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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1932 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,665 North Dakota births in 1932 across 435 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.

#38Marlysoutside the national top 200
#63Mavisoutside the national top 200
#72Ervinoutside the national top 200
#74Luellaoutside the national top 200
#72Deloris#197 nationally
#81Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#38Lyle#155 nationally
#84Harlanoutside the national top 200
#64Ramona#180 nationally
#86Colleenoutside the national top 200
#94Myronoutside the national top 200
#18Darlene#122 nationally

Girls

#1Mary200US #1
#2Betty174US #2
#3Donna168US #29
#4Dorothy135US #4
#5Beverly126US #28
#6Joyce114US #12
#7Marilyn114US #16
#8Delores113US #56
#9Lois100US #20
#10Patricia99US #6
#11Shirley99US #9
#12Carol93US #32
#13Helen85US #8
#14Margaret83US #7
#15Lorraine80US #55
#16Alice78US #21
#17Irene78US #43
#18Darlene76US #122
#19Joan76US #5
#20Doris75US #10
#21Phyllis70US #30
#22Arlene69US #80
#23Ruth66US #11
#24Jean63US #15
#25Barbara62US #3
#26Marlene60US #78
#27Elaine58US #68
#28Evelyn58US #23
#29Marjorie55US #37
#30Dolores53US #18
#31Norma53US #22
#32Rose52US #33
#33Leona50US #134
#34Bernice47US #71
#35Esther46US #82
#36Janet45US #35
#37Virginia45US #14
#38Marlys43
#39Florence41US #47
#40Gloria39US #25
#41Joanne39US #62
#42June39US #44
#43Frances38US #19
#44Gladys38US #54
#45Lillian38US #48
#46Elizabeth37US #17
#47Vivian36US #90
#48Violet35US #132
#49Elsie32US #97
#50Anna30US #24
#51Marian29US #86
#52Agnes28US #115
#53Edna28US #50
#54Loretta28US #89
#55Marie28US #31
#56Eileen27US #114
#57Eleanor27US #45
#58Eunice27US #146
#59Mildred27US #26
#60Audrey26US #61
#61Geraldine26US #42
#62Grace26US #72
#63Mavis26
#64Ramona26US #180
#65Lucille25US #63
#66Rita25US #53
#67Viola25US #136
#68Bonnie24US #64
#69Harriet24US #149
#70Janice24US #94
#71Marion24US #73
#72Deloris23US #197
#73Joann23US #79
#74Luella23
#75Maxine23US #110
#76Verna23US #165
#77Catherine22US #39
#78Charlotte22US #74
#79Ella22US #108
#80Jeanette22US #106
#81Lavonne22
#82Martha22US #27
#83Sylvia22US #96
#84Yvonne21US #160
#85Clara20US #70
#86Colleen20
#87Inez20US #185
#88Louise20US #36
#89Ruby20US #38
#90Theresa20US #60
#91Muriel19US #181
#92Ann18US #34
#93Caroline18US #174
#94Edith18US #69
#95Eva18US #98
#96Peggy18US #40
#97Thelma18US #51
#98Ellen17US #104
#99Genevieve17US #167
#100Laverne17US #199

Boys

#1Robert328US #1
#2Donald259US #7
#3James223US #2
#4John209US #3
#5Richard195US #5
#6William147US #4
#7Kenneth122US #14
#8Gerald110US #24
#9Raymond100US #19
#10Charles90US #6
#11Duane89US #105
#12George88US #8
#13Ronald83US #16
#14Eugene79US #22
#15Marvin77US #46
#16Harold69US #18
#17Dale66US #61
#18Joseph62US #9
#19Edward61US #11
#20David57US #12
#21Gordon56US #81
#22Leroy56US #53
#23Jack54US #17
#24Vernon53US #78
#25Paul51US #13
#26Lloyd48US #71
#27Clarence47US #40
#28Norman47US #37
#29Thomas47US #10
#30Roger46US #50
#31Walter46US #21
#32Arthur43US #25
#33Lawrence43US #35
#34Melvin41US #51
#35Dennis40US #121
#36Leo40US #74
#37Leonard40US #48
#38Lyle40US #155
#39Jerome38US #107
#40Alvin37US #87
#41Arnold37US #100
#42Elmer37US #94
#43Wayne37US #57
#44Howard35US #36
#45Ralph35US #27
#46Albert34US #26
#47Daniel34US #42
#48Larry34US #65
#49Earl33US #41
#50Gene33US #64
#51Bernard32US #60
#52Clifford32US #84
#53Francis32US #43
#54Roy31US #38
#55Wallace31US #117
#56Allen30US #80
#57Henry29US #23
#58Edwin28US #72
#59Harry28US #32
#60Stanley28US #52
#61Darrell27US #154
#62Ernest27US #47
#63Russell27US #63
#64Carl25US #28
#65Fred25US #33
#66Theodore25US #67
#67Douglas24US #85
#68Frank24US #15
#69Glenn23US #77
#70Herbert23US #44
#71Alfred22US #49
#72Ervin22
#73Glen22US #118
#74Joe22US #29
#75Peter22US #62
#76Wesley22US #144
#77Dean21US #123
#78Don21US #55
#79Maurice21US #122
#80Neil21US #162
#81Curtis20US #103
#82Floyd20US #68
#83Franklin20US #66
#84Harlan20
#85Jerry20US #34
#86Clayton19US #175
#87Gary19US #136
#88Keith19US #133
#89Leslie19US #142
#90Michael19US #54
#91Herman18US #89
#92Lester18US #101
#93Louis18US #39
#94Myron18
#95Rodney18US #172
#96Bruce17US #98
#97Roland17US #111
#98Allan16US #153
#99Delbert16US #151
#100Harvey16US #95

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑46Dennis#35
↑32Joanne#41
↑29Rita#66
↑25Esther#35
↑25Vivian#47
↑25Darrell#61
↑23Janet#36
↑22Loretta#54

Falling

↓50Myron#94
↓27Eleanor#57
↓27Ann#92
↓27Edith#94
↓26Audrey#60
↓25Frank#68
↓24Lucille#65
↓22Glenn#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.