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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1937 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,337 North Dakota births in 1937 across 403 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.

#29Marlysoutside the national top 200
#45Myronoutside the national top 200
#59Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#60Luellaoutside the national top 200
#34Lyle#167 nationally
#50Leona#173 nationally
#83Harlanoutside the national top 200
#85Mavisoutside the national top 200
#78Eunice#186 nationally
#94Janisoutside the national top 200
#71Violet#177 nationally
#91Deloris#193 nationally

Girls

#1Shirley189US #4
#2Mary182US #1
#3Janice165US #25
#4Carol122US #6
#5Patricia114US #3
#6Betty105US #5
#7Darlene100US #72
#8Donna94US #21
#9Marlene89US #40
#10Helen86US #12
#11Marilyn81US #13
#12Arlene78US #60
#13Barbara77US #2
#14Joyce76US #11
#15Margaret75US #10
#16Beverly72US #14
#17Dorothy71US #8
#18Joan65US #9
#19Elaine62US #45
#20Sharon62US #41
#21Delores61US #68
#22Lois60US #29
#23Eileen55US #107
#24Janet55US #18
#25Virginia53US #16
#26Phyllis52US #27
#27Alice49US #28
#28Karen49US #113
#29Marlys48
#30Doris44US #22
#31Jean44US #23
#32Audrey43US #85
#33Ruth43US #15
#34Joanne41US #51
#35Kathleen41US #61
#36Rose37US #38
#37Frances36US #19
#38Joann36US #58
#39Lorraine36US #83
#40Gloria35US #32
#41Irene35US #62
#42Yvonne34US #77
#43Marjorie33US #57
#44Nancy33US #7
#45Norma33US #33
#46Bonnie32US #64
#47Bernice30US #104
#48Kay30US #79
#49Lucille30US #98
#50Leona29US #173
#51Marie29US #35
#52Carolyn27US #20
#53Elizabeth26US #17
#54Gladys25US #86
#55Loretta25US #63
#56Rita25US #69
#57Evelyn24US #36
#58June23US #71
#59Lavonne23
#60Luella22
#61Sylvia21US #50
#62Ann20US #30
#63Geraldine20US #44
#64Jacqueline20US #70
#65Judith20US #34
#66Kathryn20US #108
#67Agnes19US #153
#68Anna19US #39
#69Jane19US #42
#70Theresa19US #95
#71Violet19US #177
#72Vivian19US #127
#73Eleanor18US #53
#74Esther18US #116
#75Marian18US #129
#76Wanda18US #55
#77Carole17US #56
#78Eunice17US #186
#79Pauline17US #87
#80Peggy17US #31
#81Roberta17US #66
#82Grace16US #94
#83Judy16US #91
#84Lillian16US #84
#85Mavis16
#86Charlotte15US #67
#87Dolores15US #37
#88Jeanette15US #90
#89Marion15US #109
#90Myrna15US #137
#91Deloris14US #193
#92Diane14US #76
#93Florence14US #81
#94Janis14
#95Jeanne14US #149
#96Sally14US #59
#97Sandra14US #26
#98Viola14US #175
#99Colleen13
#100Linda13US #49

Boys

#1Robert311US #1
#2Donald250US #7
#3James247US #2
#4Richard174US #5
#5John164US #3
#6Ronald135US #11
#7Larry106US #16
#8Gerald101US #20
#9David95US #8
#10Kenneth94US #14
#11Dennis91US #63
#12William90US #4
#13Charles87US #6
#14Gary81US #29
#15Duane77US #115
#16Roger73US #36
#17Eugene72US #33
#18George72US #10
#19Marvin70US #49
#20Raymond70US #19
#21Wayne59US #44
#22Thomas55US #9
#23Harold54US #21
#24Paul52US #15
#25Edward51US #13
#26Jerome51US #100
#27Jerry51US #17
#28Gordon50US #75
#29Dale48US #59
#30Norman48US #43
#31Joseph47US #12
#32Leroy47US #56
#33Vernon42US #96
#34Lyle37US #167
#35Lawrence36US #38
#36Walter35US #26
#37Daniel34US #39
#38Allen31US #76
#39Howard31US #42
#40Jack31US #23
#41Albert30US #37
#42Arnold30US #111
#43Lloyd30US #91
#44Melvin30US #50
#45Myron30
#46Alvin29US #99
#47Bruce29US #70
#48Clarence29US #54
#49Francis29US #55
#50Leonard29US #58
#51Stanley29US #57
#52Don28US #51
#53Douglas28US #74
#54Frank28US #18
#55Ralph28US #34
#56Clifford27US #90
#57Dean25US #127
#58Gene25US #61
#59Harvey25US #95
#60Leo25US #97
#61Rodney24US #151
#62Carl23US #28
#63Michael23US #27
#64Patrick23US #94
#65Curtis22US #109
#66Elmer22US #120
#67Allan21US #124
#68Glenn21US #88
#69Arthur20US #31
#70Ernest20US #53
#71Henry20US #30
#72Bob19US #81
#73Edwin19US #89
#74Russell19US #67
#75Terry19US #113
#76Bernard18US #73
#77Earl18US #48
#78Keith18US #123
#79Lee18US #78
#80Philip18US #62
#81Virgil18US #158
#82Wallace18US #133
#83Harlan16
#84Harry16US #41
#85Jim16US #82
#86Lowell16US #155
#87Tom16US #108
#88Darrell15US #130
#89Floyd15US #80
#90Fred15US #35
#91Peter15US #52
#92Roy15US #40
#93Willard15US #135
#94Glen14US #122
#95Leslie14US #131
#96Lester14US #116
#97Milton14US #121
#98Neil14US #157
#99Bill13US #64
#100Clayton13US #188

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑42Carolyn#52
↑38Norma#45
↑37Luella#60
↑32Ralph#55
↑30June#58
↑28Glenn#68
↑27Arnold#42
↑27Myron#45

Falling

↓44Florence#93
↓42Marion#89
↓37Viola#98
↓31Grace#82
↓31Mavis#85
↓31Leslie#95
↓30Jeanette#88
↓28Darrell#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.