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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1933 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,121 North Dakota births in 1933 across 428 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.

#40Marlysoutside the national top 200
#56Mavisoutside the national top 200
#59Myronoutside the national top 200
#71Luellaoutside the national top 200
#29Lyle#158 nationally
#72Colleenoutside the national top 200
#60Deloris#187 nationally
#75Ervinoutside the national top 200
#78Lorenoutside the national top 200
#80Antonoutside the national top 200
#82Laverneoutside the national top 200
#83Adelineoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary194US #1
#2Betty187US #2
#3Donna140US #24
#4Delores116US #52
#5Patricia109US #6
#6Dorothy103US #4
#7Shirley101US #9
#8Helen100US #8
#9Beverly99US #26
#10Lois97US #19
#11Carol96US #20
#12Darlene90US #96
#13Joyce85US #12
#14Barbara81US #3
#15Marilyn79US #16
#16Marlene78US #50
#17Phyllis74US #28
#18Alice73US #22
#19Lorraine70US #54
#20Margaret70US #7
#21Jean69US #14
#22Joan69US #5
#23Irene68US #46
#24Doris67US #10
#25Arlene59US #74
#26Gloria56US #31
#27Elaine55US #61
#28Ruth52US #13
#29Marjorie50US #41
#30Evelyn49US #30
#31Dolores46US #21
#32Eleanor44US #38
#33Janet44US #25
#34June43US #45
#35Florence42US #49
#36Marie40US #33
#37Virginia40US #15
#38Audrey39US #59
#39Joanne39US #56
#40Marlys39
#41Bernice37US #83
#42Frances35US #18
#43Janice35US #81
#44Lillian35US #51
#45Rose35US #35
#46Gladys34US #60
#47Lucille34US #78
#48Elizabeth33US #17
#49Leona33US #139
#50Agnes31US #118
#51Loretta31US #87
#52Marian31US #89
#53Anna30US #29
#54Joann30US #72
#55Esther29US #88
#56Mavis29
#57Vivian29US #98
#58Geraldine27US #42
#59Violet27US #136
#60Deloris26US #187
#61Elsie26US #99
#62Marion26US #73
#63Norma26US #23
#64Clara25US #67
#65Eileen25US #115
#66Mildred25US #32
#67Jeanette24US #103
#68Viola24US #138
#69Ann23US #34
#70Ellen23US #104
#71Luella23
#72Colleen22
#73Maxine22US #110
#74Sylvia22US #84
#75Ramona21US #180
#76Beatrice20US #94
#77Carole20US #107
#78Caroline20US #173
#79Charlotte20US #79
#80Grace20US #69
#81Kathleen20US #77
#82Laverne19
#83Adeline18
#84Clarice18
#85Edith18US #80
#86Ruby18US #43
#87Ella17US #113
#88Eunice17US #154
#89Jane17US #47
#90Kathryn17US #108
#91Marcella17
#92Nancy17US #11
#93Verna17US #168
#94Wilma17US #66
#95Harriet16US #152
#96Lila16
#97Martha16US #27
#98Muriel16US #198
#99Bonnie15US #68
#100Catherine15US #44

Boys

#1Robert303US #1
#2Donald241US #7
#3James232US #2
#4Richard205US #5
#5John181US #3
#6William131US #4
#7Duane106US #102
#8George103US #8
#9Kenneth90US #15
#10Charles88US #6
#11Ronald88US #12
#12Raymond87US #19
#13Gerald83US #22
#14Marvin81US #44
#15Eugene80US #23
#16Gordon70US #71
#17Harold68US #18
#18Dale66US #65
#19Thomas62US #10
#20Dennis59US #106
#21Edward58US #11
#22Roger57US #48
#23Leonard55US #47
#24Joseph53US #9
#25Leroy52US #56
#26David50US #13
#27Paul50US #14
#28Lloyd49US #73
#29Lyle49US #158
#30Vernon49US #83
#31Wayne47US #52
#32Lawrence45US #38
#33Norman45US #37
#34Howard43US #36
#35Clarence41US #43
#36Frank40US #16
#37Leo40US #75
#38Walter39US #21
#39Melvin37US #51
#40Jack36US #17
#41Jerome36US #105
#42Jerry36US #31
#43Larry36US #58
#44Arthur35US #25
#45Arnold34US #103
#46Gary34US #80
#47Curtis33US #107
#48Earl33US #41
#49Stanley33US #55
#50Allen32US #84
#51Daniel31US #42
#52Alvin29US #88
#53Edwin28US #77
#54Elmer28US #101
#55Ralph28US #29
#56Floyd27US #69
#57Lowell27US #161
#58Albert26US #30
#59Myron26
#60Theodore26US #68
#61Franklin25US #33
#62Glenn25US #74
#63Herbert25US #49
#64Douglas24US #81
#65Francis24US #45
#66Harry24US #35
#67Keith24US #127
#68Clifford23US #86
#69Henry23US #24
#70Peter23US #60
#71Darrell22US #148
#72Harvey22US #97
#73Joe22US #27
#74Milton22US #113
#75Ervin21
#76Fred21US #34
#77Gene21US #66
#78Loren21
#79Russell20US #67
#80Anton19
#81Bruce19US #91
#82Leslie19US #137
#83Bernard18US #63
#84Carl18US #28
#85Clayton18US #188
#86Ernest18US #50
#87Philip18US #70
#88Ray18US #62
#89Roy18US #39
#90Dean17US #128
#91Jim17US #98
#92Leland16US #189
#93Orville16US #192
#94Wallace16US #120
#95Alfred15US #57
#96Don15US #54
#97Patrick15US #110
#98Roland15US #114
#99Vincent15US #94
#100Allan14US #154

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑43Jerry#42
↑41Gary#46
↑35Myron#59
↑34Curtis#47
↑32Frank#36
↑28Ellen#70
↑28Harvey#72
↑27Janice#43

Falling

↓39Wallace#94
↓35Roy#89
↓32Norma#63
↓32Bernard#83
↓31Bonnie#99
↓30Eunice#88
↓27Gene#77
↓26Harriet#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.