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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1936 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,255 North Dakota births in 1936 across 405 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.

#39Marlysoutside the national top 200
#54Mavisoutside the national top 200
#67Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#72Myronoutside the national top 200
#82Colleen#198 nationally
#44Lyle#159 nationally
#63Caroline#177 nationally
#41Rodney#152 nationally
#90Ervinoutside the national top 200
#86Deloris#196 nationally
#71Eunice#179 nationally
#95Laverneoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Shirley278US #2
#2Mary236US #1
#3Betty129US #4
#4Carol123US #10
#5Janice122US #31
#6Marlene121US #39
#7Darlene114US #83
#8Donna110US #22
#9Patricia106US #5
#10Beverly93US #17
#11Marilyn91US #13
#12Joyce90US #12
#13Barbara88US #3
#14Joan84US #7
#15Dorothy78US #6
#16Lois77US #26
#17Delores72US #58
#18Jean70US #20
#19Arlene65US #54
#20Phyllis65US #25
#21Helen64US #11
#22Joanne64US #48
#23Margaret63US #9
#24Doris61US #15
#25Irene57US #57
#26Elaine56US #50
#27Ruth54US #16
#28Yvonne50US #81
#29Audrey49US #68
#30Sharon48US #60
#31Virginia48US #14
#32Alice47US #27
#33Gloria45US #32
#34Lorraine45US #76
#35Janet44US #21
#36Eileen43US #103
#37Evelyn43US #34
#38Joann43US #55
#39Marlys43
#40Marjorie42US #49
#41Frances38US #19
#42Karen35US #132
#43Loretta35US #70
#44Rose34US #37
#45Bonnie33US #65
#46Elizabeth32US #18
#47Marion31US #93
#48Bernice30US #95
#49Florence29US #80
#50Nancy29US #8
#51Grace28US #86
#52Lucille28US #92
#53Marian28US #114
#54Mavis28
#55Ann27US #28
#56Rita27US #69
#57Gladys26US #84
#58Jeanette26US #94
#59Kathleen26US #67
#60Marie26US #33
#61Viola26US #165
#62Anna25US #36
#63Caroline25US #177
#64Gail25US #101
#65Leona25US #161
#66Kay24US #98
#67Lavonne24
#68Roberta24US #64
#69Charlotte22US #61
#70Eleanor22US #47
#71Eunice22US #179
#72Jacqueline22US #66
#73Judith22US #43
#74Lillian22US #79
#75Mildred22US #40
#76Sylvia22US #53
#77Agnes21US #139
#78Dolores21US #30
#79Esther21US #107
#80Sandra21US #38
#81Carole20US #73
#82Colleen20US #198
#83Norma20US #29
#84Rosemary20US #111
#85Geraldine19US #41
#86Deloris18US #196
#87Edna18US #71
#88June18US #62
#89Louise18US #46
#90Violet18US #169
#91Ellen17US #99
#92Katherine17US #100
#93Verna17US #189
#94Carolyn16US #23
#95Laverne16
#96Linda16US #97
#97Luella16
#98Martha16US #24
#99Myrna16US #149
#100Ramona16US #197

Boys

#1Robert302US #1
#2James283US #2
#3Donald218US #7
#4Richard206US #5
#5John186US #3
#6Ronald127US #12
#7William127US #4
#8Kenneth123US #14
#9David101US #10
#10Roger94US #35
#11Charles93US #6
#12Duane88US #110
#13Gary84US #38
#14Gerald84US #19
#15Dennis81US #74
#16Raymond80US #17
#17George79US #9
#18Larry70US #25
#19Marvin66US #49
#20Eugene65US #29
#21Dale63US #59
#22Thomas63US #8
#23Leroy61US #57
#24Wayne61US #45
#25Gordon56US #75
#26Harold55US #21
#27Edward49US #13
#28Jerry49US #18
#29Paul49US #15
#30Joseph47US #11
#31Leonard45US #54
#32Francis42US #50
#33Jerome42US #98
#34Leo42US #94
#35Norman42US #43
#36Frank40US #16
#37Vernon39US #93
#38Alvin38US #96
#39Curtis37US #107
#40Jack37US #20
#41Rodney34US #152
#42Clarence33US #52
#43Lawrence33US #37
#44Lyle32US #159
#45Albert31US #34
#46Bruce31US #73
#47Lloyd30US #88
#48Melvin30US #53
#49Arthur29US #30
#50Stanley29US #58
#51Walter29US #26
#52Douglas28US #78
#53Allen27US #81
#54Gene27US #66
#55Dean26US #125
#56Howard26US #40
#57Michael26US #33
#58Edwin25US #84
#59Daniel24US #41
#60Darrell24US #133
#61Harvey24US #97
#62Jim24US #85
#63Keith24US #122
#64Leslie24US #128
#65Alfred23US #60
#66Elmer23US #121
#67Henry23US #28
#68Lowell23US #150
#69Arnold22US #111
#70Clifford22US #90
#71Don22US #51
#72Myron22
#73Peter22US #56
#74Bernard21US #68
#75Carl21US #27
#76Floyd21US #86
#77Ernest20US #55
#78Fred20US #36
#79Ray20US #65
#80Neil19US #158
#81Patrick19US #100
#82Earl18US #47
#83Roy18US #42
#84Theodore18US #87
#85Victor18US #116
#86Bill17US #61
#87Ralph17US #31
#88Roland17US #118
#89Allan16US #138
#90Ervin16
#91Milton16US #120
#92Russell16US #69
#93Wallace16US #130
#94Billy15US #22
#95Glen15US #119
#96Glenn15US #80
#97Martin15US #92
#98Warren15US #95
#99Joe14US #23
#100Lee14US #76

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑49Rodney#41
↑44Sharon#30
↑41Bruce#46
↑31Marion#47
↑30Edwin#58
↑29Jeanette#58
↑27Florence#49
↑27Nancy#50

Falling

↓52Violet#90
↓48Glenn#96
↓43June#88
↓37Ralph#87
↓33Luella#97
↓29Joe#99
↓28Peter#73
↓26Agnes#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.