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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1934 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,554 North Dakota births in 1934 across 426 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.

#33Marlysoutside the national top 200
#60Myronoutside the national top 200
#65Adelineoutside the national top 200
#55Deloris#189 nationally
#67Mavisoutside the national top 200
#27Lyle#155 nationally
#78Ardisoutside the national top 200
#85Merleoutside the national top 200
#90Ervinoutside the national top 200
#93Antonoutside the national top 200
#94Dellaoutside the national top 200
#98Luellaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary202US #1
#2Betty153US #2
#3Donna153US #23
#4Shirley135US #4
#5Darlene125US #90
#6Dorothy121US #5
#7Carol112US #14
#8Delores107US #51
#9Patricia107US #6
#10Beverly103US #22
#11Joyce100US #12
#12Marilyn91US #17
#13Lois88US #20
#14Doris81US #11
#15Helen80US #9
#16Joan80US #7
#17Marlene80US #57
#18Barbara77US #3
#19Arlene76US #53
#20Margaret73US #8
#21Alice70US #25
#22Ruth63US #13
#23Elaine60US #54
#24Irene60US #49
#25Virginia57US #15
#26Jean56US #16
#27Lorraine56US #56
#28Phyllis53US #28
#29Gladys50US #66
#30Joanne48US #45
#31Janice47US #68
#32Audrey46US #69
#33Marlys46
#34Bernice43US #82
#35Evelyn43US #29
#36Frances43US #19
#37Rose43US #37
#38Joann42US #50
#39Anna41US #31
#40Elizabeth40US #18
#41Marjorie40US #41
#42Bonnie39US #58
#43Geraldine39US #43
#44Gloria38US #30
#45Eleanor36US #44
#46Florence35US #61
#47Janet35US #21
#48Maxine31US #114
#49Norma31US #24
#50Sharon31US #150
#51Vivian31US #98
#52Sylvia30US #70
#53Dolores29US #26
#54Agnes28US #120
#55Deloris28US #189
#56Eileen28US #109
#57Kathleen27US #74
#58Marie27US #34
#59Nancy27US #10
#60Jeanette26US #106
#61Loretta26US #83
#62Lucille26US #84
#63Esther25US #91
#64Lillian25US #52
#65Adeline24
#66Charlotte24US #72
#67Mavis24
#68Elsie23US #107
#69June23US #46
#70Violet23US #148
#71Yvonne23US #137
#72Ann22US #32
#73Caroline22US #174
#74Grace22US #79
#75Marian22US #97
#76Theresa22US #77
#77Verna22US #177
#78Ardis21
#79Jacqueline21US #80
#80Martha21US #27
#81Beatrice20US #99
#82Edna20US #55
#83Leona20US #140
#84Marion20US #86
#85Mildred20US #35
#86Peggy20US #36
#87Eunice19US #161
#88Josephine19US #60
#89Viola19US #142
#90Catherine18US #42
#91Jane18US #48
#92Louise18US #40
#93Ramona18US #193
#94Della17
#95Ella17US #113
#96Ellen17US #95
#97Kay17US #143
#98Luella17
#99Marcella17
#100Myrtle17US #141

Boys

#1Robert279US #1
#2Donald273US #6
#3James245US #2
#4Richard212US #5
#5John173US #3
#6William152US #4
#7Kenneth119US #15
#8Ronald109US #11
#9Duane99US #104
#10Charles97US #7
#11Eugene95US #24
#12Gerald95US #22
#13Marvin89US #44
#14Roger86US #39
#15Dale84US #62
#16Raymond81US #19
#17Edward75US #13
#18George74US #8
#19Harold72US #18
#20Dennis63US #95
#21David59US #12
#22Clarence58US #45
#23Thomas56US #9
#24Larry55US #43
#25Lawrence54US #34
#26Leroy54US #54
#27Lyle53US #155
#28Gary52US #60
#29Joseph52US #10
#30Gordon50US #71
#31Leo50US #86
#32Paul50US #14
#33Jerome47US #107
#34Leonard46US #53
#35Vernon46US #89
#36Wayne46US #48
#37Jack44US #17
#38Norman41US #38
#39Arthur40US #29
#40Jerry39US #25
#41Albert37US #32
#42Glenn37US #81
#43Curtis36US #103
#44Lloyd34US #82
#45Ralph33US #31
#46Clifford32US #85
#47Douglas32US #72
#48Arnold31US #105
#49Melvin31US #55
#50Francis30US #49
#51Allen29US #88
#52Earl29US #41
#53Daniel28US #42
#54Darrell28US #140
#55Gene28US #67
#56Edwin27US #80
#57Elmer27US #108
#58Frank27US #16
#59Fred27US #33
#60Myron27
#61Stanley27US #58
#62Carl26US #28
#63Dean26US #118
#64Howard26US #37
#65Wesley26US #142
#66Allan25US #151
#67Floyd25US #73
#68Harry25US #36
#69Wallace25US #129
#70Alvin24US #93
#71Harvey24US #99
#72Patrick24US #109
#73Alfred23US #64
#74Bruce23US #78
#75Louis23US #40
#76Michael23US #47
#77Peter23US #61
#78Glen22US #120
#79Roland22US #119
#80Theodore22US #74
#81Franklin21US #46
#82Henry21US #27
#83Herbert21US #57
#84Joe21US #26
#85Merle21
#86Roy21US #35
#87Bill20US #59
#88Don20US #50
#89Ernest19US #51
#90Ervin19
#91Lowell19US #148
#92Ray19US #63
#93Anton18
#94Walter18US #21
#95Bernard17US #65
#96Leslie17US #134
#97Lester17US #110
#98Loren17
#99Virgil17US #141
#100Bob16US #75

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑57Bonnie#42
↑34Allan#66
↑33Nancy#59
↑27Dean#63
↑25Maxine#48
↑25Wallace#69
↑25Patrick#72
↑24Kathleen#57

Falling

↓56Walter#94
↓35June#69
↓34Leona#83
↓34Lowell#91
↓30Howard#64
↓27Luella#98
↓26Ellen#96
↓23Marian#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.