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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1931 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,770 North Dakota births in 1931 across 431 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.

#43Marlysoutside the national top 200
#51Deloris#200 nationally
#44Myron#192 nationally
#53Mavisoutside the national top 200
#64Luellaoutside the national top 200
#65Antonoutside the national top 200
#70Ervinoutside the national top 200
#78Adelineoutside the national top 200
#85Colleenoutside the national top 200
#45Lyle#157 nationally
#90Orvilleoutside the national top 200
#92Merle#198 nationally

Girls

#1Betty218US #2
#2Mary198US #1
#3Donna163US #32
#4Dorothy144US #3
#5Delores142US #58
#6Lois123US #20
#7Beverly121US #31
#8Helen113US #6
#9Shirley111US #9
#10Lorraine91US #49
#11Joyce89US #15
#12Doris88US #10
#13Patricia88US #8
#14Phyllis85US #29
#15Irene82US #37
#16Margaret80US #7
#17Marilyn78US #19
#18Joan71US #5
#19Alice70US #21
#20Ruth68US #11
#21Jean67US #13
#22Dolores63US #14
#23Barbara60US #4
#24Elaine60US #72
#25Arlene59US #77
#26Carol58US #46
#27Darlene50US #128
#28Evelyn50US #24
#29Rose49US #30
#30Eleanor48US #40
#31Gladys48US #55
#32Marjorie48US #34
#33Marlene48US #95
#34Audrey47US #64
#35Florence47US #43
#36Marian47US #84
#37Elizabeth46US #16
#38Norma46US #22
#39Virginia46US #12
#40Gloria45US #23
#41Lucille44US #62
#42Anna42US #25
#43Marlys42
#44Mildred42US #26
#45Violet41US #132
#46Frances40US #18
#47Agnes39US #103
#48Bernice37US #63
#49Marie37US #27
#50Leona36US #133
#51Deloris35US #200
#52June35US #44
#53Mavis35
#54Geraldine33US #38
#55Lillian33US #47
#56Viola33US #127
#57Marion32US #66
#58Elsie31US #86
#59Janet31US #45
#60Esther30US #79
#61Edna29US #52
#62Catherine28US #36
#63Eileen28US #106
#64Luella28
#65Ann27US #35
#66Clara27US #61
#67Edith27US #65
#68Maxine27US #101
#69Eunice26US #147
#70Grace25US #70
#71Joann25US #90
#72Vivian25US #82
#73Joanne24US #68
#74Verna24US #154
#75Jeanette23US #105
#76Loretta23US #96
#77Martha22US #28
#78Adeline21
#79Genevieve21US #145
#80Kathleen21US #87
#81Pauline21US #56
#82Ramona21US #164
#83Ruby21US #39
#84Theresa21US #59
#85Colleen20
#86Ethel20US #67
#87Josephine20US #51
#88Louise20US #33
#89Marcella20US #189
#90Yvonne20US #151
#91Janice19US #104
#92Katherine19US #92
#93Laura19US #89
#94Nancy19US #17
#95Rita19US #48
#96Ellen18US #99
#97Fern18
#98Rosemary18US #88
#99Wilma18US #69
#100Bertha17US #102

Boys

#1Robert320US #1
#2Donald302US #7
#3James240US #2
#4John216US #3
#5Richard177US #5
#6William145US #4
#7Kenneth110US #14
#8Duane100US #104
#9Raymond96US #17
#10Gerald88US #26
#11Charles86US #6
#12George85US #8
#13Harold80US #18
#14Marvin79US #45
#15Eugene76US #21
#16Paul70US #12
#17Ronald70US #27
#18Edward67US #11
#19Vernon67US #74
#20Thomas64US #10
#21Dale57US #62
#22Joseph56US #9
#23David55US #13
#24Walter55US #20
#25Lloyd54US #68
#26Lawrence53US #38
#27Leo53US #69
#28Gordon51US #76
#29Arthur50US #23
#30Jack50US #15
#31Leonard50US #48
#32Ralph50US #25
#33Clarence48US #39
#34Leroy48US #52
#35Wayne47US #58
#36Norman46US #36
#37Roger42US #53
#38Albert40US #24
#39Alvin39US #80
#40Melvin39US #51
#41Edwin38US #67
#42Jerome37US #103
#43Frank36US #16
#44Myron35US #192
#45Lyle34US #157
#46Elmer33US #82
#47Glenn33US #72
#48Arnold32US #98
#49Clifford32US #75
#50Herbert31US #41
#51Harry30US #30
#52Henry30US #22
#53Peter30US #61
#54Daniel28US #44
#55Carl27US #28
#56Earl27US #40
#57Milton27US #99
#58Gene26US #64
#59Roy26US #35
#60Allen25US #79
#61Howard25US #34
#62Wesley25US #143
#63Willard25US #124
#64Alfred24US #50
#65Anton24
#66Larry24US #88
#67Stanley24US #49
#68Theodore24US #70
#69Clayton23US #168
#70Ervin23
#71Wallace23US #114
#72Bernard22US #54
#73Don22US #59
#74Francis22US #42
#75Dean21US #127
#76Ernest21US #47
#77Floyd21US #66
#78Lester21US #96
#79Lowell21US #147
#80Russell21US #63
#81Dennis20US #138
#82Harvey19US #93
#83Ray19US #60
#84Virgil19US #121
#85Curtis18US #108
#86Darrell18US #167
#87Fred18US #33
#88Joe18US #29
#89Douglas17US #85
#90Orville17
#91Bruce16US #101
#92Merle16US #198
#93Rodney16US #187
#94Roland16US #107
#95Lavern15
#96Lee15US #90
#97Neil15US #165
#98Andrew14US #65
#99Darrel14
#100Emil14

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑48Deloris#51
↑36Gene#58
↑34Anton#65
↑29Catherine#62
↑27Audrey#34
↑26Elsie#58
↑26Edith#67
↑25Darlene#27

Falling

↓47Fred#87
↓42Rita#95
↓40Ernest#76
↓35Francis#74
↓34Floyd#77
↓33Esther#60
↓29Loretta#76
↓27Neil#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.