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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1935 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,326 North Dakota births in 1935 across 430 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.

#34Marlysoutside the national top 200
#49Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#52Mavisoutside the national top 200
#64Luellaoutside the national top 200
#66Myronoutside the national top 200
#77Ervinoutside the national top 200
#33Lyle#156 nationally
#79Marcellaoutside the national top 200
#38Violet#159 nationally
#82Colleenoutside the national top 200
#80Ramona#197 nationally
#42Leona#155 nationally

Girls

#1Shirley239US #2
#2Mary189US #1
#3Betty141US #4
#4Donna119US #23
#5Dorothy111US #6
#6Patricia110US #5
#7Beverly106US #20
#8Joyce101US #12
#9Carol100US #11
#10Marlene100US #39
#11Delores98US #57
#12Darlene97US #91
#13Marilyn97US #14
#14Lois87US #21
#15Joan84US #7
#16Arlene81US #59
#17Margaret76US #8
#18Phyllis72US #27
#19Helen71US #10
#20Barbara68US #3
#21Lorraine66US #68
#22Doris64US #13
#23Ruth62US #15
#24Frances59US #19
#25Elaine51US #51
#26Joanne51US #44
#27Janice50US #47
#28Jean50US #18
#29Alice49US #25
#30Joann49US #53
#31Janet48US #22
#32Marjorie48US #46
#33Irene47US #52
#34Marlys43
#35Virginia43US #16
#36Audrey42US #64
#37Evelyn42US #31
#38Violet41US #159
#39Gloria38US #32
#40Marie37US #33
#41Elizabeth36US #17
#42Leona34US #155
#43Vivian34US #112
#44Yvonne34US #98
#45June33US #55
#46Loretta33US #69
#47Bernice32US #90
#48Gladys32US #78
#49Lavonne32
#50Rose32US #37
#51Agnes29US #138
#52Mavis28
#53Lillian27US #66
#54Viola27US #152
#55Charlotte26US #65
#56Dolores26US #26
#57Anna25US #34
#58Bonnie25US #62
#59Geraldine25US #40
#60Ann24US #30
#61Eileen24US #108
#62Grace24US #83
#63Kathleen24US #71
#64Luella24
#65Caroline23US #178
#66Karen23US #172
#67Lucille23US #85
#68Mildred23US #35
#69Ruby23US #41
#70Esther22US #94
#71Marian22US #105
#72Maxine22US #120
#73Norma22US #29
#74Sharon22US #96
#75Sylvia22US #60
#76Florence21US #74
#77Nancy21US #9
#78Marion20US #88
#79Marcella19
#80Ramona19US #197
#81Verna19US #181
#82Colleen18
#83Rita18US #63
#84Rosemary18US #97
#85Diane17US #109
#86Eunice17US #170
#87Jeanette17US #104
#88Margie17US #100
#89Martha17US #24
#90Carolyn16US #28
#91Eleanor16US #48
#92Ellen16US #95
#93Ione16
#94Judith16US #54
#95Katherine16US #103
#96Wilma16US #70
#97Beatrice15US #107
#98Carole15US #93
#99Deloris15US #200
#100Theresa15US #86

Boys

#1Robert290US #1
#2James265US #2
#3Donald262US #7
#4Richard210US #5
#5John195US #3
#6William137US #4
#7Kenneth118US #15
#8Gerald114US #21
#9Duane111US #105
#10Charles103US #6
#11Ronald100US #12
#12Raymond86US #17
#13Marvin83US #45
#14Dennis76US #72
#15Roger74US #36
#16George73US #8
#17Dale70US #61
#18David70US #11
#19Larry70US #33
#20Thomas69US #9
#21Eugene63US #26
#22Gary59US #44
#23Wayne58US #49
#24Jerome57US #96
#25Vernon57US #94
#26Harold54US #20
#27Joseph51US #10
#28Paul51US #14
#29Jack50US #18
#30Leroy49US #50
#31Lawrence48US #35
#32Lloyd48US #84
#33Lyle48US #156
#34Gordon45US #70
#35Norman45US #38
#36Jerry44US #22
#37Edward41US #13
#38Albert38US #31
#39Clarence37US #48
#40Gene33US #66
#41Leonard33US #54
#42Alvin32US #91
#43Arnold32US #103
#44Leo32US #92
#45Peter32US #59
#46Allen31US #83
#47Francis31US #53
#48Glenn31US #78
#49Melvin31US #57
#50Ralph30US #32
#51Walter30US #23
#52Clifford29US #88
#53Curtis29US #108
#54Dean29US #120
#55Frank29US #16
#56Daniel28US #43
#57Don27US #51
#58Harvey27US #99
#59Henry27US #27
#60Darrell26US #136
#61Wesley26US #148
#62Arthur25US #29
#63Elmer24US #115
#64Floyd24US #76
#65Howard24US #39
#66Myron24
#67Roy24US #40
#68Earl23US #46
#69Glen23US #124
#70Joe23US #25
#71Stanley23US #56
#72Carl22US #28
#73Keith22US #125
#74Michael22US #41
#75Wallace22US #133
#76Douglas21US #75
#77Ervin21
#78Harry21US #37
#79Bernard19US #67
#80Ernest19US #55
#81Leslie19US #131
#82Lester19US #114
#83Neil19US #167
#84Patrick19US #112
#85Virgil19US #141
#86Russell18US #68
#87Bruce17US #77
#88Edwin17US #89
#89Milton17US #117
#90Rodney17US #149
#91Andrew16US #85
#92Herbert16US #58
#93Leon16US #86
#94Lowell16US #152
#95Roland16US #119
#96Franklin15US #71
#97Fred15US #34
#98Jimmy15US #47
#99Martin15US #93
#100Ray15US #64

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑43Walter#51
↑41Leona#42
↑35Viola#54
↑34Luella#64
↑32Violet#38
↑32Peter#45
↑31Don#57
↑28Alvin#42

Falling

↓46Eleanor#91
↓44Deloris#99
↓38Fred#97
↓32Edwin#88
↓30Florence#76
↓29Douglas#76
↓27Jeanette#87
↓24Maxine#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.