha19US #27
#98Bertha18US #95
#99Deloris18
#100Ella18US #107

Boys

#1Robert324US #1
#2Donald302US #7
#3John245US #3
#4James207US #2
#5Richard195US #5
#6William156US #4
#7George125US #8
#8Kenneth116US #17
#9Raymond109US #16
#10Duane102US #120
#11Charles93US #6
#12Eugene86US #21
#13Harold84US #18
#14Marvin81US #48
#15Edward78US #10
#16Joseph75US #9
#17Arthur73US #23
#18Vernon65US #72
#19Lawrence64US #36
#20Dale63US #64
#21Gerald63US #30
#22Norman62US #40
#23Lloyd61US #69
#24Frank57US #13
#25Leo57US #63
#26Leroy56US #53
#27Paul54US #12
#28Clarence52US #39
#29Melvin51US #50
#30Jack50US #14
#31Leonard50US #45
#32Albert48US #24
#33Gordon48US #77
#34Walter48US #19
#35David47US #15
#36Ernest46US #43
#37Ronald46US #37
#38Elmer45US #80
#39Francis45US #42
#40Fred44US #32
#41Thomas44US #11
#42Edwin42US #66
#43Floyd41US #61
#44Howard41US #31
#45Lyle41US #160
#46Henry40US #22
#47Arnold39US #98
#48Roy39US #33
#49Daniel38US #47
#50Alvin37US #79
#51Earl35US #38
#52Ralph35US #25
#53Wayne35US #65
#54Glenn33US #71
#55Harry33US #28
#56Jerome33US #105
#57Clifford31US #73
#58Keith31US #130
#59Bernard30US #52
#60Roger30US #58
#61Wallace30US #112
#62Herbert29US #35
#63Peter29US #56
#64Stanley29US #49
#65Dennis28US #145
#66Allen27US #85
#67Carl26US #26
#68Myron26US #195
#69Theodore25US #67
#70Neil24US #175
#71Orville24US #187
#72Alfred23US #46
#73Douglas23US #89
#74Milton23US #93
#75Willard23US #117
#76Harvey22US #92
#77Jerry22US #51
#78Lester22US #95
#79Ray22US #57
#80Don20US #68
#81Joe20US #27
#82Martin20US #83
#83Curtis19US #106
#84Dean19US #129
#85Ervin19
#86Larry19US #108
#87Michael19US #54
#88Russell19US #60
#89Warren19US #96
#90Oscar18US #124
#91Victor18US #100
#92Vincent18US #84
#93Merle17US #196
#94Gene16US #70
#95Glen16US #114
#96Patrick16US #118
#97Philip16US #75
#98Roland16US #107
#99Anton15
#100Calvin14US #111

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑34Marlys#57
↑34Keith#58
↑30Rita#53
↑28Harriet#66
↑25Marcella#75
↑23Jeanette#76
↑21Barbara#26
↑21Eileen#51

Falling

↓33Herbert#62
↓33Ervin#85
↓31Ralph#52
↓30Adeline#90
↓29Ramona#60
↓27Gene#94
↓25Elsie#84
↓24Russell#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.