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Top names in North Dakota

The names most likely to appear on 1941 North Dakota birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,934 North Dakota births in 1941 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.

#39Marlysoutside the national top 200
#53Myronoutside the national top 200
#54Claytonoutside the national top 200
#60Bonitaoutside the national top 200
#64Lorenoutside the national top 200
#34Myrna#161 nationally
#74Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#77Angelineoutside the national top 200
#46Lyle#168 nationally
#80Jeraldoutside the national top 200
#56Lowell#176 nationally
#82Mavisoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary222US #1
#2Sharon167US #15
#3Carol157US #4
#4Patricia137US #3
#5Janice130US #22
#6Karen121US #19
#7Shirley117US #10
#8Judy103US #16
#9Betty100US #7
#10Sandra96US #9
#11Donna95US #20
#12Judith94US #6
#13Barbara93US #2
#14Linda82US #5
#15Darlene80US #76
#16Joyce77US #13
#17Bonnie69US #33
#18Gloria68US #26
#19Janet61US #18
#20Marlene60US #83
#21Elaine58US #44
#22Joan58US #17
#23Lois58US #43
#24Marilyn57US #30
#25Margaret56US #12
#26Dorothy55US #14
#27Beverly54US #29
#28Kathleen54US #36
#29Arlene51US #77
#30Jean51US #32
#31Connie50US #79
#32Joanne46US #54
#33Virginia46US #23
#34Myrna45US #161
#35Joann43US #58
#36Nancy43US #8
#37Diane41US #40
#38Helen41US #24
#39Marlys41
#40Phyllis41US #35
#41Kay38US #70
#42Marie34US #42
#43Rose34US #49
#44Alice33US #34
#45Delores33US #80
#46Yvonne33US #120
#47Jane31US #46
#48Marjorie31US #71
#49Carolyn30US #11
#50Doris30US #38
#51Ann29US #37
#52Geraldine29US #45
#53Susan29US #27
#54Carole28US #48
#55Ruth28US #28
#56Jeanette27US #98
#57Lorraine27US #93
#58Rita27US #63
#59Audrey23US #117
#60Bonita23
#61Charlotte23US #55
#62Loretta23US #81
#63Eileen22US #121
#64Evelyn22US #50
#65Marian21US #142
#66Frances20US #31
#67Gail20US #68
#68Kathryn20US #87
#69Gladys19US #118
#70Irene19US #74
#71Rosemary19US #94
#72Gayle18US #187
#73Jacqueline18US #73
#74Lavonne18
#75Eleanor17US #78
#76Esther17US #138
#77Angeline16
#78Anna16US #56
#79Annette16US #128
#80Constance16US #114
#81Marcia16US #105
#82Mavis16
#83Roberta16US #72
#84Bernice15US #133
#85Deanna15US #137
#86Jeanne15US #126
#87Lucille15US #119
#88Marcella15
#89Mildred15US #64
#90Norma15US #47
#91Theresa15US #95
#92Violet15
#93Bernadine14
#94Dianne14US #146
#95Lillian14US #104
#96Pat14US #134
#97Peggy14US #39
#98Ruby14US #69
#99Sylvia14US #65
#100Vivian14US #113

Boys

#1Robert266US #2
#2Richard247US #5
#3James232US #1
#4Gary197US #19
#5John196US #3
#6Ronald185US #9
#7Donald181US #10
#8David174US #7
#9Dennis144US #23
#10Larry139US #11
#11Gerald124US #20
#12William119US #4
#13Kenneth117US #15
#14Thomas88US #8
#15Roger87US #25
#16Charles82US #6
#17Jerry75US #14
#18Duane74US #129
#19Raymond69US #22
#20George62US #13
#21Wayne61US #37
#22Paul58US #18
#23Dale57US #59
#24Eugene55US #42
#25Jerome51US #101
#26Harold50US #24
#27Michael50US #16
#28Gordon47US #92
#29Edward46US #17
#30Marvin45US #63
#31Leroy44US #67
#32Joseph39US #12
#33Curtis37US #100
#34Terry37US #64
#35Bruce35US #51
#36Clarence35US #62
#37Frank35US #21
#38Daniel34US #31
#39Douglas34US #53
#40Rodney34US #127
#41Arthur33US #33
#42Vernon32US #108
#43Allen31US #73
#44Lawrence31US #34
#45Leonard29US #54
#46Lyle29US #168
#47Melvin29US #56
#48Norman29US #49
#49Darrell28US #130
#50Leo28US #116
#51Arnold27US #123
#52Peter27US #44
#53Myron25
#54Clayton23
#55Harvey23US #106
#56Lowell23US #176
#57Allan22US #135
#58Stanley22US #57
#59Albert21US #40
#60Glenn21US #86
#61Henry21US #28
#62Jack21US #32
#63Jon21US #128
#64Loren21
#65Patrick21US #70
#66Dean20US #143
#67Francis20US #60
#68Howard20US #47
#69Philip20US #52
#70Earl19US #58
#71Walter19US #26
#72Fred18US #43
#73Keith18US #119
#74Lloyd18US #96
#75Lynn18US #141
#76Theodore18US #95
#77Gene17US #72
#78Ralph17US #38
#79Clifford16US #94
#80Jerald16
#81Warren16US #105
#82Alvin15US #107
#83Bob15US #103
#84Don15US #66
#85Harry15US #48
#86Roy15US #39
#87Timothy15US #121
#88Victor15US #118
#89Calvin14US #133
#90Louis14US #50
#91Roland14US #144
#92Russell14US #75
#93Tom14US #88
#94Bernard13US #87
#95Carl13US #29
#96Elmer13US #147
#97Lee13US #81
#98Leslie12US #126
#99Merle12
#100Orville12

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑57Terry#34
↑46Carolyn#49
↑37Lowell#56
↑31Connie#31
↑31Yvonne#46
↑28Clayton#54
↑28Stanley#58
↑27Gladys#69

Falling

↓33Gene#77
↓29Norma#90
↓27Clifford#79
↓26Lloyd#74
↓26Don#84
↓24Russell#92
↓22Elmer#96
↓19Doris#50

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.